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Posted By:
Bill Erhart
Field Editor

New Castle 01-17-2007 20:17
Cloudy, High Winds – 30-34 Degrees – Ice
More ducks than in several days. Maybe this weekend can be salvaged.

Posted By:
Fiore3
Guest

Kent 01-17-2007 09:45
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Tuesday was pretty slow but managed to shoot 9.. Ducks only flew when the wind blew really hard… Good luck on the rest of the season…

Posted By:
Bill Erhart
Field Editor

Kent 01-16-2007 19:52
Cloudy, High Winds – 45-50 Degrees
Once again, very few ducks. We shot a couple, but only saw about 15 ducks.

Some on the St. Jones River did better, someone even shot a mute swan, but overall, no one did well near the top of the bay.

Posted By:
Brian-Rogers
Guest

DE 01-14-2007 13:27
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Got some friends coming in From MI to hunt this week so we are pullin gout all the stops and going to burn the places that we have been saving. Hoping that front coming across the country will help us out a little. we have a few places holding a right good numbers of birds mostly puddle ducks and canada geese butt heir movements have been spotty or even hit or miss sometimes and these places have had no hunting pressure what so ever, oh well its the last week time to do some damage, good luck boys get ya some cuz it the season is bout gone and wont be back for a long time with a lot to change next year, good luck to all.

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

Posted By:
Jerry Kryspin
Field Editor

Landenberg PA 01-14-2007 09:55
Mostly Cloudy, No Precipitation – 50-60 Degrees
Put out the big spread and had geese all morning in the decoys. Steady flight from 8:00am clear through 12:00 noon. Big flocks, small flocks, singles, pairs, etc.

Great day had by all.

Posted By:
Bill Erhart
Field Editor

New Castle 01-13-2007 21:50
Cloudy, Light Rain & Drizzle – 50-60 Degrees
Saw nine mallards all day.

Yesterday, quite a few ducks were seen in the afternoon, but I guess they all went south (or north based upon the warm weather).

Posted By:
srducker17
Guest

sussex 01-10-2007 14:32
Sunny & Clear, High Winds – 35-40 Degrees
Manage 4 ducks today. 1 black, 1 pintail and two mallards. Actually a quite a few birds flying and work. Had trouble hitting at first and had to leave early letting them fly. Our party did get a banded mallard!!!

scott

[Edited By srducker17 on 2007-01-10 14:33]

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moderator
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Rehoboth Bay 01-08-2007 20:24
Cloudy, Occassional Rain Showers – 50-60 Degrees
Hunted the bay in a layout rig. What a hoot. 4 of us limited out mostly all buffleheads with some old squaw and a Scoooter for good measure.
saw a number of snows and canada’s flying high to and from the refuges.
it got warm Sunday and then tough rain and wind moved in late sunday and today.

WFC.com staff

Posted By:
Brian-Rogers
Guest

kent county 01-08-2007 06:33
Cloudy, Occassional Rain Showers – 60-65 Degrees
hunted the pit again on friday afternoon in the rain showers, the 2 of us set up around 11 and had our limit of mallards and blacks by 1230 which was good considering the rain stopped by 1pm and so did the birds like a light switch. Saw a great canada goose push during the rain of birds headed out of the hook to feed, probably the best push I have seen all year by black geese as Jerry mentioned. Birds did not want to work other hunters in the areas they seemed to be interested in their flags but once the calls started the went on further west. We managed all small groups of birds mostly pairs with a flock of 7 blacks coming in and we scratched out our 2. other then that there were no large flocks seen. Possibly due to us setting up late but we were both under the weather and didnt want to sit in the rain for too long so we let it start raining for sure and then made a quick dash out to the pit.

Seems like some colder temps are suppose to push in this week but still remain rather warm during the days, hate to say it but this season is pretty much shot, gonna have to make due with what we got,

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

Posted By:
Jerry Kryspin
Field Editor

Kent County DE 01-06-2007 06:57
Cloudy, Light Rain & Drizzle – 50-60 Degrees
The weather coming in a lot later than predicted had a huge effect on our hunt. Unfortunately with the skys clear or with very thin cloud cover most of the night on Thursday, the birds felt safe roosting elsewhere and provided the opposite flight pattern we were anticipating.

We saw a very large concentration of puddle ducks most of the morning. The canada goose flight in this area was also pretty substantial despite previous reports. The birds seemed to be in larger than normal groups while exiting the roosts.

