who’s all killin and what are you seein…

These past few days have been unreal..easy limits on mal..i’m on pool 13!!

how is it around pool 9 and that part of the mississippi??

Lot’s of mallards, but now it is tough to get some other species in. Two weeks ago it was all gads, widgeon and teal, and now the mallards are here full force, but it has been tough for us to get any other birds in to fill the limit. A few teal cruising around still. We don’t hunt where alot of divers use the water, but there are a ton on Lake Onalaska right now. Did get a woodie last weekend, and missed one. They are beautiful now if you can bag one.

Lot’s of mallards, but now it is tough to get some other species in. Two weeks ago it was all gads, widgeon and teal, and now the mallards are here full force, but it has been tough for us to get any other birds in to fill the limit. A few teal cruising around still. We don’t hunt where alot of divers use the water, but there are a ton on Lake Onalaska right now. Did get a woodie last weekend, and missed one. They are beautiful now if you can bag one.

Unreal wont even describe it…..Shot limit before 7 this morning…..Lots of Bills around……Had a megansar sittin in the bill decoys….Shot a buffle head..Just cause there so pretty…rest of the limit were greenheads..Buddy filmed….Got some awesome footage…

Unreal wont even describe it…..Shot limit before 7 this morning…..Lots of Bills around……Had a megansar sittin in the bill decoys….Shot a buffle head..Just cause there so pretty…rest of the limit were greenheads..Buddy filmed….Got some awesome footage…

i haven’t been seein anything “unreal”, but it has been pretty darn good. best hunting i’ve had in MN for the last couple of years for sure . this cold weather can only help.

i haven’t been seein anything “unreal”, but it has been pretty darn good. best hunting i’ve had in MN for the last couple of years for sure . this cold weather can only help.

Hey gang:

Boys, there no doubt about it. We had location problems this a.m. but this evening got it right and ended up with 12 of them babies!!! Mostly mallards, but shot a teal, a gadwall, a ringbill along with the rest being mallards. Even with the bluebird weather, ducks were coming in before hours closed!!! Great evening!!! As I speak the lunar eclipse is in progress. What a great moonrise as well. Got to cast this late a.m. and early p.m. Even caught fish on them blessed ringworms!!! Great weekend so far!!! Pics when I get home.

Mark

Hey gang:

Boys, there no doubt about it. We had location problems this a.m. but this evening got it right and ended up with 12 of them babies!!! Mostly mallards, but shot a teal, a gadwall, a ringbill along with the rest being mallards. Even with the bluebird weather, ducks were coming in before hours closed!!! Great evening!!! As I speak the lunar eclipse is in progress. What a great moonrise as well. Got to cast this late a.m. and early p.m. Even caught fish on them blessed ringworms!!! Great weekend so far!!! Pics when I get home.

Mark

Hey Mark, Exactly what I found….On Saturday from about noon to 3pm was the best time…Some Migrators were sure coming in…Sure Love this weather….The birds are so vocal….

Hey Mark, Exactly what I found….On Saturday from about noon to 3pm was the best time…Some Migrators were sure coming in…Sure Love this weather….The birds are so vocal….

Flick:

Glad to see you have had excellent action!!! How can I see the TAPE!!! Did you find conditions to be extreme on Sat. a.m. and what type of area did you hunt? We picked a backwaters area north of Fountain City and because of the ice, we should have stuck to the channel.

Yesterday afternoon was great. I had planned to hunt early today and leave midafternoon. But we second guessed the deal, slept in, had a good breakfast, kept the wife company for a little while for some football and went out early this p.m. We had ducks flying, but they liked some else’s setup better than ours today. However we did manage two greenheads, two hens, and two greenwings. We even saw woodies again today. They waited ’til closing to come in tonite. Had I not been chasing the last greenhead of the day, we could have had literally 1000 mallards, teal and who know what else within yards of us. I am going to work real hard to get my yardwork this week and hopefully make it down again next weekend. Only problem is the weather doesn’t look real good again.

Mark

Flick:

Glad to see you have had excellent action!!! How can I see the TAPE!!! Did you find conditions to be extreme on Sat. a.m. and what type of area did you hunt? We picked a backwaters area north of Fountain City and because of the ice, we should have stuck to the channel.

