It flat kills. I mean if you came to me and said, Casey, would you brush blind for five hundred bucks? Ill make that thing look perfect. People hunt here. And its just hard to believe that since this thing came out in the mid-nineties, that till today- Its like I said this morning in the blind. Ramsey Russell: Thats good. Ramsey Russell: A Peruvian wedding singer. Ramsey Russell: So its not even originally a Speck zone. And so once someone figured out, have the right RPMs, well you go buy one for three hundred bucks, four hundred bucks, whatever it was back then. So Id say that was a good representation. We are located near Jonesboro, Arkansas, squarely in the duck rich delta region of northeast Arkansas. Forever. Ramsey Russell: Brought over to the dark side of water fowling. It really does. He shot it all, I gave him that Boss, and I said, Just tell me, I just want to know honestly your opinion on it because I know what my opinion is, and Im not going to tell you till you tell me. And his first word for that stuff: Flat kills. It does. She likes it when Im on the road, but go ahead. If I have a cancellation or if I get done early one morning, the kids are off school, Ill come home and get them and take them. What are your personal thoughts on that? Ramsey Russell: Speaking of industrious people, what are your thoughts about your son Cade, his little business hes got going on? I mean she helped me pick up decoys, put decoys out, brush blinds, we did that on the side for money. Ramsey Russell: Ten birds is an extremely liberal bag limit for a big old, good eating goose like a Speckled Belly. While DU works in all 50 states, the organization focuses its efforts and resources on the habitats most beneficial to waterfowl. I think its going to be awesome. I mean I shoot what everyone calls the elephant gun. Ramsey Russell: So supposedly these subspecies of specklebellies, the Tule Goose, just comes and lives inside this box and over winters during duck season. We got a lot more hunting to do and a lot more good shows coming up. I mean have you ever heard the origins of how that thing came to be or who invented it? We always do Christmas Eve, thats our thing. And by the way, what the heck is up with all the free-ranging chickens in Yuba City?! You all stay tuned. I mean theres regular real America type stuff. I dont see much better. Casey Stafford: Yeah, we got married and she, I mean basically, knew she wanted to see me, she was going. Ramsey Russell: It didnt really strike you as impressive back then. But if they really want to have a conservation order and have some effect on these birds, we could help here if they would open this thing up. And Ive kind of argued, and Ive knocked on doors and picked on organizations, trying to figure out what the deal is because I would like to see that season open for the duration. The best thing to get rid of that straw is to get it under water. The Tensas Jacket is like the one my grandfather wore. And by the third day, for as long as that fog lasts, it just gets better and better every day. That used to be orchards and rice fields, and its grown up a lot. And they said it would just start twisting out there and ripping through the air. You go to Carls Jr down the road, and theres twenty of them standing in the yard. Did all this rice exist back thirty, forty years ago, or was it mostly marsh? Voormis growing line of innovative of performance products is authenticity with humility. I mean its a jaunt for those guys to get away for a couple hours to go hunt or to go fish. I think it was someone just sitting around that said, Well, we dont have any bullets, lets make some.. The current owners of this property hunt ducks, turkeys, pheasants, & dove. Thats foremost on my list, is a Tule goose. Ramsey Russell: I love people that do stuff like this, but theres a lot of guys making straps, making totes, making stuff like that. Hunt of a lifetime is a tall order it takes far more than stackwood piles of dead birds to achieve that lofty ideal. You still use it instead of conventional spinning-wing decoy? More than just the best spinning wing decoys on the market, their ever growing product line includes all kinds of cool stuff. But it may just be a function of warming trend, that its just not getting cold enough, like we talked a little bit about that this morning on the drive out. Lets try that. That never would have crossed my mind in a million years to do something like it. And I want to say, maybe at a certain point we couldnt shoot them, kind of like the whole Tule goose thing is right now. Casey Stafford: We love big game hunting, I would say. Benelli USA Shotguns. Whats the first thing you do if youre an industrious little sucker, and you want five or six more? But when youre in a duck blind, youre just a duck hunter. Folks, yall have been listening to Casey Stafford CICC Outdoor Adventures. Superior Suisun Duck Club on west side. Ramsey Russell: Running a six-volt battery on it? BOSS Shotshellscopper-plated bismuth-tin alloy is the good ol days again. He aint nothing like the little kid to come by my booth. The Sacramento Valley has mild winters and hot, dry summers. And I think it just shifts the Flyway, but theres still, I cant tell you exactly how many acres for sure there is rice, but theres plenty of rice for the birds. Well we can certainly try to get them, like I said, they mix right in with the regular White Fronts, theres nothing really any different to them other than theyre a little bigger bird. Ramsey Russell: Wow. Whats the specklebelly hunting like, whats a Tule Goose and whats the Sac Valley Goose Management Unit? But they say they did it. Its impressive, a lot of black-tails, and Quinn killed a heck of a buck this year. The population is just out of control. 