Posted By:
srducker17
Guest

sussex 01-04-2007 12:06
Cloudy, Winds Calm – 40-45 Degrees
6 ducks to report on…. 2 blacks, 2 teal, 2 ringnecks…..could have shot a handfull of blacks but we had our limit….not much going on here!!

Posted By:
Sean-Brooks
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SUSSEX COUNTY 01-04-2007 08:12
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Nothing new to report here. Hopefully something will happen in the near future to change things but so far it’s been one heck of a slow season.
Goodluck for the next few weeks.
Hit em’ hard.

Posted By:
Brian-Rogers
Guest

DE 01-03-2007 07:53
Sunny & Clear, Winds Calm – 50-60 Degrees
hunted most of last week with things being relatively slow except for a few decent hunts. thought the rain on monday would have brought about some better hunts but it was a dissappointment for most from what I have heard. the same pit that was doing so well for us only managed a few birds in the rain. Not seeing many new birds due to the warm weather and south winds. I did however notice that yesterday after the north winds and bright night that a holding pond off of route 1 was holding around 500-800 canadas that have not been there all year, unsure whether they moved in with the bright night or just moved to another loafing pond. To me the season is pretty much a bust since we have about 3 weeks left and no weather in sight but you cant kill them if you dont go so I will be out in force for the last 3 weeks, hopefully something gives

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

Posted By:
Mike Napier
Field Editor

New Castle County 01-02-2007 16:38
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Got a report from someone that hunting yesterday with little success. They scratched off a few ducks but nothing like they expecting in the pooring down rain. Worst season I have had in five years.

One More Pass Hunt Club

Posted By:
Bill Erhart
Field Editor

Lower New Castle 01-01-2007 20:25
Cloudy, Rain & Thunderstorms – 50-60 Degrees
Good weather for ducks, but too warm. We saw very few ducks in the driving rain. There just are not any ducks arouns.

Posted By:
Bill Erhart
Field Editor

New Castle County 12-31-2006 19:51
Sunny & Clear, Winds Calm – 45-50 Degrees
A few dozen mallards and a few dozen Canadas. A lot of activity far out in the river, a few southern marshes had some shooting on Saturday.

Posted By:
Mike Napier
Field Editor

New Castle County 12-26-2006 14:05
Cloudy, High Winds – 50-60 Degrees
Hunted at a friends place this morning and we managed our limit of Canadas. We even managed two stray mallards that happened to dive in to the goose decoys. Other than today my hunting season has been quiet. Did I mention how much I love winter wheat.

One More Pass Hunt Club

Posted By:
Frank G
Guest

Sussex 12-25-2006 14:43
Cloudy, Winds Calm – 40-45 Degrees
Hunted our field this morning for Canadas and never picked our guns. Saw a good number of birds but all in big groups. Never even had any give us a look. Everyone of the groups went inland. No wind and no weather is gonna make it real hard to get anything done.

Posted By:
Brian-Rogers
Guest

bombay hook area 12-25-2006 13:15
Cloudy, Light Rain & Drizzle – 50-60 Degrees
hunted a pit again up against bombay hook on friday afternoon in the rain and managed a very good hunt in the cornfield. 6 of us managed our 24 mallards and 5 blacks faling just short of our mallard and black limit. it was an awesome shoot with the birds working in very well once the rain started. I was however dissappointed in the number of birds that we saw or didnt see for that matter. what we saw for the most part came to the decoys, we usually see a good bunch of birds that come out and keep going this time most of the birds that we managed to bring to the decoys were headed back into the hook, and we did not have a canada even pay any attention to the bigfeet and avery fullbodies, in weeks past we had seen a good number of pintails come out to the cornfields to feed but that was not the case this time just mallards and blacks. the blacks were not mixed in with the mallards they came all by themselves.

I hve heard scattered reports of decent shoots from time to time but most people seem to be saying they are not seeing much. My scouting as found some birds but they rarely move for more then 20 minutes at first light and spend the rest of the day loafing around before returning to the roost well into dark.

hunted a pond that I have in MD and found empty skies until about pitch dark when they returned by the hundreds with wood ducks and some teal still mixed in the bunch of mallards and blacks. Had a few flights of canadas come to the farm in the morning and the whole roost came at once they fed for about 20 minutes and then returned to the loafing pond for the rest of the day, the mild 60 degree temps did not help.

