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GCurdawg
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pintail 11-08-2008 19:27
Sunny & Clear, Winds Calm – Over 70 Degrees
Had a really good hunt today 11-8, had mallards and Widgens in the deks before day break. Was waiting for a little better light to take 1st shot. someone else beat me to it and the birds got off without a shot. Just couldn’t tell them apart. Then within 20 min it was great. Had 5 widgen in the boat within an hour and just let them keep coming wanting to shot a mallard, red head or pintail. They would work but not commit to the deks. I not sure why I repainted all the deks friday. They looked like I just got them out the box. Got my last two birds Gadwalls and went home.
On the way out talked to G&F and no one other than me had limit. Three groups of guys on the ponds at pitail got 9 total and the guys hunting the marsh with me only 1 to 2 birds.
The fly over count for last week was only 1000 birds and 600 snows, I never saw any geese this weekend. So don’t know where that count came from.
Curdawg
Posted By:
GCurdawg
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marsh, needles 10-24-2008 13:37
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Had a house fire, sorry had had time to post report, but last weekend opening in AZ for the desert areas. Had friends for phx. come up to shot the marsh. They hunted friday saw alot but wasn’t sure where to put out deks. Saturday morning got in early was cool temps in the upper 50’s, lite winds. We sat up about 400 yards apart and didn’t really see that many birds. Full moon could have kept them down or went out to the fields early, wasn’t alot of pressure on friday to sent them packing. We did end the morning around 11am as temps went up in the 90’s with two spec-belly, two reds, one widgon and one mallard and a spoonie. So not bad at all.
Pintail had 5 guys on it sat morning and they took home 15 birds total, mixed bag, and one they also got spec-belly.
Not able to hunt this weekend have a bass tourment, but will be back at in teo weeks.
Curdawg
Posted By:
GCurdawg
Field Editor
10-13-2008 11:14
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Out on the lake again this past weekend, We set some record lows from the front that pushed down. Lately its just been mallards, but saw large numbers of gads and teal and what may have been one really nice flock of pins. Temps are to clime back into the upper 90’s by the weekend, no rain so maybe they will stay.
Curdawg
Posted By:
GCurdawg
Field Editor
10-05-2008 09:33
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The season is drawing close, have spent alot of time the last few weeks fishng on Lake Havasu. Have seen alot of Mallards and driver for this early in the fall. not sure if its local birds that were hatched here. so the 1st part of the warm season maybe pretty good. Just havn’t had time yet to get in the marsh an scout. Got the boat already and cleaned the decoys…..can’t wait.
Curdawg
Posted By:
GCurdawg
Field Editor
01-28-2008 10:04
Sunny & Clear, Winds Calm – 50-60 Degrees
1/26/08
Well the season has come and gone. It wasn’t really that bad of a seson, killed more mallards than any other season. The last month was what made it not so great. All and all I’ll rate it 6 out of 10.
For the last saturday went to the north dike and they had dropped the water so low that if you didn’t have a one man boat you were not getting in. I had to go to the south dike and the water was beyond the end of the ramp their and what a time getting in. It was already breaking daylight. I was going to an old spot, but someone else was already their and had to set up across the marsh to deeper waters. It’s a back water pocket I was thinking the birds may us it to get away from the pressure. It had limited site to the marsh.
Only had time to put a dozen deks and one mojo out, but there was limited cover for the boat. With the deeper water is was a different type of reed other the the normal cattails. Got to shoot at one teal buzzing by at about 80 knots, and I took out the Mojo, blow the wings right off, lol. So thats how my season ended.
Have a great summer!!!!!!!!!!!
