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PUDLJMPR
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wellington 12-08-2007 15:52
Cloudy, Snow Flurries – –
Back at it this morning, 4 of us hunting and alittle colder today, saw alot more geese moving today and in mostly big flocks didnt look like they wanted anything to do with us early but a little later they changed there minds and we had us a 4 man limit by 11! A little geese again, and small flocks except for the last one it was around 25 birds and we knocked down 7! Another good shoot today get out and get them while there dumb.

Posted By:
PUDLJMPR
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Wellington 12-07-2007 18:30
Cloudy, Accumulating Snow – –
6 inches of snow and still snowin when we got to the pit, only set out 10 dzn deeks and were ready. Not much movin til 10, landed a nice bunch ended up with 4 then about half hour later got another bunch in killed 4 out of it, sucked a single in killed him then another bunch of around 8 killed 4 more, only need 3 to finish and 3 come by they go around and around we dont shoot and they leave! Damn! We decide thats good enough and gettin ready to leave someone suggest to wait for 30 min before we pick up and it was a good choice not long after we get 30 to bomb rite in and we fill, it was awesome geese worked great! All really little geese but it was a blast.

[Edited By PUDLJMPR on 2007-12-07 18:32]

Posted By:
PUDLJMPR
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wellington 12-06-2007 15:45
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Hunted Tues, Wend, and today with little success, tues got way to darn windy couldnt keep the decoys up and when the few geese that did fly came by we had half out deeks on there sides had a killable pair but waited for them to land they didnt and no shots fired. Wends was just way to nice not much movin at all had some birds tryin to work but the farmer was rite behind us 100 yards or so loadin bales on trucks 0 geese killed. Today birds movin early set out a spread of around 40DZN and couldnt get any thing to look, had 4 comin in they flare at the last second we takem and only get 1, ducks movin all morning and think we saw new geese land on Wellington 3 lets hope this weather helps, we will be at it til sun.

Posted By:
PUDLJMPR
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wellington 12-03-2007 20:40
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Warm and blue bird day, plenty of honks around hunted a friends field south of wellington today, just like everything else high fliers, they hit the field east of us all morning til 10 then someone flipped a switch and here they come! Decoyed 3 flockes of at least 200 i mean 3 levels of birds tryin to come in! ended up with 9 should of had a limit no sweat but f”d up and took the ones we shouldnt of and let the ones go we should of hammerd, but aint no thing great shoot and a ton of honks out.

Posted By:
BillyGoatPete
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Southern Colorado 12-02-2007 21:21
Cloudy, Winds Calm – 40-45 Degrees
2 man limit on honkers before 8 this morning…..lots of birds in the area and most worked like Champs!

Got 1 band from the group and a Snow Goose as well….pretty unusual to see snow’s in this area.

Posted By:
PUDLJMPR
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Wellington 12-02-2007 18:51
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Hunted a fri with high hopes and little results only killed 1, hunted north of Wellington sat looks good and goosy spittin snow, freezin rain and geese everywhere, massive waves comin from Rawhide and the water treatment plant. Ended up with 4 should of had a limit no sweat but guys in the pit west of us are the biggest sky bustin SOB’s ever! This morning was a bit better, geese flew til 11:30 skif of snow didnt get much done til the wind picked up once it did we ended up with 10 for the day so not bad, lots of birds here get after em!

Posted By:
Matt-Sandersen
Field Editor

wellington 11-25-2007 08:27
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No much movement yesterday am the afternoon was a different story good movement the last 2 hours of the day seen a two mile black cloud of geese working out around rawhide and had a few coming from the FoCo area that worked us really well. Also heard about alot of movement in the mead area in the afternoon after zero action in the am. Not positive but I think its def the moon that has things all out of whack so I decided to sleep in today and I am gettin after them this afternoon

Posted By:
PUDLJMPR
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wellington 11-24-2007 19:11
Sunny & Clear, Winds Calm – –
WOW what a difference a day makes, geese everywhere yesterday and today nothin! Set out the big spread again with hopes of a repeat performance of yesterday but no go, had a single come rite in first thing, im not loaded tell the ol man to hammer him when he is ready, goose goes round and around 3 times 10ft off the ground and leaves no shots fired, ol man didnt hear me say shoot em he thought i wanted to land him, oh well thought that was just the begining but it was actually the end he was the only thing that came over. Only saw about 400 geese total today nothin like the thousands the days before.

