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Posted By:
fulvous
Web Member

12-02-2011 10:22
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okee and the stas have some ducks…merritt isl water is good…private land west of okee has much water…ducks from the big lake scatter…

Posted By:
Dixie Beans
Web Member

Merritt Island 01-04-2010 13:34
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Where are all the ducks???

Posted By:
Fowl Smeller
Web Member

11-30-2009 14:32
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Anyone seeing any big rafts of divers on the coast? Not looking for you to tell me your hunting hot spots, a simnple yes or no would do. Would appreciate any help. Thanks.

Whack & Stack

Posted By:
Straygator
Guest

Panhandle 01-04-2009 20:45
Cloudy, Heavy Fog – 60-65 Degrees
Bluebills and Ringies

4 guys 4 bills and 3 ringies in heavy fog

Posted By:
Straygator
Guest

Polk County 12-21-2008 14:18
Sunny & Clear, Winds Calm – Over 70 Degrees
Mixed Bag for 8 guys Saturday Morning

9 ringnecks
7 Gadwall
14 Blue wings
1 shoveler

Posted By:
Straygator
Guest

Toho and Kississimee 01-27-2008 15:09
Cloudy, Occassional Rain Showers – 60-65 Degrees
Toho Saturday

Fair amount of Ringies all over the Lake Fair amount of Shooting

Kississimee Sunday

Fair amount of Ringies, very few coots but the Lake is void of big areas of Hydrilla due to spraying. Not much shooting and very few hunters out. Scratched out one drake ringie…well there’s always next year

Posted By:
Straygator
Guest

Toho Cypress Hatchineeha 01-21-2008 11:46
Cloudy, High Winds – 45-50 Degrees
Not much of anything

Saw some divers and 1 flight of teal

Not much flew at all.

Posted By:
Straygator
Guest

North Pole 12-25-2007 09:29
Sunny & Clear, Winds Calm – Over 70 Degrees
Merry Christmas to all

May your Duck hunts be memorable and fun

Posted By:
Straygator
Guest

Central Florida 12-06-2007 17:19
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Ring necks are starting to trickle in

Check the Retention ponds around Gaylord palms in Orlando

THe local area feeding ponds are getting some.

Most of the lakes where there is hydrilla are void of ducks, saw a few teal on a Barometer pond but no significant numbers.

Posted By:
johnc
Guest

Panhandle 11-15-2007 16:58
Sunny & Clear, High Winds – 40-45 Degrees
Saw the first ringnecks this morning on some small ponds. I suspect this cold front has brought some down. A plus because all I thought I’d see Saturday morning on the opener was woodies.

Posted By:
upduck
Guest

Central Florida 11-07-2007 10:30
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Anyone seeing any ringnecks out there yet? Had a great early teal season and looking forward to bagging some divers. Saw a few while snipe hunting on Kissimee, but no big groups to speak of just yet.

Happy hunting!

Posted By:
Straygator
Guest

09-25-2007 14:36
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There are no teal here, We scouted much of Central Florida and found none! Those that went out did not see any!

I guess thats bad, Did see some big gators and skeeters though

[Edited By Straygator on 2007-09-25 14:37]

Posted By:
upduck
Guest

09-20-2007 19:50
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Nobody talking about any teal out here…is it that bad?

Posted By:
Straygator
Guest

Lakeland 01-31-2007 12:07
Cloudy, Light Rain & Drizzle – 45-50 Degrees
Hunted the last day, limited out on Hybrids and Ringnecks, shot a common merganser.

Overall a very poor season, no concentration of ducks

We all need to work on changing the draw system for TM Goodwin…needs to be a lottery system

Posted By:
jim v
Guest

01-22-2007 09:09
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Article on wounded duck alive in fridge for 2 days
www.tallahassee.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2007701200318

Posted By:
dakota31400
Guest

Not disclosed for security purposes 12-22-2006 09:22
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Mottler,

or anyone else that knows my stomping grounds.

I’ve been restricted from the highway due to medical issues since October, but I hope to obtain a release and get my daughter out for at least one weekend in January….Are there any birds around “Tits”..Please PM me with the scoop.

