hunting in the snow 11-10

Nothing beats hunting ducks and geese in the snow for me. It was a very wet and great day to be out. pool 8 was the place i was hunting, south of goose Island. Did’t get out until about 1 and had to leave a while before the end but I ahd 4 ducks and a goose. Oh, and missed a few shots in-between too. I do have to tell ya about the hunter that left as I was going to park the boat. He had just shot a hen mallard that hit the bank and then swam to the slough. He did’t have a dog, so I had mine get the duck for him. He said that was his limit and was going to leave. I then said maybe I will hunt where you were and he said fine. While he was motoring away I got to where he was sitting and my dog just goes nuts. You guessed it, he stuffed the hen in the grass. Now I know we can make mistakes, but I wish he would have just asked me if I could take it. I did count it as a hen shot and made sure I didn’t shoot at another hen. Anyway it was a fun time, my dog retrieved her first goose and made me happy. Lots of duck around to make hunting good for the remainder of the season, I hope. good luck hunting.–John

we also had an awesome day yesterday. having the ducks drop right out of the snow was as awesome as it can get. the decyos were white with snow but the only thing you couold tell was a decoy were the lucky ducks. 10 mallards yesterday out of the snow. EVERYTHING I MEAN EVERYTHING was so sopping wet it wasnt even funny.

we also had an awesome day yesterday. having the ducks drop right out of the snow was as awesome as it can get. the decyos were white with snow but the only thing you couold tell was a decoy were the lucky ducks. 10 mallards yesterday out of the snow. EVERYTHING I MEAN EVERYTHING was so sopping wet it wasnt even funny.

i myself, was out all day as well w/ dismal results. i hunted pool 7 with a freind from dark to dark. tons of birds in the sky, but all the birds were extremly decoy shy. pulled the mojos and vortex at 8 am, reduced spread size at 10 change positions at 12 tried a different area from 1 on. i heard minimal shooting from tremp 2 brice prarie all day. my friend and another decided to try goose with the same results the people that i did see shooting were taking marginal shots at best—sky busters i dont think it was a rash of new birds but birds that had been here since last week that were all pretty educated it was the worst hunt i have had in optimal conditions, time for me to migrate south

i myself, was out all day as well w/ dismal results. i hunted pool 7 with a freind from dark to dark. tons of birds in the sky, but all the birds were extremly decoy shy. pulled the mojos and vortex at 8 am, reduced spread size at 10 change positions at 12 tried a different area from 1 on. i heard minimal shooting from tremp 2 brice prarie all day. my friend and another decided to try goose with the same results the people that i did see shooting were taking marginal shots at best—sky busters i dont think it was a rash of new birds but birds that had been here since last week that were all pretty educated it was the worst hunt i have had in optimal conditions, time for me to migrate south

Don’t feel bad Waterfowler…..We had similar results……Who would have thunk? Worst hunt of the year on the duckiest day of the year?

one more week…..Then we’ll be bangin em!!!

Don’t feel bad Waterfowler…..We had similar results……Who would have thunk? Worst hunt of the year on the duckiest day of the year?

one more week…..Then we’ll be bangin em!!!

We had the same results as you guys on Pool 7, though we did have a small window from 8:30 to ten when two pairs and one group came to the coys so we ended up with 6 birds. Never shot before 8:30, and never shot again after ten, we stayed until 2 pm. Those were some of the most call and decoy shy birds I have ever seen. Tried aggressive calling, quiet calling, no calling, drake call, pulling some dekes, etc, etc. and nothing seemed to work. Birds would flare at a shot 5 miles away.

We had the same results as you guys on Pool 7, though we did have a small window from 8:30 to ten when two pairs and one group came to the coys so we ended up with 6 birds. Never shot before 8:30, and never shot again after ten, we stayed until 2 pm. Those were some of the most call and decoy shy birds I have ever seen. Tried aggressive calling, quiet calling, no calling, drake call, pulling some dekes, etc, etc. and nothing seemed to work. Birds would flare at a shot 5 miles away.