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Other Hunting => Waterfowl => Topic started by: nwlynx22 on June 13, 2010, 11:44:01 PM

Title: Ducks are still here
Post by: nwlynx22 on June 13, 2010, 11:44:01 PM

Anybody else noticing an abundance of ducks still around? I see tons of duck and lots of ducklings everywhere I turn this upciming year looks good for local shooters. Stopped by a local spot and saw 10-15 woodies which was kinda crazy never seen them there before.

Title: Re: Ducks are still here
Post by: Dustin07 on June 14, 2010, 01:11:35 PM

yeah I'm really excited about the wood duck populations. In 12+ years of duck hunting I had never seen them until about 4 years ago I saw a nice pair on a lake in pierce county, we let them live. Then this year I shot my first wood duck, and this spring I saw a couple mated pairs with ducklings in Auburn.

Title: Re: Ducks are still here
Post by: Meats on June 14, 2010, 08:29:12 PM

Guys, TONS of wood ducks live and breed in Washington. The deal is most head out by mid October. They are like doves..................first cold snap and they head south.

Title: Re: Ducks are still here
Post by: h2ofowlr on June 14, 2010, 09:33:47 PM

Lots of birds in areas with water.  They will disperse towards August as many of the smaller seasonal waters dry up.

Title: Re: Ducks are still here
Post by: nwlynx22 on June 14, 2010, 11:29:38 PM

I have noticed alot more( woodies) then the past few years and wondered if anyone else was seeing the same numbers. I think with the mild conditions this year it held alot more waterfowl here then in the past few years. I have also seen better numbers of geese as well.

Title: Re: Ducks are still here
Post by: 1morebuck on June 15, 2010, 10:11:47 PM

Meats is right. I see quite a few wood ducks until the first cold weather. Has anyone noticed an increase of shovelers?

Title: Re: Ducks are still here
Post by: Dustin07 on June 16, 2010, 08:40:23 AM

Quote from: 1morebuck on June 15, 2010, 10:11:47 PM

Meats is right. I see quite a few wood ducks until the first cold weather. Has anyone noticed an increase of shovelers?

i saw a lot more shovelers this year, but I also spent time in some new areas, so...

Title: Re: Ducks are still here
Post by: h2ofowlr on June 17, 2010, 01:30:48 PM

Quote from: 1morebuck on June 15, 2010, 10:11:47 PM

Meats is right. I see quite a few wood ducks until the first cold weather. Has anyone noticed an increase of shovelers?

Not to much of an increase, only saw a few flocks.  They seem to head a little further south from us.  We have more feed up north, lots of mallards then when the grass floods, wigeon and pintails.  We saw an increase of teal this season.  Flocks of 120 + at times coming into the decoys.

Title: Re: Ducks are still here
Post by: 1morebuck on June 17, 2010, 03:08:15 PM

Nice, I saw a bunch of teal as well, but it seemed like the widgeon were more plentiful than ever last year.

Title: Re: Ducks are still here
Post by: Dustin07 on June 17, 2010, 03:13:03 PM

Quote from: 1morebuck on June 17, 2010, 03:08:15 PM

Nice, I saw a bunch of teal as well, but it seemed like the widgeon were more plentiful than ever last year.

in the south sound I saw less widgeon than ever, LOL ironic...

but after season they finally came in. around feb I started seeing big flocks in south king county.