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Posted By:
Bill Erhart
Field Editor

Smyrna area 09-20-2008 15:16
Sunny & Clear, Winds Calm – 50-60 Degrees
Saw very few teal, but bagged one. Also bagged one goose. Saw a few wood ducks.

Very little shooting.

Posted By:
Bill Erhart
Field Editor

New Castle farm 09-19-2008 20:34
Sunny & Clear, High Winds – 60-65 Degrees
Saw two geese. Saw a few dozen in the distant.

Posted By:
Mike Napier
Field Editor

Woodland Beach 09-19-2008 08:48
Sunny & Clear, Winds Calm – 50-60 Degrees
Hunted the opener for teal. We shot a few birds but did not see many teal at all. Very slow and virtually no geese which was disappointing. I am ready for the normal season.

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Posted By:
Bill Erhart
Field Editor

New Castle County 09-05-2008 07:44
Sunny & Clear, Winds Calm – 60-65 Degrees
Hunted geese on Labor Day. Saw very few, but got two.

Saw even fewer ducks. Two black ducks flew in and out of our spread and saw four ducks high and away flying south, probably over Route 9.

Posted By:
Mike Napier
Field Editor

Rt. 9 Area in Kent County 06-04-2008 11:27
Sunny & Clear, Winds Calm – Over 70 Degrees
Most of the fields are planted which is nice to see. Reminds us that the season is getting closer. No waterfowl to really look at though, one mallard drake in my two hour plus ride.

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Posted By:
Tony Senn
Web Member

Hopkins Game Farm 04-03-2008 07:34
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Delaware Ducks Unlimited is hosting the 12th Annual “Blue Hen Classic” at Hopkins on April 25-28, 2008

Friday, april 25, 2008
Registration 8:00 am – 5:00 pm
Side Games 9:00 am – 5:00 pm -Shells provided by Winchester
Subgauge Events 9:00 am – 5:00 pm
100 Target Prelim 9:00 am – 5:00 pm
5-Stand Event 9:00 am – 5:00 pm -Shells provided by Winchester
Subgauge and 5-Stand events are European rotation.
After the shooting ends, great food, drinks and social event
at the gun club. Casual!

SaturdayApril 26, 2008
Registration 6:30 am – 1:30 pm
Side Games 9:00 am – 5:00 pm Shells provided by Winchester
1st 100 Target – Main Event 8:00 am – 11:00 am – 2:00 pm
5-Stand Event 8:00 am – 5:00 pm -Shells provided by Winchester
Eatern Shore Dinner, Open Bar, Auction, Shoot Game Prize
Awards, a Daily Attendance Prize Drawing, and Daily Hunter Class
Prize Drawing on the shooting grounds.

Sunday April 28, 2008
Side Games 9:00 am – 5:00 pm Shells provided by Winchester
2nd 100 Target – Main Event 8:00 am – 11:00 am – 2:00 pm
5-Stand Event 9:00 am – 3:00 pm – Shells provided by Winchester
Awards Ceremony immediately following end of shooting

We have added several new and exciting options this year.
Friday-
Will be holding a Preliminary Round as well as Sub Gauge, Side by Side and 5 Stand Competition and some interesting and chalenging shoot games. After shooting we will give out prizes for the day and have a casual “Beer and Pretzels” gathering.

Saturday –
Will be the Main Event(100 targets each day), 5-Stand Competition and Shoot Games. Following the shooting , there will be a full Eastern Shore Dinner, Blue Grass Band, open bar, Silent Auctions, Live Auction, Raffles and prizes for the day including an attendance prize!!

Sunday-
Will be the second 100 tarets of the main event, Silent auction and overall shoot prizes for the shoot.

This will be a NSCA Class Shoot
Main Event
Event Champion, Plus 7 NSCA Classes-
M, AA, A, B, C, D, E and 1 Hunter Lewis Class
Event Champ- Beretta Shotgun plus $400.00 Bass Pro Shops Gift Card
Each of 8 classes:
1st Beretta Shotgun plus $150.00 Bass Pro Shops Gift Card
2nd $300.00 Bass Pro Shops Gift Card
3rd $200.00 Bass Pro Shops Gift Card
4th $150.00 Bass Pro Shops Gift Card
5th $100.00 Bass Pro Shops Gift Card

Concurents: Lady, SubJr, Junior, Vet,
Super Vet, Super Senior Vet
Each Concurrent
1st $150 Bass Pro Shops Gift Card
2nd $100 Bass Pro Shops Gift Card
3rd $50 Bass Pro Shops Gift Card

FOR MORE INFORMATION PLEASE CONTACT –
HOPKINS AT 410-348-5287
Tony Senn 302-422-5068 tsenn@ducks.org
Register online at www.ducks.org/deshoot

Posted By:
Mike Napier
Field Editor

Rt. 9 03-11-2008 11:51
Sunny & Clear, Winds Calm – 45-50 Degrees
Took a ride on Sunday and there are many pintails around. They were sitting all around Woodland Beach and in the impounds across from Augustine Beach.

