PSA Dont Book Wards Outfitter For Sandhill Crane

[PRDATR]

34 minutes ago, CatfishKev said:

I love my tascos,   the foginess helps me kill smaller animals which are so much more tender.  

TASCO World Class and Simmons were the goto in the 80's. At least Tasco held up to recoil. Once I knew better I moved onto Leupold and Schmidt & Bender in the 90's.

[krp]

Well the hunter didn't get the idea it would include lodging, dinner, blinds and decoys on his own... regardless of some fine print stating discretion of the outfitter on all points.

350 bucks to be just dropped off and strung out like dove hunting, no amenities, no real effort for the outfitter beyond gas money... is BS.

Kent 

[Couzer]

I think we underestimate the cranes vision. Birds are smart, they see soooo much better than we think. Any odd colors, movement, etc will throw them off, even at hundreds of yards away.

[krp]

4. Blind Configuration and Hunting Method

Placing six to eight hunters in a single blind significantly increases the likelihood of confusion regarding harvested birds. For this reason, Ward’s Outfitters exercised professional discretion to hunt using an alternative method that morning.

7. Season Results

During the current season, Ward’s Outfitters clients harvested a total of sixty-eight (68) sandhill cranes. As is customary in guided hunts of this nature, harvest success is not guaranteed, and some clients did not harvest their full legal limit.

Looks to me like you had blinds and decoys, were they hunted at the same time and the 8 hunters were overflow and easy money? Of the 68 cranes how many were killed away from the blinds and decoys?

Kent

[wildwoody]

My first pair of tasco 7x35's

[yotebuster]

1 hour ago, Couzer said:

I think we underestimate the cranes vision. Birds are smart, they see soooo much better than we think. Any odd colors, movement, etc will throw them off, even at hundreds of yards away.

Cranes can see better than a turkey or coues deer any day.  

[yotebuster]

9 hours ago, firstcoueswas80 said:

I mean in that guy's defense with as far away as those birds were didn't matter who or what was shooting those suckers weren't going to get hit. heck I don't even know if shot will go 250 yards straight up in the air! I doubt it will

The cranes he has on video are about 70-90 yards high.  They can be killed at that distance if they’re straight above you, but there’s no way in heck they would ever fly over anyone that was hiding as poorly as he was.  

[Flatlander]

Headed to TX Friday AM. Hope I have more than a creosote to hide behind!

[bigorange]

21 hours ago, trphyhntr said:

Do people do that? 

If they land. 

[trphyhntr]

49 minutes ago, bigorange said:

If they land. 

That’s crazy 

[MogollonMan]

Watched the video. Interesting that the hunters came up with a new plan for day 2 to spread out more over the area the birds were moving through. Shouldn't the "guides" have come up with this plan before the hunters showed up, especially if not using decoys or blinds? Definitely did not see much service for the money. A morning of scouting could have gotten you everything the guides did for you on the first 2 days. Definitely a bumber situation.

[yotebuster]

3 hours ago, MogollonMan said:

Watched the video. Interesting that the hunters came up with a new plan for day 2 to spread out more over the area the birds were moving through. Shouldn't the "guides" have come up with this plan before the hunters showed up, especially if not using decoys or blinds? Definitely did not see much service for the money. A morning of scouting could have gotten you everything the guides did for you on the first 2 days. Definitely a bumber situation.

I’m wondering if that’s private that Wards has leased?  If that’s public ground, then yes I agree.  Driving around for one morning would tell you exactly what you needed to know, and then just go get hid in the desert and wait for a flock to come over if you’re pass shooting. 

[bowhunter-tw]

Unmarked land anybody could hunt it to my knowledge. State trust land bordering it as well

[bowhunter-tw]

Unmarked land anybody could hunt it to my knowledge. State trust land bordering it as well

[wildwoody]

7 hours ago, trphyhntr said:

That’s crazy 

Why? Just a question. Ducks on a pond