Posted By:
kenbowen22
Web Member
Wabbaseka 01-03-2012 06:13
Sunny & Clear, High Winds – 35-40 Degrees
25 mph crosswinds made for tough shooting but a buddy and I were able to scrape 10 birds together: greenhead, gadwall, wigeon, 2 real and 5 spoonies. Conditions were brutal but still had a good time! Need some snow cover up North or those mallards won’t move.
Duck Hunting Attitude: It takes 43 muscles to frown and 17 muscles to smile…. but it takes only 3 muscles for proper trigger squeeze!
Posted By:
Brian-Moore
Field Editor
Humphrey 01-02-2012 19:20
Sunny & Clear, High Winds – 45-50 Degrees
Had another good hunt with some old friends today. We bagged several birds and got to catch up on things. That’s what it’s really all about for me. Ducks are very shy of decoys and calling which isn’t a big surprise since we have had these birds around for a while. Hope we get colder weather for the last two weeks to close the season out with a bang!
Posted By:
hannibal
Web Member
Hint 01-02-2012 17:48
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End of season for us up here in NW Missouri required ZERO calling unless just trying to keep them up in the air cause looking to put feet down somewhere else. Turn off Robo on cloudy day with remote once they see it. Leave them on in Sun…..at least in open marsh/pool areas.
I know probably…..ducks 101 but most people can not keep their call in their pocket. We consider ourselves proficient callers so it is not that we don’t use the calls on the right days but for the spooky/decoys shy birds it seemed every time they come late in the season and we called they immediately bailed.
Just an observations.
Posted By:
wbduckman
Web Member
St Francis Co. 01-02-2012 15:26
Sunny & Clear, High Winds – 35-40 Degrees
Tons of Geese, a lot of Pintails starting to show up.
But still very few Mallards to speak of.
What we do see and are able to get a shot at are very spooky birds.
We are having to take 60 yard shots. They simply will not commit. They make 2-3 circles and leave
Very strong winds today.
Posted By:
Mark-Mullins
Field Editor
dave donaldson wma 01-01-2012 20:19
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Dec 30 – 4 hunters 8 mallards 3 teal. Alot ducks early, very poor shooting. Dec 31- 3 hunters 8 mallards 1 teal, not much flying after 8. Jan 1- did not hunt.
Posted By:
Mark-Mullins
Field Editor
dave donaldson wma 01-01-2012 19:58
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Dec 30 – 4 hunters 8 mallards 3 teal. Alot ducks early, very poor shooting. Dec 31- 3 hunters 8 mallards 1 teal, not much flying after 8. Jan 1- did not hunt.
Posted By:
duxtrue
Guest
fair oaks–colt 01-01-2012 19:44
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12-28 2 hunters-2 mallards,2 gadwalls and 6 teal
12-29 4 teal,2 spoonies
12-31 6 teal, 2 gadwalls,2 spoonies
1-1 2 mallards, 2 gadwalls,1 spoonie,7 teal
Posted By:
DukGuy
Web Member
Bull Shoals – Norfork Lakes 12-30-2011 15:21
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Scouted last few days… We have almost no ducks! Warm weather has just about ruined opportunity in this area. Still 100’s of thousands of ducks north in Missouri, Iowa, and Illinois. We need a “Blue Norther” and blizzard in the States north of the Missouri line to get em’ down here!
Posted By:
Trevor-Gramling
Field Editor
Peach Orchard 12-29-2011 22:43
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Well the ducks are finally starting to act better. Haven’t had a whole lot to post until now. Duck numbers are slowly growing and success has been getting better. Still not many mallards to speak of but they are slowly increasing. Ducks seem to be concentrated on sheet water and in just a few select areas, but that is changing. Will start posting more as the hunts keep getting better.
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Posted By:
hannibal
Web Member
NW Missouri 12-29-2011 16:01
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There are piles of mallards still North of you and with the weather forecast may not be going anywhere for some time. We were still whacking mallards all the way to the end of the North zone season which just ended on 12/27.
The weather will change at some point but until we get snow they will not go anywhere no matter how cold it gets. They will find open water and stay around as long as they can get to open fields which right now stretch all the way into the Dakotas.
Strange year to say the least.
