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Posted By:
Old Wingmaster
Guest

All over the Country 06-25-2008 16:23
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Never thought I would have to hunt so hard to find a deal on Coot Decoys.

Was successful though and at $19.50 for 1/2 Dozen if those weighted dekes I think I got a deal on them. Was a close out they are not selling them in the future.

Next step, taking inventory tomorrow of all Decoys, repainting them and riggin some Texas Rigs as well as adding some long lines. Will probably need some Canvasbacks for those divers over at Guntersville, other than that we should be good to go..The plan is beginning to take shape , with new 25HP Yamaha motor, Flyway specialties blind is on the boat, dog is working good on blind retrieves at Lake Lanier.

Going Hunting without a Trained Retriever is like going on a honeymoon without a bride.

[Edited By webmaster on 2008-10-02 13:42]

Posted By:
Old Wingmaster
Guest

Guntersville 05-21-2008 07:29
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Well, we didn’t duck hunt but we sure caught a lot of Crappie a few weeks ago. Mike thanks for a great time and we will see you for that Combo Goose and Dove Hunt in Sept.

COOT DECOYS WANTED-WEIGHTED KEELS only. I need about three dozen Coot Decoys to ad to our Diver Spread for this up coming hunting season. Also, could use a few of those GHG Maagnum Canvasback decoys.

Please PM me

The HRC Grand was held end of April at Brnt Pine. Three of our Offspring passed it;
7xGRHRCH UH Yukon’s Dynamite Drake MH got his 7th Grand pass in a row a FIRST.

HRCH Big Black Dude II was his first time out and just turned 2 yrs old on 4/17/08 got his FIRST Grand Champion Pass and then turned around the next weekend and Won a Club Trial at Cooper Black in SC. He is progeny of Yukon’s Big Boss Man.

HRCH Days End Confederate Rebel MH, Rebel got his FIRST Grand Champion pass.

Congratulations to all of you, from the old Matador of them all HRCH Sundee’s Yukon Jack MH; the force is strong in these dogs and you proved it and nobody can take that away from you.

Going Hunting without a Trained Retriever is like going on a honeymoon without a bride.

Going Hunting without a Trained Retriever is like going on a honeymoon without a bride.

[Edited By Old Wingmaster on 2008-05-21 07:36]

[Edited By Old Wingmaster on 2008-05-21 07:59]

Posted By:
Bryan-Fobbus
Field Editor

Houston County 05-13-2008 05:27
Sunny & Clear, High Winds – 60-65 Degrees
Still got a pair of BWT hanging around and one coot.

Posted By:
Shooton3
Guest

The great Midwest 05-07-2008 13:59
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Just posting a message to my friends and
others. I am in the process of relocating to
Northern Illinois. I will be in some of the best goose hunting and duck hunting in the midwest. I have set up to be able to work in Canada on an as needed basis, which will allow me free access to hunt without the aid of a resident. I will be doing some
commercial hunting on a limited basis.

I would encourage all that wish to email me
if you like. I will be spending a lot of time from late august until january hunting waterfowl and upland birds.

My two incredible dogs, Chewbacca and Chase
are making the move with me, and I look forward to getting the little yellow dog on
upland birds, since she has turned out to be a naturally endowned pointing lab.

She is a far cry from some of her lesser
relatives.

Posted By:
Paul-Slovisky
Field Editor

04-29-2008 04:57
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saw my first brood of woodie chicks last week. hopefully this wet spring keeps up and produces a great breeding season.

Posted By:
Paul-Slovisky
Field Editor

04-16-2008 05:18
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saw my first group of gosslings yesterday. the ducks should not be far behind.

Posted By:
bhudgins
Guest

04-10-2008 19:51
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attn hardcore waterfowlers the duck commander is coming to georgia,april 24 at mt carmel christian church for more info blake hudgins 770 714 6540

Posted By:
Paul-Slovisky
Field Editor

03-17-2008 09:14
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saw a pintail swimming around on the hooch last week. never seen one in this part of the state. cool to see.

Posted By:
Paul-Slovisky
Field Editor

03-05-2008 05:00
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we already got hen mallards dropping eggs at our marsh in alabama. the geese wil be right behind them.

Posted By:
Paul-Slovisky
Field Editor

01-28-2008 05:11
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hunted my friends marsh in Alabama and did pretty good. We got 10 birds saturday morning and 18 sunday morning. good way to end the year.

