Waterfowl Reports/Success Thread 09/10 - Page 16

Patrick Olson · 10-29-2009, 12:24 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by wild bill

Nothin gets me going more than them big honkers sailing in.

You know that feeling of your mouth watering right before you are going to yak all over the place? Just got it.

Anything that is so big, tastes like a pile compared to ducks, is about mesmerized by the call 95% of the time, is so predictable. Well. It is fun a few times.

PO

James Watson · 10-29-2009, 01:25 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Patrick Olson

You know that feeling of your mouth watering right before you are going to yak all over the place? Just got it.

Anything that is so big, tastes like a pile compared to ducks, is about mesmerized by the call 95% of the time, is so predictable. Well. It is fun a few times.

PO

Ha you have been caught up in the ducks so much lately you were dancing around like a little school girl today after seeing that first flock.....good hunting with you again...been a bit. Lookin to kill some ducks tho, not gonna lie, canadas are getting a tad boring.

wild bill · 10-29-2009, 06:16 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Patrick Olson

You know that feeling of your mouth watering right before you are going to yak all over the place? Just got it.

Anything that is so big, tastes like a pile compared to ducks, is about mesmerized by the call 95% of the time, is so predictable. Well. It is fun a few times.

PO

1/2 cup olive oil
1/2 cup soy sauce
1/2 cup brown sugar
1/2 teaspoon smoked sea salt
1 teaspoon garlic powder
1 teaspoon onion powder
1/2 cup thawed orange juice concentrate (frozen can type)
1/2 cup honey dijon mustard
1 cup honey

Mix all ingredients EXCEPT THE HONEY together. Keep 1 to 1 1/2 cups of marinade back to use later in the glaze.

Cut large duck and/or goose breasts into chunks about the size of a teal breast filet or a little smaller and place in the marinade for at least 4 hours. I usually start mine one evening and then cook it the next (24 hours later). Stir or mix occasionally.

Mix the remaining marinade that you held back with the honey to make the glaze.

Toss the duck and/or goose on the grill and baste with a little of the glaze.

Cook to medium rare (medium if ya just gotta) and then lightly drizzle the rest of the glaze over the meat and let it sit for a few minutes before serving.

Then call me or post up here and shower me with the highest praise possible for turning you onto the most incredible waterfowl dining experience on the planet!

kaiserduckhelm · 10-29-2009, 07:28 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Patrick Olson

You know that feeling of your mouth watering right before you are going to yak all over the place? Just got it.

Anything that is so big, tastes like a pile compared to ducks, is about mesmerized by the call 95% of the time, is so predictable. Well. It is fun a few times.

PO

Jerky, man jerky. Only thing that we don't grind into jerky is specks and cranes. Thats right even teal.......

Willhuntforfood · 10-29-2009, 09:11 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kaiserduckhelm

Jerky, man jerky. Only thing that we don't grind into jerky is specks and cranes. Thats right even teal.......

Sinner... I think it says in the bible "Thou shall not grind teal into jerky"

Scotty · 10-29-2009, 10:18 AM

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Originally Posted by Willhuntforfood

Sinner... I think it says in the bible "Thou shall not grind teal into jerky"

Thats the only way to make them edible!

jareddirk30 · 10-29-2009, 10:41 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by wild bill

1/2 cup olive oil
1/2 cup soy sauce
1/2 cup brown sugar
1/2 teaspoon smoked sea salt
1 teaspoon garlic powder
1 teaspoon onion powder
1/2 cup thawed orange juice concentrate (frozen can type)
1/2 cup honey dijon mustard
1 cup honey

Mix all ingredients EXCEPT THE HONEY together. Keep 1 to 1 1/2 cups of marinade back to use later in the glaze.

Cut large duck and/or goose breasts into chunks about the size of a teal breast filet or a little smaller and place in the marinade for at least 4 hours. I usually start mine one evening and then cook it the next (24 hours later). Stir or mix occasionally.

Mix the remaining marinade that you held back with the honey to make the glaze.

Toss the duck and/or goose on the grill and baste with a little of the glaze.

Cook to medium rare (medium if ya just gotta) and then lightly drizzle the rest of the glaze over the meat and let it sit for a few minutes before serving.

Then call me or post up here and shower me with the highest praise possible for turning you onto the most incredible waterfowl dining experience on the planet!

That sounds awesome!! I'm going to try that this weekend with my 18 teal fillets left over from teal season! Thanks!