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But Ive heard it called Goalpost, Ive heard it called blades, Ive heard it called Davis-something, Ive heard all kinds of names, but it doesnt even look like a Mojo, it doesnt look like a bird, it doesnt look like a duck, it looks like a goalpost with a two and a half foot long blade going down the middle, and you turn it on, and it flashes. Ramsey Russell: Thats a long time from now. Like I have my core of my clientele right now, I would say is in the 50 to 80 year old range, and dont get me wrong, I mean I got some 30 year olds, 40 year old guys in there, but you see those thirty and forty year old guys that come up hunting, and very few of them have a kid with them, their kids just havent been brought into it, initiated into it, or they just dont enjoy it. How long have you been doing it? And he says, Well, Dad, in his little kid voice. The G1 Duck Club, based in Roseville/Granite Bay, CA, is a Christian values-based community duck club. But as far as hunting them and everything goes, they overlap in where they are and you hunt them the same way. Casey Stafford: Weve actually had this rice production. SACRAMENTO VALLEY We offer hunting locations for ducks and geese in the Sacramento Valley Flyway. Duck Hunting California's Sac Valley A lot of people call [the Sacramento Valley] "Lake California." You get over the top of it and look down and all you see is water for miles and miles and miles. I remember when we couldnt shoot specks here, and then I remember it being two birds, and then maybe it was four birds. Welcome to an exciting new concept in waterfowl conservation. Yeah. Ramsey Russell: Yeah, theres more than just ducks and geese out there. I mean when it hit here, it hit hard. It just commanded ducks like nothing. Its just at some point in time, geologically, those glaciers that are melting up there didnt exist, and Arizona was the bottom of the ocean. He hunted with me quite a bit. And I hunted over about a three decade-old version of one today, and it tolled ducks just like it was supposed to. Beyond the sea of sameness, Voormis wool-based technology is engineered to perform. Thats how I put myself through college. Ill have to show it to you. They hunted bears and pigs primarily in California. Theyre working on a plan up out of willows where theyre taking all this straw and bailing it, and its actually a press board plant, and theyre going to try to make press board out of it. But I would say that twenty to twenty-four inch blade, I mean it puts off a big flash. I know coming from the Mississippi Flyway this year, its warm up North. Description: The Mallard Pacific is 304.57 assessed acres of restored natural waterfowl habitat. Ramsey Russell: When they were younger, they were doing that to live. Have you met some interesting people along the way? . We strive to keep our members happy! What I do for them is I manage all of their property from a recreational aspect. Volunteer. Casey Stafford: Yeah, we get pretty much all the puddle ducks. And when I see young people like him living the dream, that is the American dream at age fifteen, it just makes my heart swell. And since the time he was little, he grabbed onto this duck hunting, and he loves it. Because if the water is hard, theyre not accessing those fields youre talking about, theyve got to go South. Ramsey Russell: Yeah. The one uncle, Montys passed away now, Ive seen him do it, and Ive seen my other uncle do it, and Ive seen my dad do it. As a duck hunter, its worrisome that for whatever reason, and I dont hang it on any particular habitat or user group up the Flyway as much as just the weather. What are some of the stories you remember about your dad and your uncles, the guys? What are the advantages of fog? And I think every one of them got a flocks of chickens in it. Duck Clubs For Sale Properties (2) West Gustine Gun Club Merced County, CA $1,699,000 316 Acres Gustine is synonymous with great duck hunting. Like the one I still wear. Blinds can be accessed by ATV. So theres guys making them now, I looked at one the other day, the motors too slow, it dont have the flash, it dont spin, it dont flash, its useless. She takes them, goes with blind, does it all. He dont care, but he loves them ducks. You started guiding, putting yourself through college when you were eighteen years old. Theres a guy that does the farming, and then when hes done with the farming, then thats where I take over for the duck clubs. Across the street is this massive parking lot with something in the dark that appeared