[Edited By dakota31400 on 2006-12-22 09:23]

Posted By:
ozman1
Guest

Holiday Park, Broward County 12-21-2006 13:11
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Ducks have been scattered since the opening weekend. Still possible to get a limit with some good scouting. Weather needs to cool off to get some more ducks down here.

Posted By:
fulvous
Web Member

12-04-2006 07:41
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Central and N. Fla. lakes that I have seen that have water AND HYDRILLA… have ducks. Ringnecks mostly with puddlers. Hydrilla seems to be the key. Hope budget constraints keep hydrilla spraying at bay. PCS has some ducks but hard to hunt because of low water. PCS is in the phosphate business. Not the duck business. Fulvous

Posted By:
johnc
Guest

northwest Florida 11-30-2006 12:56
Sunny & Clear, Winds Calm – 50-60 Degrees
Pretty good 1st phase: lots of wood duck and got into some of the 1st ringnecks of the season. One hunter at the ramp reported seeing Mallards?! With the warm trend this week, not sure if the ringnecks will move north some but the cold front coming down hopefully will bring in new birds by Dec 9.

Posted By:
Straygator
Guest

Polk County 11-26-2006 09:47
Sunny & Clear, Winds Calm – 60-65 Degrees
Not much , water is down, most of the marshes are dry, can walk the edges of Toho and Hatchneeha, not seeing ducks other than the local mottled ducks….

Posted By:
Straygator
Guest

Central Florida 09-21-2006 20:30
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Teal, as warm as it is up north you ain’t gonna see teal till November.

Definately lots of mottled and wood ducks

Posted By:
Dixie Beans
Web Member

09-20-2006 06:35
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Has anyone seen any teal anywhere? Haven’t seen a one. Lots of mottleds.

Posted By:
Straygator
Guest

Lakeland Florida 08-13-2006 09:18
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New Chapter Banquet

Lakeland Florida Ducks Unlimited Chapter

Banquet is October 19 at the Lakeland Yacht and Country Club on Lake Hollingsworth

Posted By:
kturner
Guest

Guides 05-14-2006 15:32
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Looking for a guide around the panhandle.
Does anyone know of one? I can not find one on the internet.

Posted By:
JEGrenier
Guest

Pensacola Goose Club? 04-01-2006 18:28
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Anyone know how to contact these guys — was driving I-10 from Mobile on 3/30 and saw a dude with a P’cola goose club sticker on his dodge — been looking for an outfit to hunt with this fall in the Panhandle …

Posted By:
Kent-Lacina
Field Editor

03-23-2006 09:23
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Went over the weekend to destin, fort walton and did a little fishing. Did see some diving ducks and even some teal around. But we did some fishing down there with a guide named Brian Keith. He put us on a ton of fish and took us to a honey hole. My daughter caught a nice 37-38″ redfish along with a good many red snapper. We caught fish for over four hours. I highly recommend him and his rates are very good. Anyone interested in going with him his # is 850-543-7386 He does 1/2 day trips as well as full day.

Just thought i would pass that along.

Posted By:
Straygator
Guest

02-02-2006 21:51
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West Central Florida Quail Unlimited Banquet
Thursday February 16, 2006
Central Florida Field Trials Club House
7 miles east of Lake Wales, Florida on Highway 60, turn north onto Boy Scout road and go for three miles
Signs will be on the left (west) side of the road
Starts at 6, dinner at 7 Auction to follow
see the Central Florida Field trial training area and meet some great guys

need more info Pm me

Posted By:
CmonGators
WFC Sponsor

01-28-2006 20:00
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Duck season ends tommorow and now it is getting time to turn to the pigs till the turkeys come in. Anyone have any private land or know of any public land that needs to be relieved of its hawg problem??? Good luck tommorow all.