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Posted By:
srducker17
Guest

sussex 01-26-2008 18:49
Cloudy, Winds Calm – 35-40 Degrees
Its a wrap. the season is over and we ended with a two man limit. It took some time but manage 6 different species of ducks.

scott

Posted By:
Mike Napier
Field Editor

Northwest of the \”Storm\” 01-24-2008 19:01
Cloudy, Winds Calm – 30-34 Degrees – Ice
Snowed the whole time we were putting out decoys this afternoon. Get set to hunt and it stops. Storm stayed a little off the coast. Could have killed some Canadas of course. Shot the only ducks we saw. They decoyed nice but you need to see more than two groups to have a successfull day. I think the ice is either keeping them on the marsh or they are gone.

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Posted By:
Mike Napier
Field Editor

Kent County 01-23-2008 08:25
Cloudy, Light Rain & Drizzle – 35-40 Degrees
Not many ducks around at all. Plenty of Canadas a day after the season closed of course. Not really sure what the solution is at this point. Maybe staying at home is the best option.

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Posted By:
Bill Erhart
Field Editor

New Castle 01-22-2008 19:53
Cloudy, High Winds – 25-30 Degrees – Ice
Hardly any ducks. But plenty of geese.Go figure.

Posted By:
Mike Napier
Field Editor

Kent County 01-20-2008 15:58
Cloudy, Winds Calm – 40-45 Degrees
Scouted yesterday afternoon since I did not hunt and saw nothing. Some Canadas here and there but pretty much no ducks. The season is winding down in a very troubling fasion.

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Posted By:
srducker17
Guest

sussex 01-14-2008 15:36
Sunny & Clear, Winds Calm – 40-45 Degrees
things are slow never fired the gun until 9 shot a pair of mallards then at 11 to save the day we had a nice group of mallards come in and we shot 4 so ended the day with 6 ducks and only firing our guns twice!

scott

Posted By:
Mike Napier
Field Editor

Kent County 01-05-2008 17:25
Sunny & Clear, Winds Calm – 25-30 Degrees – Ice
I set up for the Canada’s today with that small moon last night. The ducks were nowhere to be found like I expected and the geese did not fly either for some reason. Gave it until 1030 which was worthless. The snows flow but at about 1000 Yards high. A little confused as to why nothing flew with the dark moon. Heard shooting towards the Leipsic but that was about it. Need some weather.

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Posted By:
Bill Erhart
Field Editor

New Castle – South 01-05-2008 09:28
Sunny & Clear, Winds Calm – 30-34 Degrees – Open Water
Saw very few ducks, although those we saw were large ducks. People at the Augustine impoundments and on the river seemed to be shooting.

A fair number of Canadas were in the water at first light. They did not decoy to us.

Posted By:
hojo73
Guest

Sussex 01-04-2008 14:49
Sunny & Clear, Winds Calm – 10-20 Degrees – Ice
Hunted Prime Hook today. Only 5 parties showed up. The marsh was frozen solid, about 1 inch in the main ditch and 2 inches on the ponds. We killed 4 mallards and 1 black. (1 Mallard Drake Banded, 1 Mallard Hen Banded)

Posted By:
Jerry Kryspin
Field Editor

Northern New Castle County 01-02-2008 20:39
Sunny & Clear, High Winds – 35-40 Degrees
Large concentrations of Canada Geese are spread throughout Northern New Castle County. One of the larger concentrations are in the northern most area around route 92, while the other is predominately loafing around route 7/route 4. The residents are tending to attract high flying migrators and are hanging in areas that are in close proximity to industrial/commercial areas not condusive to hunting.

Posted By:
Mike Napier
Field Editor

East Of Smyrna 12-29-2007 15:36
Cloudy, Occassional Rain Showers – 50-60 Degrees
Finally a good weather day and a good hunt. Plenty of mallards in the air and coming in. Got our mallards and a few bonus blacks. All in all a good day.

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Posted By:
Mike Napier
Field Editor

North Of Leipsic 12-25-2007 13:48
Sunny & Clear, High Winds – 35-40 Degrees
Full moon visited us. No duck flight, No goose flight, no nothing. Merry Christmas to you all.

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Posted By:
Bill Erhart
Field Editor

South of the canal 12-25-2007 08:40
Sunny & Clear, High Winds – 35-40 Degrees
Hunted Monday, December 24th. Many duck leaving the marsh as we were entering. Saw very few after legal shooting. Shot one canvasback.

