My dad and them, as I got a little older, and they got a little older, theyd done all the killing they needed to do, I guess. With wool-based solutions at the yarn level, Voormi eliminates the unwordly glow thats common during low light while wearing synthetics. But in the last fifteen years, the population, its incredible how many. 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: He likes those ducks. Ramsey Russell: I can remember back, Casey, in the early to mid-nineties, this new contraption that I heard described for a year and a half, two years coming out of California that was this magic decoy. We also have several properties without blinds for freelance goose hunting. Casey Stafford: Its a twelve-volt, little twelve-volt. Youve shot a lot of ducks, youve gone from the lead through the steel to now the copper plated Boss ammo. Casey Stafford: Im good. Something about spinning, something about flash, and something about calling ducks from a million miles away, every duck in the universe came to this thing, and I couldnt understand it. I pulled on my waders this morning, I got my jacket, got my stuff together while yall were backing off your quad. What are your personal thoughts on that? Casey Stafford: Yeah, it is. We always do Christmas Eve, thats our thing. Mojo Outdoors, most recognized name brand decoy number one maker of motion and spinning wing decoys in the world. What are some of the stories you remember about your dad and your uncles, the guys? The Richmond Hunting Club was established as a non-profit club in 1954 and is managed by a volunteer staff. We get gadwall, we got a lot of specklebellies, a lot of snow geese, the occasional honker. 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 Blinds can be accessed by ATV. If anybody listening wants to plug into you, Casey, how can they plug into you in social media? Casey Stafford: Theres not a standard. But I would say that twenty to twenty-four inch blade, I mean it puts off a big flash. Ramsey Russell: What changes have you seen since you was a little boy here in California? Hey, just warning guys that I hunt with in Mississippi, were fixing to use one. Once part of the legendary Dingville Duck and Social Club, it has been meticulously restored to natural marsh and upland habitat for waterfowl hunting. Ramsey Russell: My wife calls it a staycation. Forever. View NEW Full-color brochure online:Ramsey Russells GetDucks.com Catalog Contact us to receive a hi-res printed copy. Beyond the sea of sameness, Voormis wool-based technology is engineered to perform. Casey Stafford: Yeah. Casey Stafford: Yeah. I dont know if the Pacific population is counted the same as the Atlantic and Central Mississippi Flyway type population. Ramsey Russell: And you said that thing will run forever on that thing. The tree lined center section of the property would be an ideal location for a tree stand! 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. I rent seasonal duck blinds too, and I dont care if I have fifty, if I have a hundred, those seats dont sit unfilled. 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. Copyright 2003 - 2023 Ramsey Russell's GetDucks.com, Louisiana Duck Hunting Coastal Marsh at Venice, Mississippi Duck Hunting Tallahatchie Hunts, Saskatchewan Canada Goose and Duck Hunting, Texas Duck Hunting Gulf Coast Redheads and More, Lake California, Welcome to Sac Valley California Duck Hunting, T-Post, they called it a Goalpost, some people called it the Blade, and some people called it the Davis Machine. Were going to get you one found here and fixed up and send it back. The high-e hoodie and base layers are personal favorites that I wear worldwide. We shot green-winged teal, and we shot some shovelers. The population is just out of control. Casey Stafford: Yeah, we get pretty much all the puddle ducks. What does CICC stand for? I come home one day whenever it first came out. No matter what, the four of us go duck hunting Christmas Eve day. It's a place to start. Ramsey Russell: Okay, whats the difference in there and here? Casey Stafford: I dont know. I bought some 28-gauge this year for a buddy of mine that did me a couple of favors. Thank you for visiting! Typically, like the field we hunted today, that field was harvested, chopped and then just flooded. And that Boss, absolutely flat backs them. Ramsey Russell: And yall dont just duck hunt. But they say they did it. Casey Stafford: Based on what I saw yesterday. When the birds are working back, thats when they hit those hay farmers hard. But as far as hunting them and everything goes, they overlap in where they are and you hunt them the same way. The only thing you buy one for five, ten bucks, the RPMs are no good. And you saw a couple of them birds today, the Teal that buzzed by, by the time he grabbed the gun-. Thats foremost on my list, is a Tule goose. Hes got an impressive Instagram page for those of yall listening, check him out. 