Hope everyone had a good Xmas and good luck for the rest of the year it may be a struggle is the weather doesnt show,

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

Posted By:
hojo73
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sussex 12-25-2006 10:02
Sunny & Clear, Winds Calm – 50-60 Degrees
Where are all the ducks? Have they left Canada yet..lol, or are they in New York waiting for some cold weather to push them down?

Posted By:
Jerry Kryspin
Field Editor

Joe Flogger… 12-21-2006 10:57
Sunny & Clear, Winds Calm – 35-40 Degrees
Decent numbers of Black Ducks seen while there were a few smaller flocks of Canada Geese. The Snow Geese began to make there way out there in two large concentrations later in the morning. The birds seemed to want in close to land or out around the 2.5mi mark.

Posted By:
Bill Erhart
Field Editor

Lower New Castle 12-20-2006 20:47
Sunny & Clear, Winds Calm – 45-50 Degrees
Saturday December 16

Thousands of snows, hundreds of Canadas. Only got one though. Folks behind us did a lot of shooting in their field.

Posted By:
Jerry Kryspin
Field Editor

Kent County 12-15-2006 09:34
Cloudy, Heavy Fog – 50-60 Degrees
With visibility limited, ducks were rather heard, not seen. Had two different singles buzz the decoys at Mach 4 speed before we could even shoulder the guns. Snow geese were flying about in smaller flocks, but generally not coming under the fog. Heard a few flocks of Canada geese, but they didn’t want to play either. Heard a few sporadic shots in the distance. When it was all said and done, only a few birds were harvested in the surrounding area.

Posted By:
Mike Napier
Field Editor

Kent County 12-14-2006 10:50
Cloudy, Heavy Fog – 45-50 Degrees
Hunted this morning out in the marsh in the dense fog. Should have stayed home. Got picked dead last and saw one duck that flew by in and out of the fog at 400MPH. Not much shooting and not many parties. I guess everyone got the memo to stay home. Next time clue me in.

One More Pass Hunt Club

Posted By:
Fiore3
Guest

Kent County 12-13-2006 12:49
Cloudy, Light Rain & Drizzle – 45-50 Degrees
Hunted this morning for the first time since the opener.. Looking for a quick hunt before work… Saw a lot of ducks flying and was able to get 8 before I went to work the others in the party managed a few after I left… All in all not a bad morning…

Posted By:
Bill Erhart
Field Editor

New Castle 12-12-2006 18:36
Sunny & Clear, Winds Calm – 40-45 Degrees
Saw almost no ducks. Very few dark geese, mostly snows.

Posted By:
srducker17
Guest

sussex 12-11-2006 18:25
Sunny & Clear, Winds Calm – 45-50 Degrees
must be a lot of new ducks. shot 16 ducks 3 people. combinations of mallards, blacks, shovelers, teal and pintails. All the pintails you ever want. left kinda early due to afternoon deer hunt. but overall decent amount of ducks more blacks then mallards, and small flocks of everything other then pintails!

Posted By:
Mike Napier
Field Editor

Kent County 12-11-2006 13:05
Sunny & Clear, Winds Calm – 50-60 Degrees
Very surprised at the number of birds considering the weather this morning. Also confused about the amount of ice around since it was warm yesterday afternoon and not too cold last night. Either way, decent shoot for a day that I didnt expect much. Good number of teal either still around or just arrived. Mallards and Pintails in small to medium sized groups and tons of snows. I would like some snow before, during, or after Christmas please. Thanks you.

One More Pass Hunt Club

Posted By:
Jerry Kryspin
Field Editor

Kent County 12-11-2006 12:02
Sunny & Clear, Winds Calm – 30-34 Degrees – Ice
Definitely some new birds in the area to keep things interesting. Saw a steady concentration of Snow Geese all morning long. Seems like the Canada Geese numbers have increased since the last split, but I don’t think they’re anywhere near peak numbers. The puddle ducks were about in small to medium sized flocks. All in all, a decent morning had afield.

Posted By:
Brian-Rogers
Guest

DE 12-11-2006 06:28
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spent the weekend scouting and found some places to have a fair amount of ice on them. The pools at bombay hook were all froze up with geese and ducks standing on the ice. Definetly new birds in the area, I sat in the deer stand in MD friday night and watched group after group move into the area for a steady 2 1/2 hours. There certainly seems to be new birds in the area after the strong north winds and bright nights with decent temps. It is a shame that it is going to warm up again once the split starts, seems like the week the season is closed here always has the best weather. There should be a fair amount of birds taken today with fresh birds here and most of the ponds froze up or atleast with sheet ice on them, I wont be out til wednesday but they better watch out,

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

Posted By:
srducker17
Guest

sussex (a place other then where the ducks were) 12-01-2006 16:34
Cloudy, High Winds – 60-65 Degrees
3 hours of hunting and produce 5 ducks between two of us….maybe had 10 ducks look at us…..all around not a good hunt and a scarce amount of ducks!!

