Have you met some interesting people along the way? And back in the day when they were doing this to survive, that was the time to shoot. We also have several properties without blinds for freelance goose hunting. Ramsey Russell: He likes those ducks. Identity Verification (Reverse Phone Lookup) We conduct a reverse business phone lookup to identify records matching the phone number information provided by the business. And I think every one of them got a flocks of chickens in it. Ramsey Russell: Thats incredible. Its over seven hundred thousand acres of rice production. Following a kick-butt, pea-soup foggy morning rice field duck hunt, Casey Stafford of CCIC Outdoor Adventures and Ramsey Russell talk about waterfowl hunting in Californias Sacramento Valley. He somehow, and all the fifteen year old kids got technology figured out, he had enough signal. USHuntList.combecause the next great hunt is closer than you think. I continue shooting Benelli shotguns for their simplicity, utter reliability and superior performance. The club is located in the heart of the Pacific Flyway in one of the finest duck . Learn More: Why are the White-fronted Goose (Specklebelly) Hunting Regulations More Restrictive in this Special Sacramento Valley Goose Management Area? I said, Well yeah, but where did they come up with that idea? And maybe youve heard something different, but I heard that there were some guys hunting somewhere in Sac Valley, California and from where they were hunting, there was a massive greenhouse somewhere that had a big fan on the side of it. And he says, You got to see this. And I thought, Oh boy, do I? He turned that thing on, and it started squealing, making that little bit of noise that it does, and I looked at that thing and thought, No way. It started to get light, and I kid you not, them ducks would come from as high and as far as you could see them, and they would come straight to it. Thats the question. He sure does. I mean its a jaunt for those guys to get away for a couple hours to go hunt or to go fish. And that big stubble disc pulls dirt over the top of it, and we roll right behind it. Quinns following in her footsteps. Youre a daddy. I absolutely never leave home without one. It spreads the birds out. Well, it got to where you couldnt find those motors. He shot eight or nine shells and killed seven or eight geese, whatever it was, out of the air. But with that fog, it confuses them a little and kept them out in the fields a little longer. Tom BeckbeThe Tom Beckbe lifestyle is timeless, harkening an American era that hunting gear lasted generations. Ramsey Russell: Was everybody just kind of making them themselves? He found it and got mom to order it for him. He aint nothing like the little kid to come by my booth. Casey Stafford: I would say it was. Ramsey Russell: Yeah, theres more than just ducks and geese out there. Casey Stafford: All I would say the difference is its a little bit bigger speck in my opinion. Casey Stafford: The CICC is the Colusa Indian Community Council. They were up by Lake County, and then her and I met in college at Chico state. No circles, no loops, you know how them geese start waffling when theyre coming down. Ramsey Russell: I hope maybe while Im here meeting with folks, Ill run across a biologist or maybe somebody listening will know a little bit more about the topic of Pacific Flyway Snow Geese and that Sacramento management zone specklebellies to shed some light because I think I did hear, for example, the zone youre talking about, that the specks are closed. Ramsey Russell: Tell me. 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. And so we got our hands on one of those or maybe two of them and got to looking at them and said, Okay, we can make that. So we were making our own out of all kinds of scrap metal, you name it. Ramsey Russell: When you were a little boy. And so where we are outside of the closure, Ill leave those goose decoys out till the end. Thats all they want to do is kill ducks. JOIN WAITLIST Welcome to Northern Flight Duck Club. They have a hill ranch, thats seven thousand acres that I manage for them. Equinox is a temple of well-being, featuring world-class personal trainers, group fitness classes, and spas. They hunted bears and pigs primarily in California. Description: The Mallard Pacific is 304.57 assessed acres of restored natural waterfowl habitat. Some guys are using ten, fifteen in their spread. I think it was someone just sitting around that said, Well, we dont have any bullets, lets make some.. It is absolute Real America once you get outside those crazy cities, thank you all for listening. Theyre stone dead. Voted Best Gym in America by Fitness Magazine. I am good, buddy. Have you heard anything about that? Because if the water is hard, theyre not accessing those fields youre talking about, theyve got to go South. Well, I sure enjoyed duck hunting with you and your boy, Cade this morning. But I couldnt really describe to you anything other than a hundred fifty, two hundred yard radius where we hunted today. But if they really want to have a conservation order and have some effect on these birds, we could help here if they would open this thing up. It's a place to start. I mean they were, for lack of better words, dirt poor. I was a little kid when Id seen my uncle do it. He makes the duck straps. Were sitting right next door to the closed