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cameronhunter wrote:Rick wrote:Welcome, CH, nice to see you're still out there, and hope your season went better than most in our area.
As for the hunting, our chance for **** was either sold out (with the Dixie land sale) or rained out. Just too much water sitting on what's normally good ground for them, so I didn't bother to log our few unproductive exploratory passes. Didn't find a splash after their season opened, much less a bird, but did start conditioning the pup to hunt close in wooded cover.
Thanks for the well wish wishes. It has been a "good" season. 1st split ducks got stale but 2nd turned on nicely and specks have been very consistent. Turned my attention to snipe a few times and attempted woodcock yesterday but came out only seeing a few flying right at dark. Had to do some reading on them. Splashes as you said are the sign to look for, i didnt know that so thanks! But time is running out not sure if I'll find any before it closes for the year. Maybe next season......
Rick wrote:cameronhunter wrote:Rick wrote:Welcome, CH, nice to see you're still out there, and hope your season went better than most in our area.
As for the hunting, our chance for **** was either sold out (with the Dixie land sale) or rained out. Just too much water sitting on what's normally good ground for them, so I didn't bother to log our few unproductive exploratory passes. Didn't find a splash after their season opened, much less a bird, but did start conditioning the pup to hunt close in wooded cover.
Thanks for the well wish wishes. It has been a "good" season. 1st split ducks got stale but 2nd turned on nicely and specks have been very consistent. Turned my attention to snipe a few times and attempted woodcock yesterday but came out only seeing a few flying right at dark. Had to do some reading on them. Splashes as you said are the sign to look for, i didnt know that so thanks! But time is running out not sure if I'll find any before it closes for the year. Maybe next season......
Well, crap. Somehow assumed them closed and didn't take a look during this last front. Here in the Klondike area, they come with the northern fronts but disappear when the wind changes. Might have to look today, just in case.
Rick wrote:Date: 1/30
Time: morning
Location: UDL
Kudos: At least got my old partner one goose in mouth and got to shoot it just a couple feet off the ground.
Post by Ericdc » Sat Jan 30, 2016 2:53 pm
Last hunt for me, will take some kids next Saturday for youth.
DComeaux wrote: I just can't muster the courage to go sit on a levee. This season has severely dampened my enthusiasm, and I hope time off brings it back.
DComeaux wrote:Good to see!
Ya know, I've said that the teal migration tells the story for the entire season, and if this continues things are looking good for big duck. For the 2011,2012 and 2012, 2013 seasons we had a strong teal season and good big duck seasons at our place. 2013, 2014 and 2014,2015 the teal seasons were really bad as were the big duck seasons.
Just my observations and a lot of wishful thinking...... No bubble popping allowed.
Rick wrote:DComeaux wrote: I just can't muster the courage to go sit on a levee. This season has severely dampened my enthusiasm, and I hope time off brings it back.
After reading that this morning (while beginning to transcribe my log to Word instead of hunting) I came across this from early on in the September teal season:DComeaux wrote:Good to see!
Ya know, I've said that the teal migration tells the story for the entire season, and if this continues things are looking good for big duck. For the 2011,2012 and 2012, 2013 seasons we had a strong teal season and good big duck seasons at our place. 2013, 2014 and 2014,2015 the teal seasons were really bad as were the big duck seasons.
Just my observations and a lot of wishful thinking...... No bubble popping allowed.
Seems to me that September teal fizzled for most, as did the regular season.
Ericdc wrote:I don't think the 2 are at all relatable
Rick wrote:We'll pot-roast some whole, so Sweet Chereaux can clean the bones of and grill some to satisfy my taste for medium rare red meat. Legs, hearts and gizzards of those filleted will end up stewed or in a sauce piquant or some such.
Rick wrote:Perhaps should but never tried it that way. Know I've had some excellent duck done thus.
Basically, if I'm going to the trouble of plucking, it's to pot roast for Cheryl's sake. What hits the grill results from taking the lazy route and skinning.
Rick wrote:No doubt, but we drove past an awful lot of ag land habitat that isn't being goose hunted to get there and didn't see a fraction of the birds.
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