Laramie · 10-29-2009, 11:20 AM

In the sandhills for 3 days last weekend and shot a mix of gaddies, widgeon, ring-necks, mallards, teal (bl & gr) and 2 drake woodrows (gorgeous!). Also got a banded goose (male) at least 7yrs old banded in the same county I hunted, it was a huge bird. No new ducks or geese to speak-of at all despite the heavy NNW winds, BUT the low clouds could have masked any migration cause we saw cranes to beat the band Sat and Sun and they were low headed south. Had 2 Swans show-up on Saturday on one of the lakes, so something was pushing. Most birds seen were gadwalls, widgeon and ringnecks in the area. Disappointing bird numbers, but fantastic hunts. Just can't beat the scenery.
Sounds like more birds on the move, especially the greenheaded variety.
Gotta get my deer first though.

Id eat a fat canada (not a 7yr old one) over a duck any day. A chicken-fried goose is unbeatable! But Im gonna try WildBill's deal with a slight variation, by aging the ducks in buttermilk for 24 hours.

uglymike · 10-30-2009, 06:25 PM

Hunted a sandpit about half way between Cozad and Gothenburg for about 2 hours. LOTS OF NEW DUCKS!!! Managed to get a couple of mallards in miserable conditions. Have about a foot of very wet snow on the ground here. Got stuck 3 times, last time couldn't get out, farmer on his tractor came by on his way to feed cattle and pulled us out. A bottle of Crown Royal has already been delivered to that farmer......

BPbowhunter · 10-30-2009, 06:58 PM

Lots of cranes migrating over tonight while I was sitting in my deer stand.

Waterfowler84 · 10-30-2009, 11:48 PM

Went south today...close to Kansas and had lots of mallards and pinnies in the area. Saw a couple flocks of hutchinson geese with some specks mixed in... ended up shooting 14 between four of us...real fun day with some good buddies!

jareddirk30 · 11-01-2009, 12:28 PM

Got 3 GW teal and a hooded merganser on Saturday. Hardly any wind this morning. Only saw a few high flyers along the river; nothing came in close...

RuffWater · 11-01-2009, 03:52 PM

Saw 4 or 5 good groups of teal this AM, would have limited if we could shoot, saw one lone mallard drake and shot a widgeon... Saw a good group of specs and a couple groups of canadas... Nice morning, a bit too nice but a good first out for me this year...

Talked to one group that shot a few buffleheads, not sure why they would be here now, but a pretty duck none the less...

James Watson · 11-01-2009, 04:45 PM

5 man limit on some lincoln water. Alot of new birds, 4 greenheads, 5 pinnys, 1 gadwall, 3 ringers, 4 gwt, and 13 wigs. Very fun.

Willhuntforfood · 11-01-2009, 08:48 PM

Shot some geese today down south. Seen some migration but nothing too special.

CaseAce · 11-02-2009, 08:31 AM

Hunted the Platte both Saturday and Sunday mornings, wow what a difference in 24 hours. Saturday morning there were birds all over the river, seen several flocks of teal that had over 80 in them, a lot of high traveling big ducks, and quite a few decoying bunches. Ended up shooting 14 between three guys on Saturday, all bigger ducks, mostly mallards and gadwalds, very fun hunt. Sunday we saw maybe a quarter of the ducks and they didnt want to play at all, only shot two. T-shirt weather by 9am probably had something to do with that.

Looking at the ten day forecast, it's not looking too good. Highes from 50's to 60's, lows around upper 30's. Pretty boring, no winds, fronts, etc. Dakota's look the same. Lets just hope the weathermen are wrong as usual.

James Watson · 11-02-2009, 08:39 AM

This time of year any north wind will bring new birds. It is gonna be close to 70 today and there are ducks and canadas migrating as I type this. Last night was almost dead calm but the moon had the birds moving in force. Its getting to be that time of year where fronts arent needed, just the date on the calendar and a slight north wind can bring alot more birds than you think.

Rook · 11-02-2009, 09:33 AM

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Originally Posted by James Watson

This time of year any north wind will bring new birds. It is gonna be close to 70 today and there are ducks and canadas migrating as I type this. Last night was almost dead calm but the moon had the birds moving in force. Its getting to be that time of year where fronts arent needed, just the date on the calendar and a slight north wind can bring alot more birds than you think.

So your telling me I should have went hunting yesterday instead of nursing a cold. I hate it when I miss some good hunting.