Posted By:
dmealer
Guest

bama / missouri 01-22-2008 10:30
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Hunted a private hole about 10 min from lake guntersville last sun morning 4 guys killed 19 mostly mallards with some gaddies. Hunted in missouri the rest of the week saw an ungodly amount of birds until the weekend came and it froze everything up. Killed pintails mallards speks weigon and of course a handful of spoonies.
Hope everyone has a great rest of the season.

“AND THATS NO SHIT”!

Posted By:
Old Wingmaster
Guest

North GA Foothills 01-20-2008 11:03
Cloudy, Snow & Rain Mix – 30-34 Degrees – Ice
Goose Limits taken at the Corn Field again this morning we really had the set up right this time.
Started snowing at end and as we picked up decoys and took photos. Geese still coming in and the botom dropped out as we drove off in the truck.

A Terry Redlin Print hunt, Photos are posted on the Grip and Grin Bag Limits section of Waterfowler.com

Going Hunting without a Trained Retriever is like going on a honeymoon without a bride.

Posted By:
Old Wingmaster
Guest

Dawson County-North Georgia 01-18-2008 16:46
– – 40-45 Degrees
Private Property hunt, Had good Goose shoot with several flocks of Geese that were wary. Area was cut corn field in river bottom.

Poor concealment and lack of being ready caused us to kill only five when we should have had 10 to 15.

Photo on Grin and Grip Bag Limits.

Going Hunting without a Trained Retriever is like going on a honeymoon without a bride.

[Edited By Old Wingmaster on 2008-01-18 16:46]

Posted By:
Old Wingmaster
Guest

Scottsboro, AL 01-15-2008 08:17
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Went with two GA Gents to hunt Guntersville area. Met up with some other GA Gents and a Preacher man from Huntsville.

Went to his Canvasback Honey Hole and enjoyed a good shoot on them. See photo I posted on Grip and Grin Bag Limits. 01/13/08.

Meanwhile, here in GA. other GA Gents had great hunts locally north of Alpharetta and Dawsonville with good numbers of Geese, teal and woodducks on small Sloughs. Was a good hunting weekend for all of us from Alpharetta/Roswell area.

Going Hunting without a Trained Retriever is like going on a honeymoon without a bride.

Posted By:
Paul-Slovisky
Field Editor

toona 01-14-2008 05:07
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went sunday morning. sucked. had a guy push up on me right before shooting light. shined him off and he plopped down less than 100 yards away. i could id his decoys as he threw them out. Then the bass boys hit the water for a tourney i guess. Let early and helped out one of the bass boys who was stuck in about 2-3 inches of water. No shots fired that i heard all morning.

Posted By:
dmealer
Guest

01-07-2008 23:24
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hunted lake guntersville earlier this week. more gadwall on the lake than i have ever seen before. killed our 3 man limits. neen hunting quail since then but still love that little fellow just as much.

“AND THATS NO SHIT”!

Posted By:
Shooton3
Guest

Immediate Atlanta area 01-04-2008 15:53
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We found one of the best areas that I have
seen in Georgia to kill ducks. More working mallards in one area than I have seen in a while. Great day today and more to follow.

[Edited By Shooton3 on 2008-01-04 16:49]

Posted By:
Old Wingmaster
Guest

Lake Lanier 01-04-2008 06:20
– – 35-40 Degrees
Land owner called to have Geese eliminated. We took three on 01/03 and will go back Saturday to finishe the job.
Photo available at Hunting action shots.

Lake Windward had many ducks of different species yesterday including Blue Bills, Widgeon, Mallards and a Redhead. Biggest variety of ducks I have ever seen here.

Going Hunting without a Trained Retriever is like going on a honeymoon without a bride.

[Edited By Old Wingmaster on 2008-01-04 08:16]

Posted By:
Paul-Slovisky
Field Editor

toona 12-29-2007 07:03
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hunted the lake mid day thursday. not much around. scratched out one spoonie. plenty of exercise for one duck. hopefully we get some weather to push us some birds.

Posted By:
Old Wingmaster
Guest

Local swamp off GA 400 12-24-2007 12:27
Sunny & Clear, Winds Calm – 35-40 Degrees
Went with some buddies to swamp they hunted yesterday morning, near where I live.