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. Casey Stafford: I would say it was. Can you talk about when you were sneaking up on geese? Learn More: Why are the White-fronted Goose (Specklebelly) Hunting Regulations More Restrictive in this Special Sacramento Valley Goose Management Area? Ramsey Russell: Yeah, I dont want a newbie, I want one of the originals. Casey Stafford: Yes, sir. Dang straight I can. And if we do have a hole open up in our calendar, I already told John Wills, if we have a hole open up in our calendar in the next few days that were here, we may circle back, and if it looks like good hunting conditions for those Tule geese, well try them. He sure is, for a young man to give me a lot of optimism for the future of America. You deserve nothing less. Casey Stafford: No, she grew up with her dad hound hunting. Casey Stafford: Basically, since we cant burn anymore, we got to find a way to get rid of the straw. With ones, its two and a sixteenth ounce ones. Thats what distinguishes our GetDucks brand from the rest. Ramsey Russell: So supposedly these subspecies of specklebellies, the Tule Goose, just comes and lives inside this box and over winters during duck season. And I know as a daddy, its got to make your heart swell too. Ramsey Russell: It didnt really strike you as impressive back then. 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. Find produce, pharmacy, fuel, and groceries near you with . We were still burning then in the eighties, nineties, early nineties. Use this store locator to find your local grocery store. Managed by Casey and Regina Stafford, CICC Outdoor Adventures offers . And basically, what the powers to be have determined is that is where the Tule goose comes to nest. Whats the first thing you do if youre an industrious little sucker, and you want five or six more? Duck Club: Colusa County Assessor Parcel Number: 012-100-082 Duck Club: The duck club is east of the Sacramento Valley Wildlife Refuge. Those blades were spinning, and the fan would draw the air through the greenhouse. If you have never been on a guided duck hunting trip, you are going to have the time of your life. This duck hunting has gotten so weather dependent. Ramsey Russell: To feed themselves, to make money, to pay bills, whatever. . Thats scary. Ramsey Russell: You shot at a couple of birds I didnt even raise my gun on and just absolutely crushed it. We were going through little towns like Colusa and your little town right here in Sutter that are just small town, real America man. It flat kills. Casey Stafford: Well, what we were in today is called the Sacramento Valley Special Management Area. Theyre very nice. Worked for Merlot Waterfowl when I was going to college up at Chico State. And I remembered exactly because yall hunt together. Its almost worth crawling out in the middle of them to tap the shell just to watch it happen. Voormis growing line of innovative of performance products is authenticity with humility. But I remember the duck club we killed it on, more than likely it would have been a Bull Streak. I cant remember, was it last year? Casey Stafford: Ive had a guide license since I was eighteen years old. So it had to have been mid-nineties, its crazy whats happened in such short order of time. So why come down here? Do you remember your first duck? Across the street is this massive parking lot with something in the dark that appeared to be a Buford Holly just growing everywhere. But it would stand every head in that field straight up in the air, and you would look, its unbelievable. Want more information? Casey Stafford: It will run four, five days like that because we dont leave it on all the time. Youre a daddy. Casey Stafford: Typically theyre going to be a larger bird. Whether hunting near home or halfway across the world, thats the stuff that matters. No plugs, just like it is in most other states, and let us use the e-callers and let us knock a hole in them. Theres no eighteen to twenty year olds passionate about this stuff to come in and help us. Thats kind of sobering. And we get done, and were sitting there and I said, Well, what do you think Cade, do you like 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. Do you think its more of a California thing or more of a management thing overall for Snow? Thats why GetDucks.com hunts feature not only high-quality shooting but everything in its necessary context. The Tensas Jacket is like the one my grandfather wore. I mean you start driving up through here, and you realize its just like driving through Arkansas. The California Waterfowl Hunt Program provides access to 60,000 acres of private land including some of the most prestigious duck clubs in the country to hunters of all ages and abilities. You probably dont remember. And I didnt, I see a lot of people, I talked to a lot of people since that, and somewhere along the way in our conversations in the quiet between the volleys this morning, I go, Wait a minute. Ramsey Russell: California doesnt have the lax conservation order that some of the other parts of the country does. All right, now look, you told me some stories this morning I want to hear. Im with Casey Stafford. You react to them like specks and everything else? And it is duck season in California. 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. And I dont know. 