Posted By:
benpentoney
Web Member

Sussex 11-30-2006 09:51
Cloudy, Heavy Fog – 50-60 Degrees
Hunted Prime Hook yesterday, a lot of birds still moving around over despite the lack of good hunting weather. Shot 2 canadas, 3 Snows, black duck, and a mallard. Thick fog made for fast difficult shot on ducks, by the time you saw them it was almost too late to pull the trigger

Posted By:
Sean-Brooks
Guest

sussex and kent 11-29-2006 09:34
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Birds seem to be getting a little shy.

It seems they are working alot better when we have some “ducky” weather.

Bring on the rain and wind.

Posted By:
Fiore3
Guest

PA 11-29-2006 08:10
Sunny & Clear, Winds Calm – 60-65 Degrees
Deer hunted PA tonight and was in the stand for about 30 min. A nice 8 point came out and presented a broadside shot at 110 yards.. Took a shot with the 50cal inline and he ran 5 yards and droped..

My 2nd deer with a gun ever.. Got plenty with the old jeep….

Posted a pic in big game…

[Edited By Fiore3 on 2006-11-29 08:16]

Posted By:
Brian-Rogers
Guest

DE 11-28-2006 08:03
Cloudy, Occassional Rain Showers – 40-45 Degrees
thanksgiving week was pretty decent. had some awesome duck shoots on monday and wednesday along with a killer shoot on thursday and then friday was a successful day but not as good as I would have hoped.

Monday saw mallards blacks and teal along with some pintails and canada geese. the birds worked well and the geese worked great to the water when no one was hollering at them. overall didnt see the number of birds that we were used to seeing in late november but still managed to fall just a few birds short of our limit.

Wednesday was absolutely awesome in the wind and rain. The birds started off working a little ignorant with all the shooting around us but we still managed to do some damage at first light which was really dark but man it was awesome. we kept on working on them as the morning progressed and managed wigeons gadwalls teal bluebills ringnecks and some blacks. the wind made it a little difficult as they would try to work but if they had the wind wrong they werent coming back around to try it again, the geese were not willing to play as they had the wind wrong on their approach every time they came to us. it was a great day.

Thursday was a smoker day for me and 2 friends in a pit above leipsic, we had birds in the decoys as soon as we walked to the pit, large flocks of pintails and mallards work the decoys in tight until we could not take anymore of them, we managed 2 blacks and didnt wait for the 3rd as we had things to do. back in the truck headed home by 9am. the geese did not want to work at all, but the ducks had no problem working in tight. I think the geese are getting a little stale as the season progresses with very few new birds mixed in.

Friday didnt work out as planned and never got set up until well after shooting time, saw loads of birds on the boat ride out of which we are going to setup on them at the end of the week, managed a beautiful toll of canadas and wrecked the whole flock. also managed some mallards and pintails but couldnt find a black duck. The geese we did see were in large flocks headed out to the fields,

overall it was a great week, managed to kill a nice 10pt and some does on saturday and sunday in MD as their firearms season is off to great start on our farms.

hope everyone had a great holiday week, and good luck on the birds as this split winds down, I will be out friday and saturday in the morning but I am chasing deer in the evenings for sure,

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

Posted By:
Bill Erhart
Field Editor

Lower New Castle County 11-26-2006 15:05
Sunny & Clear, Winds Calm – 35-40 Degrees
Saturday after Thanksgiving.

Saw a bunch of teal and a few woodies.

Canada geese about, but will not decoy at all.

Snow geese in the air and in fields, but nowhere near hunters.

The first short season was great this year, but Thanksgiving was the worse in quite a while.

Posted By:
Mike Napier
Field Editor

Bombay Hook Area 11-25-2006 21:43
Sunny & Clear, Winds Calm – 35-40 Degrees
Saw about a flock of 5,000 plus(Literally) Mallards this morning moving into the hook. Too bad they do not seem to like winter wheat. The only ducks that do seem to be black ducks for whatever reason. Not many dark geese flying at all. Other reports that I hear are that there is no luck in this area with the dark geese. First day that I have not seen any teal which means they may have moved out with the frost last night. Bring on the snow.

