collapse

Advertisement


Author Topic: breaking ice... oh how iv missed it!  (Read 3785 times)

Offline wrangler

  • Trade Count: (0)
  • Longhunter
  • *****
  • Join Date: Aug 2007
  • Posts: 573
  • Location: Snohomish
breaking ice... oh how iv missed it!
« on: December 06, 2009, 08:33:54 PM »
got out today and hunted over frozen water for the first time this year... forgot how much i love walking through frozen flooded ice fields!  :chuckle: anyhow, managed to get some mallards to deke in to the pond i broke up, took home 4. still seems REALLY slow, for me anyways. gonna hit up rawlins tomorrow mornin for snows.

Offline Skyhigh

  • Trade Count: (0)
  • Hunter
  • ***
  • Join Date: Jun 2008
  • Posts: 241
Re: breaking ice... oh how iv missed it!
« Reply #1 on: December 06, 2009, 08:52:38 PM »
. gonna hit up rawlins tomorrow mornin for snows.

hopefully its not on a QHU as I believe its a no hunt day (Sun/Mon) and the dike is shut down...Good luck if your going on non enrolled QHU land....I hear they are feeding at night and roosting the bay during the day...but it changes daily..
WE ARE NOT RELATED !!!

Offline wrangler

  • Trade Count: (0)
  • Longhunter
  • *****
  • Join Date: Aug 2007
  • Posts: 573
  • Location: Snohomish
Re: breaking ice... oh how iv missed it!
« Reply #2 on: December 06, 2009, 09:01:06 PM »
naw, not a quality hunt. it is non enrolled land... i herad the same thing from my cousin on friday about the feeding/flight pattern. he said the same thing, its totally reversed from last week... anyhow, at least i'll freeze my ass off! oh, and what do you mean the dike is shut down? never seen it shut down before?

Offline Skyhigh

  • Trade Count: (0)
  • Hunter
  • ***
  • Join Date: Jun 2008
  • Posts: 241
Re: breaking ice... oh how iv missed it!
« Reply #3 on: December 06, 2009, 09:10:07 PM »
There is large portions of the dike at the end of the road (WDFW NF access) now closed to hunting...Its in safety zones...
WE ARE NOT RELATED !!!

Offline h2ofowlr

  • CHOKED UP TIGHT
  • Political & Covid-19 Topics
  • Trade Count: (+5)
  • Old Salt
  • ******
  • Join Date: Dec 2008
  • Posts: 9120
  • Location: In the "Blind"! Go Cougs!
Re: breaking ice... oh how iv missed it!
« Reply #4 on: December 06, 2009, 09:34:15 PM »
They screwed the dike up, but made it better for those that were willing to do the work and work there way through the pot holes to get to the bay.  Anchored up in my layout boat and shot a quick limit with the snows.
Cut em!
It's not the shells!  It's the shooter!

Offline wrangler

  • Trade Count: (0)
  • Longhunter
  • *****
  • Join Date: Aug 2007
  • Posts: 573
  • Location: Snohomish
Re: breaking ice... oh how iv missed it!
« Reply #5 on: December 06, 2009, 09:56:54 PM »
oh yeah... i know about the closed portions, a little ways to the south from the end of the road. i always jump off the dike where it makes the first sharp left turn and head out in the flats. thought you ment they had the whole thing closed... i might check it out for ducks mid morning if the geese are all headin out to the bay. will be my first trip to north fork this year.

Offline jordano

  • Trade Count: (0)
  • Sourdough
  • *****
  • Join Date: Oct 2009
  • Posts: 1336
  • Location: East Wenatchee, WA
  • Cupped and Comin'!
    • http://www.facebook.com/home.php#!/profile.php?id=593729282&sk=info
Re: breaking ice... oh how iv missed it!
« Reply #6 on: December 07, 2009, 11:46:09 AM »
ha I can't wait to go back to Eastern WA and see the whole basin frozen  :chuckle: makes everything go down to the river  :IBCOOL:
Ozzie

Do what you like. Like what you do.

<><

Gettin' their feet on my face!

Offline h2ofowlr

  • CHOKED UP TIGHT
  • Political & Covid-19 Topics
  • Trade Count: (+5)
  • Old Salt
  • ******
  • Join Date: Dec 2008
  • Posts: 9120
  • Location: In the "Blind"! Go Cougs!
Re: breaking ice... oh how iv missed it!
« Reply #7 on: December 07, 2009, 06:57:13 PM »
I'm taking tomorrow off.  3-days of breaking ice and my shins are bruised something fierce.  I hit the big bruise on my right shin this morning and about pissed inside my waders.  Time to throw the shin guards on under the waders.
Cut em!
It's not the shells!  It's the shooter!