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. Duck Loads (2 " - 3" #2'3, 4's, or 6's) Goose Loads (BB, BBB, T) Chest Waders Rain Gear/Parka/Jacket Camo Clothing Camera Ice Chest for transportation of birds Drinks and snacks for day . What I do for them is I manage all of their property from a recreational aspect. Every single person Ive hunted with out here, about a dozen of you, is shooting Boss Shotshells. Ramsey Russell: Well I crawled those snow geese back in the day. The most important waterfowl habitat in the region is the Central Valley where DU has an extensive program of habitat restoration, protection, and enhancement. Its over seven hundred thousand acres of rice production. People are passionate about duck hunting. It spreads the birds out. The food, the atmosphere, the service, the effort, the people and the places for which this wonderful tradition of ours is revered. Volunteer. I absolutely never leave home without one. Casey Stafford: Yeah I mean it was cool. They need to be annihilated. And its flying specifically to this part of the world. Ramsey Russell: When they were younger, they were doing that to live. She likes it when Im on the road, but go ahead. The Sacramento Valley has mild winters and hot, dry summers. And as they got older, they handed it off to you. She absolutely loves to bow hunt. I mean its like you go to Jackson Square in New Orleans, and theres millions of freaking pigeons. 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. Theyre on the sides of the roads picking at grass. And since the time he was little, he grabbed onto this duck hunting, and he loves it. 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. Why do you want fog out here in California? But with that fog, it confuses them a little and kept them out in the fields a little longer. What else are you all killing out here? Thats how I put myself through college. Ive got a six-foot one thats maybe a foot long. We encourage members to bring junior hunters and new hunters. Its just their same routine they do every day. Theyre actually probably shrinking some now. I mean if you came to me and said, Casey, would you brush blind for five hundred bucks? Ill make that thing look perfect. We provide an environment that is welcoming to everyone, including families, wives, and children. And back in the day when they were doing this to survive, that was the time to shoot. JOIN WAITLIST Welcome to Northern Flight Duck Club. 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. Youve been doing this a long time. I get a lot of guys looking for the Ross geese and the Shovelers. Ramsey Russell: So its not even originally a Speck zone. Places where there used to be big huge blocks of rice are now maybe big huge blocks of trees. Casey Stafford: Yeah, I agree. Join our team of nearly 60,000 DU volunteers and become a leader in wetlands conservation! Hunt of a lifetime is a tall order it takes far more than stackwood piles of dead birds to achieve that lofty ideal. All my duck blinds, the one we hunted today, like I was telling you this morning, Id already pulled like five hundred decoys this week just because the ducks were starting to not like the big spreads, and were skirting them, but we start the season typically with about five hundred goose floaters at every duck blind and a couple hundred duck decoys. You cant use electronic callers. Its not just you and Cade, its your whole family, your daughter, Quinn, your wife. We have nearly 5,000 acres of flooded rice fields and over 1,000 acres of upland bird hunting habitat for your hunting enjoyment. Ramsey Russell: Welcome back to Duck Season Somewhere. Theyre farmers, ranchers and did what they had to do to make a penny. Casey Stafford: It could be. Casey Stafford: Its just a natural marsh. Its the practical hunting gear that we real duck hunters deserve. I had a really good time, and as crazy as this sounds, Sac Valley with that original spinning winged decoy machine, with yall, the father and the son, and that rice field, just really set it off. Casey Stafford: And hes the one actually, when that stuff first came out, that kids into everything on the internet, looking at shotgun shells, if theres something new that comes out, hell be the first one to see it. We got a lot more hunting to do and a lot more good shows coming up. With the water issues and everything, theyre taking some of that out of rice and putting trees in. Casey Stafford: All I would say the difference is its a little bit bigger speck in my opinion. 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. The good old days are now. Ramsey Russells Duck Season Somewhere podcast is available anywhere you listen to podcasts. We had no conversations. And anybody that cant leave the outside world out of the duck blind really needs to go to another duck blind. But still to this date, I have not seen a board come out of it yet. California Sprig. I give it to him, and he shot everything. Even though weve had some cold fronts, were just not getting the penetration of birds that we have in the past. But the thing I think that makes it stand out is now if you fly over this valley and look down at every duck blind on a given day, youre going to see one Mojo decoy, two Mojos, five Mojos, ten Mojos flashing at every blind. Ive looked at their migration distribution corridors, all that kind of good stuff. I mean theyre stuck down there in the urban jungle. Theyre stone dead. Now when the season opens, the third weekend in October, we got tons and tons of Snow Geese around here. I cant say I ever tried it. Voted Best Gym in America by Fitness Magazine. Ive used Mojo decoys worldwide, everywhere Ive ever duck hunted from Azerbaijan to Argentina. I mean both the kids have been in the middle of this stuff since they were born, but Ive got pictures of Cade hunting with us. That says a lot to me. Do you think theres as many hunters around? We shot a snow goose. If you cant tell it yet, you can tell I love California. Ramsey Russell: We all know, theres a yesteryear to waterfowling, but I just find that interesting. Casey Stafford: Yeah, you can put people from all walks of