I killed a Mallard Drake and a Woodduck. Only saw a few Woody’s, left swamp at 8:00 AM and Scouted another nearby swamp. Saw 8 mallards and two woody’s. Saw several divers on Lake Windward on way back in.

Headed to the SEMO early AM on the 26th will hunt through ehe 29th over there.

Merry Christmas to all.

Going Hunting without a Trained Retriever is like going on a honeymoon without a bride.

Posted By:
Paul-Slovisky
Field Editor

toona 12-24-2007 09:35
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hunted xmas eve morn and did not see too much. no divers to speak of on the upper end of the lake. did scratch out one gaddie which i winged and had to chase. not easy in a layout rig by yourself. 7, 3.5 inchers later and he was in the bag. sucker liked to dive. saw one big group of geese headed to the golf course.

Posted By:
dmealer
Guest

Guntersville al 12-19-2007 20:35
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Hunted the lake this morning, little warm and no wind not the ideal situation for guntersville. ended up with 10 gaddies cant complain but my this weekend will produce more. going to try out the new lay out boat.

“AND THATS NO SHIT”!

Posted By:
Shooton3
Guest

Northwest Georgia 12-19-2007 14:15
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A great day. Three man limits of ducks and
geese. A man told me a couple of years ago
at another lake that geese would not decoy
to water spreads. Wish he could have been there.

Posted By:
Bryan-Fobbus
Field Editor

Central Georgia 12-18-2007 19:45
Sunny & Clear, High Winds – 35-40 Degrees
Counted 400 plus Ringers, 50 Gadwall, plus equal numbers of shovelers mallards & GWT.

Posted By:
Paul-Slovisky
Field Editor

bama 12-18-2007 04:53
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I hunted our marsh in bama on friday morning. 6 hunters shot 29 birds. One guy even killed a b lack duck which is rare for us.

Went to guntersville for the weekend. not as many birds as i am used to seeing but not bad. killed some gadwall and a spoonie.

Posted By:
Bryan-Fobbus
Field Editor

Dan Denton MARSH Project 12-17-2007 05:15
Cloudy, Light Rain & Drizzle – 50-60 Degrees
A few hundred Green-winged teal, Mallards and Ringnecks.

Posted By:
Paul-Slovisky
Field Editor

12-11-2007 05:03
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another dissapointing opener. 70 degrees and one volley fired. heard some guys getting into it but i think they were setting up on mostly local birds.

Posted By:
Bryan-Fobbus
Field Editor

Houston County 12-07-2007 13:48
Sunny & Clear, High Winds – 50-60 Degrees
Hoodie numbers have increased to thirty…and a coot. Does that count?

Posted By:
Paul-Slovisky
Field Editor

12-06-2007 05:04
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well they only have two ramps open now at the toona. If you hunt the upper end of the lake like i usually do you now have a very long boat ride since the closed galts ferry.

Posted By:
dmealer
Guest

12-05-2007 13:48
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Posted some new pics from a quail hunt mon.(action shots,dogs,bag limits)

For information on a hunt just send me a pm.

“AND THATS NO SHIT”!

Posted By:
Bryan-Fobbus
Field Editor

Houston County 12-04-2007 12:13
Sunny & Clear, High Winds – 40-45 Degrees
Ringnecks are here, about 50 in the area observed. Some teal too.

Posted By:
woody1969
Guest

georgia-alabama 11-30-2007 14:19
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1st week 47 ducks gadwalls,ringers,widgeon,woodys. did beter than expected. headed back to bama today.

Posted By:
Old Wingmaster
Guest

Haralson County-Buchanan area 11-29-2007 14:21
Cloudy, Light Rain & Drizzle – 40-45 Degrees
Thanksgiving weekend Canada Goose Hunt was very rewarding via invite on private property with pond and field Geese were coming into.

Will have Roast Canada Goose for Christmas dinner now.

Scouted two spots this am, several nice flocks still coming into the corn field right on time. Am getting their timing down and working on duck blinds and decoys

Going Hunting without a Trained Retriever is like going on a honeymoon without a bride.

Posted By:
Paul-Slovisky
Field Editor

11-26-2007 05:07
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The first split was a downer for me. Only got to go a couple of times and saw very few birds. couple of missed shots sealed the deal. of course is was kind of hard to get in the grove of things when you are sitting in a blind and it is 70 degrees. hope some cold weather comes are way soon.