Offline Fishnclifff

  • Political & Covid-19 Topics
  • Trade Count: (0)
  • Sourdough
  • *****
  • Join Date: Oct 2008
  • Posts: 2334
  • Location: Vancouver wa
Re: breaking ice... oh how iv missed it!
« Reply #8 on: December 08, 2009, 10:22:40 AM »
Hit Ridgefield this mornin.

Broke a nice hole, set the dekes.  Watched the sunrise, watched the ducks about 500-600 ft up leave to the north.

We went out to pull the dekes, call it a day,

 went thru the ice, under water, came up thru the ice.

Now I'm home in front of the fireplace,, I think I will wait for rain.
It's not true that I am good for nothing---I can be used as a bad example!!

Offline Forrestrover

  • Non-Hunting Topics
  • Trade Count: (0)
  • Scout
  • ****
  • Join Date: Aug 2008
  • Posts: 430
  • Location: seattle
    • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=560513732
Re: breaking ice... oh how iv missed it!
« Reply #9 on: December 08, 2009, 11:08:40 PM »
Hit Ridgefield this mornin.

Broke a nice hole, set the dekes.  Watched the sunrise, watched the ducks about 500-600 ft up leave to the north.

We went out to pull the dekes, call it a day,

 went thru the ice, under water, came up thru the ice.

Now I'm home in front of the fireplace,, I think I will wait for rain.


Yikes! Sounds horrible! Glad you have a fireplace.

Offline Planeguy4

  • Trade Count: (0)
  • Tracker
  • **
  • Join Date: Nov 2008
  • Posts: 29
  • Location: Rdigefield WA
Re: breaking ice... oh how iv missed it!
« Reply #10 on: December 09, 2009, 10:07:42 AM »
Hit Ridgefield this mornin.

Broke a nice hole, set the dekes.  Watched the sunrise, watched the ducks about 500-600 ft up leave to the north.

We went out to pull the dekes, call it a day,

 went thru the ice, under water, came up thru the ice.

Now I'm home in front of the fireplace,, I think I will wait for rain.

Cliff, Wow sorry to hear about your ice diving adventure. I thought I saw your brother out there just prior to your deke p/u, with a propane torch, thinning out that spot of ice? Hummm... I'll be in Kennewick with the big birds this weekend. Have a good hunt....scott

Offline Fishnclifff

  • Political & Covid-19 Topics
  • Trade Count: (0)
  • Sourdough
  • *****
  • Join Date: Oct 2008
  • Posts: 2334
  • Location: Vancouver wa
Re: breaking ice... oh how iv missed it!
« Reply #11 on: December 09, 2009, 12:56:40 PM »
 >:(  He told me he was gonna warm up the dekes so they would float better.
It's not true that I am good for nothing---I can be used as a bad example!!

 


* Advertisement

* Recent Topics

Mason County Youth Buck Nov 1-16 by ASHQUACK
[Today at 02:18:39 PM]


Mudflow Archery by Ridgerunner
[Today at 02:07:06 PM]


Swakane Ram by hillbillyhunting
[Today at 12:21:34 PM]


Selkirk bull moose. by JakeLand
[Today at 12:16:29 PM]


I’m on a blacktail mission by Sundance
[Today at 11:34:34 AM]


Rimrock Bull: Modern by zagsfan1
[Today at 11:00:13 AM]


Sportsman Alliance files petition to Gov Ferguson for removal of corrupt WA Wildlife Commissioners by dreamingbig
[Today at 10:44:31 AM]


Getting back into dogs by Machias
[Today at 10:40:03 AM]


VA Loan Closing Costs by pianoman9701
[Today at 10:20:51 AM]


DR Brush Mower won't crank by Sandberm
[Today at 09:58:05 AM]


After a couple years of poor health,... by Skillet
[Today at 08:49:46 AM]


Colockum Archery Bull Tag by Gonehuntin01
[Today at 07:15:15 AM]


Drew Cleman Mountain Any Ram! by starbailey
[Today at 07:04:50 AM]


Anybody hunt with a 25 Creedmoor? by Threewolves
[Today at 05:58:47 AM]


2025 OILS! by oldschool
[Today at 05:33:29 AM]


September mule deer velvet by jstone
[Yesterday at 08:43:04 PM]


Jim Horn's elk calling, instructional audio CD's. by WapitiTalk1
[Yesterday at 07:40:33 PM]


Goose hunting with vice grips by Pegasus
[Yesterday at 04:51:23 PM]


Public Land Sale Senate Budget Reconciliation by GeoSwan
[Yesterday at 04:12:47 PM]


Back up camera by Blacklab
[Yesterday at 11:54:30 AM]

SimplePortal 2.3.7 © 2008-2025, SimplePortal