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GCurdawg
Field Editor
11-17-2010 10:58
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sorry for the lack of posting this season so far. I’m in the process of moving to South Carolina. I have already sold my buss an should be in the Carolina’s Wednesday, the day before Thanksgiving. Looking foward to the move and hope to hunting by around Christmas….
Be safe and great hunting
Gerald
Posted By:
GCurdawg
Field Editor
01-15-2010 11:24
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1/15/2010
Haven’t been out at all. Talked to a few friends and the birds are still in the marsh heavy,but mainly Pin tails and Wigeons. Across the state the birds have seem to disappeared with all the hunters and sky busting. This seems to have pushed them out.
May go out one more time before the seasons ends, but with all the birds in freezer it’s mainly all about deer hunting.
Curdawg
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GCurdawg
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Pintail 01-04-2010 10:09
Sunny & Clear, High Winds – 40-45 Degrees
Last Hunting trip was on 12/23/09. The wind were Making a dust storm even before we had put out deks. Before legal shooting time we had bird after bird dropping in on deks. With the wind blowing out of north had no choice but to put the reeds at out back and the sun in our face. Started out really nice with a fat green-head 1st shot. then a few widgeon’s and pintails. At about 830am the geese got up and they were right on the range of shotgun distance. We have a few lower flocks that were lower and managed to get 3 of them. so we ended the day 1 bird short of limit. 1 green, 4 pintails 3 teal and 5 widgeon and 3 snows.
I’ve never had this many birds in the freezer, so I have to call it this year. There’s noway will I ever get to eat all these. It been a great year one that I want ever forget. I made alot of new hunting friends. Got 4 new call 2 echo and just ordered 2 Hobo. can’t wait to get those.
Gerald
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GCurdawg
Field Editor
Pintail 12-21-2009 12:49
Cloudy, Winds Calm – 45-50 Degrees
Hunted both days this weekend…12/19/09 It was a once in a life time hunt. Hunted with just me and the dog. Going in early we jumped alot of Greenheads off the water (ALOT). So after setting up I told myself nothing but greenheads today and by 9am I had 6 already and was waiting for the last one that showed up around 10am. I had all kind of birds in the deks today Widgen, Pintail, Cans, gadwall, teal, spoonies…It was GREAT….The 1st time ever in the desert with a limit of 7 greenheads.
So I had to try it again on Sun 12/20/09.. What a different a day makes. Took 3 other guys with me this morning and one was a 1st timer he only 15. It was the wrong day to take him, no wind, dead calm and the birds were flying HIGH. I never shot just called and watched them shoot. He got his 1st bird a spoony, but he was pround of it…..Glad to take a kid out anytime to hunt or fish. We ended the day with 2 greenhead and 4 teal and 2 spoonies. Just to nice of a day was out by 10am.
No geese on saturday but sunday they were here flock after flock of snows. No dark geese at all. Had 3 swans buzz the deks but can’t shoot them here in AZ. Had a group shoot at two of them last weekend and the Game and Fish Warden was hot to find out who shot.
Curdawg
Curdawg
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[Edited By GCurdawg on 2009-12-21 12:51]
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GCurdawg
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Pintail 12-14-2009 10:39
Cloudy, Occassional Rain Showers – 50-60 Degrees
12/13/09
Another great hunt…..3 guy and limits again. we got in and set up right at sunrise, one of the guys wanted to sleep in a little later. We set out 3 dozen deks. Just got a new dz of the FA’s(WOW) and three mojo’s mixed in. The wind must have changed on us so many times it wasn’t funny. Ended the day with 8 greenheads, 4 ringnecks, 3 green wing teal, 4 widgens, 2 spoonies…
Friends of mine hunting up toward Phx. did well with limit both days. Trying to find out now what they shot and saw. Did say “Alot of new birds down”.
We also got alot of new birds down ahead of this last front, ring necks, teal, and mallards are up, but geese are low didn’t see many at all maybe one or two floks of snows and 1 flock of dark geese
Curdawg
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GCurdawg
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Pintail 12-07-2009 09:24
Cloudy, Winds Calm – 35-40 Degrees
Laid off the birds the last few weeks knowing that everyone and their sister would be out hunting.
