So what do you guys think will happen with this cold snap?

[Whitenuckles]

 Im thinking It will stay about the same. But my buddy thinks that it will push them out.... I sure hope some new birds come down, but I seem to think big cold storms push them down. I just never really can tell. It seems like they just show up one day for no good reason.

 I'll head out in the morning and see whats around, hopefully get a bird or two.

[Fowlweather25]

Who knows? Hopefully the birds are feeling it up north. My parents live north of Bellingham and I talk to them frequently this time of year to find out what's flying. They said it's been moderate up there this week. But a lot more activity with birds heading south than last week. Hopefully they'll be down here by this weekend!

[Whitenuckles]

Welcome Fowlweather!!!! 

 Its good to hear someone is seeing birds migrating!

[Fowlweather25]

Thanks! Yeah I live in the Olympia area. My buddy and I have had some pretty good duck shoots so far but not much luck with the geese. We must be doing something wrong! Haha. We sure are seeing a lot of ducks though. Seems like a lot of them are pretty call shy all ready though. Hoping this cold weather will bring in some fresh northerners to trick. Haha

[fast60eddie]

This is about the time King County starts to see birds. I'd like to try the Crescent lake release site but not sure if I can even get out. 

[Madison]

what cold snap?

[Sneaky]

 


Not cold enough to freeze anything important and concentrate birds, cold enough to freeze some of my better spots! Duck hunting limbo.

[bigcans]

i dunno but my hands are drying out pretty good. I wish i had some bag balm to rub on them and sleep with gloves on but i'm out of money for the month. such a terrible thing.. I wake up and my hands feel swollen.

[Skagit_Hunter]

The birds hammered Welts last night. Fresh birds. This cold may be pushing some down from BC

[boneaddict]

I looked at the forcast and I swear it was to be dry for at least a week.  I came to work this morning and all of Yakima had be "oiled" "treated" "s[rayed"  whatever you call it, which they usually do right before a storn.    

[Jack Diamond]

Calgary temp 18 F. at noon,should start some form of duck migration.

Bone, spraying de-icer here also. No indication of precip next 7 days.

D.O.T. must be having all there assets deployed, therefore they can not possibly take any spending cut.??

Lots of geese in the Moses Lake area, however darn few ducks in the north basin, some teal.

[boneaddict]

Go figure......


It was 5 in Flagstaff this morning, maybe they will fly north. 

[Whitenuckles]

 I havent seen alot of birds move in yet. Hopefully they will come soon!

[Codeman]

Yakima has had an inversion sitting above it for the last week and a half, its been 10+ degrees warmer up the passes, that results in warmer river temps, warmer river temps combined with the cold air sitting under the inversion results in ice build up on the roads, not significant build up but enough to warrant de-icing. 

[bigcans]

it's cold here on the west side. i got back to the ramp at 9:30pm after yep, getting stuck again and ice was on the shield. I really didn't care all that much about getting out of there in time. birds were moving and i really wanted to get a duck for the dog. by the time i walked the boat over to the island and picked up my honker dekes and walked 100  yds from shore to the boat, the tide was sucked out. nice night, clear, stars and a big moon. I guess i can sit another 4 hrs and listen to ducks IF there are any around! before the tide comes in and floats the boat. It sounded like a refuge out there. teal, pintails few gadwalls, widgeon, Mal's, a few redheads and where they go in the morning i don't know but it's cold and ducks will be moving around. If you can hunt during the week then get out and hunt. one day it might be slow and the next very good. the day before i hunted there was a lot of shooting. the day i showed up it was very slow. You just never know. Time to be duck huntin is now

[270Shooter]

All it did was concentrate the few local birds that are still living in the yakima Valley, which isn't much but it was enough for 14 ducks yesterday and today for my friend and i.

[Fowlweather25]

That sounds a little more like what we've been dealing with. Seems like the birds are there then gone and no rhyme nor reason to it. Forecast is calling for showers this Sunday and some next week I sure hope it gets those birds movin in off of the big water! My step dad said there were thousands of mallards pinnies and widgeon on the big water yesterday! Just where I like to be on a bluebird day! of course I was in the blind and had a very slow morning! I hope this precipitation gets em lookin for cover inland!

[fethrduster]

I'm hunting a small lake on the westside south of Tacoma which has been frozen over.  I'm hoping it will warm up a bit to open it back up so some birds will move back in.  Until then, I'm sure they're out on the big water, which I don't have a way to hunt.   I bet the Columbia is a turkey shoot right now.

[gasman]

I'm hunting a small lake on the westside south of Tacoma which has been frozen over.  I'm hoping it will warm up a bit to open it back up so some birds will move back in.  Until then, I'm sure they're out on the big water, which I don't have a way to hunt.   I bet the Columbia is a turkey shoot right now.

Try breaking some ice and clear a place for the ducks to be.

A rake works well to move ice and shove the ice under its self.

[kbyers]

 

[fethrduster]

I'm hunting a small lake on the westside south of Tacoma which has been frozen over.  I'm hoping it will warm up a bit to open it back up so some birds will move back in.  Until then, I'm sure they're out on the big water, which I don't have a way to hunt.   I bet the Columbia is a turkey shoot right now.

Try breaking some ice and clear a place for the ducks to be.

A rake works well to move ice and shove the ice under its self.

Yeah, I already tried that, but it appears the birds moved out of the area.

[Skagit_Hunter]

the birds are held up in north skagit county. So just dont go hunting anymore

[bigcans]

no they're not. they are still in the fraiser valley, lynden, bellingham bay and sumas remember