Posted By:
Old Wingmaster
Guest

North of I-285 11-25-2007 13:08
Cloudy, Light Rain & Drizzle – 40-45 Degrees
Scouting proved to be rewarding. Located nice flock of Canadas with a couple of Snows in Cut Corn field.

Got permission to hunt it via discussions with GA DNR. Will try and save this one for second split opener on the 8th.

Will advise closer proximity of the area once we hunt it. Think I am going to get the dust off the big foot decoys for this one, its going to be a dandy.

Going

Hunting without a Trained Retriever is like going on a honeymoon without a bride.

[Edited By Old Wingmaster on 2007-11-25 13:10]

Posted By:
dmealer
Guest

guntersville alabama 11-24-2007 11:53
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two others and i went to the great lake of guntersville. Seen lots of birds but the blue bill and canvasbacks arent down in numbers yet. Picked up 8 which is about average on the lake for me. Good mixed bag spoonie, ringer, gaddies, and red heads. Ready to go back soon.

“AND THATS NO SHIT”!

Posted By:
dmealer
Guest

guntersville alabama 11-24-2007 11:53
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two others and i went to the great lake of guntersville. Seen lots of birds but the blue bill and canvasbacks arent down in numbers yet. Picked up 8 which is about average on the lake for me. Good mixed bag spoonie, ringer, gaddies, and red heads. Ready to go back soon.

“AND THATS NO SHIT”!

[Edited By dmealer on 2007-11-24 11:54]

Posted By:
Chris-Hardin
Web Member

Bartow County 11-23-2007 19:10
Mostly Sunny, No Precipitation – 35-40 Degrees
Hunted with just my dog this morning- had 3 merg come in and I got one, busted 2 mallards out of 3, and killed 1 lonely goose who somehow fell from the sky. Total for today was 4. Crash made all the retrieves which made it all worth while…

Posted By:
dmealer
Guest

NW Geogria 11-22-2007 18:21
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Mon. am
set up for geese in a large farm pond then went and shoot some woodies before the geese got out there. Turns out the geese never did come but did kill 3 red heads. the end of the day saw around 15 geese 100+ woodies a group of about 10 hoodies and 3 red heads.
Tues. am
Worst morning yet saw 5 woodies and heard some mallards before they got off roost. But the crows were flying well killed 5 of them and no ducks.

“THATS HOW WE ROLL”!

“AND THATS NO SHIT”!

[Edited By dmealer on 2007-11-22 18:36]

Posted By:
Shooton3
Guest

North Georgia 11-20-2007 15:37
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I have been hunting out of my Momarsh layout
boat since opening day, and have had great
success on L. Hartwell and on Alatoona.

Shooting mixed bags of mallards, gadwalls, and widgeon.

My big problem is I cannot get out to the
deep water places that I want to hunt because I cannot handle my big boat alone
setting and picking up blocks, and I have no
one to help me with the boat, so I am shooting out of the layout.

I think this is going to be a great year, despite the low water. Dried up potholes are
driving birds to the big water to roost.

Posted By:
dmealer
Guest

NW Geogria 11-17-2007 19:37
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Sat am
Hunted a little farm pond with two other guys. Didnt see many birds around 10 mallards and 20 geese. Killed 5 greenheads and a hen. The geese snuck up on us and busted us. Also seen 6 really high UFD(unidentified flying ducks)
pm
Hunted a swamp with some timber was able to take a 5 woodies before legal shooting was up and after that we just stood at ahh watching the evening flights come into roost. saw in all 150-200 woodies few mallards.

Posted By:
Old Wingmaster
Guest

Hartwell 11-17-2007 16:40
Sunny & Clear, Winds Calm – 30-34 Degrees – Open Water
Guided at Skeeter Branch located of 77 south of I-85.

Saw good many woodducks a teal and some Ringnecks. Not shootable but nice to see them.

SW of us was a lot of shooting on a private swamp, somebody was having a very good day up there. Also, owner of Skeeter Branch noticed Pintails and GAdwalls on SC property near Hartwell so we are getting migration in here.