Posted By:
PUDLJMPR
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wellington 11-23-2007 21:52
Cloudy, Snow Flurries – 10-20 Degrees – Ice
Geese have been on the move all week big time, guys shot 2 on tues, nothin on wends, said they were actin like late season honks so me and a few buddies decided to hit them with a 20 DZN spread and it worked, had 5 bomb in killed 4 should of had em all but alittle excited, 3 more come in get 2, a single commits suicide get him, 3 more give us a run get 2, decide to go to lunch geese still tryin to land never should of left, come back get back in the pit decoy 8 more bust our 3 and thats a limit! Very good morning especaily for my first hunt of the season, TONS of geese movin all day hope they stick around, be back at it in the AM.

Posted By:
PUDLJMPR
Guest

11-20-2007 17:04
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Get ready fellas tons of new geese movin through
Cheyenne today should make for a good hoiday weekend hunt

Posted By:
Henshot
Web Member

Banner Lakes SWA 11-19-2007 09:06
Sunny & Clear, Winds Calm – 60-65 Degrees
Pretty disappointed on Sunday. Really no morning flight at all. Shot one spooner and a teal and pretty much suntanned the rest of the day. Very few birds / shots in the area at all.
Need a front to perk things up around this area.
If anyone plans to go out and would like info on individual pond condidions, shoot a PM to me and I’ll let you know.

Posted By:
BillyGoatPete
Web Member

S Colorado 11-18-2007 13:51
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Decent #’S of birds in the area. Only problem has been being where they want to be. Last night they were in the barley and I was in the corn.

This morning, I set up in the barley and they wanted to be in the corn!!!!

Thats hunting I guess.

I have been setting out 5 dozen dekes each trip…a mix of FB’s, Silos and Shells. The geese that have been working have been liking them just fine. It’s just hard to compete with a field full of live geese just across the road from the field you are hunting!

Posted By:
Matt-Sandersen
Field Editor

Windsor 11-18-2007 13:45
Sunny & Clear, Winds Calm – 45-50 Degrees
Lots of little chickens out east of Windsor. Did not see a goose over 5 lbs and every one shot was under three had a hard time finishing geese with so many geese in the area you would have a flock working really nice and another would show up an pull em away. Great to be back in goose mode though. Heard that the groups running 20 plus dozen full bodies were having good success we ran about ten and it was just not quite right.

Posted By:
shotgunwilly75
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brush/snyder 11-11-2007 21:16
Mostly Cloudy, No Precipitation – 40-45 Degrees
had a great weekend, got into some snows on friday morning, killed 8, then got in the truck and followed the strings of geese to another field, probaly close to 10k on this one, set up here on sat morning and shot 41 snows , the hardest part was digging in all the layout blinds on friday night, After a nice lunch we went to the duck spot and shot 27 ducks , a mix of redheads, widgeon, pintails and 1 malard.
Sunday was bluebird weather and not as good of a shoot, but still ended up with 4 mallards and 6 widgeon

Posted By:
Jeff Colwell
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Northern Front Range 11-07-2007 20:42
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Good numbers of various smaller subspecies of Canadas entering the front range almost daily,and the common initial staging areas are seeing the bulk of the activity as the birds have only begun to spread out in the last couple of days areas holding very huntable numbers are big Windsor Res.,north of Windsor,,Fossil Creek Res.,and areas east around Empire Res. are also holding good numbers along with some snows.During the last few days of pit digging I have seen new birds every day and no established real flight lines,the birds are changing daily as it seems,looks as though it is shaping up for a good opener,lots of little birds to play with.Saw one feild this morning with around 4 grand in the typical little goose ball that you can’t mimic with yours,your buddies and all your friends decoys that covered half a feild.It looked like 4 thousand termites running across the feild,not a bird standing still,if you could mimic that you would really have something!!Don’t stop the call or the flag,go big or go home!!

[Edited By Jeff Colwell on 2007-11-07 20:50]

Posted By:
Matt-Sandersen
Field Editor

Longmont 11-04-2007 10:20
Sunny & Clear, Winds Calm – 40-45 Degrees
ducks every where today had a limit in only a few minutes. Mainly divers some of the dumbest redheads i have ever seen and a few wigeon and gaddies tons of birds fling before 1st light and they just kept coming. Doesn’t matter east or west of town there are birds everywhere

Posted By:
PUDLJMPR
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wellington 10-31-2007 17:56
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Heard there are a good number of honks on Rawhide and around Wellington enough to hunt, better get the pit in asap!

