Duck Counts….

Just one.

My brother and I hunted Pope County, MN for ducks on Sat. and Sun. One shot for both mornings …..and we hunted in our best location! Sun. we saw a few more birds flying around but there were no shots looming from us or the countryside – anywhere. On a finer note, while bowhunting Fri. and Sat. nights, I filled mine and my brothers tags with a very fine spike buck (body size) and then a dandy 10 pointer. It’s the first time grunting and rattling worked for me. We saw a lot of other bucks too. …..Great bowhunting season! Maybe next weekend will bring more birds down though….. It’s got to happen soon. Good hunt’in!! Splitshot

My brother and I hunted Pope County, MN for ducks on Sat. and Sun. One shot for both mornings …..and we hunted in our best location! Sun. we saw a few more birds flying around but there were no shots looming from us or the countryside – anywhere. On a finer note, while bowhunting Fri. and Sat. nights, I filled mine and my brothers tags with a very fine spike buck (body size) and then a dandy 10 pointer. It’s the first time grunting and rattling worked for me. We saw a lot of other bucks too. …..Great bowhunting season! Maybe next weekend will bring more birds down though….. It’s got to happen soon. Good hunt’in!! Splitshot

Hunted Thursday and Sat.afternoon on Pool 4 Robinson Lake/Wilcox. This season is real slow for me so far. I only hunt the wilcox area since our place is on the water there, but there should be some more ducks around. Most Mn duckers hunt the Wisconsin side. I guess next year I might have to do that since there is more water to hunt there. Anyone else been hunting the wilcox area? I know one of these days they are gonna pour in. Crossing my fingers atleast.

Hunted Thursday and Sat.afternoon on Pool 4 Robinson Lake/Wilcox. This season is real slow for me so far. I only hunt the wilcox area since our place is on the water there, but there should be some more ducks around. Most Mn duckers hunt the Wisconsin side. I guess next year I might have to do that since there is more water to hunt there. Anyone else been hunting the wilcox area? I know one of these days they are gonna pour in. Crossing my fingers atleast.

Starting to see a few divers move in the area as of last weekend. I would agree with Moss that the mallards we are seeing are just MN birds, starting to make there way down. When a guy starts shooting lesser size mallys then the northern birds are around. I am no expert myself, but we haven’t had a winter for the last 3-4 years to make the birds start there migration early. I remember about 3 years ago on opening weekend we had snow falling from the sky and that ealry snow really made for a great duck hunting season. I see the farmers almanac is saying we are suppose to have a good winter, but I just hope it shows up sooner than later.

Starting to see a few divers move in the area as of last weekend. I would agree with Moss that the mallards we are seeing are just MN birds, starting to make there way down. When a guy starts shooting lesser size mallys then the northern birds are around. I am no expert myself, but we haven’t had a winter for the last 3-4 years to make the birds start there migration early. I remember about 3 years ago on opening weekend we had snow falling from the sky and that ealry snow really made for a great duck hunting season. I see the farmers almanac is saying we are suppose to have a good winter, but I just hope it shows up sooner than later.