Jump to content

  • GUESTS

    If you want access to members only forums on HSO, you will gain access only when you Sign-in or Sign-Up .

    This box will disappear once you are signed in as a member. ?

2009 Waterfowl Reports

Lunker
 Share

Recommended Posts

The_Duckslayer Mentor

The_Duckslayer

Posted
Posted

Pretty slim around here as well. My son and I went out this morning and got one woodie. Missed on another and of course had the one come in and set on the water just on the other side of a falen tree while we were on shore having a sandwich and coffee! Ain't that the way that it always goes! That is about all that we saw. We heard very little shooting anywhere this morning. Gonna have to find a new spot now that the wood ducks have left as that is about all there seems to be at the lake we were at. take care and N Joy the Hunt././Jibmo

Link to comment
Share on other sites
  • Replies 384
  • Created
  • Last Reply

Top Posters In This Topic

Popular Days

Top Posters In This Topic

Popular Days

Gordie Grand Master

Gordie

Posted
Posted

No hunting today went north to do some deerstand work but did some scouting by longville and sat at a lake with four groups of hunter on it at almost sunrise and didnt hear a shot and not a bird in sight was stupified then was up by Grand Rapids area this evening and saw a bunch of ringies and bills on a couple of lakes. wishing I was hunting them hope to be there next weekend hope there still there or more there.

Link to comment
Share on other sites
CANOPY SAM Veteran

CANOPY SAM

Posted
Posted

This evening, while doing chores around the homestead, I noticed a pretty good number (2-3K) of greater Canada Geese milling around our area fields. These are definately new birds to the area as we haven't had much around now for the last week or so.

I've also begun to see more ducks flying in the evenings, bigger groups and bigger birds!

I could be wrong, but it appears the migration may beginning to move down into Northwestern Minnesota. I wish the DNR HSOforum would update the count estimates every few days, instead of just once weekly. Things can change pretty quickly now.

Bring on the Big Curls!!!

Link to comment
Share on other sites
hart0670 Apprentice

hart0670

Posted
Posted

got out on the mississippi by Winona today, saw quite a few mallards, lots of individuals and pairs that were willing to set in to the decoys at least to start but often decided to keep flying once they got close. A lot of competition out there, but we did alright, 8 mallards for 2 guys. Also saw a ton of trumpeter swans flying south, and a few large flocks of high flying mallards, so maybe a push of northerns is starting.

Also hunting up north of Rochester saturday for geese in a picked field, got a few, but did really well on woodies.

Great weekend of hunting

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Scott M Grand Master

Scott M

Posted
Posted

Slow Saturday. Didn't fire a shot. Shoulda went with another buddy of mine...limited out on pheasants not too far from where I was duck hunting.

I'll have my eyes on the local waters to see if we get any new birds.

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Gordie Grand Master

Gordie

Posted
Posted

what beautiful evening managed two drake bluebills it was great two came in and two fell into the decoys. love when that happens. didnt see lot of birds but they are around.

RRR and Cutter big water let me know but if it doesnt freeze might be a bit to early but I would still give it a go.

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Cheetah Mentor

Cheetah

Posted
Posted

I went out to the Ortonville area this weekend to hunt ducks in the morning and pheasants the rest of the day.

Very few birds to be seen. The Big Stone Refuge has hardly any birds in it, and the water level in there is at least a few feet up. Nothing like past flocks where you couldn't even count them there were so many. Some of the cut fields held small flocks of geese and ducks, but not many. While driving around I don't recall seeing any good sized groups of ducks or geese on any ponds and lakes I drove past.

Water level everywhere is high, the ponds I hunted were probably a foot or two up. Most dried ponds and grassy areas the last two years were completely full this year. Almost all crops are still standing, only a few bean fields have been cut, far too much water and mud.

The handful of ducks I had come by me made it past unscathed. Little buggers zipped over the reeds and by the time I knew they were coming they were on top of me and flying out of range before I could get the gun up.

I heard some shooting, but the guys close enough to me to see what they were shooting at were obviously skybusting geese that were way out of range.

Link to comment
Share on other sites
snatcher20 Enthusiast

snatcher20

Posted
Posted

Hunted Pool 2 yesterday afternoon south of St. Paul Park. From 1:30 until sunset we saw 8 ducks buzzing the main channel. Count that.... 8 ducks total. Also saw 2 flocks of geese flying out to fields before shooting closed.

Anyone else have any recent Pool 2/Spring Lake reports?

Link to comment
Share on other sites
John Swanson Contributor

John Swanson

Posted
Posted

Was out by ortonville at the farm, saw lots of ducks and geese a liitle further north.(2 person hunt) Shot 2 wiedgon, 2 cans, 2 spoonies, and 2 roosters. should have had more. but they were short landing the decoys alot, and a couple misses. then made it back for the crappie bit ended up with 30 slabs (5 people fishing). all in all a good weekend.

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Guest
This topic is now closed to further replies.
 Share
Go to topic listing


×
×
  • Create New...

Important Information

By using this site, you agree to our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. We have placed cookies on your device to help make this website better. You can adjust your cookie settings, otherwise we'll assume you're okay to continue.

  I accept