One More Pass Hunt Club

Posted By:
Bill Erhart
Field Editor

New Castle 11-24-2006 12:20
Cloudy, High Winds – 35-40 Degrees
Thanksgiving Day.

Only saw two geese.

Saw many ducks. Apparently they came down on the cold weather.

Posted By:
benpentoney
Web Member

Sussex County 11-23-2006 15:23
Cloudy, High Winds – 40-45 Degrees
Thanksgiving day couldnt be better geese are everywhere down here another 8 person limit

Posted By:
benpentoney
Web Member

Sussex County 11-21-2006 19:57
Cloudy, High Winds – 40-45 Degrees
Hunted Same feild this afternoon as yesterday. 8 people 16 geese (2 giant and 14 lessers)had hundreds of geese walking around in the spread after we shot our limit. Managed to get some real good video of the geese

Posted By:
Mike Napier
Field Editor

Kent County 11-21-2006 10:32
Sunny & Clear, Winds Calm – 40-45 Degrees
Hunted all day Monday and Tuesday morning with not much to show for it. Very slow and nothing moving. This is usually my favorite week of the year but it is looking slim right now.

One More Pass Hunt Club

Posted By:
benpentoney
Web Member

Sussex County 11-20-2006 15:57
Sunny & Clear, Winds Calm – 40-45 Degrees
Went Canada Goose Hunting this morning, 9 people 9 limits in 15 minutes. Geese are everywhere not to many ducks around should have a great week of goose hunting ahead down here.

Posted By:
Brian-Rogers
Guest

new castle 11-20-2006 13:17
Mostly Cloudy, No Precipitation – 40-45 Degrees
hunted this morning with decent results. Saw a fair number of birds and managed to take mallards, blacks, teal, pintails and canada geese. overall not a bad morning spent with friends heard some shooting in the distance but nothing to write home about,

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

Posted By:
Bill Erhart
Field Editor

New Castle 11-19-2006 08:46
Sunny & Clear, Winds Calm – 40-45 Degrees
Just in deer hunting a coule times last week I saw wood ducks in ponds surrounded by woods. Saw some big ducks in small flocks flying low over wooded areas. A marsh in Smyrna was filled with ducks.

Geese are in large number in norther New Castle County, where they cannot be hunted. Dark geese seem to be around in moderate numbers in lower New Castle. I did not see any snow geese.

One last note, the storm basins on Route One north of Smyrna were filled with teal and larger ducks around noon on Saturday.

Posted By:
Frank G
Guest

11-19-2006 06:02
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“Here we go……I’ll try to do this gently so as not to ruffle anyone’s feathers.”

You made a funny Sean…LOL

Posted By:
Sean-Brooks
Guest

sussex cnty 11-17-2006 11:02
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Here we go……I’ll try to do this gently so as not to ruffle anyone’s feathers.

I saw some ducks and black geese somewhere in my neck o’ the woods. Gonna go after em all of next week.

I’ll be hunting 4 days next week. you guys that know me give me a call and we’ll try to get together.

Happy Thanksgiving folks.

Posted By:
Brian-Rogers
Guest

new castle county 11-13-2006 06:22
Cloudy, Occassional Rain Showers – 60-65 Degrees
took a ride to cabelas yesterday with the boys and noticed large flocks of canadas feeding in green fields from middletown north the DE line, got into PA and noticed that most of the geese up there were in the corn fields but we still saw good numbers of geese for this time of year. There were large numbers of birds right across from middletown high school and the friendlys there in town in a green field and soybean field adjacent to it. The word up north is a few feet of snow on the ground right now so hopefully they will start to move this way,

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

Posted By:
Bill Erhart
Field Editor

New Castle County 11-09-2006 17:22
Sunny & Clear, Winds Calm – 50-60 Degrees
Saw many birds from a distance. We eventually took a few mallards that decoyed in. Most of the ducks just stayed away.

Every day we see more dark and light geese. They act very uneducated, coming in low to inspect the decoys.

Posted By:
Sean-Brooks
Guest

none 11-08-2006 12:27
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I’ve been noticing alot of geese and ducks in the retention ponds in a bunch of new developements…….now how do we get them outta those and into our spreads?