Posted By:
Mike Napier
Field Editor

Southeast of Smyrna 12-22-2007 20:15
Mostly Sunny, No Precipitation – 35-40 Degrees
The ducks seem to have become nocturnal for some reason. They move into Bombay about 20 mins before shooting time never to be seen again. They fly in groups of a couple hundred and just wave after wave go in. Must have saw/heard 5000 ducks in the morning. Not much shooting and didn’t fire the gun.

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[Edited By Mike Napier on 2007-12-23 19:55]

Posted By:
Bill Erhart
Field Editor

Smyrna 12-22-2007 13:28
Mostly Sunny, No Precipitation – 30-34 Degrees – Open Water
Very few ducks in the air. We shot teal, mallard, black and a snow. Relatively little shooting around us.

Driving through Smyrna and on the way home northbound on Route One, almost every pond, creek and storm basin had ducks, mostly mallards.

Posted By:
widowmakerDE
Guest

New Castle 12-21-2007 16:20
Cloudy, Winds Calm – 35-40 Degrees
Today was one of those days you dream about .Every duck that came by ,came in.Limited out quickly,a mixed bag of mallards,teal and widgeon.What an early x mas gift .GOOD LUCK EVERYONE AND HAPPY HOLIDAYS.

“WANT SOME ” “COME GET SOME” “DEVASTATION INCORPERATED” “Damage Crew”

Posted By:
Bill Erhart
Field Editor

New Castle County 12-17-2007 19:34
Cloudy, Heavy Fog – 30-34 Degrees – Open Water
Hunted Friday Dec. 14th. Almost too foggy to drive; actually got off course in the boat and we only had to go about two hundred yards to the blind.

Ducks were dropping into the decoys 15 minutes before legal shooting. They looked like large humming birds as they hovered in.

Abundant green wing teal and later in the morning mallards. Saw dozens of pintails. Shot a wigeon and a shoveler. There were geese around, but they would not come near.

Seemed everyone around us was shooting a fair number of ducks.

Posted By:
widowmakerDE
Guest

Kent 12-17-2007 15:53
Sunny & Clear, High Winds – 30-34 Degrees – Open Water
Hunted all day with birds working well to the setup.18 ducks 6 canada geese and 4 snows what a day to be out.Good luck to all for the final split.

“WANT SOME ” “COME GET SOME”
“DEVASTATION INCORPERATED”
“Damage Crew”

[Edited By widowmakerDE on 2007-12-17 15:54]

Posted By:
TheLuckyDucker
Web Member

Last Split 12-16-2007 16:36
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Hunted Ted Harvey-Logan Lane goos pit on Friday. Wished the fog was lower – birds were all over but just a hair out of range due to fog, but scrathced a few. Sat hunted for crab bait and ended with buffies and a couple blacks which was nice but large duck numbr were low until today. Out scouting on Sun and man there were birds and I mean bird working everywhere from Prime Hook (RT 16) all the way down to the IR Inlet. I hope this week the temps drop because it is way too warm and too much water blown in from the high winds. Heading out Tues, Wed, Fri, and Sat. so good luck to all!

Chad

THE LUCKY DUCKER ALWAYS GETS HIS POWDER OFF!!!!

Posted By:
srducker17
Guest

sussex 12-16-2007 11:17
Sunny & Clear, Morning Fog – 35-40 Degrees
hunted friday and saturday. manage on 11 ducks between both days. Friday the ducks were everywhere but couldn’t get them to commit, saturday the ducks were not there by big numbers but the ones that came in were in our face. Not a very good openener for us in sussex, but good to be out!!

Posted By:
Mike Napier
Field Editor

Kent 12-16-2007 10:46
Mostly Cloudy, No Precipitation – Froze Out
Hunted all day on Saturday. Managed to get the geese to cooperate in the morning with no duck flight at all. In the afternoon the duck flight was on, but after three o’clock they knew where they were going. We managed some ducks early in the afternoon between 130 and 3PM. After that we just watched thousands of ducks pour out of the Hook going somewhere on their minds. It was just one of those days.

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Posted By:
widowmakerDE
Guest

kent 12-14-2007 20:02
Cloudy, Heavy Fog – 35-40 Degrees
Scouting paid off.Took a friend that lost his leg this year in a motorcycle accident.First time ever duckhunting.And man what a first day.The limit came late due to the fog,but the ducks were everywhere.Blacks,mallards,gadwalls,widgeon, and the pop up teal that was going 1000 mile an hour.A special thanks to my hunting partner brian rodgers for makeing my friends first duckhunt 1 for the memorys.Hunt everyday like its your last.Good Luck to all.

