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| Jeff Taylor 2006 Banded eider |
We will meet early morning at the boat ramp.
After introductions, there will be a saftey talk and you will be familiarized with the boat, and load your gear.
Launching the boat is very easy. When floats are in, we tie up then board. Later in the season you will
have to stand in the water to hold the boat while I move the truck.
You will hold the spotlight as 'lookout'
while we steam to the hunting area. That is usually a 20 to 30 minute ride. Once at our destination you will set
the tollers using longline rigs, while I maneuver the boat.
After setting the blocks and making any adjustments,
we will kedge the boat into gunning position. Then we set up seating, dog ladder, uncase firearms, careful not to load
until legal shooting time. We then establish shooting zones, spotting landmarks and distances. Now we sip coffee
and await birds.
Scoters typically approach the speard at first light, during the early part of the season.
Late in the Maine sea duck season, eiders are the first birds. Often flocks will make several passes on the decoys.
Eider ducks decoy very well. Longtail ducks (old squaws) come out of nowhere at anytime.
Most shots are taken
between 5 and 30 yards. Some challenging pass shooting happens, yet we strive to shoot decoying ducks. We will
accomodate those that wish to bring thier own well trained retriever, or Heidi will work for you. Heidi is a Cheapeake
Bay retriever. She has many hundreds of retrieves to her credit.
Most hunters have certain goals and we will
do our best to help you meet those goals. Maine sea duck hunting has many trophy opportunities. Eider trophies
include Dresseri (Atlantic) eiders, the most common, and Borealis (Northern) eider ducks. Surf scoter (skunkheads),
White-winged scoters, American (black) scoter, and longtailed ducks, round out your sea duck bag. Rare in Maine are
King eider, yet nearly every year, somewhere on Maine's 3000 miles of coast line, someone manages to bag one.
Maine Seaduck Guide Service will help you take your trophy home legally, and also provide legal tagging of dressed birds.
We also will assist you with shipping of birds.
Photography opportunities also include eastern Harlequin duck,
closed for hunters on the east coast, and Barrows goldeneyes. All types of ducks may make an apperance on your guided
sea duck hunt.
We will not break any laws nor allow any to be broken.
Please call to book your
hunt today 207-841-1530.
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| Jeff Taylor and Bill Komo 2008 |
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| Jeff Taylor 2005 third from left Borealis eider |
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