Posted By:
mbillingsley
Guest

seasons over for me 01-21-2006 08:30
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I’m coming down to the keys in 6 or 8 weeks,can anybody give me some ideas about a good place to stay and maybe some fishing?p.m.,e-mail or post and I’ll check back,thanks in advance,mark

Posted By:
get em drake
WFC Sponsor

Central Florida 01-11-2006 17:54
Sunny & Clear, Winds Calm – Over 70 Degrees
I dont mean to call any one out but i just cant buy the post from redneck below. 10 people got limits, thats sixty ducks with bands and you named off every kind of species. Sorry but i think you are full of it. If you did have such a good day i know you took some pictures and i would love to see them in the members section under grip and grin bag limits. I will stand corrected if i see them, but until then i wouldnt bet on it…

Posted By:
Straygator
Guest

Central Florida 01-10-2006 21:22
Sunny & Clear, Winds Calm – 60-65 Degrees
Sorry but nothing here except woodies and mottled ducks.

As usual not cold enough for long enough to get em down

Posted By:
CmonGators
WFC Sponsor

gainesville 01-10-2006 17:12
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Where are all the birds Florida Boys?? Hunted up around gainesville and saw about ten woodies. Took long shots at two doubles but just far away enough to give em a scare. No ducks in the bag. Where have they all gone??

Posted By:
rednek1295
Guest

vero beach 12-22-2005 09:31
Cloudy, Heavy Fog – 45-50 Degrees
plenty of birds 10 of us shot are limits within 1 hour,ringers,teal,blue bills,woodies,mottle,pintail,best season yet lots of bands

Posted By:
johnc
Guest

Deer Point Lake, Panama City 12-21-2005 18:37
Mostly Sunny, No Precipitation – 35-40 Degrees
Saw widgeon on the lake this morning. Shot a ringnecks and 2 bufflehead but didn’t see any big numbers. Still no redheads but need to check the bay. There are still fair numbers of wood duck on the lake but they are very wary. I’m thinking of heading east to Lake Wimico or Seminole. does anyone have a report for those areas?

Posted By:
joshtc22
Guest

Guana River WMA 12-16-2005 12:47
Mostly Cloudy, No Precipitation – 45-50 Degrees
Hunted north in Guana on 12/10 and took home 4 (1 green-wing, 1 shoveler and 2 scaup). Didn’t really see that many birds though. Anybody having any luck hunting south in Guana?

Posted By:
Straygator
Guest

Central Florida 12-15-2005 08:10
Sunny & Clear, Winds Calm – 60-65 Degrees
Scouted last pm, nothing in the air from sunset till dark, Full moon didn’t help I’m sure, no boating activity on the lakes.

The ducks are rafting in the middle of the lakes away from the marshes

Posted By:
get em drake
WFC Sponsor

MI 12-14-2005 18:18
Sunny & Clear, Winds Calm – 50-60 Degrees
Dakota,

Hate to hear that…
I am headed down tommorow. I will do my best to catch some and put your name on them for the next time you venture down. I will post and let everybody know how i did…

Posted By:
asbyars
Guest

Guana Ponte Vedra 12-14-2005 12:54
Cloudy, High Winds – 50-60 Degrees
One green wing and one ring neck. Very slow compared to previous outings. Those of you in Northeast FL please post reports!

Posted By:
Straygator
Guest

Central Florida 12-12-2005 21:04
Cloudy, Winds Calm – 50-60 Degrees
Saw migrators at sunlight just beneath the cloud layer, maybe 1500 in 4 large v formations. headed toward Lake Kissimmee or farther south.

Check out the large number of scaup in the retention ponds around Gaylord resort in Orlando!!

Not much, maybe 100 ringnecks in small groups on the chain o lakes. We should start to see some increase in numbers as cold as it is up north.

Posted By:
dakota31400
Guest

Merritt Island 12-11-2005 20:06
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Poachers, Yahoo’s and 2500 boats in a tournament, fishing the flats….Ducks..LOL

Posted By:
Straygator
Guest

12-08-2005 17:55
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Where is the pit?

