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Let's have a report on how the ducks are treating you. Lots of birds? No birds? Spotty? How is it going?
Thanks, RS
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Hunted both days this weekend.Saturday morning zero wind,lack of birds and not one shot fired.This morning light rain,low cloud deck with clearing,temps plummeting and winds gusting to 35 out of the West.We got nine but all within a half hour.Mixed bag of Widgeon and Gadwall.. the main body of mallards still seems North of us in S.Dakota at present.DU site says 750K in the Dakotas.
You better be afraid of a ghost!!
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Not any more. Arctic air moved in with 4 to 14 inches of snow north of I90 (I90 and I29 still partially closed), blizzard winds. Below zero in Sioux Falls and it just gets colder north.
The key elements in human thinking are not numbers but labels of fuzzy sets. -- L. Zadeh
Which explains a lot.
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Son is going to like to hear that. He is hunting Nebraska late this week.
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Not many in Kansas yet. Cold front came in last night with single digit windchills. We can only hope that they are on their way.
Grandpa's Wisdom:"Sunrise is God's time of the day, shortly thereafter all the [bleep]'s wake up"
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We have limited out every day since this past Saturday with a very mixed bag-- canvasback, redheads, greenwings, gadwalls, mallards,ringnecks,widgeon, pintails--and one suicidal shoveler.
Had to break ice this morning in Mississippi. Supposed to warm back up which will slow things back down but it is good for now.
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Just finishing packing up the vehicle to drive up to Knotts Island on the northern Outer Banks (Back Bay and Albemarle Sound). Going to hunt MON-TUE-WED, hope to have a good report when I return.
One of the sanest, surest, and most generous joys of life comes from being happy over the good fortune of others. Archibald Rutledge
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Selling everything. To much roost shooting before hours here in MN and fisherman that think decoys attract fish.
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Having a great season here. Haven't been out for about 2 weeks, but trap is up to 68 ducks and 4 geese.
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Selling everything. To much roost shooting before hours here in MN and fisherman that think decoys attract fish. i know how you feel. Had a guy outside the deeks this am at 10 til legal trying to find a spot to setup. Watched 2 guys ride around in a 100yd circle for 30 minutes trying to get their bearings in the fog. Gotta love it. I usually head to arkansas a couple times a year but my hunting partner can't go this year so i'm stuck here with rubberheads in SC
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Been a pretty good year so far. Until the last few days the mild winter has kept the big water open. Lately though, a few have started to move to the rivers and creeks. Mostly mallards with a few teal. Tonight was a truly unexpected surprise. Shortly after this picture was taken I got another pair. These are not common in this area and I was pretty excited.
The church is close, but the road is icey. The tavern is far, but I will walk carefully. -Russian Proverb
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Quite rare for our neck of the woods. Poor pic though.
The church is close, but the road is icey. The tavern is far, but I will walk carefully. -Russian Proverb
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Been hunting some in AR so far. Been limiting or close most days, even with the warm weather.
Those who must raise their voice to get their point across are generally not intelligent enough to do so in any other way.
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Might as well shoot the out house on this end. Mid mt just me on that though.
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Sucks in TX often. Often its not until seaosn is almost over that we get the over educated birds in great numbers this far south. Sometimes never.
Finally with some of the last few fronts I've been starting to see enough numbers that it may be worth going out to give it a try.
Of course after last years amazing season, we are due a drought for a few years on hunting.
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Lots of geese, like thousands of canadians, have moved in. Haven't been out for ducks for a few weeks, but trap and i are going in the morning. Some friends have said that there are lots up by the dam, so hopefully, down where i hunt we will have a great morning. Charging the battery for my lucky duck right now. Better report tomorrow.
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Quite rare for our neck of the woods. Poor pic though. Your Rem 870 has seen some duck seasons. Doc
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Duck hunting here in New Jersey has been spotty, goose hunting in the fields is really picking up since it snowed.
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Spent three days on Currituck Sound the week before Christmas - some ducks but pretty spotty (shot three ducks in three days - a few parties got into them better and got two or three each). Heading to Arkansas in ten days for a three day hunt in timber and flooded fields - hope to get in a little more gunning there.
One of the sanest, surest, and most generous joys of life comes from being happy over the good fortune of others. Archibald Rutledge
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