“WANT SOME ” “COME GET SOME” “DEVASTATION INCORPERATED” “Damage Crew”

Posted By:
J_Sheats
Guest

public, delaware 12-14-2007 17:52
Cloudy, Heavy Fog – 40-45 Degrees
had birds EVERYWHERE before legal and for about an hour after legal but couldn’t see them, like Mike said….the fog was insane!! made for a not so fun boat ride. scratched off a couple though…back out for geese in the morning.
good luck to all!

Posted By:
Mike Napier
Field Editor

Kent County 12-14-2007 13:48
Cloudy, Heavy Fog – 35-40 Degrees
Heard many ducks in the morning but could not see them. We could have used the weather yesterday Vs today but oh well. We managed a few ducks, one with a band, and a goose. I really don’t know how many ducks were in the area since we could not see anything.

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Posted By:
widowmakerDE
Guest

New castle,Kent,Sussex 12-13-2007 17:44
Cloudy, Light Rain & Drizzle – 35-40 Degrees
Ducks are here in force.Strongest migration i have seen in years.Geese as well should be a great opener.Good Luck to all…..

“WANT SOME ” “COME GET SOME” “DEVASTATION INCORPERATED” “Damage Crew”

Posted By:
Jerry Kryspin
Field Editor

New Castle & Kent Counties 12-09-2007 16:45
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A solid amount of Canada Geese were observed just north of the Canal from the Delaware River area clear west to Route 896. Same holds true for the same area south of the Canal.

Snow geese were seen in fields from just south of the canal into northern Kent County.

Posted By:
Mike Napier
Field Editor

New Castle County 12-04-2007 10:46
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Have noticed very large amounts of snow geese in the area. They seem to be using every field in the canal area around rt. 13. I just hope this is a sign of new birds and hopefully some new ducks came down as well. Dec. 14th here we come.

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Posted By:
hojo73
Guest

prime hook 12-03-2007 16:18
Sunny & Clear, Winds Calm – 35-40 Degrees
Hunted 12-1-07

We shot 2 teal, 1 black, 1 mallard. Lots of canada birds flying,birds are already blind shy, we need a good push of new birds from up north.

[Edited By hojo73 on 2007-12-03 19:43]

Posted By:
benpentoney
Web Member

SUSSEX 12-03-2007 11:05
Sunny & Clear, High Winds – 45-50 Degrees
Hunted snows last thursday 7 guys 52 birds and hunted this morning 12 guys 55 birds. Birds decoyed very nicely.

Posted By:
deduckhunter
Guest

12-03-2007 04:01
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Pintails getting thicker over past couple days at Prime Hook. Still some Greenwings left and seeing more Blacks.

[Edited By deduckhunter on 2007-12-03 06:08]

Posted By:
srducker17
Guest

sussex 11-26-2007 17:08
Cloudy, Heavy Fog – 50-60 Degrees
2 man limit

4 ringnecks
1 teal
2 wood ducks
1 wigeon
1 black
3 mallards

Posted By:
srducker17
Guest

sussex 11-23-2007 17:13
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2 pintails
1 mallard
5 Canada Geese

Posted By:
Mike Napier
Field Editor

Kent County 11-23-2007 10:27
Sunny & Clear, Winds Calm – 35-40 Degrees
Today with the cold weather and Northwest wind was no good with the sunshine. Saw some ducks coming back to the hook that must have been feeding all night with the full moon. None real interested in coming our way. The Canada Goose flight was the best of the season but no working birds.

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Posted By:
Bill Erhart
Field Editor

New Castle mid county 11-23-2007 10:23
Sunny & Clear, Winds Calm – 35-40 Degrees
On Thanksgiving, saw a few puddle ducks. Shot two mallards and one teal.

Today, shot two mergansers. Saw four pintails rocketing through the decoys, but nothing else. Very calm day.

Posted By:
Bill Erhart
Field Editor

New Castle County – South 11-21-2007 18:45
Cloudy, Occassional Rain Showers – 40-45 Degrees
Monday Nov 19

Saw hundreds of green wing teal. Shot a couple of blue wing teal and mallards. Shot two Canada geese. Saw hundreds of Canada geese throughout the morning.

Saw a few wood ducks.

Overall, many small ducks were in the area, very few large ducks.

Posted By:
Mike Napier
Field Editor

Kent County 11-19-2007 19:56
Cloudy, Occassional Rain Showers – 45-50 Degrees
Everybody and their brother were out hunting today and shooting away. Managed to kill some mallards(one banded), blacks, and Canadas. Saw a good number of birds throughout the day.