Posted By:
Jerry Kryspin
Field Editor

Kent County 11-08-2006 10:41
Cloudy, Winds Calm – 50-60 Degrees
Large concentrations of both light and dark geese were observed. Puddler numbers seem to be increasing as the season progresses. The dark goose opener could prove to be a fun day for waterfowlers targeting the ol’ ganders. Watched a few light geese investigate a spread left out with no hunters. Coulda, shoulda, woulda…

Posted By:
Mike Napier
Field Editor

Smyrna 11-07-2006 22:53
Cloudy, Winds Calm – 50-60 Degrees
Tons of mallards in the area compared to last week. Big groups coming out of the hook but they had their minds made up today. We scratched out a few but nothing special. Bring on Thanksgiving week because I am ready.

One More Pass Hunt Club

Posted By:
Mike Napier
Field Editor

Smryna Area…. 11-02-2006 12:47
Cloudy, Occassional Rain Showers – 45-50 Degrees
Gave this morning a shot for a few hours. Nowhere near as many ducks as there were last week. They were probably tired of being shot at. Managed a few mallards and a gadwall. Not a banner day but got some shooting. More and more Canadas everyday, so bring on Thanksgiving week.

One More Pass Hunt Club

Posted By:
Sean-Brooks
Guest

kent and sussex 10-31-2006 07:06
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Friday morning me and a few others bagged a few gwt. Not as many as we would have liked but a good time was had none the less.

Friday afternoon we hunted prime hook and only bagged ONE mallard. By the time we got there the shooting was pretty much over. The morning there produced some good numbers though.

Saturday morning we braved the 40 mph wind and rain at the hook. Didn’t have much time to hunt due to a wedding I was in. We harvested some ring necks with one being a beautiful mature drake. He would have made a nice mount but I think I’ll eat this one.

Some blinds smoked the birds while others were left scratching there heads.

If anybody would like some tips for getting to the blinds at the hook, pm me and we can talk.

I can’t wait for Friday as that will be my next day in the field.

Good job to you guys that smoked em’ and and goodluck the rest of this split.

Sean

fold em’

[Edited By Sean-Brooks on 2006-10-31 07:09]

[Edited By Sean-Brooks on 2006-11-09 06:59]

Posted By:
Brian-Rogers
Guest

new castle county 10-30-2006 15:35
Cloudy, Winds Calm – 45-50 Degrees
hunted friday and saturday with decent numbers taken. large amounts of teal both days with decent numbers of blacks and mallards. was a little dissapointed in the number of pintails as we have seen much higher numbers in the past in this area. Heard of good teal shoots all over the state. Decent start tot he opener, but bring on the colder temps

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

Posted By:
Jerry Kryspin
Field Editor

Smryna/Leipsic 10-30-2006 08:23
Cloudy, Winds Calm – 45-50 Degrees
Saw a decent concentration of GWT both in the AM and PM on Friday. Mallards and Blacks were around in their usual numbers, as well as a few flights of Wigeon and Pintails. The Wood Duck flight seemed a little slimmer than was previously seen during scouting missions, but they weren’t totally gone. All in all, the opening weekend was filled with good fun, good friends and good hunts.

Posted By:
Bill Erhart
Field Editor

Smyrna 10-29-2006 14:44
Cloudy, Rain & Thunderstorms – 50-60 Degrees
Mallards and teal off and on all morning. Two of us got 11 birds. We did well, but had to work for it.

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srducker17
Guest

sussex 10-28-2006 16:31
Cloudy, High Winds – 50-60 Degrees
easy said… 6 teals……got 3 0ut of 4 the first round and i myself got my first triple and yep it was on teal. 3 shots 3 teal!!! only two group of ducks that came near us all day. only one duck got away that enter the pond!!

Posted By:
Bill Erhart
Field Editor

Thousand Acre Marsh 10-27-2006 19:28
Cloudy, Winds Calm – 45-50 Degrees
A fair number of teal, but few decoyed in. We got about half our bag.

Saw about two hundred mallards in a high flock going southeast.