James Watson · 11-02-2009, 10:20 AM

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Originally Posted by Rook

So your telling me I should have went hunting yesterday instead of nursing a cold. I hate it when I miss some good hunting.

I always think of it like this. I am sick. Gonna be sick no matter what. Would you rather be coughing and sneezing shooting ducks or would you rather be coughing and sneezing laying in bed bored as hell? Maybe that is why I have a hard time getting over these illnesses.

Patrick Olson · 11-02-2009, 05:50 PM

What a weekend...Most work I have been through to shoot ducks in quite sometime. Limits 4 days in a row in the basins, but it took windshield time and brute force. Had each different place we hunted to ourselves everyday; I am glad pheasant season is here.

Saturday, A ton of new ducks around. Far and away the best duck hunt of the year so far. Flocks of 50-100 wigs throughout the morning. Saw some amazing decoying action. Had the marsh to ourselves. Put on a little show for the lonely group of pheasant hunters waiting. Shot out the two of us by 10, taking our time. Diversity haul: Gads, green, wigs, BWT, greenies, and a limit of drake pins. Incredible crane migration. Constant flocks all morning long. Saw ducks of almost all species. Including most divers except Cans. About shat a brick when we walked up on 20 cranes sitting right where we were going to set up early in the morning.

Sunday. Slower. A fraction of the ducks. But we made what we had count. Pins were everywhere as they were the day before. No problem shooting out on bulls. Finished at 7:45 on a flock of 6 greenwangs. 1 got away from us. The amount of pintails this year is just incredible; they really did have an amaxing hatch.

Me and my afroing buddy.

Monday. Solo. A few new birds early. I had an exam today, so I needed to shoot and run to get back and study. Plus, I chose the wrong corner of the marsh and was off the X by a few hundred yards, so the big ducks gave me the finger. Popped a drake ringer and a sporting limit full of greenwings. Didn't see very many geese until today. Mostly chickens this morning. One flock of specks before legal.

30 ducks in the last three days means a ten hour nap tonight and then back behind the windshield tomorrow to find some new ones and start it over again.

PO

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10-29-2009, 11:20 AM	#308 (permalink)
Laramie Laramie is needing some open water Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Omaha Posts: 127 Thanks: 26 Thanked 30 Times in 29 Posts	In the sandhills for 3 days last weekend and shot a mix of gaddies, widgeon, ring-necks, mallards, teal (bl & gr) and 2 drake woodrows (gorgeous!). Also got a banded goose (male) at least 7yrs old banded in the same county I hunted, it was a huge bird. No new ducks or geese to speak-of at all despite the heavy NNW winds, BUT the low clouds could have masked any migration cause we saw cranes to beat the band Sat and Sun and they were low headed south. Had 2 Swans show-up on Saturday on one of the lakes, so something was pushing. Most birds seen were gadwalls, widgeon and ringnecks in the area. Disappointing bird numbers, but fantastic hunts. Just can't beat the scenery. Sounds like more birds on the move, especially the greenheaded variety. Gotta get my deer first though. Id eat a fat canada (not a 7yr old one) over a duck any day. A chicken-fried goose is unbeatable! But Im gonna try WildBill's deal with a slight variation, by aging the ducks in buttermilk for 24 hours.

10-30-2009, 06:25 PM	#309 (permalink)
uglymike uglymike has no status. Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 211 Thanks: 78 Thanked 60 Times in 37 Posts	Hunted a sandpit about half way between Cozad and Gothenburg for about 2 hours. LOTS OF NEW DUCKS!!! Managed to get a couple of mallards in miserable conditions. Have about a foot of very wet snow on the ground here. Got stuck 3 times, last time couldn't get out, farmer on his tractor came by on his way to feed cattle and pulled us out. A bottle of Crown Royal has already been delivered to that farmer......

10-30-2009, 11:48 PM	#311 (permalink)
Waterfowler84 Waterfowler84 is sittin back to watch Banned Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Omaha Posts: 112 Thanks: 30 Thanked 16 Times in 15 Posts	Went south today...close to Kansas and had lots of mallards and pinnies in the area. Saw a couple flocks of hutchinson geese with some specks mixed in... ended up shooting 14 between four of us...real fun day with some good buddies!

11-01-2009, 12:28 PM	#312 (permalink)
jareddirk30 jareddirk30 is drooling over ducks Member Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Lincoln, NE Posts: 34 Thanks: 21 Thanked 7 Times in 7 Posts	Got 3 GW teal and a hooded merganser on Saturday. Hardly any wind this morning. Only saw a few high flyers along the river; nothing came in close...

