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Everyone else seeing few birds?
Been out quite a few times now, and not seeing many.
Too warm up north to get em moving?

We hunt SW Iowa which is only 35 miles across the Missouri.My son and his pards have been out to our lake four times and haven't been doing much either..lots of garbage ducks but I won't go until we see some pintails and red legs move into the local refuge..just way too warm up North.

Garbage ducks, huh? I'll take a limit of widgeon, gadwall, teal, etc. over a limit of stupid park ducks any day. Mallard pursits make me giggle.

Quack, pretty pics on SCDucks of the dog, just saw them, nice legs on the ducks!

Thanks RR. You ought to hop a train on out here and shoot a duck with me.

Doubtful you've hunted late season Midwest mallards,,that makes me giggle..

I've hunted late season mallards...they're fun. But if you think that mallards and pintails are the only ducks that aren't "garbage ducks", you sure are a closed-minded fella.

You never asked what I consider garbage ducks either.We have tons of spoonies,coots,bluebills and fishducks in here right now as usual for this time of year but widgeons and gadwalls aren't here yet in good numbers,and no I don't classify them as "garbage".Our blue wings came through really early this fall when we were still in the drought and most are South but have seen some greenwing arrivals lately so maybe that'll give us better days to come..

Shoot some coots and fry up some gizzards

Bluebills are sporty, and shovelers sure do decoy good...gotta work out the rust before the real birds make it down.

Roger that on the tune up that's what the boys are doing but ole Dad doesn't need one!

Hahaha. I'm thinking that I might be able to add a fat park duck to the strap this coming weekend. According to our bird counts, we had a big push of birds last week and that included some mallards. One thing's for sure...nothing will respond to a call like a mallard will. Especially a lone drake.

Wouldn't put these on the wall if they were garbage.

Up here along the border got a little snow last night and it looks like a lot more ducks moved ion last night. we're doing well, dogs tire and the dog is tired. Hunted the coast last week and had thousands of widgeon spread out as far as you could see on the eel grass beds, couldn't keep the teal and pintails out of the decoys but that's ok because they eat so well. Now were out on the desert and its widgeon mllards and teal. We've been doing so well it is hard tobelieve there is almost three more months of duckin. Shooting a cute little 20ga sxs and a Husqvarna 51 Hammer shotgun .

Not fair - up here we only get about two months at most, then the ice sends them packing!

Yea, but you get a lot more in your bag limits, and most of them are nice and fat off of grain fields. Not too mention they're nice a dumb up there compared to a mallard that has been hunted from way up there to way down here for 5 months straight.

8 ducks a day limit, some restriction on canvasback & redhead.

I do my best to not educate any that come near.

For some reason, I was thinking it was a few more than that. I'll swap you a hunt next year...I come up there for an early field hunt for fat mallards, you come down here in Jan for variety and birds for the wall.

If he comes be sure to take him to Hatch for the green chili cheeseburger at Sparkies.

A trip to NM just for the food is worth it.

Hop you have more water down there than you did last winter.

Hope to be in LC NM for coyote hunting in Feb.

I've never had a burger from Sparky's, but their pulled pork tacos/burritos are the chit. Eat there after almost every duck hunt.

We've got a lot more water in the lakes than we did last year. You coming to the PM hunt?