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Other Hunting => Waterfowl => Topic started by: rasbo on December 03, 2013, 06:46:19 PM

Title: cold snap here gonna freeze things up
Post by: rasbo on December 03, 2013, 06:46:19 PM
So with this happening,where do you hunt ducks in the potholes area?Try to find open water?Stay home..
Title: Re: cold snap here gonna freeze things up
Post by: ICEMAN on December 03, 2013, 06:53:49 PM
You could always drive west and have a crappy hunt back on this side.... :dunno:
Title: Re: cold snap here gonna freeze things up
Post by: Slenk on December 03, 2013, 06:59:31 PM
Jump shot on creeks and running water.
Title: Re: cold snap here gonna freeze things up
Post by: rasbo on December 03, 2013, 07:09:30 PM
yotes forsure,,,,sounds like some creek jumping is in order then
Title: Re: cold snap here gonna freeze things up
Post by: Revwrangler on December 03, 2013, 07:37:12 PM
I love when it freezes over. Bust open an area and throw your decoys in. The ducks are limited on open water.

It's a lot of work but often pays off well.
Title: Re: cold snap here gonna freeze things up
Post by: scottcrb on December 03, 2013, 08:19:07 PM
There's always the Columbia .
Title: Re: cold snap here gonna freeze things up
Post by: whtelk on December 04, 2013, 06:30:55 AM
I have an idea where I will be hunting this weekend. There is one creek nearby that won't freeze and I got permission from a guy that I have known since 1965. Problem is very little cover.... might be a hit, might be a miss but got to try.
Title: Re: cold snap here gonna freeze things up
Post by: Patarero on December 04, 2013, 07:01:25 AM
I love when it freezes over. Bust open an area and throw your decoys in. The ducks are limited on open water.

It's a lot of work but often pays off well.

 :yeah:

or throw a blue tarp over the ice...
Title: Re: cold snap here gonna freeze things up
Post by: h2ofowlr on December 04, 2013, 07:23:20 AM
I love when it freezes over. Bust open an area and throw your decoys in. The ducks are limited on open water.

It's a lot of work but often pays off well.

 :yeah:

or throw a blue tarp over the ice...

Black plastic.  Would be better than a blue tarp. :tup:
Title: Re: cold snap here gonna freeze things up
Post by: jeepster on December 04, 2013, 08:03:58 AM
Got into a discussion about tarps and duck hunting not too long ago..... Was trying to come up with a blind to hide under when hunting farm ditches..... We concluded silver looked the most like water....

Could always goose hunt
Title: Re: cold snap here gonna freeze things up
Post by: Brad Harshman on December 04, 2013, 08:29:01 PM
I've heard visqueen heavy duty "clear" plastic looks like water or ice to the birds.  Apparantly the open water layout hunters drap it over their boats and birds dont see them at all.  Might work well for laying out on the thick shore ice.
Title: Re: cold snap here gonna freeze things up
Post by: Revwrangler on December 04, 2013, 09:59:10 PM

I love when it freezes over. Bust open an area and throw your decoys in. The ducks are limited on open water.

It's a lot of work but often pays off well.

 :yeah:

or throw a blue tarp over the ice...


Does that work?
Title: Re: cold snap here gonna freeze things up
Post by: Sliverslinger on December 05, 2013, 12:30:36 PM
Tag
Title: Re: cold snap here gonna freeze things up
Post by: AlpineMuley on December 05, 2013, 12:56:41 PM
I've heard blue food dye mixed in five gallon bucks of water.
Title: Re: cold snap here gonna freeze things up
Post by: HUNTINCOUPLE on December 05, 2013, 01:07:40 PM
Maybe visqueen rain gear?
Title: Re: cold snap here gonna freeze things up
Post by: L-ofalab on December 05, 2013, 07:28:13 PM
I've heard blue food dye mixed in five gallon bucks of water.

Heard the same just haven't tried it. Usually when the water freezes they just leave the area and head to the rivers. I used to live across the street from the Spokane river and I think it has only frozen one time in the last 60 years.
Title: Re: cold snap here gonna freeze things up
Post by: full choke on December 05, 2013, 08:55:28 PM
Everyone and their mom says that they have tried the plastic/colored dye on ice trick, but I have never seen anyone post up pictures of their set up in action. So, let's see them...
Title: Re: cold snap here gonna freeze things up
Post by: h2ofowlr on December 06, 2013, 06:46:20 AM
I've heard visqueen heavy duty "clear" plastic looks like water or ice to the birds.  Apparantly the open water layout hunters drap it over their boats and birds dont see them at all.  Might work well for laying out on the thick shore ice.

In open water we will run the heavier duty clear visqueen on the layout boats.  It works pretty good.
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