11-01-2009, 03:52 PM	#313 (permalink)
RuffWater RuffWater is wanting some Duck and Deer action. Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 113 Thanks: 20 Thanked 14 Times in 11 Posts	Saw 4 or 5 good groups of teal this AM, would have limited if we could shoot, saw one lone mallard drake and shot a widgeon... Saw a good group of specs and a couple groups of canadas... Nice morning, a bit too nice but a good first out for me this year... Talked to one group that shot a few buffleheads, not sure why they would be here now, but a pretty duck none the less...

11-01-2009, 04:45 PM	#314 (permalink)
James Watson James Watson has no status. Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: NE Posts: 366 Thanks: 28 Thanked 47 Times in 15 Posts	5 man limit on some lincoln water. Alot of new birds, 4 greenheads, 5 pinnys, 1 gadwall, 3 ringers, 4 gwt, and 13 wigs. Very fun.

11-01-2009, 08:48 PM	#315 (permalink)
Willhuntforfood Willhuntforfood is now just another lurker Banned Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 251 Thanks: 37 Thanked 53 Times in 32 Posts	Shot some geese today down south. Seen some migration but nothing too special.

11-02-2009, 08:31 AM	#316 (permalink)
CaseAce CaseAce has no status. Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Ashland, NE Posts: 56 Thanks: 57 Thanked 8 Times in 7 Posts	Hunted the Platte both Saturday and Sunday mornings, wow what a difference in 24 hours. Saturday morning there were birds all over the river, seen several flocks of teal that had over 80 in them, a lot of high traveling big ducks, and quite a few decoying bunches. Ended up shooting 14 between three guys on Saturday, all bigger ducks, mostly mallards and gadwalds, very fun hunt. Sunday we saw maybe a quarter of the ducks and they didnt want to play at all, only shot two. T-shirt weather by 9am probably had something to do with that. Looking at the ten day forecast, it's not looking too good. Highes from 50's to 60's, lows around upper 30's. Pretty boring, no winds, fronts, etc. Dakota's look the same. Lets just hope the weathermen are wrong as usual.

11-02-2009, 08:39 AM	#317 (permalink)
James Watson James Watson has no status. Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: NE Posts: 366 Thanks: 28 Thanked 47 Times in 15 Posts	This time of year any north wind will bring new birds. It is gonna be close to 70 today and there are ducks and canadas migrating as I type this. Last night was almost dead calm but the moon had the birds moving in force. Its getting to be that time of year where fronts arent needed, just the date on the calendar and a slight north wind can bring alot more birds than you think.

11-02-2009, 05:50 PM	#320 (permalink)
Patrick Olson Patrick Olson has no status. Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Omaha/Lincoln Posts: 420 Thanks: 8 Thanked 120 Times in 43 Posts	What a weekend...Most work I have been through to shoot ducks in quite sometime. Limits 4 days in a row in the basins, but it took windshield time and brute force. Had each different place we hunted to ourselves everyday; I am glad pheasant season is here. Saturday, A ton of new ducks around. Far and away the best duck hunt of the year so far. Flocks of 50-100 wigs throughout the morning. Saw some amazing decoying action. Had the marsh to ourselves. Put on a little show for the lonely group of pheasant hunters waiting. Shot out the two of us by 10, taking our time. Diversity haul: Gads, green, wigs, BWT, greenies, and a limit of drake pins. Incredible crane migration. Constant flocks all morning long. Saw ducks of almost all species. Including most divers except Cans. About shat a brick when we walked up on 20 cranes sitting right where we were going to set up early in the morning. Sunday. Slower. A fraction of the ducks. But we made what we had count. Pins were everywhere as they were the day before. No problem shooting out on bulls. Finished at 7:45 on a flock of 6 greenwangs. 1 got away from us. The amount of pintails this year is just incredible; they really did have an amaxing hatch. Me and my afroing buddy. Monday. Solo. A few new birds early. I had an exam today, so I needed to shoot and run to get back and study. Plus, I chose the wrong corner of the marsh and was off the X by a few hundred yards, so the big ducks gave me the finger. Popped a drake ringer and a sporting limit full of greenwings. Didn't see very many geese until today. Mostly chickens this morning. One flock of specks before legal. 30 ducks in the last three days means a ten hour nap tonight and then back behind the windshield tomorrow to find some new ones and start it over again. PO