Posted By:
Warthog
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SWA 10-23-2007 12:43
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Nothing wrong with the SWA’s once we have enough weather to push ducks to the river. At this point there has been no migration and the local ducks are sitting on safe “private” water. They know where they have and have not been shot at. The SWA’s will be fine once we get a push of migrating waterfowl and the ponds freeze. Just my opinion.

[Edited By Warthog on 2007-10-23 17:23]

Posted By:
dgs7d
Web Member

East of Boulder 10-22-2007 23:54
Cloudy, High Winds – 45-50 Degrees
I am new to the area, and am trying to learn my way around. I spent two days last week scouting out all of the SWA’s from Jackson Res to Jumbo Res. FOr the most part I was dissappointed with the number of birds I saw. I am assuming there has not been enough weather to push a significant # of birds down yet? Am I just looking in the wrong places?

Anyway was also amazed at the # of hunters I ran into at the SWA’s. I have done most of my hunting in Idaho and think I have been spoiled.

Had a good day on saturday morning on a small private pond. Limited out on teal, and gadwall. Did not see any big ducks.

Sounds like a lot of you guys have been doing some damage. Is the secret to get access to private land? Should I give up on the SWA’s?

Would appreciate any words of wisdom. Good luck.

Posted By:
Matt-Sandersen
Field Editor

10-18-2007 19:42
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any one got any info on the mallard numbers around and east of windsor? want to go field hunt this weekend and coudl use some help

Posted By:
Matt-Sandersen
Field Editor

East of Longmont 10-14-2007 23:23
Cloudy, Light Rain & Drizzle – 40-45 Degrees
Had a fun shoot this afternoon, group shot 27 mallards, decoyed them all into a hay field just off of union res.. The birds were coming out of fields all evening and we were pickin em off on there way back to roost. All the birds were chock full of wheat. Lots of greenheads and a few eclipse drakes as well.

Posted By:
BillyGoatPete
Web Member

S. Colorado near Walsenburg 10-14-2007 00:04
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I too, saw a bit of a migration today…..several hundred snows headed south……also saw 100+ Sandhills following a similar path..

Posted By:
Matt-Sandersen
Field Editor

longmont 10-13-2007 21:50
Cloudy, Rain & Thunderstorms – 45-50 Degrees
Saw a little bit of a migration tonight as the winds starting coming from the north. Plenty of new teal and thousands of bigger ducks landing on union res. Also saw a flock of about 200 sandhills high and headed south

Posted By:
Matt-Sandersen
Field Editor

Longmont 10-09-2007 22:44
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Have yet to really bother with the ducks, have not seen many using my spots, on the other hand res goose season was great, 22 honks and 3 bands, I cannot wait for geese to be in season again! if anyone can hunt south east of longmont there are tornados of mallards every evening south east of union res hittin corn

Posted By:
Jeff Colwell
Guest

Northeast of Windsor 10-09-2007 16:35
Sunny & Clear, High Winds – 50-60 Degrees
Ended up having a super Robo hunt in a silage cut cornfield over the weekend,weather turned extremely windy and my friend and I both thought it would send the ducks out to feed a little early,not the case although they came early enough to collect 5 mallards a piece wow got to love duck hunting in the dirt!! Couldn’t get enough and neither could my 5,and 6 year old boys as we left deputy dog at home and had boy retrievers the next morning and shot 10 more drake mallards on the dirt.Made some great tasting mallard k-bobs wrapped in bacon on the grill with baked taters to finish out the weekend,and now am done with Colorado for a week on a good note for my annual trip to the prairies of the north have fun down here,OH CANADA HERE I COME!!!

Posted By:
BillyGoatPete
Web Member

Huerfano County 10-08-2007 21:04
– – 35-40 Degrees
Dang speed goat hunters!!!

Hunted the new spot again this morning, hoped for a quick shoot before I came into work.

The spot I planned on hunting is one of 4 ponds located on the property I have recently gained access to.

My plan was to hunt a pond that I had scouted after hunting Sat. and that was COVERED up with ducks that afternoon…..When I left the spot Sat. the only duck hunting that had taken place was on the far pond 1/2 mile from the pond I planned on hunting today and I was the only one hunting the place……

When I pulled up at 0530 this morning…it was obvious that something big had changed as I could not hear or see any sign of waterfowl on the pond….

