Waterfowl Reports/Success Thread 09/10 - Page 17

luvsitall · 11-03-2009, 07:40 AM

Waterfowl Migration Map: Follow the Ducks This Season

looks like the reports are lighting up, so is S.D...Long range(will probaly change again) looks goood around the middle of the month. hopefully PO won't have to drive hundreds of miles to pound em. the PR is high and doesn't look like it will drop anytime soon...this is not a good thing. how can all the rivers be high and the rwb dry as a bone? REUSE PITS! Well I am going out tomm and should be better. some activity this am on river.

Willhuntforfood · 11-03-2009, 11:06 AM

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Originally Posted by Patrick Olson

Me and my afroing buddy. PO

That widgeon is something special! Nice work.

I got the smoker rolling...looks like goose jerky for me in the am. Might sneek a piece in this evening while it's still warm.

Didn't make it out this morning. I woke up and felt like I was run over by a truck. Figured hell with it. Back at it tomorrow.

jbrooks44 · 11-03-2009, 04:41 PM

Seemed very slow where we were at in the basins, I was expecting some more action. Everything that decoyed got shot, Sorny and I ended with 4 wigs and 2 pintails. It was a good morning to have someone to hunt with, lots of time between very few flocks. Mostly pintails seen, almost no teal, and some snows. Checked other spots on the way home and saw no birds. I'm sure there around somewhere, I'm guessing the smallish population out in the basins right now is well patterned. We had a couple singles, pairs take peek and then boogie, and we had a couple flocks bomb in with out a single hesitation, maybe the difference between arriving here last week and arriving yesterday.

This pimped out Widgeon looked so good he had 3 ladies with him, none escaped.

huntineveryday · 11-03-2009, 04:58 PM

went up to Platte, SD for a pheasant hunt over the weekend, drove from yankton area to platte just after sun-up. saw a lot of ducks in that area, just about right at half of the potholes we drove by had big ducks on them, ranging from small to large flocks. a lot of ducks in the platte area, however, there is also A LOT of open water in the fields and potholes right now and it was around 50 both days we hunted...

Waterfowler84 · 11-03-2009, 08:15 PM

Very pretty wig Jbrook good job.

BPbowhunter · 11-03-2009, 11:18 PM

That's a good lookin' wig.

luvsitall · 11-05-2009, 06:33 PM

hunted weds and we shot 9. mallards, gwt, 1 widg. 1 smiley. saw a decent numbers few migrators seen. birds decoyed good with the breeze.

SnipeHntr · 11-06-2009, 02:15 PM

Hunted small basin south of Kearney yesterday. It was pretty nice outside and there wasnt much action at all. Things seemed pretty dead and I didnt see any ducks on any of the small ponds around the area. Did manage to shoot 4 birds but it wasnt pretty.

wild bill · 11-07-2009, 08:00 PM

3 Canadas, 1 Snow, and 1 Band. Today.

wild bill · 11-08-2009, 08:18 AM

Took a friend today home at 8:15

Patrick Olson · 11-08-2009, 06:15 PM

Ducks are wary. Looking forward to tomorrows N wing. Hunted friday and picked out all drakes. It was some work to get them past the point, but after they committed they were done for. 2 green, 2 drake gads, and a bull sprig. Slept in over the weekend and looking forward to tomorrow morning. Lots of divers around in the basins, should see some more tomorrow. Hopefully that bull can flies by!

PO

Willhuntforfood · 11-08-2009, 07:33 PM

Nice work. I'm gonna be laying out in the basin tomorrow on a solo mission hoping for a prayer with the north wind. Good Luck to everyone going out in the am.

I talked to a buddy of mine who just got back from North Dakota. They shot a ton of gads, widgeon, and mallards last week. Still a lot of birds up there. ND is having some prime hunts right now.

kaiserduckhelm · 11-08-2009, 08:41 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Willhuntforfood

ND is having some prime hunts right now.

Sounds like its the same north of the border also. 15 day forcast for Regina, Sk is not much different than ours.

luvsitall · 11-09-2009, 06:59 AM

noticed s and bs migrating on 75degree days into a south wind...trickle migration. 3 canadas harvested and that was it....ssllllooowwwwwww

CaseAce · 11-09-2009, 08:36 AM

Hunted the Platte on Saturday and much to my suprise, me and my buddy did pretty well. We woke up to darn near t-shirt weather with not a breath of wind. My expectations were not high. However, the birds we seen seemed to love our set up, sometimes didnt even circle. Shot ten between the two of us, 7 mallards, two widgeon, and a teal. It seemed like most of mallards didnt get up and move around till after sun up. Did most of our shooting in the first hour and a half, then after bout 830, they seem to shut off. Very fun hunt though. Unfortanetly, I celebrated the Husker win a little too hard Sat night, and didnt make it out Sun morning.

Patrick Olson · 11-09-2009, 11:28 AM

Didn't see anything new today in the basins except for geese. Could have RIPPED a flock of 50 snows that flipped all the way into the speck floaters just a few minutes before legal. All balled up, 20 yards in front of me about 5 yards off the water... it was hard to hold back. Saw a big flock of chickens and a few more snows. Nothing for ducks. 2 shells and 2 drakes, a pimp pin with a nice spring and a drake wig. Let both the hens go. Messed up a flock of gads at about 8, and other than that, that is all she wrote.