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Posted By:
srducker17
Guest

sussex 11-19-2007 15:45
Cloudy, Light Rain & Drizzle – 45-50 Degrees
Harvested 18 ducks (3 man limit)

6 GWT
2 shoveler
1 ringneck
3 mallards
2 blacks
1 pintail
1 widgeon
2 wood ducks

will post pics in the bag limit section soon

Posted By:
Bill Erhart
Field Editor

New Castle County 11-18-2007 17:30
Sunny & Clear, High Winds – 35-40 Degrees
Went to Ithaca New York on Saturday, the lakes and ponds are open and lots of corn fields have not been harvested.

Over the weekend saw a few hundred snow geese around Symrna. Some large ducks around, but not in large numbers.

Posted By:
Brian-Rogers
Guest

DE 11-07-2007 19:46
Sunny & Clear, High Winds – 40-45 Degrees
had a great shoot on friday, managed our limit with a quickness. had beautiful tolls of large flocks of teal and a few big ducks mixed in. saw large flocks of ducks moving about in the high winds, probably fresh birds moving in along with old birds moving out. All in all cant wait for the next split if we can catch some weather it should be a great time.

Brian-Rogers “DO SOME DAMAGE” DEVASTATION INCORPORATED VFE-DE

Posted By:
Jerry Kryspin
Field Editor

Kent County 11-07-2007 08:59
Sunny & Clear, High Winds – 50-60 Degrees
Pretty slow afternoon. Saw quite a few flocks of snow geese trading back and forth around the Woodland Beach WMA area. The Canada Geese are becoming very concentrated in a few select fields – one in particular that is adjacent to a neighborhood.

Posted By:
TheLuckyDucker
Web Member

Broadkill Area 11-06-2007 15:46
Cloudy, Light Rain & Drizzle – 45-50 Degrees
Nice way to end the season. Saw few big flocks of teal and few big ducks but ended this first season like I want to have the remaining splits:

2 Mallards
2 Wood-ducks
1 Black Duck
1 Green-wing Teal

Lots of “sky-carp” and Canadas moving into cut bean fields! Polish the H&R off for Friday!

THE LUCKY DUCKER ALWAYS GETS HIS POWDER OFF!!!!

Posted By:
Tony Senn
Web Member

Leipsic, DE 11-05-2007 08:29
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Just a reminder about the Delaware Ducks Unlimited Waterfowl Hunters’ Party.

Leipsic Fire House
Sunday Nov 18, 2007
12-Noon to 4:00
Price $25!! Includes food, beer, soft drinks, door prizes and a 1 yr. Membership to DU!!

Over 60 dozen Greenhead Gear Decoys(Shell, Full Bodies and floaters)to be given away!! Not to mention the layout blinds, Avery Gear, Shotguns and more!!

For tickets call Tony Senn 302-422-5068 or also available online at www.ducks.org/whp

TEST

[Edited By Tony Senn on 2007-11-05 11:05]

Posted By:
Mike Napier
Field Editor

Leipsic Area 11-04-2007 09:54
Cloudy, High Winds – 50-60 Degrees
Managed to kill a few ducks(mallards,black, woodie) but still not the numbers I would like to see. Pretty much shot what we saw but there are good numbers of Geese in the area. Hopefully with some colder weather Thanksgiving week will be promising and give us the numbers we expect to see.

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Posted By:
Jerry Kryspin
Field Editor

Kent County 10-29-2007 07:51
Cloudy, Light Rain & Drizzle – 60-65 Degrees
Saw fair amounts of teal and woodducks on both Friday and Saturday. Mallards and Blacks were not as abundant this year as last year.

Posted By:
hojo73
Guest

prime hook 10-28-2007 17:53
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hunted opening day friday,shot 11 ducks( mixed bag blacks, teal, woodies, pintails, mallards, even a buffy), overall a good day, then hunted saturday and shot 6 ducks ( woodies and teal )lot of birds just not many big ducks that i could see.

“big guy in a little boat, tak’em boys”

Posted By:
Brian-Rogers
Guest

10-28-2007 08:21
Cloudy, Occassional Rain Showers – Over 70 Degrees
had a decent shoot on saturday after returning from my prior engagements, shot some teal blackheads and could have had a few big ducks but passed on the shots due to shooting time . did not see anywhere near the numbers reported by friends as the teal caught that high northeast wind and headed south. heard of bluewings being killed by friends on friday but they were no where to be found on satuday.

Brian-Rogers “DO SOME DAMAGE” DEVASTATION INCORPORATED VFE-DE

Posted By:
Mike Napier
Field Editor

Smryna Area 10-27-2007 15:51
Cloudy, Occassional Rain Showers – Over 70 Degrees
Not many big ducks at all in the area so far. Decent numbers of teal and a few wood ducks around. Heard a lot of shooting towards the Leipsic but not as much as you would think for an opening weekend. We need it to get colder to get some real ducks here.