A quick “once over” of the area revealed 30-50 empty hulls all over the ground surrounding the pond 🙁

It would appear that the Antelope hunters I ran into Saturday morning returned Sunday with an appetite for ducks!!!!

I moved to the far pond (located behind 2 gates and one that you have to want to get to to find) and set up anyway……there were a few hulls on the ground and feathers EVERYWHERE……

Needless to say….The result was my first skunk of the season.

I did not even see a bird within 1/2mile all morning…..I did see several large flocks moving south like they had somewhere to be…..The ice on the decoys was nice sight…hopefully this colder weather will get some birds moving.

Posted By:
Towens
Guest

Brush 10-08-2007 11:38
Sunny & Clear, Winds Calm – 60-65 Degrees
Saturday my father and I set up on a pond in a corn field and had a really good shoot. We were able to take 2 drake mallards, 2 drake widgeon, 3 drake woodies, and 5 teal. For the rest of the day we just sat around shooting doves, didn’t get our limits, but it was fun none the less.
Sunday came around and it was a bit slower. My father and I managed to take 4 woodies, 3 of which were drakes and 3 teal. In all it was a great opening weekend.

Posted By:
shotgunwilly75
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snyder 10-07-2007 21:39
Sunny & Clear, High Winds – 60-65 Degrees
Saturday morning 2 buddies and i set up on a small pothole near a large roost, there were so many ducks buzzing us at first light it was CRAZY ! we had decided to hold out for drakes only due to the preivous evening’s scouting trip, we filled out a 3 man limit in 3 hours, could have been done in 30 minutes, heres the tally, 6 drake red heads, 2 drake mallards, 3 drake pintails, 1 bwt and the rest were wigeon.
this was some great action, many many birds in the decoys all morning.
Other friends hunting nearby also had excellent success with 5 other guys limiting out by 10 am

on sunday it was a bit slower and the wind had changed on us also very cloudy, these ducks wise up fast, we stopped all calling and the birds began to work, 2 of us filled out our limits by 8:30 mostly wigeon and mallards, 1 gwt

Posted By:
perro
Web Member

West of Rifle 10-07-2007 12:14
Mostly Sunny, No Precipitation – 40-45 Degrees
Not much to write about. It’s really too early yet for it to be any good. There was some mallards right at first light but none were interested in what I was offering.

Posted By:
BillyGoatPete
Web Member

Huerfano County 10-06-2007 17:02
Sunny & Clear, High Winds – 50-60 Degrees
Hunted a new spot east of Walsenburg this morning. Got in place by 0530 to calm winds and t-shirt weather.

I ran the ducks off of the pond setting dekes and they just kept trying to get back in…

About 6 minutes after legal shooting light, I dropped my 1st ever triple on ducks!! I dropped 2 Widgeon from a group landing in the dekes and 1 teal that picked up off of the pond with the shooting then circled back around and was landing in the dekes and dead birds.

I held on the next two groups of teal hoping for a shot at some of the mallards I had seen while scouting the day before…..it paid off….Kinda..I wound up with 1 mallard, another widgeon, and finished off the morning on a group of BWT.

This is the second opener I have hunted this year (hunted the W side opener last weekend) and the 1st of the year on private land…..man what a difference! It sure was nice to be set up before shooting light and not have somebody out walking around!

This mornings setup consisted of 6 G&H floaters (mostly hens with one drake mallard) and 1 spinner. I set up in a layout on the edge of the pond and, due to the height of the grass, my layout practically dissapeared. The pre-season scouting and game plan paid off….the longest shot of the morning was roughly 20 yards….Killed everything I shot at and did not leave any witness’.

Gonna hit another hole in the morning about 1/2 mile away….hoping for a good shoot as I have to be to work by 10!

Good luck boy’s! Shoot em’ in the face!