Posted By:
dmealer
Guest

NW Geogria 11-13-2007 18:06
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I officailly have the fever i watched one of my holes this morning and in the first 20 min of shooting hours there were 100+ woodies around 20 mallards and group of about 50 geese came puring in. After swung by another hole that i hunt and there were 30 geese and a few ducks that have done beat me there. Going scouting the rest of the week, hope everyone else has birds for opening morning

Posted By:
dmealer
Guest

11-11-2007 13:26
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Paul what ramp are you putting in at? and what kind of divers are you seeing.

anybody else hunt guntersville in georgia?

Posted By:
Bryan-Fobbus
Field Editor

Laurens 11-08-2007 11:03
Sunny & Clear, Winds Calm – 40-45 Degrees
Had a Snow goose in with Canadas..wonder where HE came from?

Posted By:
Paul-Slovisky
Field Editor

11-08-2007 05:04
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As you know we never have BIG numbers on the lake. I stay pretty much on the north end of the lake. not much water left now but there are holes.

Posted By:
dmealer
Guest

NW Geogria 11-07-2007 16:00
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The geese are here in big numbers are our area. Have no clue where they came from or why they are here but they are and i wont argue it. Have also seen few ducks around but not many.

Paul wat part of the lake are you seeing these divers and how big of numbers

Posted By:
Paul-Slovisky
Field Editor

cherokee 11-07-2007 04:59
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seeing more and more birds on the lake around here too. mostly divers i believe so far.

Posted By:
Bryan-Fobbus
Field Editor

Houston County 11-06-2007 11:02
Sunny & Clear, High Winds – Over 70 Degrees
Hoodies and Grebes have started showing up. Resident mallards are buzzing around like they are expecting company.

Posted By:
Old Wingmaster
Guest

Lake Lanier 11-06-2007 09:32
Sunny & Clear, High Winds – 50-60 Degrees
Well, well look what the North West winds brought in.

This AM while giving my dogs some retrieves at Two Mile Creek I spotted the first Loons to arrive in the area.

Also noted several more Mallards than normal. Lake Windward had some new birds on it, looked like Divers.

looks like we are getting some migration

Going Hunting without a Trained Retriever is like going on a honeymoon without a bride.

Posted By:
npk
Web Member

HUNTER AR. 10-24-2007 14:17
Cloudy, Light Rain & Drizzle – 45-50 Degrees
AS A RULE OF THUMB NO MATTER WHAT THE WEATHER CONDITIONS DUCKS AND GEESE ARRIVE IN THIS AREA AROUND THE 15TH. OF OCTOBER. THE WARM WEATHER MUST A HAVE BACKED THEM UP A FEW DAY’S. WE HAVE HAD ALOT OF BIRDS ARRIVE THIS WEEK STARTING MONDAY THE 22ND.
WIDE VARIETY OF DUCKS, SNOWS AND WHITE FRONTED GEESE. IT RAINED THE FIRST DAY OF OCTOBER SO AS THE OLD SAYING GOES WE ARE ON TRACK TO GET 15 DAYS OF RAIN THIS MONTH.
CACHE RIVER, BAYOU DEVIEW AND SOURROUNDING AREAS SHOULD BE VERY GOOD OPENIONG WEEK!!!
COOL WHEATHER, WATER, AND BIRDS AS OF NOW EVERYTHING IS LOOKING KINDA DUCKY!!!!!!!!

Posted By:
Paul-Slovisky
Field Editor

10-24-2007 05:16
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drove by a pond in north cherokee early yesterday morning and it was literally covered with geese. must have been a solid 75-100. biggest concentration of birds i have seen yet this year.

Posted By:
Shooton3
Guest

10-22-2007 12:28
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Some hunting buddies have been seeing some concentrations of resident birds
on several North and West Georgia lakes.

They are starting to get some concentrations
of puddle ducks in the bean and rice fields in Central Arkansas. Planning a week of fun there.

Conditions are great in the Dakotas right now, and some good flights of Snows, Specs,
and Canadas are starting to filter in with
some smaller flights of puddle ducks.

Posted By:
Paul-Slovisky
Field Editor

10-15-2007 06:22
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From the way things area going i may be hunting the big toona with a four wheeler or on foot. Thankfully the weestern part of bama has been getting some rain so our marsh may still have water.

Posted By:
kevin-roach
Guest

Lake Hartwell area 09-28-2007 11:23
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Done some early season goose hunting. Been tracking these geese for a few weeks. Hunted a 500 acre brown millet field with layout blinds and about 4 dz field dekes.
had groups of 35-50 coming in. total of over 300 all morning.