Hopefully this stream brings a few more birds down this PM and tonight.

PO

Waterfowler84 · 11-10-2009, 04:14 PM

Went out on the river south of Omaha this morning and had the worst duck hunt of the year so far. Saw one flock of mallards around 8:30 and a 12 pack of canadas that didn't seem to want anything to do with calls or dekes. I did get the fun responsibility of having to take apart my gun to clean the sand out of all the moving parts!!! Willhunts dog ate all my duck jerky (lol), oh and not to mention my cell phone was emersed in water for about 10 mintues...what a hunt!

brademan76 · 11-10-2009, 04:49 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Waterfowler84

...cell phone was emersed in water for about 10 mintues...what a hunt!

emersed
Pronunciation: \(ˌ)ē-ˈmərst\Function: adjective
Date: 1686
: standing out of or rising above a surface (as of a fluid) <emersed aquatic weeds

I think you meant submerged here.

Sorry couldn't help it.

Waterfowler84 · 11-10-2009, 04:55 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by brademan76

emersed
Pronunciation: \(ˌ)ē-ˈmərst\Function: adjective
Date: 1686
: standing out of or rising above a surface (as of a fluid) <emersed aquatic weeds

I think you meant submerged here.

Sorry couldn't help it.

No it was correctly pronunciated, just mispelled. : Immersed

im⋅mersed
–adjective 1.plunged or sunk in or as if in a liquid.2.Biology. somewhat or wholly sunk in the surrounding parts, as an organ.3.Botany. growing under water.

brademan76 · 11-10-2009, 04:58 PM

Lol, sorry I couldn't hear you pronounce it through the internetz.

11-03-2009, 04:41 PM	#323 (permalink)
jbrooks44 jbrooks44 has no status. Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Omaha, NE Posts: 65 Thanks: 9 Thanked 10 Times in 9 Posts	Seemed very slow where we were at in the basins, I was expecting some more action. Everything that decoyed got shot, Sorny and I ended with 4 wigs and 2 pintails. It was a good morning to have someone to hunt with, lots of time between very few flocks. Mostly pintails seen, almost no teal, and some snows. Checked other spots on the way home and saw no birds. I'm sure there around somewhere, I'm guessing the smallish population out in the basins right now is well patterned. We had a couple singles, pairs take peek and then boogie, and we had a couple flocks bomb in with out a single hesitation, maybe the difference between arriving here last week and arriving yesterday. This pimped out Widgeon looked so good he had 3 ladies with him, none escaped. __________________ ...to see the true beauty of the plains you must linger. -Michael Forsberg

11-03-2009, 08:15 PM	#325 (permalink)
Waterfowler84 Waterfowler84 is tired at work Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Omaha Posts: 106 Thanks: 22 Thanked 13 Times in 12 Posts	Very pretty wig Jbrook good job. __________________ Always hunt like someone is watching! ~Waterfowler84~

11-03-2009, 11:18 PM	#326 (permalink)
BPbowhunter BPbowhunter is at full draw 2007 NEFGA Outdoorsman Of The Year Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Broken Bow Posts: 3,289 Thanks: 23 Thanked 244 Times in 172 Posts	That's a good lookin' wig. __________________ Is it duck season yet? Whackin' Woodies Waterfowl Crew "Look, a pair of singles!"

11-07-2009, 08:00 PM	#329 (permalink)
wild bill wild bill has no status. Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Platte Center,Ne. Posts: 235 Thanks: 29 Thanked 29 Times in 15 Posts	3 Canadas, 1 Snow, and 1 Band. Today. __________________ Wild Bill and a Weim named Rip I HAVE'NT BEEN RIGHT IN THE HEAD SINCE THE GREAT MIGRATION To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.

11-08-2009, 08:18 AM	#330 (permalink)
wild bill wild bill has no status. Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Platte Center,Ne. Posts: 235 Thanks: 29 Thanked 29 Times in 15 Posts	Took a friend today home at 8:15 __________________ Wild Bill and a Weim named Rip I HAVE'NT BEEN RIGHT IN THE HEAD SINCE THE GREAT MIGRATION To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.

11-03-2009, 07:40 AM	#321 (permalink)
luvsitall luvsitall is chasing what ever is in season Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: county with NO ducks Posts: 377 Thanks: 228 Thanked 79 Times in 67 Posts	Waterfowl Migration Map: Follow the Ducks This Season looks like the reports are lighting up, so is S.D...Long range(will probaly change again) looks goood around the middle of the month. hopefully PO won't have to drive hundreds of miles to pound em. the PR is high and doesn't look like it will drop anytime soon...this is not a good thing. how can all the rivers be high and the rwb dry as a bone? REUSE PITS! Well I am going out tomm and should be better. some activity this am on river.

