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Title: Anybody bagging birds
Post by: Buckewe on October 26, 2015, 11:39:55 AM
It seems a little quiet on the waterfowl section. I have only been able to go out for a quick hunt before work got one hen mallard  now that deer is done I will be getting after ducks a couple times a week.
Title: Re: Anybody bagging birds
Post by: Commando on October 26, 2015, 01:11:50 PM
went out opening day and didn't hit the tides right so we only got one bird. but did some what learn new area. went out yesterday just me and my lab. got one bird right off the bat and then nothing the rest of the morning, nothing was flying. and I had to leave at 9 so they prob started flying as soon as I left
Title: Re: Anybody bagging birds
Post by: wadu1 on October 26, 2015, 01:41:35 PM
Slow this year in Sequim honted four days and two geese and two ducks so far.
Title: Re: Anybody bagging birds
Post by: Buckewe on October 26, 2015, 01:45:20 PM
Yeso very slow start this year. My pond only has 6 inches of water usually it's about 2ft. We need rain and a freeze soon
Title: Re: Anybody bagging birds
Post by: NW-GSP on October 26, 2015, 02:33:53 PM
I did great on the opener but yesterday was dead. Need the northern to come down.
Title: Re: Anybody bagging birds
Post by: Whitenuckles on October 26, 2015, 02:38:50 PM
Limited on geese opening weekend. But nothing last. Hopefully we get lots of rain this week. My property is totally dry. My ponds have barely started to form
Title: Re: Anybody bagging birds
Post by: aaronoto on October 26, 2015, 03:47:26 PM
I've really wanted to get out for ducks but with the nice mild weather I haven't bothered yet.  There's been some geese around though.  Looks like we'll finally get a bit of weather later this week.


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Title: Re: Anybody bagging birds
Post by: h2ofowlr on October 26, 2015, 08:47:14 PM
Just haven't posted pics.  There are a fair amount of birds around!
Title: Re: Anybody bagging birds
Post by: moocher97 on October 26, 2015, 09:02:44 PM
Did really good opening day got 9 and a speckle belly. Would have limited out by 10 if not for the nice dudes that were 100 yards away from me cranking on their calls trying to steal the birds circling my dekes... Didn't work for him but he tried and was really quite annoying. Was so close to yelling at them but I was shooting birds so I wasn't ticked off too much.(https://hunting-washington.com/smf/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimages.tapatalk-cdn.com%2F15%2F10%2F26%2F5353ab99ee0e20df29b473fece179107.jpg&hash=71bb77f8578b66ddbbce3d3dd1faf4bca9603639)

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Title: Re: Anybody bagging birds
Post by: fowl smacker on October 26, 2015, 09:37:40 PM
Hunted the coast yesterday and it was NASTY!  Not many birds flying but 2 of us managed 8 widgeon.
Title: Re: Anybody bagging birds
Post by: mburrows on October 27, 2015, 07:09:03 AM
Opening day and last weekend were pretty good for us. Not too much longer until we get that big push of new birds.
Title: Re: Anybody bagging birds
Post by: Special T on October 27, 2015, 01:24:38 PM
 One of my lunchtime honkers. Not super big but pretty heavy. Im wating for the new birds to show up. I might to bag one out my office door!

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Title: Re: Anybody bagging birds
Post by: D-Rock425 on October 27, 2015, 06:53:59 PM
It's been a pretty slow couple of weeks for me.
Title: Re: Anybody bagging birds
Post by: lokidog on October 27, 2015, 07:53:22 PM
Haven't started yet, to the early morning scorn of the dog....  :chuckle: Lots of Scoters around and I saw three Harlequins yesterday.  They let me boat up well within gun range.  Even though I wasn't hunting, I probably would have let them swim as they were pretty drably colored.
Title: Re: Anybody bagging birds
Post by: Tealer on October 27, 2015, 07:55:44 PM
I never actually shoot ducks. I just pretend too.


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Title: Re: Anybody bagging birds
Post by: Spuddieselwwu on October 27, 2015, 08:09:09 PM
Did really good opening day got 9 and a speckle belly. Would have limited out by 10 if not for the nice dudes that were 100 yards away from me cranking on their calls trying to steal the birds circling my dekes... Didn't work for him but he tried and was really quite annoying. Was so close to yelling at them but I was shooting birds so I wasn't ticked off too much.(https://hunting-washington.com/smf/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimages.tapatalk-cdn.com%2F15%2F10%2F26%2F5353ab99ee0e20df29b473fece179107.jpg&hash=71bb77f8578b66ddbbce3d3dd1faf4bca9603639)

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Maybe he read your earlier post about your spot...

"The best part is once my spot has ducks in it they stay there year round. Got up to about 2,000 last year. I even picked out a spot to put the blind on the X you could say. I'm going g to use 3 1/2 dozen ducks and 6 geese. Getting up at 3:30 the morning of."


Title: Re: Anybody bagging birds
Post by: moocher97 on October 27, 2015, 08:13:49 PM
No I've seen them there before. They were just a couple of unethical hunters that I've cleaned up there garbage and shells before. They would have to know the spot in the first place also...

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Title: Re: Anybody bagging birds
Post by: h2ofowlr on October 27, 2015, 10:01:33 PM
I never actually shoot ducks. I just pretend too.


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Just a grunt for a guide who lets you hunt with them to pay for services rendered.   :stirthepot: :chuckle:  Good luck this season.  Not much for migrating ducks currently.  Lots of geese and surprisingly a ton of cacklers in the area.  More than I have ever seen.  One pile of snow geese in the area.  A few more wind storms and we will really clean up on them.
Title: Re: Anybody bagging birds
Post by: Tealer on October 28, 2015, 11:57:05 AM
Hardly a grunt.


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Title: Re: Anybody bagging birds
Post by: northwesthunter84 on October 28, 2015, 12:27:00 PM
Got a few opening day.  Had a nice roasted mallard last night for the first time.  Tide sucked last weekend and we had some fisherman as competition so only got a couple shots in a limited window.  Looking forward to knocking a few more down that is for sure.
Title: Re: Anybody bagging birds
Post by: DuckHunter88 on October 28, 2015, 05:45:35 PM
Found some specks!
Title: Re: Anybody bagging birds
Post by: lokidog on October 28, 2015, 08:29:29 PM
Found some specks!

Nice, never shot one of them.  Did you get them locally?

Still thousands of Scoters around here.  Finally got my authorization cards and Fed Stamp today.
Title: Re: Anybody bagging birds
Post by: Stinkyrat on October 28, 2015, 10:08:39 PM
Ran into one good sized flock of green wing teal today, only bagged one but its better than none thats for sure!  :)

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Be back out Friday!

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Title: Re: Anybody bagging birds
Post by: lokidog on October 28, 2015, 10:14:11 PM
That's a pretty spot.
Title: Re: Anybody bagging birds
Post by: CP on October 29, 2015, 05:53:28 AM
Clouds of teal showed up yesterday.  It seems like the migration is later than usual.
Title: Re: Anybody bagging birds
Post by: BIGDOG253 on October 29, 2015, 09:04:25 AM
Opening weekend pic. Heading back out this weekend!
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