Posted By:
Bryan-Fobbus
Field Editor

Houston County 09-24-2007 15:50
Sunny & Clear, High Winds – Over 70 Degrees
I observed over thirty BWT teal in one area this weekend. This early teal season has produced the most I have ever seen.

Posted By:
Sloan
Guest

South Georgia – Between Thomasville and Tallahassee 09-23-2007 19:44
Cloudy, Occassional Rain Showers – Over 70 Degrees
Got in a “last day of the season” teal hunt this afternoon. Four of us (including my 11 year-old son) scratched down 15 blue wings in a planted pond. I whiffed on the first three but finally caught up to them and got my limit of four pretty quickly. I can’t wait for the real season to get here!

Posted By:
Shooton3
Guest

Macon area 09-15-2007 20:28
Cloudy, Light Rain & Drizzle – 60-65 Degrees
Shot geese on a big water setup. Decoyed like
they were on a string.

[Edited By Shooton3 on 2007-09-15 20:28]

Posted By:
Chris-Hardin
Web Member

Bartow 09-10-2007 10:06
Sunny & Clear, Winds Calm – Over 70 Degrees
Went deer hunting Saturday morning and didn’t have any luck. Came out in time to get to a good resting spot where MEaler and myself busted 5 geese.
Didn’t hunt Sunday…

[Edited By Chris-Hardin on 2007-09-10 10:07]

Posted By:
Paul-Slovisky
Field Editor

09-10-2007 05:08
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Took the refurbished duck boat out on the water this weekend to check things out. Got all excited about doing some early goose on the lake until the motor quit. Oh well. better now than during the real season on opening morning.

Posted By:
Paul-Slovisky
Field Editor

09-07-2007 05:18
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Where’s the love? Call me when you got a hot field mister man.

Posted By:
Chris-Hardin
Web Member

Floyd County 09-05-2007 18:04
Sunny & Clear, Winds Calm – Over 70 Degrees
Yeah, Paul, you know I got the birds. We killed 8 geese Saturday morning and pulled 4 geese out on Monday. Me and Mealer got it going on. Just call us Knight and Hale or Hardin and Mealer…

Posted By:
Bryan-Fobbus
Field Editor

Houston County 09-05-2007 09:14
Sunny & Clear, Winds Calm – Over 70 Degrees
Covered up in BWT. I counted twenty this weekend within a 1 mile radius.

Posted By:
Paul-Slovisky
Field Editor

09-04-2007 13:32
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Anyone try for some geese this weekend. I was sick all weekend….go figure. Chris i know you got a line on some birds. Where they at?

Posted By:
kevin-roach
Guest

Northeast Ga. / Ark. 08-22-2007 15:26
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Sorry fellas for the lack of post, but was in an accident and in thhe hospital for 2 weeks. Broke my ribs, colar bone, verabras in my back and punctured lung. after some recover time i’ll be back out scouting and reporting. Thanks.

Posted By:
Paul-Slovisky
Field Editor

08-21-2007 05:15
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Don’t get that way very often. I know that allatoona is covered up with resident mallards it seems this year. the local ponds seem to have a whole bunch of resident geese as well. Just whether they will leave and be huntable is the questions

Posted By:
Shooton3
Guest

Northwest Georgia 08-19-2007 08:24
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How are things looking for resident birds
in the Rome area?

[Edited By Shooton3 on 2007-08-21 19:15]

Posted By:
Paul-Slovisky
Field Editor

cherokee 08-15-2007 05:00
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Saw my first group of bluewings on a local pond here in cherokee co. It was a small group but it got the juices flowing again for ducks. it won’t be long until early season.

Posted By:
kevin-roach
Guest

Northeast Ga. / Ark. 08-11-2007 06:52
Sunny & Clear, Winds Calm – Over 70 Degrees
It’s hot up here in north ga. Can’t wait for the first cool front and the opening of the season.

Posted By:
Paul-Slovisky
Field Editor

08-06-2007 11:29
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Had a work weekedn at the marsh this past weekend. Planted 6 acres and built 4 new blinds. Things are looking good. Just hope the rain comes back along with some cold weather this fall. We’ve done our part it’s just up to mother nature now.

