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Other Hunting => Waterfowl => Topic started by: EastWaViking on October 22, 2008, 10:15:35 AM

Title: Eastern WA Birds?
Post by: EastWaViking on October 22, 2008, 10:15:35 AM: I live north of Spokane, and there were lots of ducks and a decent amount of geese flying. In the past few days they are gone.
Is it the weather? Is it just a lull between migrating flocks? Is anybody else noticing this?
Title: Re: Eastern WA Birds?
Post by: Wayne1 on October 22, 2008, 03:22:02 PM: I was by Elokia [sp] Lake yesterday, and saw ton's of bird's on the lake.... of corse they were all around the boat dock's :( I'm beginning to think the best duck decoy, would be a plastic blow-up porable boat dock.. :chuckle:
Title: Re: Eastern WA Birds?
Post by: ellsworth on October 23, 2008, 01:11:48 AM: we've slowed down quite a bit over here in cheney.

Had two shots at two birds...in 3 hours. Don't know whats going on but I think it could be the weather 60 degrees sunny with no rain or wind will do that to em.
Title: Re: Eastern WA Birds?
Post by: shorthair-on-point on October 23, 2008, 08:08:49 AM: Northerns have not started to show and the local ducks are shot up and call shy. Slowest time of the duck season right now. It will pick up in a week or two when the migration hits.
Title: Re: Eastern WA Birds?
Post by: EastWaViking on October 23, 2008, 03:12:26 PM: Hope you are right, I'm just about out of duck jerky and haven't even shot a goose yet
this fall!
Title: Re: Eastern WA Birds?
Post by: Wayne1 on October 23, 2008, 04:29:36 PM: saw a ton of lesser's in a field off of 395 along the Chewelah Flat's late this morning
Title: Re: Eastern WA Birds?
Post by: EastWaViking on October 23, 2008, 05:06:31 PM: Quote from: Wayne1 on October 23, 2008, 04:29:36 PM
saw a ton of lesser's in a field off of 395 along the Chewelah Flat's late this morning

maybe they'll be down by my place this weekend!
Title: Re: Eastern WA Birds?
Post by: Wayne1 on October 23, 2008, 05:14:16 PM: If they are... I'll follow em :chuckle:
Title: Re: Eastern WA Birds?
Post by: EastWaViking on October 23, 2008, 06:59:01 PM: Quote from: Wayne1 on October 23, 2008, 05:14:16 PM
If they are... I'll follow em :chuckle:

Well, I hope to see you this weekend then! ;)
Title: Re: Eastern WA Birds?
Post by: KwackWacker on October 24, 2008, 03:52:41 PM: deffinatley not as many around but that's obvious becasue locals are gettin shot off.......we had a good push of specks/pintails come through a week ago.

There is a few migrators around thoght because I've been hearin reports of alberta bling!
Title: Re: Eastern WA Birds?
Post by: Black Plague on October 27, 2008, 09:26:38 AM: out here in cheney there used to be about 700 geese around but for the past week or so I havent seen them around...but I went out saturday and we shot 16 Buffleheads and only one mallard and one gadwal....but my buddies 10 miles away from us shot two limits of mallards and pintails...I guess the mallards just werent were i was... Where are they?