[Edited By BillyGoatPete on 2007-10-06 17:17]

Posted By:
Jeff Colwell
Guest

East of Windsor 10-06-2007 16:26
Sunny & Clear, Winds Calm – 50-60 Degrees
Hunted the opener today and had a fantastic shoot,had to spook off about 100 before shooting hours as to not crack at them in one bird educating mess.They returned to our sheet water with abandon and it didn’t take long to collect a two man limit,although it was not as leisure of a pace as I was hoping,was surprised at the amount of mallards,we ended up with 8 greenies,two gadwall,and two bluewings.The teal were like flies and also had that report from two other groups,one in Ft. Lupton east and one west of Brighton.Both of these guys filled up with 18 for each group but few mallards so I must have had a mallard hotspot I guess.I watched twelve get taken this morning but haven’t had my licks yet but have a good prospect for a fun hunt with me a friend and my two boys this evening on a robo field shoot,will report after that.This morning used two dozen decoys,mostly hens and Gadwalls with a sprinkle of teal,wonderduck paddlewheel,jerk cord and a lucky duck.Took the robo down after the first 15 minutes as they wouldn’t finish it seemed to help.

[Edited By Jeff Colwell on 2007-10-06 16:29]

[Edited By Jeff Colwell on 2007-10-06 16:33]

Posted By:
Matt-Sandersen
Field Editor

longmont 10-03-2007 12:05
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not the duckiest weather for the last few days but we have had some success chasing geese, we have shot twelve and 2 with bands which is always nice. lots of ducks flying around east of longmont, quite a few divers out and about which i would not have really figured on seeing this early

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Administrator

10-01-2007 08:06
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Posted By:
shotgunwilly75
Guest

park county 09-30-2007 15:34
Cloudy, Snow Flurries – 25-30 Degrees – Open Water
back at it again this morning, almost missed first light due to a jacknifed semi on 285.
Anyway , this time the gun worked and i collected 2 drake mallards and 4 bwt in about 45 minutes, i had to break skim ice to get the decoys in place……COLD for sept, but worth it!

will

Posted By:
shotgunwilly75
Guest

park county 09-29-2007 18:47
Cloudy, High Winds – 35-40 Degrees
The morning started off great, i had my preferred spot ( on public land ) , the birds were there, only problem was my BRAND NEW extrema 2 wouldnt fire ( WHAT THE BERETTA) To say i was dissapointed would be an understatement, after i drove all the way home and took the gun back to sportsmans warehouse, Where it was discovered that a o ring was in between the piston and the sleeve not allowing the bolt to close all the way. ( THANK YOU SPORTSMANS WAREHOUSE IN LITTLETON FOR SOME EXCELLENT CUSTOMER SERVICE, I WAS MAD WHEN I WALKED IN THE DOOR, AND THEY DID EVERYTHING THEY COULD TO HELP THE SITUATION )
Now as for the pair of guys that waited till after shooting light to walk within 80 yards of my decoys and begin pass shooting, who taught you respect for your fellow hunters ! oh yeah, the were dressed in all black and were wearing white hats, real nice job morons, i would put there lic plate #’s pn here , but that won’t change anything now.
Trying it agin tommorow , WITH A GUN THAT WORKS

will

[Edited By support on 2007-10-01 08:05]

Posted By:
shotgunwilly75
Guest

park county 09-28-2007 21:47
Sunny & Clear, High Winds – 45-50 Degrees
scouted on wensday night , looks good for tommorow!
good luck to all, and post some reports boys!

Posted By:
PUDLJMPR
Guest

09-28-2007 18:35
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Got the info i needed guys thanks.

Posted By:
PUDLJMPR
Guest

09-28-2007 01:06
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Thanks for the info Billy ill try and get more info from the warden, mlanders i know your familiar with the area any ideas or suggestions?

Posted By:
BillyGoatPete
Web Member

09-26-2007 18:28
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Dan,

I have not hunted that area in the last 3 years but when I was hunting over there I never saw any hunters on those ponds. Which leads me to believe that hunting is not allowed on them. However, I hunted that area mostly on weekdays when there was not a whole lot of other folks in the area.

Posted By:
PUDLJMPR
Guest

09-25-2007 16:47
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Can anyone give me a little info on the public ponds around wellington like the ones by Cob lake? Never hunted them before always hunt our lease and i dont know if there is any speacial rules or if they get hunted so hard that its not worth it, apprecaiate any help, Thanks Dan.

Posted By:
perro
Web Member

Grand Jct. 09-24-2007 15:23
Cloudy, Rain & Thunderstorms – 50-60 Degrees
What a day to find out my water proof rain jacket isn’t. I saw teal and mallards. Passed on one flock right at shooting light because I couldn’t tell hens from drakes. Ended up getting soaked and quit before I really wanted to. Never fired a shot.