Posted By:
kevin-roach
Guest

Northeast Ga. / Ark. 07-09-2007 10:37
Sunny & Clear, Winds Calm – Over 70 Degrees
How’s everyones summer going. I’m new to the vfe and will be letting eveyone know whats happen’n in northeast ga. I hunt around carnesville, lavonia, hartwell lake.
Also provide guide service (huntprooutfitters.com) in ne ark. and nw missouri. Right know all swamps in the area are dry as a bone, so doing alot of planting for the season. Have seen some sightings on lake hartwell. Lots of geese with some ducklings also. The doctors place has been planted as well. During the hunting season best hunts are around the darn, and behind it in the river. Lots of coves. When the doc. shots the lake and river become loaded. Feel free to drop me a message if you have any ?. Thanks

Posted By:
Bryan-Fobbus
Field Editor

Houston County 06-07-2007 10:37
Sunny & Clear, High Winds – Over 70 Degrees
No new or malingering migrators. Some resident goslings, about 4-6.

Posted By:
Paul-Slovisky
Field Editor

05-29-2007 05:17
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was on the lake all day memorial day and saw tons of birds. geese everywhere with plenty of youngens in tow. even saw several groups of fresh mallard broods. of course the local osprey and eagle population was already doing their best to thin it down.

Posted By:
Paul-Slovisky
Field Editor

05-14-2007 07:08
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Mr. Wing Master

Funny you should mention it but Lake Windward is where i saw the flock. I love the lake and saw a good bit of waterfowl around. The dozer is hurting us as far as birds go. I have been saying for years that the growth in Atlanta has can’t keep up but have been proved wrong thus far.

As a side note to everyone, saw a wood duck drake paired up with a hen mallard the other day. Saw them for 2 days straight and he was running off other mallard suitors so there was little doubt that they were paired. Should lead to some cool hybrids.

Posted By:
Old Wingmaster
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Lake Windward, Alpharetta 05-06-2007 11:49
Sunny & Clear, Winds Calm – Over 70 Degrees
Paul, I have lived in Windward since 1985 and have the pleasure of watching migratory waterfowl come and go from time to time on Lake Windward.

It is not uncommon to see blue winged teal or blue bills from time to time and during winter time black ducks aalong with migratory mallards. There is a huge flooded timber area here that was created when Golf Club of Georgia built the golf course and it is an awsome sight to see the incredible number of ducks pitching into it in the evening. looks like Arkansas.

Big Creek which drains Forsyth & N’Fulton passes through Windward and eventually dumps into the Hooch below Roswell. It has beeb a flyway for eons.Before development encroached on the area I was able to shoot a limit of ducks easily in one of several honey holes within 10 minutes of the house, Woodcock also use it & quail covies could be found off McFarland Rd, nearby. Unfortunately the massive numbers of Wood Ducks that used to call Big Creek home have dwindled down from flocks of 40 to 50 in the late 80’s to flocks of 5 to 10. Tis a sad indictment on developments around the area as both commercial and residential development have devasted lots of the wetlands around this Drainage basin. The Bulldozer is and always has been a predator and when they go through the habitat is gone forever and so it is with Big Creek with a few small potholes and semi flooded ares for the birds left.

We fought it here in Windward as long as we could and luckily made some changes but we couldn’t impact the areas outside of Windward.

[Edited By Old Wingmaster on 2007-05-07 14:30]

Posted By:
Paul-Slovisky
Field Editor

05-04-2007 06:25
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saw a flock of blue wing teal on lake windward this week. Odd but very cool.

Posted By:
Bryan-Fobbus
Field Editor

Houston County 05-02-2007 13:33
Sunny & Clear, Winds Calm – Over 70 Degrees
A fellow hunter reported 5 woodduck ducklings wandered into his backyard without parents and none in sight. Headed to rehab….the ducklings, that is.

Posted By:
Paul-Slovisky
Field Editor

04-18-2007 05:00
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the geese chicks are starting to pop up all over the place now.

Posted By:
Paul-Slovisky
Field Editor

04-12-2007 05:02
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saw my first brood of mallard chicks yesterday. the geese should be right behind them

Posted By:
Paul-Slovisky
Field Editor

03-26-2007 07:43
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saw my first goose on the nest friday. my buddy in bama said his have been on for at least a week.