life together in a duck blind, and we all have that one thing in common is the love for the duck hunting. Casey Stafford: Yeah, thats a good way to explain it. I think there are four, five, or six maybe, breeding populations of specklebellies. Is that your bread and butter duck? Yeah, he was like maybe, four years old, me and a buddy went out hunting, and we took him with us. Executive Ram Duck Club offers private blinds or clubs for annual or mulit-year lease for groups of duck hunters. There are a number of deer who frequent the club. Casey Stafford: Yeah. You go to Carls Jr down the road, and theres twenty of them standing in the yard. Well, I know that I didnt have a signal. We didnt have the big hunting clubs in Washington and Idaho, Oregon like we have now where theyre growing the corn and leaving the standing corn and the birds stop there, and unless it freezes them out or it snows so much they cant get to that feed, they have feed and roost water with those running rivers all year long. If thats what I remember them telling me. But what was that trick they taught you? And they said it would just start twisting out there and ripping through the air. We have a three hundred thirty acre wetland that they own that I manage for them. Casey Stafford: No, we get five days following the duck season. And then they would start showing up, and they would end up down here in big piles. And youve got a relationship with them regarding their agricultural property. And your wife, when yall met, yall didnt meet duck hunting. 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. At comparatively low membership dues, we provide duck and goose hunting along with dove & pheasant hunting opportunities in the Northern Sacramento Valley. I think it was someone just sitting around that said, Well, we dont have any bullets, lets make some.. Ramsey Russell: Ten birds is an extremely liberal bag limit for a big old, good eating goose like a Speckled Belly. And how did you get into it? I dont believe the numbers have gone up tremendously from when I was a little kid. We are located in the Sacramento Valley, where thousands of duck and geese flock to natural ponds, riparian lined sloughs, creeks and rice fields. Ramsey Russell: Thats a long time from now. The property is located in Sutter County and is just 25 miles north of the Sacramento International airport. And I had forgotten all about the fact that decades ago, they had invented this particular product, this machine to attract ducks. Many hunts include volunteer or professional guides, making them suitable for novice hunters. One that sticks out, his name was Pruse I believe, he was a Peruvian wedding singer. Ten, twelve inches. Magnetic Pick Stick, Scoot and Shoot Turkey Decoys much, much more. You still use it instead of conventional spinning-wing decoy? We bring to the table over 45 years of duck & goose hunting experience. Northern California & Southern Oregon Guided Waterfowl Hunts. Youve been doing this long and hard, hundred day seasons since you were eighteen years old. I know this from our conversations, but she didnt grow into duck hunting. Theyll come out into the rice, disperse, feed in the rice fields, and then they make their way back in the morning. Theyd throw nails, rocks, bolts, whatever you had down the end of the barrel. He shot eight or nine shells and killed seven or eight geese, whatever it was, out of the air. Ramsey Russell: And I had heard, somebody told me years ago that you wanted fog to hunt like we hunted today. He said, No, I cant afford the ammo. I mean Cades fifteen years old. Last Wednesday saw 169 guns harvest 372 ducks for a respectable 2.20 average. Ramsey Russell: Yeah. And it depends on where you live. The Central Valley of California averages 64 km wide by 644 km long and consists of the two lesser valleys, the Sacramento in the north and the San Joaquin in the south. Ramsey Russell: Okay. Ramsey Russell: I mean, fifteen years old, boys got four employees making duck totes. Their diet changes this time of year, and when that switches, its hard to kill them in the rice now, a Speckled Belly. We are a premiere waterfowl hunting club located in the Sacramento Valley of Northern California near all major wildlife refuges of the Upper Butte Basin. Ramsey Russell: Because you told me some pretty cool stories this morning. Ramsey Russell: So what are some of the stories? Ramsey Russell: It seemed to have worked. Ramsey Russell: What about the way they were loading shells a special way? And we had that conversation this morning and I said, Are you busy? And hes got four employees! Ive rigged it up since, they were all hardwired before. I used it to get the birds attention. It is absolute Real America once you get outside those crazy cities, thank you all for listening. Casey Stafford: You can find us on Instagram @CICCOutdoorAdventures or anybody can always give me a call at 530.682.3176. Sports Club 250 Victoria Way, Colusa, CA, United States, California (530) 300-4094 youtube.com/BrokenWingDC Outdoor seating 2007 is when I went to work for the tribe. That doesnt make any sense to me because when I think about hunting back home, I dont want fog. And by the third day, for as long as that fog lasts, it just gets better and better every day. Folks, yall have been listening to Casey Stafford CICC Outdoor Adventures. I am good, buddy. 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.
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