Posted By:
Jeff Colwell
Guest

Ft. Collins 09-23-2007 17:38
Cloudy, Winds Calm – –
Took out 2 youth hunters this morning saw one good bunch of geese,they decoyed awesome after the smoke cleared 3 geese on the ground 2 very happy youths and to put on the frosting 2 of three birds had jewelry on the legs and each harvested a band.The coolest thing of all was one was a first goose for the young man how cool is that!!Even without the band it would have made a impression,just adds another body to the list of monsters we become!!

Posted By:
Sloan
Guest

Rio Grande County 09-18-2007 19:29
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Guys, I am coming to Colorado to a friend’s ranch in Rio Grande County on October 15 to trout fish for a few days. My buddy is not much of a hunter, but I did some homework and found out that it is duck season while I am there. Now I am really fired up for some “cast and blast” on this trip. I also discovered that some of the upland birds are in season such as grouse, chukkar and ptarmigan. The problem is that when it comes to upland birds I don’t know what to expect since my buddy is a novice at wingshooting. Are any of you familiar with the area and can you give me some idea of what to expect this time of year? BY the way, the Rio Grande runs right through the middle of the property. Thanks!

Posted By:
BillyGoatPete
Web Member

E of Calhan 09-11-2007 19:28
Sunny & Clear, Winds Calm – 50-60 Degrees
First chance to get out for Teal was this morning……Lots of birds in the Ramah area…..also lots of skybusting going on…..for the umpteenth year in a row, heard lots of shooting well before legal shooting light.

On the plus side, wound up with 3 birds by 0900 (all blue wing) shoulda had a limit but some poor shooting on my part sent me home 1 short.

Beautiful morning, topped off by some excellent dog work….Can’t wait for the big duck opener!

Posted By:
shotgunwilly75
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brush 09-10-2007 20:22
Sunny & Clear, High Winds – Over 70 Degrees
hunted for doves on saturday afternoon, got 11 birds in 2 hours, you just gotta find a good setup till there are more birds

Posted By:
Towens
Guest

Brush 09-09-2007 20:38
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went dove hunting and had a piss poor shoot. The doves are still around, but since there is an abundance of food the doves are scattered and not grouped up. And since there is an abundance of food there is no est. flight path. So maybe this cold front will bunch the birds up. who knows.

Posted By:
Jeff Colwell
Guest

Eastern Front range 09-09-2007 12:10
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Hunted the first two days of the teal opener,and had success both days although not hot and furious as in the past.Both days landed good numbers of big ducks and that always gets the juices flowing.Shot all bluewings as expected,and passed a shot because of mixed in shovelers yesterday. Even had a pair of pintails land this morning,with a drake that could be picked out that was cool.Watch out for the shoveloaders,good luck.BY THE WAY, I KNOW THERE ARE OTHERS OUT THERE BECAUSE I HEARD YOUR SHOOTING,POST UP FOR CRYING OUT LOUD!!!! ALSO HAVE THE DOVES VANISHED OR IS IT JUST ME AND THE SPOTS I’M LOOKIN???

[Edited By Jeff Colwell on 2007-09-09 12:32]

Posted By:
Matt-Sandersen
Field Editor

09-07-2007 21:36
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First chance to roast waterfowl is tomorrow guys! get out there and shoot em in the lips

Posted By:
salton sea man
Web Member

same club area this coming area??? 08-18-2007 15:24
Mostly Cloudy, No Precipitation – 45-50 Degrees
travis, are you going to be hunting the same club next this coming season????….please advise….saltonsea man

Posted By:
VH
Guest

04-04-2007 13:33
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Towens,

Do you know of any lease opportuinties in the Brush area? Or any other areas fairly close to Brush?

