mississippi river hunting

[DOAducks]

Has anyone hunted the river lately around Monticello to St. cloud? If so how was it? Really appreciate any info

[howell151]

I drove thru monti this morning, saw some mallards and geese.

I haven't hunted that area for a long time thou.

[ironman]

I was out tonight...not that far though. I was around Rogers...just upstream from where the Crow river comes in. No shootin'. Had a pair of mallards who would have been in perfect shooting zones...had I been set up already but wasn't. Then as I'm throwing out decoys four geese fly over....They were on the edge of what I considered in range...I let them fly. A flock of a doz malls went sailing way...over head..and just kept going. That was about it. It was nice to be out. I think it needs to be colder and for the bigger lakes to lock up before the river becomes a hot spot.

[snowgoose]

I field hunted last Saturday next to the river just out of Monticello. Saw a lot of mallards coming off the river and heard a fair amout of shooting coming from there. I also watched geese flying 100 yards above the water being shot at. At least that is what it looked like from my vantage point. You know how that can look from a distance though. I saw them shoot at 3 different flocks of geese and never saw any drop.

There are a ton of geese in the area right now. They are still roosting on the ice on the lake just off of hiway 25 in Big Lake and on the river.

We did not fair to well on our hunt. The geese seemed to be very decoy shy. We had 150 bigfoots out and were well hidden in blinds and they still would not come within 150 yards of us. I think they have been shot at all the way down the flyway.

Good Luck and Happy Thanksgiving.

Todd

[loc9fisher]

if anybody happens to hunt the area around where the crow meets the miss., please pick up after yourselves. anyone who knows where im talking about also knows about the amount of garbage that gets left there. 3 times this year i have picked up enough garbage to fill the small garbage bags i bring out with me. and the sad thing is, there's still more garbage out there that i don't have room for. if nothing else, just pick up your spent shells, of just the pop cans, or the empty chew tins.

im not pointing fingers here. as far as im concerned its everybodies and nobody's garbage, im just asking to pick up a little after ourselves. and maybe a little after the guys who were there before us.

thanks...........loc9

[ironman]

I'm right there with ya...I picked up a fair share of spent shells from there earlier this week.

[loc9fisher]

ironman, ever seen a red chevy with a broken topper window and no boat trailer at the access? if so, thats me. have you been hunting out there much this year?

........loc9

[ironman]

Nope, that was the first time I hit that spot. It was fairly close to me and I only had a few hours to kill. I'll probably try to hit that spot sometime in the near future, Sunday morn maybe. Interested?

[loc9fisher]

was out this morning and am going out again tomorrow morning. all by myself tomorrow so if you wanna come... if you see the red chevy at the access, you'll know where to find me.

[ironman]

Cant make it tomorrow...got another turkey day to attend. Good luck and post how you do.

[ironman]

Going to head out tomorrow morn for a few hours till about noon on the miss. Got an open seat if anyone is interested. I'll check my email before I retire for the evening, otherwise I'll be at the landing where the crow meets the miss.

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[WalleyeWeasel]

You have mail

[loc9fisher]

never made it out on saturday morn. when the alarm went off, i gave it the finger and shut it off. i don't know what happened to me on friday, but i was wiped out. gonna be out there monday morn though. again by myself, if anyone wants to join me, and you see a red chevy without a trailer at the landing, you'll know where to find me so stop in.

[ironman]

I woke up late Sun morn..but went anyways. Birds were around and moving. Geese were decoying nicely...but I dont have any so I watched another group shoot some. I took home one three curled drake. They really started moving when the fog rolled in...right when I had to roll on out to hit my third thanksgiving feast in four days. I am stuffed.

[loc9fisher]

just got home from the river, it was a good morning. 4 drakes, and 2 geese by 9 a.m. lots of big flocks of mallards passing by. the geese cooperated nicely this morning. had a pair come in just after shooting time, got the first then i short pumped and my gun jammed. had to laugh as the second flew away. luckly 5 more came an hour later and i got my second out of that flock.

fun morning, almost didn't go though. when i got to the landing it started pouring and i actually had second thoughts about going, but after i unloaded and parked the truck, it turned back to a light drizzle.

last time out for me i think. i don't want any more geese, BUT if somebody wants some help getting geese there let me know. i'd be glad to bring my decoy's and help for someone else's gain.

good luck to all............loc9

[tw12spot]

loc9- Question for you.

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thanks