tracker x-2 Posted November 25, 2011 Share Posted November 25, 2011 This eve. went out goose hunting and seen about 20-25 flocks and not a single one wanted to come close enough to shoot let alone decoy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luckycrank Posted November 26, 2011 Share Posted November 26, 2011 heard the same problem from many people both in the feild and water ducks and geese i think today was a less is more day never decoyed a bird until I pulled all but a few decoys Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bryce Posted November 26, 2011 Share Posted November 26, 2011 Whackage and stackage is on in Rochester. Lots of very cooperative birds on a guided hunt. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tracker x-2 Posted November 26, 2011 Share Posted November 26, 2011 Sat till 9:30 this am. ended up with seven mallards and one goose. I didnt take a photo back at home, but heres another cool gun blast one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stringerless! Posted November 26, 2011 Share Posted November 26, 2011 Cool ! Cornfield between Hugo and Forest lake today. One mallard hen. Birds sat tight till after 11 in the fog.The pair of mallards was the only thing in range. Over 1000 geese flying in one huge flock in distance. Only saw about 20 ducks total. No shooting heard at all. Can't decide whether to try the field again cause it is supposed to clear up or hunt over water for the last day. I can hear the fat lady tuning up her vocal chords. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gordie Posted November 27, 2011 Share Posted November 27, 2011 Seen close to a thousand geese this evening in flocks of 4 to 200 and I could turn them but couldnt get them to commit or get close enough for a shot and then 1 min after shooting was done the mallards showed up ... typical waterfowling Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HugoBox Posted November 27, 2011 Share Posted November 27, 2011 Hunted near home this afternoon and shot a can but didn't seen a heckuva lot. I'm guessing I saw a bunch of the same geese that Stringerless saw. I'm deciding to end my season on the can though. Other than the fact that she was a she it was perfect. I had a buddy with who has a young pup and she got her first duck retrieve which was cool. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tracker x-2 Posted November 27, 2011 Share Posted November 27, 2011 This am didnt see a darn duck until we where out picking up the roto.... then of course seen a couple flocks. Might get out few times after geese next weekend other wise i can say it was a great season! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stringerless! Posted November 27, 2011 Share Posted November 27, 2011 One greenie. Couple flocks of migrating geese and missed another pair of mallards. Did not see many birds. Not over for me yet. Help mama set up the tree and back out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carpshooterdeluxe Posted November 27, 2011 Share Posted November 27, 2011 23 honkers and 1 mallard for 10 guys yesterday. Could have easily filled a limit with better communication and a little better shooting, but overall it was a fun day. Probably my last MN hunt for the year; should have some good shoots to come yet in SD to close out the season. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stringerless! Posted November 27, 2011 Share Posted November 27, 2011 Never got back out. Only 305 days to get ready for next year! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Finlander Posted November 28, 2011 Share Posted November 28, 2011 2 days of hunting, 1 goose shot with a golden BB @ 60 yards after watching hundreds of geese not even giving us the time of day! Never would have shot that far up but after all the high fly by's, I figured I would give the goose a good 15' lead and to my surprize down it comes dead as a doornail! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stringerless! Posted December 3, 2011 Share Posted December 3, 2011 Tried my cornfield in Scandia. No waterfowl seen. Heard a couple good shot volleys towards Hugo. Thought the geese would head towards the river with everything else freezing up. I DID hear a rooster !!! 1st one of the year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JJensen Posted December 3, 2011 Share Posted December 3, 2011 Down by lake preston in south dakota near brookings we probably saw a million birds yesterday. 700,000 snow geese, 200,000 thousand honkers, and maybe 100,000 thousand mallards. this was the most birds ive ever seen in my life. unreal Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
strait-meat Posted December 3, 2011 Share Posted December 3, 2011 Large numbers of Golden-eyes and Common Mergansers on Lake Mille Lacs. Fun to see them, even though you cant hunt them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carpshooterdeluxe Posted December 3, 2011 Share Posted December 3, 2011 Down by lake preston in south dakota near brookings we probably saw a million birds yesterday. 700,000 snow geese, 200,000 thousand honkers, and maybe 100,000 thousand mallards. this was the most birds ive ever seen in my life. unreal And that scenario is the same on about 10 different lakes in this part of the state. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
creepworm Posted December 4, 2011 Share Posted December 4, 2011 Down by lake preston in south dakota near brookings we probably saw a million birds yesterday. 700,000 snow geese, 200,000 thousand honkers, and maybe 100,000 thousand mallards. this was the most birds ive ever seen in my life. unreal If there is less than 500,000 snows on West 81, I will buy you a pepsi. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carpshooterdeluxe Posted December 5, 2011 Share Posted December 5, 2011 i wish the snows would migrate. Its time for ice fishing and those wads of birds are preventing ice from forming on my perch lakes! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishuhalik Posted December 30, 2011 Share Posted December 30, 2011 saw something new yesterday. a field north of monti had around 300~400 trumpeters. this year duck hunting we had about 75 on the lake and i thought that was unusual. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GooBack Posted December 31, 2011 Share Posted December 31, 2011 Down by lake preston in south dakota near brookings we probably saw a million birds yesterday. 700,000 snow geese, 200,000 thousand honkers, and maybe 100,000 thousand mallards. this was the most birds ive ever seen in my life. unreal How can u count so high Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gordie Posted December 31, 2011 Share Posted December 31, 2011 How can u count so high Just have to count to a 0ne hundred...seven hundred times Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GooBack Posted January 1, 2012 Share Posted January 1, 2012 Just have to count to a 0ne hundred...seven hundred times Or maybe even more Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gordie Posted January 9, 2012 Share Posted January 9, 2012 Still seeing mallards by my house they hitting the river off our lake I also heard swans today as I sat in the spear shack Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gordie Posted January 11, 2012 Share Posted January 11, 2012 On my way home this afternoon I saw several hundred mallards and a hundred or so geese near Otsego just off the Mississippi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
strait-meat Posted January 11, 2012 Share Posted January 11, 2012 Been seeing the same thing, tons of geese and mallards. Even some golden eyes along with some mergansers. Still a lot of activity--fun to see! These are probably the smart ones that don't migrate and save their energy and get big and fat. Probably to smart and wouldn't respond to calling and be decoy shy too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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