Duck weather poll- VOTE

[Tiler_J]

It's all based on where you hunt as usual there is no right answer.

Stop trying to be diplomatic, pick a dog in this fight!!

[Bootlipkiller]

My best hunts are in the wind and rain. My favorite days to hunt. Love being out on really nasty days, the birds seem to work better. A good North wind day is my second favorite. If it is going to be a blue bird day, I usually think about not even going out.

Aunt Betty says your wrong! And he hunts in Arkansas so ya better listen up.

[Bootlipkiller]

It's all based on where you hunt as usual there is no right answer.

Stop trying to be diplomatic, pick a dog in this fight!!

Well hell it just depends on where Im hunting. Rice blind or goose pit I want a cold front, rain and wind or a clear sunny high pressure north wind. If I was hunting one of those fancy high dollar clubs to the north west of Joel's club or the timber pond I use to hunt I would go with clear and calm.

[Bootlipkiller]

It's all based on where you hunt as usual there is no right answer.

Stop trying to be diplomatic, pick a dog in this fight!!

Well hell it just depends on where Im hunting. Rice blind or goose pit I want a cold front, rain and wind or a clear sunny high pressure north wind. If I was hunting one of those fancy high dollar clubs to the north west of Joel's club or the timber pond I use to hunt I would go with clear and calm.

But I go everyday I can regardless of weather because an old wise drunk duck hunter once told me,"you gotta go to know".

[Rick]

Anyone that thinks bluebird weather is better, feel free to hunt an equal amount of BB days to darkened days here in Oregon or Washington. I assure you will have more birds in your log in poor weather or weather leading into the poor weather.

Maybe so on your end, but here are some Louisiana season logs that lean to the contrary: http://pitblind.com/index.php/forum/402-rick-12-13 and five more under "Rick" in these archives: http://pitblind.com/index.php/forum/365-logbook-archives

[jehler]

Around these parts, when we use the term "bluebird day" it refers to full sun no wind.
The reason some guys think sunny fair weather is better is because that is all they hunt.
Anyone that thinks bluebird weather is better, feel free to hunt an equal amount of BB days to darkened days here in Oregon or Washington. I assure you will have more birds in your log in poor weather or weather leading into the poor weather.
It's like Mountainman says the barometric drop always causes extra feeding activity, just like big game. they feed up.

meh, your just hunting with the wrong company, hard to hide 400 pounders in the sun

[3legged_lab]

But I go everyday I can regardless of weather because an old wise drunk duck hunter once told me,"you gotta go to know".

This ^^
You can't kill 'em from the couch.

[jarbo03]

But I go everyday I can regardless of weather because an old wise drunk duck hunter once told me,"you gotta go to know".

This ^^
You can't kill 'em from the couch.

The hell you can't.

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[3legged_lab]

But I go everyday I can regardless of weather because an old wise drunk duck hunter once told me,"you gotta go to know".

This ^^
You can't kill 'em from the couch.

The hell you can't.

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Only if you're an erectile dysfunctional puddle duck hunter.

[GadwallGetter530]

Still gray days are the worst for the area's I tend to hunt. The top three weather types I like to see are as follows...... The best mallard hunting weather around here are super clear and cold still days. The other type of weather I like to go out in would be a nasty thick fog with a high ceiling and its hard to beat a hard blowing Cold North wind.

[Tomkat]

Later in our season, I look for a bright, clear day on the heels of nasty weather. That seems to produce mallards the way I like to see them.

I have had some good shoots on gray, windy days, too.

[GadwallGetter530]

Later in our season, I look for a bright, clear day on the heels of nasty weather. That seems to produce mallards the way I like to see them.

I have had some good shoots on gray, windy days, too.

If their is no wind on a gray over cast day to line the birds up, it makes it tough around here. You really need to get small and don't move much. The birds can pick you out to damn easy with out shadows or a wind to dictate their approach.

[aunt betty]

To the fellas who live in Washington and Oregon.
I have been to Seattle many times and I have never been there when it was not raining.
Do they never have clear sunny weather there?
If that's the case I would understand why you dispute my theory.
How many days a year do you see sunshine in Oregon and Washington during duck season?

[Tomkat]

Later in our season, I look for a bright, clear day on the heels of nasty weather. That seems to produce mallards the way I like to see them.

I have had some good shoots on gray, windy days, too.

If their is no wind on a gray over cast day to line the birds up, it makes it tough around here. You really need to get small and don't move much. The birds can pick you out to damn easy with out shadows or a wind to dictate their approach.

Agree. I can barely call ducks, but I am a pretty good hider and still sitter.

[The Duck Hammer]

I would rather take a gray day than a clear day. But it really doesn't matter. Either the birds are there or they aren't. Its 50/50 both ways.

[MuddyWaterWarlock]

I still say if you go to where the ducks go on cloudy days you can kill just as many ducks as sunny days. Ducks act differently on different days and the barometer is the key. If you sit in the same hole in the ground everyday you will find certain days that hole is good and other days it is not. So why hunt the same place every single day unless you are just too lazy to go somewhere the ducks are. Ducks don't go check into a motel on bad weather days fellas. As far as shadows and not moving around and hiding, if you know how to hunt you do that every day you hunt not just the cloudy or sunny ones. For you posers that don't know how to hunt, and you know who you are, It doesn't matter what kind of day it is learn to adjust to the conditions. Have a great day

[3legged_lab]

To the fellas who live in Washington and Oregon.
I have been to Seattle many times and I have never been there when it was not raining.
Do they never have clear sunny weather there?
If that's the case I would understand why you dispute my theory.
How many days a year do you see sunshine in Oregon and Washington during duck season?

The whole west coast isn't like Seattle.
"Approximately 300 days of sunshine gives Klamath Falls the nickname 'Oregon's city of sunshine'.
http://www.orparks.org/a_oregonparks/klamath.htm

[assateague]

That sounds like the same crap they gave us when I got to Ft. Lewis in Tacoma. "It rains more in Miami than it does here". Yeah. But there it takes 300 freaking days of pissing out of the sky to do it. How long does the sun have to peek through to be considered a "sunny" day?

[Bootlipkiller]

I hate sun shine. Love rain but I suspect that's because I live in California.

[DeadEye_Dan]

That sounds like the same crap they gave us when I got to Ft. Lewis in Tacoma. "It rains more in Miami than it does here". Yeah. But there it takes 300 freaking days of pissing out of the sky to do it. How long does the sun have to peek through to be considered a "sunny" day?

"It only rains twice a year. Once for 300 days straight then it quits for a day and rains for another 64 days"

[assateague]

My personal record was 22 days straight. Doesn't sound like much, but by the 10th consecutive 24 hour period of drizzle, you're ready to start shanking fuckers. Then add almost another two weeks straight on top of that. I'm talking ZERO sun, never a break in the clouds. Hell, never even a cloud. Just solid gray overcast.

I hated that place.

[3legged_lab]

That sounds like the same crap they gave us when I got to Ft. Lewis in Tacoma. "It rains more in Miami than it does here". Yeah. But there it takes 300 freaking days of pissing out of the sky to do it. How long does the sun have to peek through to be considered a "sunny" day?

I honestly don't know. I have been told that our area is great for solar.