Hunting Washington Forum
Other Hunting => Waterfowl => Topic started by: tyrant27 on December 13, 2013, 05:36:31 PM
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Hey fellas,
I am new to duck hunting and have a few questions after my little scouting trip today. So I went down to the public land right outside of Elma where that concrete company is. This may be a stupid question, but I arrived there at about 2:45 pm and not a soul was there. Is that normal for that time of day on a friday for no one to be there?
Also I went down highway 12 a little further to a place that is private land but a "feel free to hunt" area. When I got there, there again was nobody there and the little ponds were lightly frozen over. So my question for this is, if I went out and waded into that area to break up the ice, would that work? Would the ducks then possibly come in to try and land? Like I said, I am new to duck hunting. Never been before so I don't quite know what standard operating procedure is. However, when I was there, I do believe I saw a small group of about 3 ducks fly over. Then a little later, I watched some geese fly off in the distance. So I took that as a good sign. A little while later I heard some gunshots off in the distance. So I don't think those birds were very lucky :chuckle: Basically I am just wanting to know whether I am heading in the right direction, as in location of hunting, for my hunt trip tomorrow.
I am pretty excited to go tomorrow morning. Really hoping to have some beginners luck. Any help or advice you'd like to send my way before I head out tomorrow is greatly appreciated. Thanks
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I was at elma Thursday and it was very slow, most days I go there I'm the last to leave most guys pack up and leave before noon and it's not because they are all shooting limits either. It just dies mid morning and never picks up for the most part. This is just my experience, I do make the drive every couple of weeks just because it is public hunting land and I know there are a few ducks to be had. I shot my first duck there so I have a warm place in my heart for that place.
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Ducks fly over that pond in droves in the am but most have been shot at alot they all fly to ducks unlimited by Bayview and hang out there all day. From my experience. You can hunt those ponds with great success if you follow the basics.