I can 'hang' better than most of the pussy ass bitches who spend their lives talking shit on an internet forum. I think it's sad that you haven't met any quality waterfowlers in the area because they exist, and there are some of the good old boys who have an infinite amount of wisdom to share. There's dumbasses everywhere but I feel blessed that I ran into a passionate, ethical crowd that was willing to take me under their wing and teach me because I didn't grow up hunting, and I didn't know a damn thing about shooting a duck. I'd never even held a shotgun when I moved to Ames. Of course, it never really was about the shooting. .. I started on the conservation said of things rather than with the chest beating idiots whose success is measured in kill numbers rather than experiences.
So no, I don't think the locals suck. I think like anywhere, you need to pick out the people you associate with carefully, if someone is a dbag within our group or to others... they wont be back. Pretty simple, really. And I don't own and never have owned a flute, I went straight to a short reed. Besides being tone deaf, which I will fight my whole life, I do alright. The birds don't seem to mind.