zone that refuges a chock full of birds. Casey Stafford: Yeah. Casey Stafford: Yeah. Ramsey Russell: Let old Dad try a little bit and Dad got hooked on it. And theres a whole big cycle thats far bigger than a human life span is what Im trying to say. Ramsey Russell: Speaking of industrious people, what are your thoughts about your son Cade, his little business hes got going on? So this morning on the drive out, drinking coffee and whatnot, we drove about thirty minutes to get out there to your place, and you were telling me, Yeah we came by and saw you. And I tell my clients, I tell the guys that lease from me all the time, I said, You guys, why are you doing that? Thats the cheapest part of hunting. Why is it that Sac Valley waterfowlers prefer foggy mornings? The natural levees that border the Sacramento-Feather River system create backwater basins of heavy clay soils that sustain rice farms and duck clubs. These are chickens. Absolutely. 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. Ramsey Russell: Wow. I mean when it hit here, it hit hard. That farmer there in particular does that because of all the geese that are in the area early on in the season. This morning, we had them trapped out there with that fog, they were underneath it and trying to get back to the refuge. Ramsey Russell: One of the principal species today, we shot mallards. Thats how I put myself through college. Casey Stafford: Yeah, I know. Voormi is an enigma in the day and age of disposable hunting apparel. And not only because hes a duck hunter, because hes a good kid and a hard worker. Thats very interesting. 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 Ill put your decoys out. Weve got pictures all over from when the kids were little, my daughter Quinn still sitting in the backpack thing that you wear when theyre little, her on the front of my wife picking up decoys and putting out decoys. I mean were talking into the first week of March, ten birds a day. Hes got an impressive Instagram page for those of yall listening, check him out. I went duck hunting in the California Sac Valley , and that as a really cool deal. . And its just hard to believe that since this thing came out in the mid-nineties, that till today- Its like I said this morning in the blind. Ramsey Russell: Oh, yeah I can see that, come all the way from the East Coast to shoot shovelers. Ill find out, Im going to hunt it. Casey Stafford: Hey man, hes hustling and killing it. The most important waterfowl habitat in the region is the Central Valley where DU has an extensive program of habitat restoration, protection, and enhancement. Ramsey Russell: So what are some of the stories? Casey Stafford: Im so busy guiding and have been for the last twenty years, that during duck season, I dont get a lot of time to hunt with my family. Ramsey Russell: When they were younger, they were doing that to live. Ramsey Russell: Okay. But the biggest thing I think Ive seen is in years past, up until about ten or fifteen years ago, every bird, once it got cold, they come out of Canada and they ended up here, they made their way here eventually. He hit that growth spurt. 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. Casey Stafford: Yeah, we get pretty much all the puddle ducks. Casey Stafford: Basically, since we cant burn anymore, we got to find a way to get rid of the straw. Agricultural Drainage and the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta Overview. We shot green-winged teal, and we shot some shovelers. Ramsey Russell: Banks of fog kind of came and went, we could see fifty yards, we could see a hundred fifty yards. Sometimes they would come so fast and get to that steel, and theyd hit the water and sit right under it, and the mallards will just sit under there and talk to it. We have a three hundred thirty acre wetland that they own that I manage for them. Ramsey Russell: Welcome back to Duck Season Somewhere. Youve shot a lot of ducks, youve gone from the lead through the steel to now the copper plated Boss ammo. It flat kills. I think there are four, five, or six maybe, breeding populations of specklebellies. She takes them, goes with blind, does it all. And the only guys flooding were duck hunters. Casey Stafford: Yeah. Can you hear me now?! I mean weve had a lot of characters over the years from all walks of life. I did something today I always kind of wanted to do. GetDucks.com, your proven source for the very best waterfowl hunting adventures. Casey Stafford: Well, when I was young, wed go out there- Youve been in a grind of geese, how deafening they are before, especially if you can get in the middle of them. I know who you are. I remembered, but of course, I didnt recognize because Cade jumped two foot since I saw him last. 