Thanks,

VH

Posted By:
Towens
Guest

03-07-2007 21:03
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VH,
There are snows that sit in the Brush area year round. Weird I know but they don’t leave, but then again the roost never freezes. Now there is fluctuation in numbers throughout the season, but there always seems to be some hanging around. I usually see the most in November and February through March.
Travis

[Edited By Towens on 2007-03-07 21:04]

Posted By:
VH
Guest

03-06-2007 14:05
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Towens,

Do you see snows in Brush on a regular basis? If so what is the average flock size? Thanks,
VH

Posted By:
Towens
Guest

Brush 03-04-2007 19:04
Sunny & Clear, High Winds – 35-40 Degrees
For all you snow goose hunters out there I have a report. Left Thursday and hunted Friday with no luck. Only used a few dozen decoys, just didn’t have the drawing power of big spreads. On Thursday there were about 4 thousand snows and several migratory flocks came in from the south. On Saturday hunted with a few huntin’ buds and set out a massive spread with e-callers. There was an increase in snow numbers to about 8 to 10 thousand I’d say. The birds would not leave the roost for some reason, I think because of the high winds, but something got them up and pushed them our way. We had about 300+ birds lock up and come in but our shooting wasn’t great and we only dropped a few, then a flock of about 20 came in, and again poor shooting. Ended up shooting 7 and a fellow hunter got a band. If we would have been about 50 yards away from the spread we would have had the birds’ right over top, but I guess we know what to do next time. I heard a report from the Julesburg area and the birds are starting to show up but not in big numbers just yet, another week or so and the birds should be back on schedule.
Travis

[Edited By Towens on 2007-03-04 19:04]

Posted By:
Matt-Sandersen
Field Editor

West of longmont 02-19-2007 18:54
Mostly Sunny, No Precipitation – 45-50 Degrees
Have not been able to hunt much the last month because of school but I decided to get out this weekend and ended up getting 12 geese between two of us Saturday hunted a field covered in snow and managed to call in two singles and they died, that afternoon changed tactics anset up on a frozen pond. The geese loved it landed four flocks and when they do that its not hard to fill a limit so we took turns shooting, Sunday went out with the same idea in mind but had another guy set up on the same property and the prop is just too small for that had geese work but some people dont beleive in shootin them with the feet down so I resorted to shooting them at about 50 yards and dumped two that afternoon the wind picked up and nothing flew bad way to end a sub par goose season. On a good note we had our best duck season ever group of four ended up with well over 800 so i cant complain.

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mlanders
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Morgan County 02-18-2007 23:52
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Ended the season with a bang. Headed out Thurs. afternoon, got to the field(wheat) in time to see my buddy that was already in the pit whack two out of a bunch. The geese had just started to fly and me and my other friend ran out to the pit in time for another nice flock, they came right in and we killed 6 between the three of us. Waited about ten minutes for a single to come in and fill the limit. It was almost too quick and easy.

Friday went back to the same wheat field and the wind was ripping. Managed to get the only four geese that came in before the wind got too bad. Decoys were tumbling and the birds were holding tight.

Saturday I took 4 guys out and had a long slow day but managed 6 geese with several opportunities. Saw a LOT more geese. Several migrating flocks coming back into the area from all directions. Even saw some high flying snows and thousands of mallards were working a corn field to the east of us. Geese went to wheat fields in the a.m. and corn in the p.m. One of the few times this year there was a morning and afternoon push. Had a couple thousand geese in the field next to us and it was hard to compete with that.

