Waterfowl Reports

[Sifty]

I will be watching the weather and letting it tell me whats up.

I think the next push will happen thrusday/friday but we will see.

Sifty

[luckycrank]

I think a small push happened sometime beetween monday and today. from what I've noticed there not every where but there are pockets of ducks if one does a little scouting

[icecold]

Im going to be out the next 4 days on and off , I think this weekend will be the push in southern mn and a couple days into next week. My worst season ever, kind of hunt same area all year, due to very little vacation time . Ducks have never shown up here all season in the minnesota river valley. I hope there is alot more water next year.

[bmc]

I hunted the last 2 days to close out the North Zone season.

Monday was OK w/ 3 goldeneyes and 2 hoodies. Missed many other shots due to poor shooting.

The fog Tuesday morning had us shore bound till noon, not to mention ice at every landing we checked out.. A buddy and hunted Winnie and the only shooting/chance we had was on a hen mallard. 1,000's of diver out there rafted up, but with little/no wind they weren't flying around at all.

Time to get ready for ice fishing season I guess and try to get a deer with the muzzleloader.

Brian

[Bryce]

Took the youngster out to a diver point for her first time. Managed to pull in some green as well. Better results than should be expected with no wind.

Headed home to regroup. Couple good meals will be nice. Stomache starting to rebel a bit against a diet consisting predominantly of breakfast bars and convenience store biscuits. Will be back out Friday until the finish. Should be a small push of the final birds.

[morefishplease]

Should be the final push Friday/Saturday. Friday might be one of those days ya stay out all day as birds are migrating. Good luck to everyone going out for the final push. Still a good amount of mallards in southern mn if you can get out and scout where the birds are feeding. This is one of the first years in awhile where I can say that a decent amount of mallards moved in and stayed.

[fishersofmen]

6 degree wind chill with some heavy winds tomorrow morning around the metro. For those hunting water be careful.......can't stand seeing those bad reports on the news about unfortunate duck hunters.

[Kettle]

Put on a 140 miles yesterday, checked out all of the honey holes plus some other larger bodies of water, 0 ducks spotted, quite a few geese around and swans. The fields i have to hunt are cut and tilled so I sad thing for me to say is duck season 2012 is done for me time to start building wood duck houses. Happy hunting and Happy Thanksgiving

Kettle

[Bryce]

Gave up too soon 150 mile run for me tomorrow morning that I am confident will put green on the boat floor. I get the look from wifey every time she sees me checking weather reports. At least one of our credit cards will be kept warm this weekend.

[Kettle]

Next year I will be ready! I have a total of 42 days off next year during the duck hunting season, with trips to Canada and Nebraska! Hopefully will have a larger boat with a surface drive to add to the 14' with the ten horse, and hopefully have a better rice crop. Should have some more decoys and some more places to hunt. I envy you Bryce, I have such and odd scheduled I hunt solo mostly. Happy Hunting

Kettle

[Sifty]

Spend 6 hours in the Belle Plaine area and did not see a duck or goose.

Looks like we are done in this area.

Sifty

[fishuhalik]

The pond across the road from us in Big Lake that was full of mallards and honkers has only had honkers for the last couple days. Thinking its over for ducks boys! Still have a month of pheasant hunting in NoDak, time to start seriously expanding the tail feather collection stuck in the weather stripping on my pickup!!

[bmc]

Went flying w/ a buddy yesterday over 3rd River, Winnie, Cutfoot Lakes, and Round Lake. Didn't see much for ducks at all, but we stayed on the north shore of Winnie. My buddy said it was no where near the number that he saw the Friday before rifle season opened. 3rd River was iced up to to the lake and most of the small waters were frozen, ice forming pretty good on the Cutfoot Lakes, and Round Lake as well.

Another buddy drove over Inger Bridge today and said the river was loaded w/ ducks. Go figure!

Brian

[Todd Caswell]

For the north half of the state and all the waterfowlers there.......... The >>>>>> lady has sung. Se you next year, Today I personally had some good photo opps with the camera, but they were on edge, certainly didn't stick around long..........

[MN Mike]

Haven't seen any big flocks of ducks lately but today I saw what had to be thee biggest flock of geese I've seen in years..... if ever around here. I would have to guess somewhere between 2 - 3000 birds, we've had good numbers around for the last month or more but this must be the last big push of the migration.

Even though I don't hunt waterfowl, it's still fun to see the ducks and geese passing thru.

Mike

[morefishplease]

Hunted this morning in the field, wind was INSANE! Lots of geese still around, did not see as many mallards though. All the lakes are frozen this morning except parts of the refuge. She is about done here boys! Couple hundered geese landed in the field, we were hunting for mallards and only seen a few small flocks.

[booger]

turned around at the landing today after seeing the ice, it was open in the middle but breaking ice in a kayak with a paddle isn't fun. Saw all kinds of ducks on the way home in the north metro. Thinking about heading to the river this weekend.

[Stringerless!]

@ booger. Stopped at Men ards and got a kayak this morning. Never used one before. Not the best day for a maiden voyage but I had to try. Kicked 100 geese off lake at 8:00. Saw one flock of migrating ducks and 2 small flocks of geese moving. Left at 10 when goose butts started tipping over in the wind. That thing is a little scary. It will fill a niche in my fleet though.

[booger]

I have the beavertail phantom, so it is pretty stable. Its probably pretty funny watching me get around I have a good size bag of duck decoys with about 2 dozen and usually take 6 more goose decoys, and I'm not a skinny guy. That along with my gun, a spotlight, shell bag. Its crowded. But I can pull that sucker up in the cattails, sit on the cargo area and disappear.

And my friends aren't as into hunting as I am so it allows me to get out more than 3 times a year and hey if you ever want to go out, send me a PM.

I'd love to get a motor and trailer as I have a 12 foot newly camo'ed boat just sitting around. But by myself it's too much to carry.

[Bryce]

Made it over halfway before getting report of freeze up. Didn't think the ice would form in all this wind. Time to hang it up. Could hit one of the local lakes but think I'll give those birds a pardon. Hard to get ambitious about having a good day and seeing a dozen birds. Rochester geese next project.

[dan z]

Stayed on shore this am to be safe. Didn't see much migration while sitting out. Hoping to make it out in the am. Good luck and be safe out there fellow greenhead chasers

[jparrucci]

Took a drive yesterday to the Alexandria to fergus falls area looking for pheasants and ducks, found no pheasants, and very few ducks. Have a private field in the south metro where we have done well, but I am picking up a new puppy tomorrow. Hopefully Sunday!

[HugoBox]

Was out this afternoon for a bit by Pelletier saw VERY FEW ducks. Lots of geese though. Talked to a few other guys and their reports were lack luster as well. Anyone else hear the fat lady warming up?

[Joe15]

Picked out a nice un-tilled field for tomorrow. Have 9 dozen geese and mallards to put out. Last hunt of the season for this guy lets hope it goes well!

[HugoBox]

Decided to give it one got it this am. Most lakes are turning hard but Parts of Centerville are open. Ended up with one goose. Saw maybe 10 ducks. MA Nature won though and pushed all my blocks into shore so I'm going to call it a season.