Posted By:
Taiga
Guest
08-31-2004 14:37
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Guess your right to take advantage of it…wish I could, but what the heck fairbanks is a little to close to being a city. Have fun with tomorrow morning. I don’t get out till Friday dangnibit!!!
Posted By:
Ric-Seward
Guest
08-30-2004 21:03
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Yea it is that subsistence thing, thought since the natives have been slaughtering geese since this spring I should at least participate in the last few days of it.
Posted By:
Taiga
Guest
08-30-2004 17:21
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Ric..well I guess all the sunshine helped someone!!! We don’t open til the first so nothing to report here…how come you guys are open already…one of those subsistence things I assume?
Posted By:
Ric-Seward
Guest
Delta 08-30-2004 12:37
Cloudy, Rain & Thunderstorms – 45-50 Degrees
Well sat was a miserable day. I stayed out until noon no gesse were moving but I did pick up a sand hill. It rained all morning, the wife was a trooper and didn’t complain at all.
Not alot of geese here, think most are still up north. Friend of mine said he saw thousands of canadas when he was up north hunting and creamers is packed, so in the next couple of weeks they should be heading down.
Iron-Dog, clearwater has good water in it and should provide good hunting. What are you driving? I am in a red/gray chevy blzr 1500 with a sea-ark if you see me come on over and say hi.
Posted By:
skybust
Supporting Member
08-30-2004 11:56
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Lots of ducks down here in the valley, seems to be alot of big ducks. Maybe some of the Norhern birds have already move down because of all the smoke up your way Ric. Well Shannon and I are heading out this afternoon. Hope you have a good opener.
Posted By:
Irondog
Guest
DELTA 08-28-2004 12:25
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HI RIC OUR POSSE IS ON ITS WAY TO YOUR BACK YARD, WE WELL BE THERE FOR NINE DAYS AND RETURN FOR ANOUTHER WEEK, THIS YEAR WE ARE BRINGING ONE OF THE DUCK BOATS, HOWS THE WATER BEEN IN THE CLEAR WATER CREEK? ARE WE GOING TO NEED TO SMOKE OUR BLINDS THIS YEAR!!!!
IRONDOG
Posted By:
Ric-Seward
Guest
Delta 08-27-2004 23:18
Cloudy, Winds Calm – Over 70 Degrees
Well the first offical hunting report for the 04 season, and it’s about time.
Continued smoky up here and warm.
Was out in the grain fields taking advantage of the fed subsistence hunting.
Heard more than I saw, did flag in two seperate flocks. The first about 6 specks and then about 2 dozen canadas. They both came out of the smoke past me in an adjacent field I flagged them in called lightly had them cupped and then they were off. I should have pulled the trigger on the specks as they were border line 40 yds. As the day wore on the second guessing started. Have a fix for them tomarrow so hope to get a limit, even though there isn’t one.
Are there any waterfowl hunters left in Alaska???? Everybody is awful quiet with only being 4 AND A WAKE UP!!!!!!! Lets go guys lets start hearing something…..
[Edited By Ric-Seward on 2004-08-27 23:19]
Posted By:
Ric-Seward
Guest
08-23-2004 16:12
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Thats funny Taiga, the water on this end is the highest I have ever seen it, everything that is glacial feed anyway.
Posted By:
Taiga
Guest
Minto Flats 08-23-2004 16:08
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I was out in the flats this weekend…fair numbers of birds including geese and cranes. The water is very low and all the lakes are extremely weedy. The chatanika river is as low as I have ever seen it and the use of a jet is highly suggested unless you don’t value your lower unit and prop!!!
Posted By:
Ric-Seward
Guest
08-21-2004 01:13
– – Over 70 Degrees
Well spent most of the day scouting, with a mixed bag of results. In the Tannana River drainage area seen about 40 ducks, most of them all rafted up together on the lake.
On the T itself seen about 1- 1 half dozen Canadas.
Still very smokey and hot talked to some farmers out in the projects and not real optimistic about what they have been seeing.
About 2 days after the smoke rolled in again (last mon) large #’s of geese were forming up and heading down the Alcan. Because of the abnormal hot and dry summer we have had one farm has all their grain combined and they have had only about 6 geese feeding out there.
Did see a strong flock of cranes over my place but they hold such a predictable pattern I am suprised I haven’t seen them for a couple of weeks. Lets just hope this nasty smoke is just got the birds sitting somewhere waiting for it to lift.
11 and a wake up……..
[Edited By Ric-Seward on 2004-08-21 01:13]