I’m heading out but for all the scouting I’ve been doing I’m still not seeing any migrators

[Edited By Straygator on 2005-12-08 17:57]

Posted By:
CmonGators
WFC Sponsor

PCS phosphate WMA 12-07-2005 21:54
Mostly Sunny, No Precipitation – 40-45 Degrees
Hey fella’s Looking for someone to hunt the PCS Saturday December 10 all my buddies can’t go. I got a boat and everything just need some help getting it in and out. If anyone is interested let me know. Should be a bunch a birds

Posted By:
CmonGators
WFC Sponsor

PC 12-07-2005 21:50
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Posted By:
Dixie Beans
Web Member

Indian River 11-29-2005 05:13
Mostly Sunny, No Precipitation – Over 70 Degrees
Hunted Thurs thru Sun. Good numbers of ducks. Wind calm, no wind Sat and Sun. Should be a good second phase with all the nasty weather up North. Remember be sportsman and cherish what we have and do your part to preserve it.

[Edited By Dixie Beans on 2005-11-29 05:14]

Posted By:
Straygator
Guest

Central Florida 11-24-2005 20:19
Sunny & Clear, Winds Calm – 60-65 Degrees
Hunted Sat and Sun of opener, all we saw were Mottled Ducks and Woodies,

Did not see any other species at all.

Heard That Kississimmee was pretty good, good luck to all

Posted By:
get em drake
WFC Sponsor

Panhandle 11-21-2005 16:21
Cloudy, Winds Calm – 40-45 Degrees
Yeah, I hunted a lake in the panahandle region and did very well. Had a mixed bag consisting of gadwalls, teal, wood ducks, redheads, ringnecks, and bluebills. Good shooting, the cold weather up north really got some birds down for us. Two mornings in a row with four people hunting and everybody got limits, not bad. One guy shot a banded woody, dont see that too often. Good luck to everybody.

Posted By:
naustin
Guest

Big O 11-21-2005 09:04
Mostly Cloudy, No Precipitation – Over 70 Degrees
I hunted the Big O on Saturday; and it was sad. Did not see many birds few; saw a few large flocks buzzing around but way out of gun range. I spoke with other hunters at the boat ramp and they all said the same thing; it was the worst opener they have ever had. From the reports that I have read it sounds like there are a lot of birds in the northern part of the state. It was still fun to get out; planning on going again Sunday.

Posted By:
pump79
WFC Sponsor

any 11-16-2005 21:02
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Hey fellas,

I am just a 26 year old farm-boy from Illinois who is now a wildlife biologist for the state near Ft Myers. I left behind my lifetime hunting partners at home and would like to make some new friends down here or information on areas to hunt. I am fairly familiar with Southwest Florida and live in Lehigh Acres. I am a responsible, safe, and passionate waterfowler and would love to familiarize myself with this area as quick as possible so I don’t lose many hunting days.

Feel free to email me at wtrfwl5@yahoo.com or reply on here if interested in making a new hunting partner.

Thank you

Chad Casey

Posted By:
John Reynolds
Guest

Panhandle 11-11-2005 10:28
Sunny & Clear, Winds Calm – 45-50 Degrees
Scouted the local Duck pond, saw 30+ ringnecks & 10+ woodies.

Posted By:
get em drake
WFC Sponsor

Merritt Island 10-10-2005 23:32
Sunny & Clear, Winds Calm – Over 70 Degrees
I just wanted to see if I was the only guy who spent his Saturday morning trying to get through for the MI quota permits. I bet i called a hundred times and could never get through. If any body knows a secret to get these people on the phone let me know, i still have 2 more days to get one. If not i will just hunt the river, i have killed more ducks out there anyway. Allright, dead bird, mark, Get em Drake!!!

Posted By:
get em drake
WFC Sponsor

Panhandle 10-06-2005 16:02
Sunny & Clear, Winds Calm – Over 70 Degrees
No i have not ever hunted over on St. Vincent island but my dad has several times. He has only killed whitetails over there though, no sanbar deer. All i can tell is that it is hard hunting, no transportation, going in by boat, and if it is hot MOSQUITOS the size of dove. Again i have never been there hunting, i have just heard all of the stories of the people that have been there. I would probably go to the trouble of making the trip for a Sanbar deer but not for a whitetail, you have bigger deer in Eufaula than down there.