Yesterday afternoon was great. I had planned to hunt early today and leave midafternoon. But we second guessed the deal, slept in, had a good breakfast, kept the wife company for a little while for some football and went out early this p.m. We had ducks flying, but they liked some else’s setup better than ours today. However we did manage two greenheads, two hens, and two greenwings. We even saw woodies again today. They waited ’til closing to come in tonite. Had I not been chasing the last greenhead of the day, we could have had literally 1000 mallards, teal and who know what else within yards of us. I am going to work real hard to get my yardwork this week and hopefully make it down again next weekend. Only problem is the weather doesn’t look real good again.

Mark

Flick:

I don’t know if this will work, but I have a pic that was from last night. To get this shot with the flash, I think they were about 15′ above my head.

Mark

Flick:

I don’t know if this will work, but I have a pic that was from last night. To get this shot with the flash, I think they were about 15′ above my head.

Mark

Flick:

Got any idea what they were?

Mark

Flick:

Got any idea what they were?

Mark

Look like Mallards to me….

Look like Mallards to me….

The one on the left is for sure a black duck, can’t you tell???

Playing the percentages, mallards is a very good bet!

The one on the left is for sure a black duck, can’t you tell???

Playing the percentages, mallards is a very good bet!

We have been hunting a back slough..that the geese an ducks want in badd…Was bangin them for a couple days in the usual spots..But they started catchin on…so had to move to a spot where they werent being hunted..Killed 22 ducks an 7 geese in the last two mornings in the same spot…

We have been hunting a back slough..that the geese an ducks want in badd…Was bangin them for a couple days in the usual spots..But they started catchin on…so had to move to a spot where they werent being hunted..Killed 22 ducks an 7 geese in the last two mornings in the same spot…

THE PICTURE ON MY POST INDICATES VERY DARK MALLARDS.

THE PICTURE ON MY POST INDICATES VERY DARK MALLARDS.

Flick:

Playing the percentages, ahhh I know better, you knew they were mallards. In fact those were just five of the many hundreds trying to get in on top of us from 4:48 p.m. on. They just happened to get close after I had picked up the coys from my side of the boat. My hunting partner, Randy has been hunting this particular area for ten or so years now and said that he had seen ducks come in like that before but never so many mallards. If we hadn’t knocked down that last greenhead five minutes before close, I bet we literally by sitting still could have had pushing a 1000 ducks pile in on top of us. It was truly spectacular!!! Hopefully this upcoming weather keeps them in the area and brings in some more of those northern ducks.

Flick, are these ducks a major push of northern birds. Randy seems to think the northern northern ducks have yet to come.

Mark

Flick:

Playing the percentages, ahhh I know better, you knew they were mallards. In fact those were just five of the many hundreds trying to get in on top of us from 4:48 p.m. on. They just happened to get close after I had picked up the coys from my side of the boat. My hunting partner, Randy has been hunting this particular area for ten or so years now and said that he had seen ducks come in like that before but never so many mallards. If we hadn’t knocked down that last greenhead five minutes before close, I bet we literally by sitting still could have had pushing a 1000 ducks pile in on top of us. It was truly spectacular!!! Hopefully this upcoming weather keeps them in the area and brings in some more of those northern ducks.

Flick, are these ducks a major push of northern birds. Randy seems to think the northern northern ducks have yet to come.

Mark

Hey Flick, just got back from western Mn. you should see the geese over there! The morning I saw you in the shop I and loophole Larry went out and gota nice bunch of green heads and a couple of gadwallcame up 2 birds short of our limite due to a couple of flubed shots but lots of birds around and decoyed like crazy. P.S. Larry took me to some place called mallard point!

Hey Flick, just got back from western Mn. you should see the geese over there! The morning I saw you in the shop I and loophole Larry went out and gota nice bunch of green heads and a couple of gadwallcame up 2 birds short of our limite due to a couple of flubed shots but lots of birds around and decoyed like crazy. P.S. Larry took me to some place called mallard point!

Randy, There are alot of new geese in the area…Alot lookin to dump..The usually circle once or twice…But these are comin from way up….an just keep comin an comin…They want in bad…What are you doin on Mallard point??? ..lol..j.k That point gets hit hard….but lots of birds shot off it year after year…But I know better that you werent there…You were back up in the dike..
Mark, I dont think any major major pushes of northern birds have come through yet from what I’ve seen…Def some new birds around though..Some pretty willing to commit sucide…BUT they know they got a good chance of makin it when yellowdog is blastin at them…