to be a Buford Holly just growing everywhere. You react to them like specks and everything else? And it is duck season in California. Is that the standard or is there a standard? The only thing you buy one for five, ten bucks, the RPMs are no good. The rest is history I guess. Well see you next time. We have clubs, 3 man, and 4 man blinds available throughout the Sacramento Valley, in the heart of the Pacific Flyway. She and her husband basically took care of all the boys and the girls, and raised them. He sure does. Casey Stafford: No, she grew up with her dad hound hunting. Ramsey Russell: Okay, whats the difference in there and here? Ducks Everywhere is celebrating 28 years as a club! Duck Club For Sale! But the biggest thing I think Ive seen is in years past, up until about ten or fifteen years ago, every bird, once it got cold, they come out of Canada and they ended up here, they made their way here eventually. Well, it got to where you couldnt find those motors. Were sitting right next door to the closed zone that refuges a chock full of birds. Theyd throw nails, rocks, bolts, whatever you had down the end of the barrel. Casey Stafford: I think the younger generations, maybe the thirty year old guys, the forty year old guys right now, theyve let business and making money get ahead of them and havent spent as much time in the field as they would like to or used to. A lot of people call [the Sacramento Valley] Lake California. You get over the top of it and look down and all you see is water for miles and miles and miles. 511 acres. Casey Stafford: Yeah, I agree. Hes been making those, and I asked him today because I cant remember, but its been three or four years hes been making them, and I asked him, How many you think youve made? He dont even know. You got to be proud of him. Hey, just warning guys that I hunt with in Mississippi, were fixing to use one. Theres no eighteen to twenty year olds passionate about this stuff to come in and help us. Thats kind of sobering. This aint like the hotel off- No, this is right in the middle of town. Its amazing, I know because we went from no birds to two birds to four birds to six birds, now ten birds. But primarily, Cade and Quinn both have been taught the world of duck hunting from Regina, because she is around on the weekend when Im busy guiding, and she takes them. I absolutely never leave home without one. Location: The Mallard Pacific is located inside the Sutter Bypass approximately 1/2 miles South of the 113 Bridge. This refuge is home to millions of migratory waterfowl each year. It really was, it was pretty darn cool. Ramsey Russell: Yeah, I dont want a newbie, I want one of the originals. Using patent-pending Specialized Target Optimization (STO), the worlds first hearing technology designed optimize hearing for hunters in their specific hunting environments. And the only guys flooding were duck hunters. Ramsey Russell: Tell me. Casey Stafford: She probably would have been twenty-eight, twenty-five, somewhere in there. Ramsey Russell: I say it all the time, thats exactly right. Duck Club: Colusa County Assessor Parcel Number: 012-100-082 Duck Club: The duck club is east of the Sacramento Valley Wildlife Refuge. Casey Stafford: Yeah. CICC Outdoor Adventures. And so there is ground coming out thats changing the Flyway. Youve been doing this long and hard, hundred day seasons since you were eighteen years old. Agricultural Drainage and the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta Overview. And how did you get into it? Theyll come out into the rice, disperse, feed in the rice fields, and then they make their way back in the morning. During the summer irrigation season, some stretches of . Every single person Ive hunted with out here, about a dozen of you, is shooting Boss Shotshells. This duck hunting has gotten so weather dependent. I wanted to roll around in the mud and rain and watch ducks fall out of the sky, and these kids, some of them just dont care. It absolutely positively does. But tell me a little bit more about your dad and his brothers, did you tell me your granddad passed when they were young? We have blinds with or without water in the rice. Ill find out, Im going to hunt it. Thank you all for having me. CICC Outdoor Adventures, right here in Sacramento Valley of California. Ramsey Russell: To feed themselves, to make money, to pay bills, whatever. What else are you all killing out here? And you can in the North-end of California too and the North-eastern zone. Thank you for visiting! Its worrisome. If thats what I remember them telling me. And now that my secrets out Ill tell yall something else: Ive got 3 of them. And youd think, Come on now, its a spinning piece of metal, that aint going to do nothing. And I had heard about it for a week or two and finally got a look at one, got my hands on one, and Ill never forget the first time. I rent seasonal duck blinds too, and I dont care if I have fifty, if I have a hundred, those seats dont sit unfilled. And I asked them a long time ago how that all came into being, and he didnt describe exactly what we hunted over today, but something very similar. View NEW Full-color brochure