Posted By:
Puddleskipper
Guest

HOOCHie 10-06-2005 07:09
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G E Drake, have you ever hunted the Saint Vincent National Wildlife Refuge. I’ve applied 3 years in a row but, haven’t been picked yet. They have those ( I believe it’s spelled ) Sanbar deer that get up tooooo 900 lbs????? They also hunt Whitetails ,which I believe thats not a draw hunt. Just show. Office is in Applichacola.

Posted By:
get em drake
WFC Sponsor

Panhandle 10-05-2005 16:14
Arctic Blast – Over 70 Degrees
Ha Ha Yeah right, like we would ever get an arctic blast. Good luck in the dead lakes, i have hunted over there several times and there is some good shooting at certain times of the year. Once the ducks start to show on Seminole, you know it want be long until they make it down the river. I havent ever hunted ducks in Eufaula, just deer. You guys have some big deer compared to us here in FL. Good Hunting and Get em Drake!!!

Posted By:
Puddleskipper
Guest

10-02-2005 15:58
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Every now and then I check here to see if there are any posts. Most of the time nothing. Good to see a new post. I hunted for the first time in Bay county 2 years ago for ducks and really enjoied it. Plan to scout the Dead Lakes area this year and hunt it also along with the other area I hunt down there. Ducks up here arn’t plentaful yet, but will be. Coming to the Eufaula area???? Give me a post. =*(^)< [Edited By Puddleskipper on 2005-10-02 15:59] Posted By: get em drake WFC Sponsor Bay/Washington County 09-26-2005 10:24 Sunny & Clear, Winds Calm - Over 70 Degrees Well if you like sweating in 5mm neoprene waders, mosquitos, bw teal, and wood ducks you would have loved this weekend. The birds flew late on Saturday but by the time we got out of the water we had a full limit of woodies and two bonus teal. It is rare to kill teal where we were hunting so that was a nice bonus. We all hunted deerpoint lake on Saturday afternoon and did not do nearly as well. It is proof that a little pressure makes the birds scarce. Sunday morning was good as well with a few more bonus teal from another area where we never kill that many. I talked to several people who mixed teal into their bag for the weekend so maybe that is a good sign for the migration. Well now back to work, I have got two months worth of anticipation to look forward to. Well I hope everybody had a good early season, see you guys when it gets cold, or at least cooler. Get em drake! Posted By: BlindHog Guest Panhandle 09-12-2005 11:30 - - - Talked to a fisherman buddy who said he saw some teal on Iamonia Sat, 9/10. Cant be a bad thing, but will they stay for 2 weeks is the big question. Posted By: get em drake WFC Sponsor Panhandle 09-09-2005 15:09 Sunny & Clear, Winds Calm - Over 70 Degrees WELL I GOT TIRED OF READING THE SAME OLD REPORT OVER AND OVER SO I THOUGHT I WOULD GET THE SEASON KICKED OFF WITH A NEW REPORT ABOUT SOME TEAL AND SOME WOODIES. I MADE THE BIG PURCHASE AND BOUGHT THE NEW 29 HORSE MUD BUDDY HYPERDRIVE IN THE OFFSEASON. WE WILL SEE IF IT IS WORTH IT, SO FAR I FEEL PRETTY GOOD ABOUT IT. WELL THE WOODIES ARE PRETTY THICK AND I HAVE SEEN SOME SPOTTY TEAL. WE HAVE STILL GOT TWO WEEKS LEFT FOR THE BIRDS TO MOVE IN SO PRAY FOR NORTH WINDS AND A LITTLE LUCK. HOPE EVERYBODY HAS A GREAT EARLY SEASON. GET EM DRAKE!!! Posted By: upduck Guest Near Lake Placid 04-14-2005 19:51 Sunny & Clear, Winds Calm - Over 70 Degrees Still seeing some of those warm blooded teal around in the ole honey hole. They will gone soon I am sure! Posted By: naustin Guest Okeechobee 01-31-2005 09:12 Sunny & Clear, Winds Calm - 60-65 Degrees Gave the Big O one more shot this weekend. Saturday morning was good had lots of Teal buzzing around. Hunting stopped around 10:00. Hunted a couple hours on Sunday birds gut up early and grounded within a half hour. Shooting was fast and furious. Mostly teal had a few mottle ducks buzz by. Hope every one had a good season looking forward to opening day of Phase I. Its time to get back to fishing. Posted By: naustin Guest The Big O 01-26-2005 13:15 Cloudy, Heavy Fog - 60-65 Degrees Hunted the Big O again this past weekend. Due to the heavy fog light levels were poor. Did here some shooting in the area around me. Seems like the teal have pushed on and the diver numbers are down. Did have two mottled ducks decoy perfectly, able to take one down. I will give it one more try this upcoming weekend for one last hurrah. Good Luck to all.