Went out yesterday 10/6/09,after receiving a call from some friends hunting on an area between Havasu and Phx. That they have 2 large waves of mallards come over heading south. I have only seen this twice, once was wood ducks and the other time mallards. Talked to Az F&G yesterday and the report is there’s an influx of birds, but mallards counts are down. I don’t see it, we have taken more green heads this year at this point in the season than I can remember.
As for the hunt today, the birds did what they were suppose to do, but the winds didn’t show up till after getting home. we were suppose to have 15 to 25 mph wind from the SSW so the area we set up I had put the deks right around the boat and having the bird coming right in with a head on shot, but we couldn’t hit the back side of a barn. It took us till almost 10am and 2 boxes of shells each to get limit (14). Several time we had nice flocks of mallards working and were only able to 1 each time. I have lately seen a few mallards mixed in widgeon’s so we were able to take a few out of those groups of birds. Ended the day with 6 mallards, 4 widgeon’s and 3 Mexicans ducks.
G.Curry
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GCurdawg
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Pintail 11-21-2009 13:25
– – 60-65 Degrees
11/21/09
This is the 3rd weekend in a row with limits and out before 10am. The 1st was 3 of us and 21 birds out by 830. these were mostly widgen, gadwall and mallards.
Last weekend just two of us and the winds were howling. Birds were Pintail, widgen and gadwalls.
Today wasn’t that great, started out slow had a large flock of birds sit down in a cove over and they pulled everything down. The limit today was really mixed, 1 gadwall, 1 pintail, 1 widgen, 1 redhead and 3 greenheads.
Also seeing more and more geese….mostly dark not many snows at all.
Curdawg
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GCurdawg
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Pintail 12-08-2008 10:04
Sunny & Clear, Winds Calm – 50-60 Degrees
12/6/08
What started out fast turned slow as the morning went by. Had a nice group of mallards drop in right at daylight. Unloaded dropped one, falling into the reeds behind boat (no luck with finding it). Had two widgen come in dropped both, got 1 and chased the the cripple and the dog over the marsh, single teal dropped like a rock, single mallard down, and then three widgen my 1st triple of the season. This was at 10:30am, waited and waited for one more at about 12:30 had five snows come over high looking like they were fighting the wind, but dead calm on the ground. Then about 15 mins later wham 15 to 20 mps winds. By this time mojo’s were running out of power an the ducks were back up moving again. Birds were coming by to look but flaring off on the mojo’s, went out picked them up and before I had the boat tied back off flock of gadwalls, one shot pick up deks and heading home.
Thinking the birds were hammered over Thanksgiving week, alot have pushed out. But giving time its still easy to get limit.
Seeing a few snows starting to move in and thinking things should be ready to get good.
Curdawg
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GCurdawg
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Pintail 12-01-2008 10:54
Cloudy, Heavy Fog – 50-60 Degrees
28 Nov 08
We had rain for the past two days and thought it might have pushed some of the birds out. Because of the rain the marsh was foggy till almost 9am, once it lifted is was steady action till 1pm. Had a friend in Phx. and we sat up about 300 yards apart. This was the wrong thing to do. should have bunched up all the deks and mojos. I don’t think I pulled the trigger till 10 or later, while he was blasting away and couldn’t hit the ducks if they were on the water, (had to running out of shells-lmao). I ended the day with 1 mallard, 1 gadwall, 1 widgen and Ryan had 3 widgen.
Did get to see a few dark geese (2)but no snows yet. Seems for now the mallards (locals birds), gadwall, widgen and spoonies are about it…the widgen are thick…
Curdawg
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GCurdawg
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topock 11-25-2008 09:55
Sunny & Clear, Winds Calm – 60-65 Degrees
Another great hunt this past weekend. Got limit and out by 10:30 and was at the golf course by 12:30. 2 mallards, 1 pintail, 4 widgen.
Seems we had a influx of birds over the last few weeks, lots in the air all morning and still while packing out. Widgen are still thick, and the spoonies are getting thicker. To me it seems you can can be more selective on what you want to shoot, working call well coming in low and close to check out deks.(so for you guys raining me with pellets sat morning put out some deks and learn to call, lol). but even with the sky busting still having a great time.
Curdawg