Gerald (CURDAWG)
Posted By:
GCurdawg
Field Editor
01-14-2008 16:10
Sunny & Clear, Winds Calm – 50-60 Degrees
1/12/08
What a waste…..Got in early couldn’t sleep was expecting to see alot of new birds after the stroms this past week. Well after setting deks still dark. I could hear and see the out line of birds dropping into decoys, as it got light all the birds were spoonies. Just letting swim had two mature Pintails come in and got one. After that it was all spoonies again. Had a teal come and got it. Then two cans circled the deks twice and left. I was so board that i shot three spoonies and left at 10:45. Alot of new birds but nothing worth shooting at. It’s mostly all widgon and gadwall this time time of year, but none to be found.
I know I’m done with the marsh. For the last two weekends of the season I’m going to hunt the river in Havasu. Atleast maybe I’ll get to shoot some local birds.
Curdawg
[Edited By GCurdawg on 2008-01-14 16:11]
Posted By:
GCurdawg
Field Editor
01-10-2008 09:03
Sunny & Clear, Winds Calm – 50-60 Degrees
1/9/08
Didn’t Hunt today but, went out bass fishing with a few friends on the the lake (Lake Havasu). It was after work and I couldn’t believe the number for duck. Every cove we went in were medium size flocks of red heads, mallards, widgon, teal and ring necks. So I don’t know if I should try the lake this weekend or not, never tried hunting it because if the winds p/up the lake can have 5 to 6 foot swells. Thats a little to big for the duck boat.
It appears that the storms over the last week have pushed new birds down south for the last few weeks of the season….HOPE
Curdawg
Posted By:
GCurdawg
Field Editor
01-02-2008 09:15
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12/29 & 12/31/07
Wasn’t such great hunts over the new year. Only 5 birds over the last 2 hunts. It seems everyone and there brother was out over the holidays and the hunting pressure was too much for the ducks. Hunted the 29th all day from sun up to sun down for two birds.
So maybe the has put the fire out for the hoilday hunters.
Curdawg
[Edited By GCurdawg on 2008-01-02 09:16]
Posted By:
GCurdawg
Field Editor
12-26-2007 10:21
Sunny & Clear, Winds Calm – 35-40 Degrees
12/24/07
So, this morning was the 1st in the marsh and after Saturdays hunts I had a lot of birds coming from the south working their way north. This made me want to set up across from where I normally would. The wind was behind me and the sun in my face. As I got set up with only a dozen deks out and 2 mojos and cutting reeds to camo the boat I hear people talking and deks hitting the water. It was calm and quite and i thought nothing of it, just echos.
With the winds calm and the full moon out the birds really never flew. Between 10 to 1 pm a few birds got up and moved around but I bet I didn’t see 50 birds.
Around noon have two nice flocks of dark geese come over and a few mins later two Hugh flocks of mallards going south. So maybe with the cold and snow going on up north we may get a new birds and good hunting for the last moth of the season.
Ended today with 1 pin and 1 gad. As I was leaving the deks and guys I heard talking sat up just on the other side of the reeds maybe 20 yards. Never heard them fire a shot or blowing a call.
Curdawg
Posted By:
GCurdawg
Field Editor
12-26-2007 10:01
Sunny & Clear, High Winds – 35-40 Degrees
12/22/07
Set up in the same. The report called for 10 to 15 mph winds, but ended up more like 25 to 30. In the same area I hunted this morning two young guys were just ahead and they went south as I went east. As the morning day light was rising the two guys were blasting up a storm. I was maybe 300 +/- yards to their east. They were shooting at any and everything that came over.
Several times I would have birds working the deks and they would just unload on birds well out of range. So with the winds blowing as they were I decided to stick it out. I finished the day with 3-teal, 2-cans, and 1-gad. It got to a point to where it was out of control and I couldn’t wait on the last bird.
As I was leaving I had to go back by their blind and noticed that they didn’t even have a single decoy out. I have to say I respect the younger generation getting out to hunt instead of sitting indoors and play video games, but if want to learn to hunt ducks do it the right way. It really a disrespect to the guys that put in their time, money and discipline in doing the RIGHT.
Curdawg
[Edited By GCurdawg on 2007-12-26 10:07]