Posted By:
willdeem
Guest

merritt island 01-23-2005 17:03
Cloudy, Heavy Fog – 60-65 Degrees
hunted peacocks pocket saturday. Set up in a stick marsh and about 0600 the fog rolled in. Couldn’t hardly even see some of my dekes. got buzzed at shooting time by teals.
Wildest time I ever had-couldn’t see the birds until they were within 35-40 yards, and then it how fast could you shoot. Saw lots of ducks, mostly teal, but got buzzed by a flight of wigeons when I went to collect a bird that an eagle wanted. Even shot one in the butt after he buzzed my partner and I was kneeling in the mud, he flew right over me, and I nailed him going away. Best hunt I ever had in florida. Saw a neighboring hunter get a one shot double after the fog cleared. Seemed like the big water hunters in the river were doing good, at least, they were doing a lot of shooting. Scouted Catfish after we pulled out, and saw lots of teal and mottle ducks. I guess this last cold snap pushed them down. Birds were still flying at 11:30 AM.

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Supporting Member

01-23-2005 00:02
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Posted By:
Straygator
Guest

Lake Julianna and Lake Maddie 01-19-2005 11:49
Mostly Cloudy, No Precipitation – 45-50 Degrees
Went out Sat morning to look see, No ducks to be seen, Sat on the edge of the marsh out of the wind and by chance had 2 mottled ducks commit suicide. Sat till 9:30 and gave up. Drove around all the Lakes I could
no ducks anywhere.
Well lets hope that the frigid temps up north give us one last push before the end of the year.

Posted By:
naustin
Guest

Tampa Bay 01-17-2005 07:52
Cloudy, High Winds – 50-60 Degrees
Hunted Tampa Bay yesterday. The number of ducks we saw was very depressing. We only had two opportunities, unable to capitalize on any of them. The area that I hunt usually holds thousands of divers. This year the ducks never made it down.

Posted By:
waitinforwaves
Guest

Merritt Island – area 2 01-03-2005 12:38
Mostly Cloudy, No Precipitation – 50-60 Degrees
Had to make a trip down to FL from WV to pick up my girlfriend’s kids last week. Had a license from last turkey season so I gave it a try.

Saw some bwt, ringnecks, and a few wigeon when I scouted on Tuesday evening but didn’t see a single duck on Wed. morning. Heard about a dozen shots toward Eddy Cr. Should have brought my boat.

Scouted best I could from the truck around St. John’s River Marsh WMA too. Heard some shots around daylight but couldn’t find an area for a walk-in hunt. Alligators make this mountain boy nervous anyway.

Hope you all get more ducks later in the season.

Posted By:
willdeem
Guest

e. gator creek-Merritt Island 01-03-2005 06:15
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Hunted this area saturday and sunday. Just never saw the ducks. On Sunday, I did see several large flights of ducks rising out of the refuge and headed south, but there was just the occasional ducks, and no flights of more than 4-5 that ever came into the hunting areas. There was still plenty of vegetation where I hunted, just no ducks to speak of. I got 4, but really got lucky they just happened to come my way. this was my last hunt for the season, but maybe we’ll get some cold weather, and push some down for you late hunters. Hunt safe.

Posted By:
dakota31400
Guest

Merritt Island 12-30-2004 08:13
Mostly Cloudy, No Precipitation – 50-60 Degrees
Tuesday & Wednesday ….. All the birds except for a few blue bills, some mottled ducks and an occasional teal have moved out. The hydrilla in the Refuge impondments near Black Point either took a hit from the cold, or it was sprayed. Either way, it’s all dead and the North Indian River was void of birds. Talked to some other guys from Jacksonville that hunted Mosquito lagoon….also, without any success.