Posted By:
foiles1
Guest

Cedar swamp 10-27-2006 18:58
Cloudy, Winds Calm – 45-50 Degrees
We hunted Cedar Swamp this morning… There wasn’t as many birds in the air as I thought there would be. We managed only to put only two birds in the bag, 1 Greenhead and 1 Pintail. We passed on a few birds. But,I guess it could of been worse…

Posted By:
srducker17
Guest

sussex 10-27-2006 10:14
Cloudy, Winds Calm – 45-50 Degrees
7 ducks. 2 mallards, 2 blacks, 1 gadwal, 2 teals, but truefully little flight!!

scott

Posted By:
Bill Erhart
Field Editor

Northern New Castle 10-25-2006 19:12
Sunny & Clear, Winds Calm – 50-60 Degrees
Just jogging around North Wilmington, the storm basins have been used by mallards. On Monday, October 23rd, the one at the Brandywine Towne Center had about one hundred mallards in it at 6am, with ducks flying all around. That basin does not usually carry that many ducks, usually ten or so.

The basin was empty on Tuesday the 24th and had a few in it this morning.

I surmise it is a sign that the cold weather is moving ducks.

Posted By:
Bill Erhart
Field Editor

Smyrna 10-25-2006 19:08
Sunny & Clear, High Winds – 45-50 Degrees
At the Youth hunt, the young limited out on geese and shot a couple of teal. About twenty or so teal were spotted.

In the marshes, a fair number of mallards and quite a few woodies. Friday should be a good day.

Posted By:
Sean-Brooks
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sussex county 10-24-2006 07:29
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It seems like the opener should be pretty good. As far as I can tell we have plenty of birds in the area right now. With a little luck and some decent scouting you shouldn’t have any trouble finding birds.

Good luck to everyone and shoot straight.

fold em’

Posted By:
Mike Napier
Field Editor

Smyrna 10-23-2006 09:56
Sunny & Clear, Winds Calm – 40-45 Degrees
Did a little preseason work on Sunday morning and noticed a decent amount of birds but nothing special. Not many big ducks in the area yet which was a little disappointing. However, with clear and calm weather it is pretty hard to gauge what is really going on. I was very impressed with the number of Canada’s in the area. All of the were very “callable” but I am sure that will change when they come in next month. Friday looks like a wing and a prayer unless the weather changes. It will be a hit or miss day with more misses than hits but I do not know until we try.

One More Pass Hunt Club

Posted By:
featherdustr
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Near Smyrna, DE 10-22-2006 18:49
Sunny & Clear, Winds Calm – 45-50 Degrees
My 14 yr. old son participated in DE’s Youth Waterfowl Hunt and it’s difficult to say who is smiling more: my son or me, the proud father.
He shot a drake mallard, a hen mallard (that became our conservation moment — he now understands why we should pass on those), a GW teal and a drake pintail.
Those were his first ducks ever and now I can appreciate the true beauty of the phrase “sharing the hunt.”
Special thanks to Mike N. and Brian R. — you both know your “stuff” and the advice worked like a charm!
Have never seen so many ducks and such a variety! Saw a lot of geese, but we were not set up for them. Interestingly, the party next to us shot one Canada goose and no ducks.
Christian, my son, says Thank you and can’t wait until next year.
Final comment: DE hunters & waterfowlers at the ramp, checking station,and gun shops got to be the nicest people in the world. You all don’t understand or appreciate what you have until you have hunted elswhere! Good luck to everyone on Saturday’s opener.
Featherdustr

Posted By:
Brian-Rogers
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new castle county 10-22-2006 11:35
Sunny & Clear, Winds Calm – 45-50 Degrees
talked to a group of friends who hunted in new castle county for the youth hunt and had good numbers of birds seen as well as an enjoyable experience for their youth hunters which is awesome. Large numbers of teal and pintails were seen along with strong numbers of wood ducks and mallards. they managed to scratch out a canada goose as well so all in all it seems like it should be an ok opener if the birds hang around. good luck to all,

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

Posted By:
Fiore3
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Kent County 10-17-2006 09:52
Sunny & Clear, Winds Calm – 50-60 Degrees
I was deer hunting friday in Harrington and had flocks of Canadas and a few ducks fly over the stand… It is rare for me to see ducks near Taber State Forest but a few were sitting in the drainage ditches.. Looks like it will be a good opener…

Posted By:
Mike Napier
Field Editor

Northern New Castle County 10-16-2006 09:01
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Have been noticing huge flocks of Canadas that are moving in. They seem to join up with the residents so it is hard to tell how many there actually are. Seems odd that this happens but there are way more geese than there have been. Hopefully the ducks are moving in as well. 11 more days.

One More Pass Hunt Club

Posted By:
Bill Erhart
Field Editor

Smyrna 10-01-2006 15:46
Sunny & Clear, Morning Fog – 45-50 Degrees
Saturday, September 30

Saw a few teal, but numerouse woodies and dozens of mallards.

