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Advice for wood ducks
« on: January 17, 2016, 05:36:28 PM »
If anyone knows we're you can get wood ducks in Washington let me know

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Re: Advice for wood ducks
« Reply #1 on: January 17, 2016, 06:11:10 PM »
Lol

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Re: Advice for wood ducks
« Reply #2 on: January 17, 2016, 06:17:48 PM »
Flooded wooded areas.  If you see wood duck boxes hanging in trees in that area, it is a good sign!
Cut em!
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Re: Advice for wood ducks
« Reply #3 on: January 17, 2016, 06:19:51 PM »
River bottoms, beaver ponds, anywhere with water and lots of trees lol. They are pretty much all over the state.

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Re: Advice for wood ducks
« Reply #4 on: January 17, 2016, 07:25:10 PM »
You can carve them yourself if you want. Kidding. Ask to float down the river by your house. Most are gone now, but next season, try it before mid November. Nice deer

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Re: Advice for wood ducks
« Reply #5 on: January 17, 2016, 07:48:59 PM »
That is a great question, I shot one about 5-6 seasons ago, and haven't seen one since.


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Re: Advice for wood ducks
« Reply #6 on: January 17, 2016, 07:56:16 PM »
Good advice above!
Cut em!
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Re: Advice for wood ducks
« Reply #7 on: January 17, 2016, 09:05:02 PM »
Some say their hard to find......

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Re: Advice for wood ducks
« Reply #8 on: January 17, 2016, 09:05:28 PM »
You can carve them yourself if you want. Kidding. Ask to float down the river by your house. Most are gone now, but next season, try it before mid November. Nice deer

+1 on the time frame, haven't seen a single one since November... except for in the freezer that is  :)



Keep a look out for an area that has these. Or build a couple for your area!

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Re: Advice for wood ducks
« Reply #9 on: January 17, 2016, 09:26:26 PM »

You can carve them yourself if you want. Kidding. Ask to float down the river by your house. Most are gone now, but next season, try it before mid November. Nice deer

:yeah:  You won't need to go very far.

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Re: Advice for wood ducks
« Reply #10 on: January 17, 2016, 11:08:12 PM »
It's getting pretty late in the season from my experience, they tend to move out when the freezing weather stays for long.

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Re: Advice for wood ducks
« Reply #11 on: January 18, 2016, 11:29:47 AM »
For you - I would set up somewhere on the Black River early in the season next year.  You'll get them hanging out there.

Or go on the eastside and find some Russian Olive.

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Re: Advice for wood ducks
« Reply #12 on: January 18, 2016, 11:55:44 AM »
If you like combat hunting, sleeping in your truck overnight to get a blind, skybusters and so on then the Millet at the mouth of the Walla Walla River is the place to go.

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Re: Advice for wood ducks
« Reply #13 on: January 18, 2016, 03:34:11 PM »
For you - I would set up somewhere on the Black River early in the season next year.  You'll get them hanging out there.

Or go on the eastside and find some Russian Olive.

Wow, I haven't seen woodies stacked like that since leaving WI.

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Re: Advice for wood ducks
« Reply #14 on: January 18, 2016, 03:40:04 PM »
Woody numbers in pictures keep getting bigger...
Here was a decent Wa hunt for wood ducks, 5 man limit.  Also, we have been and are still shooting them.  Not all leave and we shoot a lot in January. 
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