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Other Hunting => Waterfowl => Topic started by: Balladeer on December 12, 2008, 08:20:46 PM

Title: Share the experience
Post by: Balladeer on December 12, 2008, 08:20:46 PM: Since I can't make it out this weekend to any of the generous invitations, respectfully request all share pictures and stories of this weekend's success that I know a lot of you will experience.

Keep your powder dry.
Title: Re: Share the experience
Post by: Seaslave on December 13, 2008, 09:12:59 PM: Went out with my buddy and his nephew from Georgia. We whacked 10 ducks by 9am and had to head in, bosses orders. It was blowing hard, 15-20 steady and cold. Can't wait for tomorrow morning. Did I mention that one of the Drake Teal we got was banded! What a sweet day.
Title: Re: Share the experience
Post by: Elliott on December 13, 2008, 09:18:58 PM: where was the teal banded at?
Title: Re: Share the experience
Post by: Seaslave on December 13, 2008, 09:52:13 PM: Just says Washington, October 17, 2008. I didn't know they banded Teal. I was pretty shocked when I saw the band on it.
Title: Re: Share the experience
Post by: Elliott on December 13, 2008, 10:02:23 PM: sweet, i have yet to shoot a banded bird, cant wait!!
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Post by: chester on December 13, 2008, 10:39:48 PM: we checked all 14 today for a band. notta. thats still my goal for the year, to get a banded bird. congrats
Title: Re: Share the experience
Post by: ICEMAN on December 14, 2008, 05:16:30 AM: Saturday was poor for us (grays harbor...) We only shot two birds by 10am. Saturday weather in the chehalis gap was relatively warm and calm.

Birds were all high and headed back for the coast... :'(

My son did get his first shot at a duck, so a good day for that reason....
Title: Re: Share the experience
Post by: Seaslave on December 14, 2008, 11:20:54 AM: Sat down at my spot till 10am today and nothing :dunno: Yesterday the water had no ice, today it was almost 2" thick. Took us almost an hour to hack out a nice hole. I drove by the local lake and it was covered with birds. I would have thought they would have had to come out looking for food more often, but they never left the lake. Bummer :'(
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Post by: Fishnclifff on December 14, 2008, 11:46:07 AM: We hunted Ridgefield yesterday.
Got 6 birds.
Took awhile to get a decoy pattern the liked, then the rest was fun.
Title: Re: Share the experience
Post by: ghgetter on December 15, 2008, 08:09:25 AM: Friday's hunt...great shoot. 2 limits by 10:00 am. Hope everyone else had a safe and fun weekend.