Mountain ducks ?

[new hunter]

Can you hunt ducks in the mountains ?
I know of a couple of mountain ponds that I could fire a gun over but theyre a bit high up .
Is it likely that ducks or geese would land in mountain ponds ?
I have seen them in town in whistler , but I wonder if they try to stay low and follow the easiest route through the valley or if they would go to the trouble of landing higher up .
I dont know of anyone that hunts ducks in this area ( I could be wrong though ) , I figure there has to be a reason .

[swampthing]

Twanger and I used to hunt ducks like this. Sneak in and "jump shoot" as they take off. The high mountain ponds only seem to have a couple ducks on them so your daily action can be low as you can only hit a pond or 3 a day being in the mountains. Always a good way to spend a day with the dogs though.

[guest]

The Drakes live on the UGLIEST part of the mountain, tough country, usually by themselves until Ruttin time .

Good luck

CT

[new hunter]

Thats all the positive feedback I need , I think I'll be buying a migratory stamp next season .
Right now I have an 870 express mag that weighs a ton , am thinking of trading up to a 20g double (lighter to carry ).
would a 20 have enough smack to drop large birds at extended ranges ( flying away if I'm jump shooting ) , or should I stick with the 12 , even though its more cumbersome .

[longstonec]

Stick with your 870. 20g would work fine though

[Foxton Gundogs]

Thats all the positive feedback I need , I think I'll be buying a migratory stamp next season .
Right now I have an 870 express mag that weighs a ton , am thinking of trading up to a 20g double (lighter to carry ).
would a 20 have enough smack to drop large birds at extended ranges ( flying away if I'm jump shooting ) , or should I stick with the 12 , even though its more cumbersome .

I sometimes shoot a wetherby SA-08 20 ga. 26" barrel with 3" #2 steel and have also used #4 Heavy Shot and #5 Tungston they all kill ducks just fine. If you are looking for a 20ga check out the SA-08 extreemly light and fast handeling cycles great from 2.5" trap to 3" Heavy Shot. It has sling posts and very reasonable I paid $499 for mine

http://i1136.photobucket.com/albums/n499/FoxtonGundogs/DSC03333.jpg?t=1355173917

A 20 ga Limit

[new hunter]

I was thinking along the lines of a stoeger uplander , but as I look at the long list of things I want to buy its pretty close to the bottom .

[Foxton Gundogs]

Stay away from Stoeger I used to be a big fan BUT although they are good guns their customer service in Canada is atrocious. The US div. is great unfortunately the do not handle Canadian problems.

[Sasqman]

Back to the mountains though, I'm a lowermainlander and spend alot of time in the local hills. I've never been looking for ducks while I'm out.........so any ideas on good mountains that produce? Or elevations?


Thanks

Paul

[new hunter]

I've been poking around my local hills looking for deer sign and just trying to figure out what species lives were .
In the coarse of my searching I've found a small handful of mountain ponds and puddles , quite a few of which are un named .
As I've been looking for deer sign and hiking with the wife I've seen a few ducks and geese , as well as the ocasional grouse living in the bush between ponds , which is what got me thinking of combining hunts , stopping at ponds to jump ducks as I look for grouse and deer I can reach with a slug .
Maybe look over google earth too , and were out a few pairs boots .