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Learning how to duck hunt can be great fun.  Where else can a grown man or woman get up at unheard of hours, dress in silly cloths, wade through mud and freezing water and still be considered sane?  Don’t be alarmed when you hear someone tell you that learning to duck hunt is expensive.  It doesn’t have to be.

1. Wear clothing that will blend in with your surroundings.  There are numerous manufacturers that make clothing with various camouflage prints on them.  Pick your favorite.  Make sure you have a coat, hat, two pairs of gloves and a face mask.  For a cheap alternative look for a cheap camouflage rain suit you can wear over an old coat.

A reloading press is the device that provides the mechanical leverage to reload the ammunition. The press holds the dies that will reform, prime and reload the shells. Most reloading presses are self-contained. They normally come with all the dies, bushings, charge bars, and other accessories used to load one gauge of shot shells. Most basic reloading presses normally have powder and shot reservoirs which allow the operator to perform each step one-by-one to reload a shell.

3. Buy some decoys and a decoy bag.  If you will be hunting a marsh area buy puddle duck decoys (mallard, pintail, teal).  If you will be hunting open water for divers buy diving decoys (bluebill, redhead, canvasback).  Start with just a dozen decoys and you can add more each year to get a variety.  I prefer the weighted keel decoys because they can be thrown in the water and right themselves but you may want water keel decoys if you have to carry them a long ways as they are lighter.  Look at garage sales for decoys, every year I find some that can be bought cheap.

The other key difference between hunting land vs water is the calling. Generally speaking the language used by geese is much more robust on the land as opposed to the water. On the water you can get away with a simple series of clucks. Literally just repeating what the geese say to you as they are flying is a great tactic to get them to notice your spread and glide right in. In the field it usually isn’t that easy. A mixture of clucks, grunts, groans and inverted clucks are all a standard mix you will hear from geese actually feeding in a field. Incorporating them into your calling arsenal is very helpful to get geese in your face for quality shots.

In order to transform a loaded shell from a fired hull, it takes approximately seven press handle pulls. This re sizes the case, removes the fired primer, primes the shell, drops a powder charge, seats the wad, drops the shot, starts the new crimp and then completes the crimp. You must complete each step on each single shell prior to starting on the next shell. You usually just move from station to station on your reloading press. You will also want to be sure to purchase a reloading manual specifically for shot shells and follow the instructions to insure safe reloading guidelines.

Although not an absolute necessity, but it will certainly make the task easier, would be the purchase of an inexpensive reloading bench to hold your press. Many weekend shooters find shot shell reloading a relaxing, money-saving, hobby. For anyone who does much shotgunning or clay target sports, reloading your shot shells will definitely save money
 

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