Everyone thinks that their hunting club is the one that everyone wants to be a part of and since 2006 Team DrakeTakers has been that one. Head Pro-staffer Justin "The DrakeTaker" Reamer and Pro-staffer Austin Urban started DrakeTakers up 3 years ago and it has grown to have the reputation of killing waterfowl. Being part of Team DrakeTakers is known pretty well around the Topeka area and we are even asked about it at local Ducks Unlimited events. It all started in one of our early morning duck hunts on the Kansas River waiting for the first drake to take flight we started talking about making a name for ourselves. So as the day went on and in between the ducks landing in our laps we started coming up with names. Thats when Justin Reamer came up with DRAKETAKERS. From that moment on Team DrakeTakers was born. We now do everything we can to hunt ducks and geese, adding decoys to our spread, perfecting our calling and scouting out fields to ensure the hunt will be limitless fun with limits of waterfowl. Along with loving to hunt ourselves we also love to volunteer our time to DU. Justin is on the Topeka and Oregon Trail DU committees. Our biggest enjoyment from hunting is getting the younger generation out on some hunts. We started taking out younger kids from our area during the youth season. There is nothing better then going out and watching there faces light up when the first duck or goose gets into range. That is what being a DrakeTaker is all about, we have spread into making shirts, decals, and the latest being this website. We hope you enjoy it and will use all the information and tips to get the ducks and geese close enough to yell “DRAKE TAKE EM”.

Saturday, May 2, 2009

Shootin' a Limit and Getting Some Silver









This was another fun hunt with my good buddy Austin. Austin had a field right next to his house that I scouted b/c he was sleeping or something...lol....neways we got out there early that morning and got setup with our spread of GHG, Dakota, and Hardcore Goose decoys. We ended up going out by ourselves b/c nobody else was able to go that morning and one guy decided to sleep in....he missed out!! We got set-up by sun rise and within 30 minutes the first flock of Canada's was headed right toward our corn field. As soon as they saw our spread they locked up and came in committed. 6 Geese dropped down about 15 yards out in front of us and I gave the command to "DrakeTake Em'!" and 4 geese dropped. The next hour was hard, b/c all we had was big flocks of about 10-15 coming by us and we didn't want to shoot at a flock that big just for 2 geese, so we waited and waited and finally a "Pair of Singles" as I call them came over the trees from the North and locked up and dropped down and they decoyed to about 5 yards when we rose up and knocked them down. As we were high-fiving and talking about picking up dekes, we heard Snow Geese and looked towards the West and they were headed our way and they were low, so we hopped back in the blinds just to try and wait them out to see what they did. Well it turned out to be worth the wait as they decided to land about 25 yards from us and proceeded to walk into our decoys, since it was cold out we didn't wait around to look for collars we just decided to do some conservation, we ended up shooting 7 with our 6 shots. As I went to get the truck and trailer and proceeded to get stuck, my buddy was picking up decoys he picked up some of the Snows also and found one with a leg band on it.

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  1. UnknownMay 2, 2009 at 8:28 PM

    and you consider fun to kill that way, why you and your killer friends dont hunt each others that will be fear, persons like u are the shame of the world

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  2. NikiMay 3, 2009 at 5:56 AM

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  3. NikiMay 3, 2009 at 6:02 AM

    This is a wildness. Are you have stayed hungry ?

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  4. DrakeTakerMay 3, 2009 at 12:38 PM

    LOL....you animal rights people are funny. For your information I eat every bird I kill unless I donate the meat to an organization that feeds the homeless and needy with the meat.

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