Only saw a few flights of geese.

Posted By:
Jerry Kryspin
Field Editor

Woodland Beach 09-30-2006 11:57
Sunny & Clear, Winds Calm – 50-60 Degrees
Went today for the close of the September Teal Season. Saw a few knots of teal, but was more impressed with the number of other puddlers seen in the area regarding mallards, blacks, pintails, shovelers, wood ducks and gadwalls. We had flock after flock in and out of the decoys all morning long, which made the wait between teal flights go by faster. Saw one cut corn field that was holding a few hundred snow geese and canada geese in it as well.

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Brian-Rogers
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kent county 09-21-2006 10:46
Sunny & Clear, Winds Calm – 60-65 Degrees
hunted this morning for the early teal opener and managed to scratch out 10 for our group, we werent in the exact spot that they wanted to be in so we are going to give it to them again on saturday. birds flew well all morning saw tons of pintails and wigeons along with some mallards and blacks. even had some snow chickens come over. heard of reports for other places with decent numbers of 5-8 birds per group,

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

Posted By:
Mike Napier
Field Editor

Woodland Beach 09-20-2006 10:17
Sunny & Clear, Winds Calm – 60-65 Degrees
Decided to scout the morning since tomorrow is opening day. I scouted from 6:10am until 7:00 am. O teal seen, well 0 ducks of any kind for that matter. Saw a decent number of geese moving around and plenty of sea gulls. Not giving me a promising feeling for tomorrow. This is the first time in many many years that I am not sure about hunting tomorrow.

One More Pass Hunt Club

[Edited By Mike Napier on 2006-09-20 12:52]

[Edited By Mike Napier on 2006-09-20 12:53]

Posted By:
Bill Erhart
Field Editor

Smyrrna 09-11-2006 20:26
Sunny & Clear, Winds Calm – 60-65 Degrees
Saturday September 9

Two small flocks of geese decoyed in. Only saw about 30.

Had flights of wood ducks, blue wing teal and mallards come in. Small numbers, about 3 or 4 each.

Small numbers of doves flying also. Picked up at 9 am.

Posted By:
Sean-Brooks
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lower DE 09-10-2006 01:16
– – Over 70 Degrees
Too nice for the birds to move this morning. me and a few other wfc’s hunted a pristeen spot outside of laurel and didn’t see anything but ducks and more ducks. You have to know where the birds are and have access to them to take these birds out. Pretty smart they’ve become.
Anyway…..It’s time to start posting on the birds. Let’s here what’s up fellers.

fold em’

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srducker17
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OCEAN 09-09-2006 14:20
Cloudy, Winds Calm – Over 70 Degrees
Caught 5 YFT and 1 dophin on our full day trolling trip on sat 9-8-06…..beautiful weather and sea conditions

Posted By:
Fiore3
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OCEAN 09-05-2006 12:38
Sunny & Clear, Winds Calm – Over 70 Degrees
Still a good bite out in the ocean.. 71 inch white marlin on sunday at the Elephants Trunk….

[Edited By Fiore3 on 2006-09-06 08:47]

Posted By:
Jerry Kryspin
Field Editor

Kent County DE 09-02-2006 07:46
Cloudy, Light Rain & Drizzle – 60-65 Degrees
What a difference a day makes!

We thought we had a good pattern on the resident birds on Thursday morning, but they changed their flight paths on Friday morning and we were stuck watching duck flight hoping for a goose flight that never materialized. Well now that we know the morning flight isn’t there, we’ll be doing some scouting to check out the evening flight paths to see if we can put a good dent in the population.

Posted By:
Bill Erhart
Field Editor

New Castle County 09-01-2006 20:54
Cloudy, Occassional Rain Showers – 60-65 Degrees
No geese in sight for opening day, but dozens of mallards. We had mallards decoy into our geese spread twice and had a black duck swim into our decoys, even as we stood up to watch them.

I understand that teal are in eastern zone of Kent County in large numbers, both green and blue wing.

Posted By:
Fiore3
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Ocean 08-14-2006 07:48
Sunny & Clear, Winds Calm – Over 70 Degrees
The tuna are still out there… Picked up some Yellow fin on sat. trolling up the 30 line.

Posted By:
Fiore3
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Ocean 08-01-2006 08:36
Sunny & Clear, High Winds – Over 70 Degrees
Fished out at the Ham bone on friday it was rough, had some good action on tuna though…