Posted By:
jwilson504
Guest

newbie 12-22-2004 19:01
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Hey fellow waterfowlers. I’m a native Kansan being stationed at Panama City for dive school. I’ve hunted ducks in Kansas for years. I’d like to join someone on a hunt, if I don’t hunt I’d still like to go to see your techniques in the South and see how they compare to what I’ve done in California, Oklahoma, and Kansas. Pm me or post in the regular manner. If I have time from school on a weekend it sure is a great way to recover from a week of getting my ass kicked in training. Good luck and God speed!

Doc Wilson

Posted By:
willdeem
Guest

MERRITT ISLAND 12-19-2004 13:16
Cloudy, High Winds – 60-65 Degrees
tried again in area 2. Not much happening, a few teal flew by before shooting hours, got buzzed by a small flight of pintails, saw some mergansers loitering in our area, but wouldn’t come within range. took a wigeon, that overflew us. Hoping this next week will push birds down. drove through black point refuge and found out the problems, with a good portion of the refuge dry, the birds should really be concentrated in the feeding areas, but guess what, the birds were at a level of about 15% of what they should be-saw a few here and there, but no quantities. guess they all moved off. also noticed that birds were shying away from decoys and blinds. guess the ones that have stayed around for a while have gotten smart. going to try again wednesday, then, i’ll give up and try somewhere else. Happy holidays to all and good hunting…

Posted By:
naustin
Guest

The Big O 12-18-2004 15:52
Mostly Sunny, No Precipitation – 60-65 Degrees
Hunted the Big O again today. Had several long shots 60 + yards, birds have been shot at for couple of weeks now. All birds are call and decoy shy. The one good thing about the Big O is you can always count on putting a mottle duck on the deck. Due to the previous cold spell most of the Teal have migrated further south. Saw lots of new ducks on there way down all divers. Due to the cold spell coming from the north I think the diver action will really heat up in the next weeks to come.

^O^

Posted By:
dakota31400
Guest

Merritt Island 12-17-2004 17:53
Mostly Sunny, No Precipitation – 50-60 Degrees
Birds moved out sometime between Moday evening and Tuesday Morning. Prevaling North winds have blown the the water in the lagoons south leaving very shallow conditions along the shoreline in Northern areas….Mucho work to hunt the shoreline North of Frontenac…..and no birds. Manatee zones have made navigation impossible to run the flats on a plane, and unless you know the river, choppy conditions in deeper water requires experience mariners. I have lost two friends to this river and mosquito lagoon in the last thirty years trying to hunting this area…If you choose to dare the devil, be prepared,,,especially with children. Small craft aluminum hulls will come apart when this river gets angry…..and it does 5 out of seven days a week.

Posted By:
willdeem
Guest

E. Gator Creek impoundment, Merritt Island 12-16-2004 16:43
Cloudy, High Winds – 25-30 Degrees – Open Water
Scouted this area Tuesday, figured it would be a bust due to the lack of birds flying and the heavy winds. There were birds in the catfish creek area, and some in the E. Gator creek. Saw Shovelers, teal, mottle ducks, and some wigeons. The Wednesday hunt was heavy winds, and cold. Very few ducks at all flying until I left at 9:45 All the ducks came out of the refuge, dropped down right over the road adjacent to the cover where you can’t shoot. Got overflown by some teal, and some wigeons, but nothing was buying our dekes or whatever. Shot a teal and male shoveler. Cold and windy day-the game guys said nobody did well. P.s. all the birds were in peacock pocket-but nobody was apparently hunting it. I’ll try somewhere on Saturday, anybody got any ideas.

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upduck
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Orlando Highway Ponds DUCKS! 12-15-2004 09:06
Sunny & Clear, High Winds – 35-40 Degrees
HERE COME THE RINGERS….saw several hundered along the causeways in Orlando that have not been there all year. Snow from Michigan to Tennesse! A sure sign of good tings to come this week!

