Early Booking Special!!!!

  The morning of your hunt, you will be greeted by your guide at 5 a.m. at the Comfort Suites (breakfast is available for those staying at the Comfort Suites only). At this time,  you will finalize the plans for your hunt, we will discuss how the weather, tides and availability of birds relate to the requests you made on your questionnaire. For the hunt you will need insulated waders or hip boots, waterproof camo clothing, camo hat, face camo (either mask or cream), gloves, shotgun, non-toxic shotgun shells, Virginia Hunting license, a Virginia Conservation stamp, a federal duck stamp, a Virginia H.I.P. number. 

You will follow your guide to his boat, typically a 24-foot Carolina skiff. At this time your guide will go over basic safety procedures, and provide your group with a hand-held V.H.F. radio. All guides are licensed coastguard captains and all boats  meet or exceed all safety requirements. We have approximately 100 blinds which include bank blinds, ponds and pole blinds . In most cases your guide will have you set up in your blind, with decoys out, thirty minutes before sunrise. Tide, weather and other factors that affect navigation may cause this to be impractical, in which case your guide will have you set up as soon as possible.

Your guide will remain nearby throughout the day to recover your birds and relocate you as required. Depending on the types of birds you are hunting, it is not uncommon to move three times a day. It is possible to hunt Puddle ducks, Divers, Brant, Sea ducks, and Geese all in the same day.  At times your guide may be away from you to set up a new blind, scout new areas or chase cripples. During these periods you will be able to contact him by radio. Your guide does not shoot, nor are you allowed to shoot his limit. The days hunt concludes at 2 p.m. . 

  Sea ducks & Bufflehead accounted for most of the shooting. It was a good year on Black ducks, they were by far our most abundant puddle duck. Brant, and Bluebills numbers were way up. Green-Wing Teal , Goldeneye,  Mallard, Shoveler, Ruddy Duck, Gadwall ,Wigeon ,Hooded Mergansers, Red Breasted Mergansers, and Canadians were also taken . We plan on hunting the Chesapeake again this coming season, for mainly Divers and Sea Ducks. It should offer a better opportunity for Canvasbacks, Redheads,  Bluebills, and they also have plenty of Sea Ducks.If you are interested let Jan know when you book. The Chesapeake is more weather sensitive than Chincoteague.