online:Ramsey Russells GetDucks.com Catalog Contact us to receive a hi-res printed copy. Want more information? I mean, you see up here, thats all there is: dirt and country and thats what we do. But like that one I had this morning, I rigged up a remote on it. Why is it that Sac Valley waterfowlers prefer foggy mornings? He hit that growth spurt. He sure is, for a young man to give me a lot of optimism for the future of America. When I went to put my gun in the back of your Can-Am there, I saw one. And historically, wed get those banks of fog like that, that would be sometimes a week, sometimes ten days, sometimes two, three weeks where you never even see the sun. But when we were getting that fog that lasts four, five, six, seven days, the first day is kind of a wild card, it can be good hunting. When I pranked Terry Denman in Mexico with a smiling mallard nobody ever dreamed it would become the most talked about decoy of the century. I mean theyre stuck down there in the urban jungle. Voted Best Gym in America by Fitness Magazine. And its flying specifically to this part of the world. No, I would like to see us be able to do more in California. Get involved, have fun and make a lasting impact. He shot heavy shot, he shot Kent Bismuth. APN#: Yolo County APN#: 056-120-005 Blinds: The duck club has two blinds. No circles, no loops, you know how them geese start waffling when theyre coming down. Casey Stafford: Basically, since we cant burn anymore, we got to find a way to get rid of the straw. Ramsey Russell: Okay. Search our database of proven US and Canadian outfits. We bring to the table over 45 years of duck & goose hunting experience. Ive looked at their migration distribution corridors, all that kind of good stuff. And so then people were buying motors here, buying motors there, wed go to radio shack and get remote control car motors and try those. Ramsey Russell: We hunted a big old rice farm today, and whats so interesting to me about hunting in California, especially as a duck hunter back home, a lot of those farmers burn off their stubble. Dang straight I can. Top duck shot was the shoveler with 81 bagged to go along with 66 GWT. Casey Stafford: I was born and raised right here. Casey Stafford: Well, what we were in today is called the Sacramento Valley Special Management Area. And if not, Im coming back to see you, Im coming back to see you. And as they got older, they handed it off to you. Why are the White-fronted Goose (Specklebelly) Hunting Regulations More Restrictive in this Special Sacramento Valley Goose Management Area? Its labor intensive, and it aint an old mans hobby. Casey Stafford: Yeah, predominantly rice. Casey Stafford: Oh, I got pictures of him when when me and my wife were running Staffords Waterfowl before I went to work for the Indian community. Theres a lot of almonds, a lot of walnuts and stuff going in. It really is Duck Season Somewhere for 365 days. Typically, like the field we hunted today, that field was harvested, chopped and then just flooded. Casey Stafford: Oh, absolutely. This 316-acre club is strategically located between the 7,400-acre North Grasslands Wildlife Area. Waterfowl Chasers is a duck hunting club about YOU! As the town expanded and houses got knocked down and subdivisions or strip malls were made, those chickens just kind of got left there, and now theyre all over the damn place. And back in the day when they were doing this to survive, that was the time to shoot. And he says, You got to see this. And I thought, Oh boy, do I? He turned that thing on, and it started squealing, making that little bit of noise that it does, and I looked at that thing and thought, No way. It started to get light, and I kid you not, them ducks would come from as high and as far as you could see them, and they would come straight to it. Ramsey Russell: Well theres probably a statute of limitations. And then they come out at night to feed. I mean were talking into the first week of March, ten birds a day. Ill put your decoys out. Weve got pictures all over from when the kids were little, my daughter Quinn still sitting in the backpack thing that you wear when theyre little, her on the front of my wife picking up decoys and putting out decoys. And we get the mallards, we just dont get a lot of the mallards out in the rice. But what was that trick they taught you? Hes making the call lanyards with the drops. I was surprised to learn that California rice production is second only to Arkansas. I didnt pay attention, figuring it must be somebody got them in their backyard nearby. Its got to be the right RPM. And even if youre just talking fifty, sixty years ago, that was then and this is now. And I dont know. Youre born and raised in California. How have things changed? Identity Verification (Reverse Phone Lookup) We conduct a reverse business phone lookup to identify records matching the phone number information provided by the business. Ramsey Russell: Im a daddy. Well, I sure enjoyed duck hunting with you and your boy, Cade this morning. Ramsey Russell: When you were a little boy. But the first time I actually hunted with that thing, it was real close to where we hunted