Find em! Whack em!! and Stack em!!

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willdeem
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meritt island 12-12-2004 18:29
Cloudy, Winds Calm – 60-65 Degrees
watched from the dike at catfish as thousands of pintails and widgeons, mottled ducks, teal etc picked up out of the refuge area, circled and then landed in catfish creek. One of my buds said it was the closest thing he’d ever seen since Louisiana. anyway, the game and fish guys said it was a turkey shoot for about 15 minutes. Scouted peacocks pocket area, saw a few mottled ducks, maybe 20-30 and put in in off of bayou lab rd. busted up several pockets of widgeons and teal. came back the next am and killed 4 teal. all of the ducks were on the permit areas, but someone was banging over in mosquito lagoon. cannot believe all of this beautiful habitat, and yet the ducks are so concentrated. have a permit for peacock for wednesday, so see how I’ll do.

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takeem
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St . George island area 12-12-2004 16:12
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Im coming down from maryland around christmas any info about waterfowling would be appricated

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naustin
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Lake Okeechobee 11-28-2004 16:10
Mostly Sunny, No Precipitation – Over 70 Degrees
Hunted the Big O Saturday and Sunday. Lots of action Saturday until noon. limited out on Fl. Mallards and dropped a few teal. Lots of teal and ringers in the distance. High hunting pressure kept the duck moving. Sunday was slow skies to clear, most shooting at sunrise dropped 4 teal. The afternoon was slow for most hunters skies cleared and the ducks stayed grounded. Over all fair hunt bagged nine ducks.

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willdeem
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merrit island, mosquito lagoon area 11-28-2004 08:42
Sunny & Clear, Winds Calm – Over 70 Degrees
hunted here wednesday and saturday am. wednesday was pretty much a bust. talked to several hunters, they had 2-3 ducks apiece. one group had gotten 7 for 3 hunters. everybody saying the same thing-the ducks here are resident ducks, or the isolated stragglers. Saturday, I did see more ducks-got overflown several times by mottled ducks-should have gotten several, but we stink at shooting and keeping our eyes open, got one instead. did see some teal and pintails flying, but wouldn’t come down. had a flock of geese(?) across from us, but they didn’t stay long. maybe it will get better after next 2 weeks. talked to some buds in coastal carolina, and they say the same thing, they aren’t coming down yet.

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willdeem
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st. johns river – N and S of SR 50 11-25-2004 18:27
Sunny & Clear, High Winds – Over 70 Degrees
Talked to some guys that said they did ok in this area on opening, and decided to check it out. The area S. of the bridge is flooded extensively, and I was running for 5-6 miles outside the channel in about 6″ of water, saw one flight of three teal that I bumped when I came around a corner, but they never came back. Saw an isolated duck or two, but nothing to hunt. Wind was 15-20k from the W/NW. worked both sides of the lake, but nada. I talked to 3 other groups of hunters at the ramp, they took 2 ducks between the three boats. Went north of the bridge up to cane lake-very open, lots of little pockets, but about 5-6′ deep. and no hydrilla of nothing for puddle ducks. Potential for woodies exists because there are numerous hammocks in the lake that are flooded.

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willdeem
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merritt island-area 2 11-24-2004 16:28
Sunny & Clear, Winds Calm – Over 70 Degrees
Hunted Merritt area 2. didn’t see a single duck, until 7:30, when we had a teal swing by, and saw a flight of about a dozen in the distance. Didn’t hear the first shot till 0730, and it was way off. Picked up and moved, but still very very few ducks. Saw a total of 20 teal, and a mottle duck. Most of the hunters we talked to were amazed at the lack of activity-wind was from S & SW at about 10-15.

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Newnan\’s 11-23-2004 14:11
Sunny & Clear, Winds Calm – 60-65 Degrees
Hunted Newnan’s opening day. Three woodies came into shooting range. I saw only three Woodies and about five Ringer’s. When we got back to the boat ramp the only bag for 9 hunters was five ducks. A couple of woodies and BWT. I am going to Emeralda in the AM will post later.