Hunting Washington Forum
Other Hunting => Waterfowl => Topic started by: jordano on November 16, 2009, 12:17:57 AM
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great day! my dad and I got our limits! birds were decoying really well!!! 4 drakes and 1 hen mallard, 2 drakes and 4 hen lesser bluebills, hen wigeon, drake goldeneye, drake bufflehead.
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great pics
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the mallards we shot were definately Northerns. lots of fat, lots of down feathers, and very bright orange feet
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very nice bro....im jealous!
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very nice bro....im jealous!
ha thank you! it kind of shocked us that we did so well. It was cold, in the upper 20's to low 30's, but it was sunny most the day, some fog off the water, and there was a little breeze. but I mean the birds were flying and they decoyed really well which was really nice!
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any day with your dad is a good day..You guys got the best of it.Great pics and a good load of ducks...
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the mallards we shot were definately Northerns. lots of fat, lots of down feathers, and very bright orange feet
We hunt right in the same area quite a bit. Have not hunted that blind for the last couple of years. We have not been this year yet but are getting geared up. Talked to some buddies from the Coulee Dam area that were hunting there Sat. the 14th just upriver from there and did not do well at all. Said birds were not flying too good.
What day did you go on this hunt??
thanks,
Gadwall.
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the mallards we shot were definately Northerns. lots of fat, lots of down feathers, and very bright orange feet
Northerns will actually tend to have less fat due to migrating. Local birds have lots of fat on them from sitting still all year.
Good to see you got into them. I might hit our spot next weekend. Been out in the basin and its freezing and slowing down. Shot 1 fat mallard saturday and my dad got 3 teal.
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the mallards we shot were definately Northerns. lots of fat, lots of down feathers, and very bright orange feet
We hunt right in the same area quite a bit. Have not hunted that blind for the last couple of years. We have not been this year yet but are getting geared up. Talked to some buddies from the Coulee Dam area that were hunting there Sat. the 14th just upriver from there and did not do well at all. Said birds were not flying too good.
What day did you go on this hunt??
thanks,
Gadwall.
my dad and I were up at this spot on saturday. there were not a ton of birds flying but the ones hat were decoyed awesome. and we went and drove the boat around and there are definately thousands of birds in the area. not as many as normal but still a lot!!!! still looking for the best up there in december and january!
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the mallards we shot were definately Northerns. lots of fat, lots of down feathers, and very bright orange feet
Northerns will actually tend to have less fat due to migrating. Local birds have lots of fat on them from sitting still all year.
Good to see you got into them. I might hit our spot next weekend. Been out in the basin and its freezing and slowing down. Shot 1 fat mallard saturday and my dad got 3 teal.
thank you for informing me! I did not know that! they sure decoyed really nice =) did ya like that drake bufflehead? had to get one of the 15 of those guys that landed in the decoys. passed on the 30 hen bufflehead though lol tons of them up there! well good for you! over my christmas break we should meet up and get a hunt in. I do know that the weather is supposed to be warming up. so hopefully things will be good thanksgiving weekend for my dad and I out at potholes! we are taking the camper to the state park and doing that friday to sunday! definately looking forward to that!!!!!
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the mallards we shot were definately Northerns. lots of fat, lots of down feathers, and very bright orange feet
Northerns will actually tend to have less fat due to migrating. Local birds have lots of fat on them from sitting still all year.
Good to see you got into them. I might hit our spot next weekend. Been out in the basin and its freezing and slowing down. Shot 1 fat mallard saturday and my dad got 3 teal.
thank you for informing me! I did not know that! they sure decoyed really nice =) did ya like that drake bufflehead? had to get one of the 15 of those guys that landed in the decoys. passed on the 30 hen bufflehead though lol tons of them up there! well good for you! over my christmas break we should meet up and get a hunt in. I do know that the weather is supposed to be warming up. so hopefully things will be good thanksgiving weekend for my dad and I out at potholes! we are taking the camper to the state park and doing that friday to sunday! definately looking forward to that!!!!!
I love those butterballs. I'll shoot a whole limit of them :chuckle:
If I'm in town over the break its awn! Might be heading to the coast but we'll see.
Good luck out at the potholes. Probably around 15 trucks with boats there on saturday around 10am :o Definitely enough people to keep the birds moving around good. Lots of teal still in the area!
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the mallards we shot were definately Northerns. lots of fat, lots of down feathers, and very bright orange feet
Northerns will actually tend to have less fat due to migrating. Local birds have lots of fat on them from sitting still all year.
Good to see you got into them. I might hit our spot next weekend. Been out in the basin and its freezing and slowing down. Shot 1 fat mallard saturday and my dad got 3 teal.
thank you for informing me! I did not know that! they sure decoyed really nice =) did ya like that drake bufflehead? had to get one of the 15 of those guys that landed in the decoys. passed on the 30 hen bufflehead though lol tons of them up there! well good for you! over my christmas break we should meet up and get a hunt in. I do know that the weather is supposed to be warming up. so hopefully things will be good thanksgiving weekend for my dad and I out at potholes! we are taking the camper to the state park and doing that friday to sunday! definately looking forward to that!!!!!
I love those butterballs. I'll shoot a whole limit of them :chuckle:
If I'm in town over the break its awn! Might be heading to the coast but we'll see.
Good luck out at the potholes. Probably around 15 trucks with boats there on saturday around 10am :o Definitely enough people to keep the birds moving around good. Lots of teal still in the area!
that sounds good to me!!! I am totally up for it!
ha ya the drakes i really want to get one mounted!!!!
o wow!!! well I sure think back in the dunes should be good... if not we will go hunt out on the main reservoir for a more mixed bag of divers and puddle ducks... we will improvise ha
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Good mix of puddlers and divers. Always nice if you can shoot a limit on a sunny day.
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Good mix of puddlers and divers. Always nice if you can shoot a limit on a sunny day.
thank you! I like hunting at this spot because of that and give it a little more time and the redheads and canvasbacks come in to make it even more fun! wigeon, mallards, cans, and redheads!!!! ya it was wierd we did so well on such a nice day! it was in the 20's so i am sure that helped
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congrats on a grat day
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ahhh...miss my dad...geat post!
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thanks guys! ya my dad and I are really close. I dont know what I would do without him. we love doing this and any kind of fishing!
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hey if you are going back in the dunes you might try taking a fishing pole out there rigged with a bobber and throw a maggot on it...a couple of my buddies did that and caught a bucket load of panfish during the slow part of the day...good luck, the pot holes are fun
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hey if you are going back in the dunes you might try taking a fishing pole out there rigged with a bobber and throw a maggot on it...a couple of my buddies did that and caught a bucket load of panfish during the slow part of the day...good luck, the pot holes are fun
hey thank you! that is a great idea!! I reallyappreciate the advise!!!