today, and the blind I remember that we were hunting, the checks ran north and south. Ive actually followed him for a couple of years in social media @Marsh_Magic. Their diet changes this time of year, and when that switches, its hard to kill them in the rice now, a Speckled Belly. Casey Stafford: Thats the town chicken herd, just from years as the town has expanded. Join us for some amazi Read More Contact Who is Northern Flight Duck Club Headquarters 9491 Freeland Dr, Dayton, California, 95928, United States Phone Number (530) 228-3948 Website www.northernflightduckclub.com Revenue <$5M Industry Telling us about some of the orders, some of the contacts hes gotten. We offer flooded rice field, dry field goose hunts, flooded timber and marsh hunts. And he would sit there on a day when he never fired a shell, and hed be happy as a clam when he came home just being out there. Have you heard anything about that? Where do you think they came up with that idea? The Sacramento Valley is a rich mosaic of farmlands, cities and small communities, and managed wetlands and a vast network of meandering rivers, streams, canals, and agricultural drains. Then birds get out there, they get lost, they get confused, and they dont know where theyre going or where theyre getting back to. That doesnt make any sense to me because when I think about hunting back home, I dont want fog. You couldnt get your hands on the parts, you couldnt find the motors, and somebody would come up with a motor because you had to have the right RPMs. Back in the day, theyd showed me some of the stuff they did. Valley Waterfowl is a nonprofit organization designed "for hunters by hunters." Our goal is to improve hunting opportunities for our members by working with area landowners to improve wetlands and habitat for local ducks and geese. Duck Clubs 101. I turn it on, I turn it off. No matter what, the four of us go duck hunting Christmas Eve day. You drive down the highway, theyre on 99, and in that certain stretch between Franklin and Bridge Street, you may see a hundred on the side of the road. And from that idea they had this idea of why dont we create this illusion of movement? and the rest is history. We shot green-winged teal, and we shot some shovelers. And they had more fun watching me. Ramsey Russell: There ought to not be any hungry people in Yuba, California. Casey Stafford: Based on what I saw yesterday. It was over in District 10, and I would be willing to bet thats what it was. Casey Stafford: If I have heard the origin, I dont remember it, but I do remember the craze. Casey Stafford: Our familys been here for- I guess my dad and them were kids, were born and raised here in Yuba City. Ive got an old one thats completely different than that one thats probably twenty-four, twenty-five inches long. No circles, no loops, you know how them geese start waffling when theyre coming down. That Butte Sinks eighteen thousand acres of historic marsh that its been there. We are located in the Sacramento Valley, where thousands of duck and geese flock to natural ponds, riparian lined sloughs, creeks and rice fields. I mean the motel you stayed at this morning, thats the center of town. Casey Stafford: Yes, sir. And I know as a daddy, its got to make your heart swell too. Ramsey Russell: And tell me the distinction for anybody listening because you were showing me this morning, we got there a little bit early this morning and sat in the truck for a little bit and you were telling me this. Ramsey Russell: Ive never even heard of it. It spreads the birds out. Ramsey Russell: Yeah, well thats how it is everywhere, even today, it can be that way. Ramsey Russell: What about the way they were loading shells a special way? So I hope to get back up here with you one day and go after them. This ranch is nestled in between some of the greatest duck hunting ranches in Northern California. My understanding, and I dont know for a fact, but my understanding is that was not originally a specklebellies zone, it was a zone created to protect Aleutian Canada Geese, which now the limits ten. I spend up to 225 days per year chasing ducks, geese and swans worldwide, and I dont use shotgun for the brand name or the cool factor. The second day is usually good hunting. Wool is natures miracle fiber. There ought to be plenty of chickens for everybody. Connect with Ramsey Russell as he chases waterfowl hunting experiences worldwide year-round: Insta @ramseyrussellgetducks, YouTube @DuckSeasonSomewherePodcast, Facebook @GetDucks. And dont forget my personal favorite, yes sir, they also make the one the only world-famous Spoonzilla. And I thought, Yeah thats cool. But looking at it now thinking, Man, theres no way, I couldnt do it.. Ramsey Russell: And here in California, Im sure a lot of national origins are represented among those ranks. He said, No, I cant afford the ammo. I mean Cades fifteen years old. Pretty dang impressed. The Richmond Hunting Club was established as a non-profit club in 1954 and is managed by a volunteer staff. They were young. They were up by Lake County, and then her and I met in college at Chico state.
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