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Posted By:
Jerry Kryspin
Field Editor

Dennis… 10-26-2007 02:14
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Good luck bro!

Posted By:
widowmakerDE
Guest

sussex to new castle 10-25-2007 20:18
Cloudy, Occassional Rain Showers – 50-60 Degrees
Scouting today just before the opener.A mix of a lot of birds in some areas and no birds in others.State grounds with a lot of water to state grounds with a lot of grass.All and all i seen good bird numbers (not great bird numbers)a mix of teal,gads,mallards,pintails, and blacks with an occasional bald mixed in.Good luck tomorrow to all.

“WANT SOME ” “COME GET SOME” “DEVASTATION INCORPERATED” “Damage Crew”

Posted By:
TheLuckyDucker
Web Member

Prime Hook 10-12-2007 08:27
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While deer hunting Thursday had a nice “scouting” of the Prime Hook area. No water but quite a few birds. Mostly woodies and teal in the AM with a mix of Canadas and snows. Saw more new birds move in with the blow yesterday. I have attached a link to a very concerning article:
http://www.capegazette.com/storiescurrent/200710/drought101207.html

THE LCUKY DUCKER ALWAYS GETS HIS POWDER OFF!!!!

Posted By:
TonySenn
Web Member

DEDU Waterfowl Hunters Party -Leipsic, Delaware 10-03-2007 15:55
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Delaware Ducks Unlimited is hosting their first Waterfowl Hunter’s Party this fall!!

There will be 60+ dozen decoys, layout blinds,duck calls, goose calls, guns and much much more given away!!
There will even be a Shotgun given away to someone just for coming in their favorite Camo Shirt!!

When- Sunday November 18, 2007
Where- Leipsic Fire House Leipsic, DE
Time- 12:00pm-4:00pm
Cost- ONLY $25 Which includes food, beer, sodas, door prizes and also a 1 yr membership in Ducks Unlimited!!

This event is open to anyone who is NOT currently a Ducks Unlimited member.

For more information and/or tickets please contact Tony Senn 302-422-5068 tsenn@ducks.org

[Edited By Bosco on 2007-10-03 15:59]

[Edited By Bosco on 2007-10-04 15:16]

Posted By:
Mike Napier
Field Editor

Woodland Beach 09-28-2007 09:35
Mostly Cloudy, No Precipitation – 60-65 Degrees
Hunted for some reason that I don’t know this morning. Saw about ten teal and a couple hundred big ducks. Only three parties out and no shots heard anywhere. I am done with the early teal season I think.

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Posted By:
Brian-Rogers
Guest

new castle county 09-24-2007 09:22
Mostly Cloudy, No Precipitation – Over 70 Degrees
went out saturday morning with some friends and managed 3 birds. did not see many teal and only a small amount of local mallards and blacks, overall it was a great morning with friends but a moderately successful teal shoot.

Brian-Rogers “DO SOME DAMAGE” DEVASTATION INCORPORATED VFE-DE

Posted By:
Mike Napier
Field Editor

Woodland Beach 09-20-2007 14:06
Sunny & Clear, Winds Calm – 60-65 Degrees
Heard of a few here and a few there but nothing really. There was no water in the impound so that made for not much fun. It is obviously September. Is it Thanksgiving yet?

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Posted By:
Bill Erhart
Field Editor

New Castle, south of the canal 09-20-2007 10:30
Sunny & Clear, Winds Calm – 60-65 Degrees
Nothing. Heard ten shots. Saw about twenty big ducks, but no teal at all.

Friends who hunted further south of us in a marsh had 6 to 8 decoy in and shot two teal at first light, but that was all.

Posted By:
Mike Napier
Field Editor

Rt. 9 Area 09-19-2007 08:32
Sunny & Clear, Winds Calm – 60-65 Degrees
Took a ride down Rt. 9 from Augustine to Bombay Hook and did not see much. Hopefully the teal are hiding. I saw a bunch of shovelers but that was about it. We will see what tomorrow brings.

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Posted By:
paskip
Web Member

Canada Trip 08-12-2007 15:59
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I Have 2 Opening’s On Our annual trip to Manitoba, CAN.Leaving 9-28,return 10-6.E-Mail For futher Info. Paskip730@comcast.net

Posted By:
Bill Erhart
Field Editor

New Castle County Brandywine Hundred 07-29-2007 08:31
Sunny & Clear, Winds Calm – Over 70 Degrees
While not migrating birds, I have seen an uncommon number of resident mallards this year. I usually see 2 or 3 a season, but there are about two dozen in the area. We also see two or three flocks of geese fly over our house, but now we see mallards as well.