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. Casey Stafford: Im going to say theyre hitting the nail right on the head with that Boss copper-plated bismuth. I mean, you see up here, thats all there is: dirt and country and thats what we do. Casey Stafford: I think the younger generations, maybe the thirty year old guys, the forty year old guys right now, theyve let business and making money get ahead of them and havent spent as much time in the field as they would like to or used to. Lets talk about this. I turn it on, I turn it off. But its the same circular spinning wings that they see all the time. Say goodbye to all that gimmicky high recoil compensation science hype, and hello to superior performance. I dont see much better. . . Both my dads parents died. And I thought, Yeah thats cool. But looking at it now thinking, Man, theres no way, I couldnt do it.. Thats what distinguishes our GetDucks brand from the rest. Ramsey Russell: Outdoor Adventures. And it is duck season in California. Ramsey Russell: And you were telling me this morning youre the original, that thing is at least thirty, forty years old. I shoot a 10 gauge all the time. How old were you when you started hunting? About Us. I mean, you talk to guys all the time, and everybody wants to go cheap on shotgun shells. The rest is history I guess. There ought to be plenty of chickens for everybody. Casey Stafford: Its a twelve-volt, little twelve-volt. It's adjacent to the Border Tule Duck Club. The club has guaranteed water rights, hosts upland (wild and planted) hunting, year round access for dog training as well as fishing opportunities. You react to them like specks and everything else? Located in the heart of the Sacramento Valley Corridor and the larger Pacific Flyway, Sebia Duck Club is situated in an ideal spot. Even if we remain in the closure, if they knock it down to two birds and let us shoot them all season long, Ill quit my griping or give us three all season long, Im not asking for the ten because theres not that many days where everybody is going to go out and shoot their three specklebellies. The state and national refuges and private duck clubs offer high quality opportunities for waterfowl hunting. Ten, twelve inches. I cant say I ever tried it. And how did you get into it? I mean my dad said hed wear cotton sacks for shirts, and they did what they had to do to make ends meet. Were talking three decades of hundred day season duck hunts. Ramsey Russell: It truly does. I got a picture in there. Is that your bread and butter duck? The Sacramento Valley is a rich mosaic of farmlands, cities and small communities, and managed wetlands and a vast network of meandering rivers, streams, canals, and agricultural drains. It puts off the flash, but it dont put off the flash that big blade does. Ramsey Russell: Brought over to the dark side of water fowling. This is the most beautiful area in California to hunt waterfowl. The areas rich history makes hunting the West Gustine Gun Club something truly special. When the birds are working back, thats when they hit those hay farmers hard. Casey Stafford: If I have heard the origin, I dont remember it, but I do remember the craze. Why wouldnt you want a good clean kill? Mojo Outdoors, most recognized name brand decoy number one maker of motion and spinning wing decoys in the world. I mean you hunted with my boy this morning, his friends, theyre die hard. Voormis growing line of innovative of performance products is authenticity with humility. No, I would like to see us be able to do more in California. Ramsey Russell: Which are doing pretty damn good based on my hunt yesterday. They called it a T-Post, they called it a Goalpost, some people called it the Blade, and some people called it the Davis Machine. It was conceived right there where we were hunting in the Sac Valley. Want to receive a newGetDucks.com Brochure? Sacramento Events Classical Greece Sightseeing Trip; Newport News Spring Carnival 2023 (VA) . You get over the top of it and look down and all you see is water for miles and miles and miles. With ones, its two and a sixteenth ounce ones. I want ducks from wherever to be able to see my decoys and do this, do that. The dog loved it too. And I remembered exactly because yall hunt together. I see dads, quite a bit, will bring a kid up. Casey Stafford: Basically what were doing is were getting them out of a duck blind. And thats the only place we are restricted is inside that closure area where we hunted today. Its a people business. Hey, just warning guys that I hunt with in Mississippi, were fixing to use one. Some of our other stuff, we will not chop it, we harvest it and use a big forty-two inch double disc and turn that straw right under the ground. They were young. And anybody that cant leave the outside world out of the duck blind really needs to go to another duck blind. Ramsey Russell: Okay, whats the difference in there and here? You go to Carls Jr down the road, and theres twenty of them standing in the yard. I mean the motel you stayed at this morning, thats the center of town. Ive shot, Benelli Shotguns for over two decades. There were little farmhouses. But as far as hunting them and everything goes, they overlap in where they are and you hunt them the same way. Ramsey Russell: Ive never even heard of it. I come home one day whenever it first came out. The property is on the right side of the road. Duck Club For Sale! Today we had that fog, real thick, pea soup type fog, when we came in, and it broke up right there at daylight, and we got a little shooting early, and then that stuff stalked back in, and those birds were lost. Casey Stafford: Yeah, no, we were socked in pretty tight today. He seemed to enjoy it, and I can tell from hunting with yall, yall seem to enjoy hunting with each other. Guided ducks hunts are the way to go for the best hunting experience. This 316-acre club is strategically located between the 7,400-acre North Grasslands Wildlife Area. Casey Stafford: Its just a natural marsh.