Hey all,
I'm an Alberta transplant to Cranbrook BC and have spent most of my life waterfowling on the prairies of Alberta. I have a good spread of goose hunting gear and am well equipped to shoot good limits of dark geese in Alberta.
I've always had the itch to do a bit more variety of duck hunting and now that I'm in BC I figured I should look into heading west. Problem is, its all an 'unknown' to me.
If a person wanted to get into some good variety of ducking hunting or sea duck hunting, whats required at minimum? What time of year is best to head out there and is a guy over his head without good scouting/planning/decoys or can a person have a good successful trip learning it out there? Minimum boat size? Can you hunt decently from shore? Decoy spread size? What would be the best type of plan/area to add some variety of birds? What are the most common birds hunted in BC out there? Public land access to good hunting options? Island or mainland?
I'd happily hunt with those who are experienced and try to reciprocate by inviting them out to the prairies whenever to enjoy a field hunt, but right now just in the early stages. Have even looked at outfitters in Washington, etc as an option.
Far from a beginner but not a ton of info out there on doing a hunt like this.