We have always had dove her, But this year is a bumper crop, with doves the most common bird I see in my neighborhood.

Hope this means that conditions are good and while one can hardly throw a stone in my neighborhood, let alone shoot a gun, perhaps some spillage will occur to the areas you can shoot.

Posted By:
Drew-Hawkins
Field Editor

Duck Stamp Legislation 06-19-2007 11:07
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WATER: Bipartisan House bill would divert duck stamp money to wetlands (06/19/2007)
Lucy Kafanov, E&E Daily reporter

Wetland protection efforts would get a big boost under a House bill floated last week that would increase the price of duck stamps to pump more cash into a federal purchasing program.

Behind the effort are Reps. Mike Thompson (D-Calif.) and Don Young (R-Alaska), who yesterday reintroduced a bill that would reauthorize the Wetlands Loan Act. Their measure would provide a $400 million advance of federal duck stamp money over the next 10 years for wetlands conservation.

The funding would come from an increase in the cost of duck stamps, decorative stamps the federal government issues each year. Hunters, as well as some stamp collectors and other wildlife enthusiasts, buy the stamps for collections or to gain access to wildlife refuges.

The cost of the loan would be offset by an incremental increase in the price of the federal duck stamp.

Sen. Norm Coleman (R-Minn.) introduced the companion measure in the Senate, S. 272, earlier this year.

According to Thompson’s office, the United States continues to lose more than 80,000 acres of wetlands annually. The bill would provide landowners with the option to work with the Fish and Wildlife Service to voluntarily conserve their land through conservation easements, his office said.

“We have lost more than half of our natural wetlands,” Thompson said in a release. “When we lose our wetlands, we lose natural flood protection and critical habitat for fish and wildlife.”

FWS would use the money generated by the bill to buy lands for national wildlife refuges and to assist landowners in protecting existing wetlands and surrounding duck habitat in key breeding grounds and other areas across the country.

Posted By:
Drew-Hawkins
Field Editor

St. Michaels MD – 10th annual Decoy Buy/Sell/ Swap meet 04-10-2007 00:02
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This is a fun event that helps tide us over until things get going in Sept. a nice place to see and pick up collectible decoys and collectible waterfowling stuff. Any ?’s shoot me a PM. Drew
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EAST COAST DECOY COLLECTORS – Please join us for the 10th annual buy-sell-swap to be held rain or shine April 13th & 14th, 2007 At the Best Western (410-745-3333) in St. Michaels, Maryland. This is an open door room to room event that also includes several parking lots full of decoy vendors.

Posted By:
Jerry Kryspin
Field Editor

Coastal 9 02-22-2007 07:24
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I dunno what to tell you Dennis?! They were there Sunday (and have been for the last couple weeks). Maybe they started North???

Posted By:
widowmakerDE
Guest

Bombay Hook & Rt 9 02-21-2007 20:45
Cloudy, Occassional Rain Showers – 40-45 Degrees
Went for a ride to see all the birds everyone has been seeing.And saw very little.Bombay hook had maybe 150 ducks and 50 canadas on the whole hook.Ice was still thick,the fields outside the hook where white with sky goats (SNOW GEESE) and a few canadas.Maybe i just got there 1 day to late.Jerry;I trust you and your crew so i am not doubting that you seen a lot of birds.But from Woodland to the Creek i bet i didn’t see 300 birds except on the Ranch he has about 10,000. You know who i mean.

“WANT SOME ” “COME GET SOME” “DEVASTATION INCORPERATED” “Damage Crew”

Posted By:
srducker17
Guest

the hook 02-20-2007 11:56
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Prime Hook is dead. Froze solid. Maybe 300 birds max. Creeks, and rivers are full here down by the bay. Got back to the house and had Mallards, Blacks, Ringnecks, Buffleheads, Hoodies, Redhead/canvasback (didn’t have binoculars and was too far out)and widgeons!!!

[Edited By srducker17 on 2007-02-20 17:14]

Posted By:
Jerry Kryspin
Field Editor

Coastal Delaware Bay Watershed 02-19-2007 19:02
Sunny & Clear, High Winds – 30-34 Degrees – Ice
Get your cameras ready. The birds are here in full force. Mallards, Blacks, Pintails, Teal, Canada Geese, Snow Geese & a very substantial population of Tundra Swans.

Woodland Beach WMA is filthy with birds.