11-03-2009, 04:58 PM	#324 (permalink)
huntineveryday huntineveryday has no status. Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Bellevue, NE Posts: 50 Thanks: 12 Thanked 5 Times in 5 Posts	went up to Platte, SD for a pheasant hunt over the weekend, drove from yankton area to platte just after sun-up. saw a lot of ducks in that area, just about right at half of the potholes we drove by had big ducks on them, ranging from small to large flocks. a lot of ducks in the platte area, however, there is also A LOT of open water in the fields and potholes right now and it was around 50 both days we hunted...

11-05-2009, 06:33 PM	#327 (permalink)
luvsitall luvsitall is chasing what ever is in season Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: county with NO ducks Posts: 377 Thanks: 228 Thanked 79 Times in 67 Posts	hunted weds and we shot 9. mallards, gwt, 1 widg. 1 smiley. saw a decent numbers few migrators seen. birds decoyed good with the breeze.

11-06-2009, 02:15 PM	#328 (permalink)
SnipeHntr SnipeHntr has no status. Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Western Nebraska Posts: 53 Thanks: 7 Thanked 11 Times in 5 Posts	Hunted small basin south of Kearney yesterday. It was pretty nice outside and there wasnt much action at all. Things seemed pretty dead and I didnt see any ducks on any of the small ponds around the area. Did manage to shoot 4 birds but it wasnt pretty.

11-08-2009, 06:15 PM	#331 (permalink)
Patrick Olson Patrick Olson has no status. Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Omaha/Lincoln Posts: 413 Thanks: 6 Thanked 110 Times in 40 Posts	Ducks are wary. Looking forward to tomorrows N wing. Hunted friday and picked out all drakes. It was some work to get them past the point, but after they committed they were done for. 2 green, 2 drake gads, and a bull sprig. Slept in over the weekend and looking forward to tomorrow morning. Lots of divers around in the basins, should see some more tomorrow. Hopefully that bull can flies by! PO

11-08-2009, 07:33 PM	#332 (permalink)
Willhuntforfood Willhuntforfood is looking forward to eating some Morels. Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 248 Thanks: 28 Thanked 47 Times in 29 Posts	Nice work. I'm gonna be laying out in the basin tomorrow on a solo mission hoping for a prayer with the north wind. Good Luck to everyone going out in the am. I talked to a buddy of mine who just got back from North Dakota. They shot a ton of gads, widgeon, and mallards last week. Still a lot of birds up there. ND is having some prime hunts right now.

11-09-2009, 06:59 AM	#334 (permalink)
luvsitall luvsitall is chasing what ever is in season Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: county with NO ducks Posts: 377 Thanks: 228 Thanked 79 Times in 67 Posts	noticed s and bs migrating on 75degree days into a south wind...trickle migration. 3 canadas harvested and that was it....ssllllooowwwwwww

11-09-2009, 08:36 AM	#335 (permalink)
CaseAce CaseAce has no status. Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Ashland, NE Posts: 26 Thanks: 15 Thanked 4 Times in 4 Posts	Hunted the Platte on Saturday and much to my suprise, me and my buddy did pretty well. We woke up to darn near t-shirt weather with not a breath of wind. My expectations were not high. However, the birds we seen seemed to love our set up, sometimes didnt even circle. Shot ten between the two of us, 7 mallards, two widgeon, and a teal. It seemed like most of mallards didnt get up and move around till after sun up. Did most of our shooting in the first hour and a half, then after bout 830, they seem to shut off. Very fun hunt though. Unfortanetly, I celebrated the Husker win a little too hard Sat night, and didnt make it out Sun morning.

11-09-2009, 11:28 AM	#336 (permalink)
Patrick Olson Patrick Olson has no status. Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Omaha/Lincoln Posts: 413 Thanks: 6 Thanked 110 Times in 40 Posts	Didn't see anything new today in the basins except for geese. Could have RIPPED a flock of 50 snows that flipped all the way into the speck floaters just a few minutes before legal. All balled up, 20 yards in front of me about 5 yards off the water... it was hard to hold back. Saw a big flock of chickens and a few more snows. Nothing for ducks. 2 shells and 2 drakes, a pimp pin with a nice spring and a drake wig. Let both the hens go. Messed up a flock of gads at about 8, and other than that, that is all she wrote. Hopefully this stream brings a few more birds down this PM and tonight. PO

11-10-2009, 04:14 PM	#337 (permalink)
Waterfowler84 Waterfowler84 is tired at work Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Omaha Posts: 106 Thanks: 22 Thanked 13 Times in 12 Posts	Went out on the river south of Omaha this morning and had the worst duck hunt of the year so far. Saw one flock of mallards around 8:30 and a 12 pack of canadas that didn't seem to want anything to do with calls or dekes. I did get the fun responsibility of having to take apart my gun to clean the sand out of all the moving parts!!! Willhunts dog ate all my duck jerky (lol), oh and not to mention my cell phone was emersed in water for about 10 mintues...what a hunt! __________________ Always hunt like someone is watching! ~Waterfowler84~

11-10-2009, 04:58 PM	#340 (permalink)
brademan76 brademan76 has no status. Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Lincoln, NE Posts: 566 Thanks: 16 Thanked 32 Times in 25 Posts	Lol, sorry I couldn't hear you pronounce it through the internetz.

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