Posted By:
J_Sheats
Guest

BOMBAY WOODLAND 02-19-2007 12:51
Cloudy, Snow Flurries – 35-40 Degrees
I second what Mike said. I was gonna post pretty much the same thing. Took a ride around mid day and saw litterly THOUSANDS of duck and geese flying in and just around our field! Everywhere up and down rt 9 around woodland and Bombay was loaded with birds.In the air and in the fields. Mallards, pintails, black ducks, canadas, and snow geese. Amazing! I personally have never seen what I saw yesterday, what an amazing sight!

Posted By:
Mike Napier
Field Editor

From New Castle County To Kent County 02-19-2007 08:59
Sunny & Clear, Winds Calm – 25-30 Degrees – Ice
Took a normal Sunday drive to check out some waterfowl sites and it was a very lively ride. Ducks and Geese everywhere. Several thousand Canadas sitting in the fields by Valero at the intersection of rt.9 and rt. 72. They were joined by several hundred mallards and blacks. The whole way down rt. 9 to bombay hook, every field was loaded with ducks and geese. There were no empty fields and there were also thousands of snow geese. Some very nice sights to say the least. If only this weather came a month ago.

One More Pass Hunt Club

One More Pass Hunt Club

[Edited By Mike Napier on 2007-02-19 08:59]

Posted By:
Mike Napier
Field Editor

Bombay Hook Area 02-12-2007 08:09
Sunny & Clear, Winds Calm – 25-30 Degrees – Ice
Took a ride around to check things out and like every year at this times birds were everywhere. You name is and it was flying and sitting in and around all the fields. Many big groups of Canadas along with snows and black ducks. I didnt see any mallards in the field but I am sure they were there. The black ducks were sitting with the snow geese so it was easy to pick them out. They were very close to the road which was surprising but would get up when I drove passed.

One More Pass Hunt Club

Posted By:
Gotgeese?
WFC Sponsor

02-07-2007 10:10
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When I’ve hunted with Jerry in past years it’s been all windsocks. Has he changed over completely to full bodies?

And yes–he does put you on the birds!

-Glenn (in CT)

Posted By:
slacktide1
Guest

just South ofDover 02-05-2007 14:54
Sunny & Clear, High Winds – 35-40 Degrees
Joined Jerry @ Delbay Guide service for a snowgoose hunt this past Saturday (2/3/07).

He really put us on the snow geese. We hadwaves andwaves of birds over the 1500+ fullbody GHG snow goose decoys all day with seemingly non stop action…the wind made the shooting pretty tough, but I managed to break into my 3rd boxof shells before theday was through!

A great day washad by all, and we tallied 45 birds!!!

It was a great hunt, and I hope to get out there again while heis still on them…

Posted By:
Brian-Rogers
Guest

sussex county 01-28-2007 09:27
Sunny & Clear, Winds Calm – 30-34 Degrees – Open Water
hunted the last weekend for brant and did very well. had our groups limit and was home by noon. saw large groups of birds and had them work the rig like a champ. I figure they were new birds by the way they worked. overall it was a different year to say the least, I look for a lot of drastic changes either made or certainly called for by the waterfowl community whether they are called for or not, just because most people had an awful season everyone will want to push the days back and whine and cry about this or that, chalk it up to another year and hope everyone learned something about the waterfowling around here, I know I did,

its on to snow chickens now until march, good luck to all

Brian-Rogers “DO SOME DAMAGE” DEVASTATION INCORPORATED VFE-DE

Posted By:
Mike Napier
Field Editor

Rt. 9 01-22-2007 12:21
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Took a ride yesterday on Rt. 9 from Delaware City to Leipsic and there were tons of birds moving. Typical since the season is over. Ducks were flying around everywhere along with big groups of dark geese. Only saw one big group of Snows and it was in a field in the Taylors Bridge area. This season was a bust for me, having a green field with long grass didnt help us too much. We always have never year.

One More Pass Hunt Club

Posted By:
srducker17
Guest

sussex 01-21-2007 14:28
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hunted wed. nite, thursday nite, friday morning and sat morning and mange to kill 37 ducks and geese. Ended the season with a father son hunt on sat. and shot a limit of ducks, one goose and manage a 100 dollar reward band on a black duck. The snow really helped out!

JUST POSTED PICS.. GRIP AND GRIN BAG LIMITS

[Edited By srducker17 on 2007-01-22 18:18]

Posted By:
Brian-Rogers
Guest

DE 01-18-2007 07:58
Sunny & Clear, High Winds – 25-30 Degrees – Open Water
had a smoker hunt this morning managing our 12 mallards 3 blacks and 2 canadas calling it a day. 1 mallard was sporting a federal band!!!! many many new birds around. had flock after flock in the decoys 20 min. before shooting light. with the weather and the new birds now is the time to be in the field,

Brian-Rogers “DO SOME DAMAGE” DEVASTATION INCORPORATED VFE-DE