Sunday went back to the wheat field near the river with a full pit of 6. We got our 18 shortly after noon. Shot smaller bunches (<20 birds). Birds started off a little weary and wouldn't finish all the way. We got the last- day-of-the-season itch so we started taking shots at any birds within 45 yards. Mid-day the birds finished real nice and even had some trying to land on us while we were taking pictures with the truck and trailer in the field! Saw even more geese today than in the past few weeks. Again, migrators showing up, a couple flocks of snows, and mallards everywhere. Saw several(5-10) thousand geese. They were scattered and flying in no particular pattern. All in all this year was really goofy with all the snow and cold. We got lucky with the fields we had and consistently got into them. If some snows start using the area we might give it a shot. Other than that, till next fall. Posted By: PUDLJMPR Guest Wellington 02-18-2007 12:27 Sunny & Clear, High Winds - - Get set up yesterday morning and have some good wind and high expectations, saw 30 geese from sunrise til 1:30. When they started they flew all afternoon but not many came our way and the ones that did were not interested managed 1 honk all day pretty disappointing. mite try sun afternoon but not real motivated. Posted By: PUDLJMPR Guest Wellington 02-15-2007 19:36 Mostly Sunny, No Precipitation - - Back at if again, buddies made it down about 9, rite off the bat they had 3 come rite in they pop up and only dump 1 between the 2 of them! Oh well it happens. I show up at noon and they tell me the 3 are the only birds seen so far, about 2 the birds start movin, we peel a single off and he comes to us we take em and crap he is in the sun, he got hit but did the gliding off jazz and we never found him. Birds kept comin for the rest of the afternoon but in big big flocks, peel another single out of about 200 he comes rite in but we are greedy and dont shoot and he leaves but turns around and comes rite back and lands and brought his buddy with him we kill both and that was it for the day. Get out and try everyone still birds here. Posted By: yogibear Guest 02-14-2007 20:13 - - - Heading to Sterling area tommorrow to hunt Friday, Saturday, and Sunday with family - sounds like it could be reeeeal good. Snows and darks down that way as we speak. Posted By: PUDLJMPR Guest Wellington 02-14-2007 15:01 Cloudy, Snow Flurries - - Buddies went down yesterday morning and set up and i joined them about 2, tried a smaller spread today and didnt really work, they said geese didnt start movin til around 1130. I get there and 5 min later a single comes in and i kill it so needless to say they were not to impressed with that. Still alot of geese around and they are hittin a few differnt fields so i think with the weather there still could be some good shoots to be had, good luck we'll try to hit it every day til the end. Posted By: Towens Guest 02-12-2007 18:53 - - - Selling a few decoys (note:) must pick up decoys if bought Bigfoot 20 FB feeder style decoys all decoys are 4 years old; a dozen of which got custom painted last year. Decoys are in good shape, there are the few scuffs and scratches but nothing serious. Price: $395 for 20 foots Green Head Gear 4 1/2 dozen feeders 1/2 dozen active all decoys are full body hunter style and have flocked heads and tails. all decoys are two years old or less. Very few scratches. Price: $1050 for all or $210 a dozen Contact info: Home:303-730-1380 ask for Travis Email: Paintbaljunky68@aol.com or private message me

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Towens
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Morgan County, Brush 02-11-2007 20:12
Sunny & Clear, Morning Fog – 35-40 Degrees
Left for the field friday after school and did a little pass shooting with my father. That evening we took 2 specs and a nice honker. Saturday morning came around and it was foggy, but it helped us in the long run. set up 3 dozen HC’s and waited. Saw and heard tons of birds. Had about 10 snows sneek in at about 35 yards and didn’t get a shot off, however we managed to limit by 10:30 with a bonus snow. Hunted sunday and it was pretty slow, saw tons of birds but just couldn’t get any to finish. Shot 4 canadas and called it quits. Saw one of our fields full of geese, so that’s where i will be next weekend. There are ten’s of thousands of geese in the brush area. Good Hunting. Travis

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PUDLJMPR
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02-11-2007 14:28
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My buddies and I are intrested in gettin in on a 1 or 2 day decoying snow goose hunt if anyone has any info, Thanks

Posted By:
glaubsgoose
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02-11-2007 00:47
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On that 10 ga. H&S it has a 34 1/2 inch long barrel.

Posted By:
glaubsgoose
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02-11-2007 00:43
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If anyone might be looking for an extra 10 ga. single shot gun I have one for sale. It is an H&R model 176. Has a full choke taken to a mod choke. no rust in good shape just don’t need any more. Asking $150

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PUDLJMPR
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wellington 02-09-2007 15:38
Cloudy, Heavy Fog – –
Left Chey town and it was 38 and clear get to the pit and its 20 and heavy fog, get all set up and didnt even hear a goose until 10, about 1045 had a group of 20 come from the south the lead 2 birds plop rite in and the others were alittle higher and further back so we decide to take em and kill the first to, probably should have waited but im alittle jumpy oh well got 2 and picked up at noon. Didnt see many birds today but it was foggy and not many came from Rawhide that we saw so i hope there still here, try it again tomarrow.

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PUDLJMPR
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Wellington 02-08-2007 16:19
Mostly Sunny, No Precipitation – 50-60 Degrees
Decided to set up in the layouts away from the pit for a quick afternoon hunt, set up 6 dzn and im ready.
About 3 birds start movin and all the geese from rawhide knew exactly where they were goin but had 7 come out of the south and come rite in i jump up and CLICK!!! gun didnt go off!!! That was it for the afternoon but the last few days i have noticed high migratin canadas goin back north so hopefully some stick it out til the end of season.

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CAMOKING
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FOUNTAIN CO 02-08-2007 09:48
Sunny & Clear, Winds Calm – 35-40 Degrees
Believe it or not.
I took my son goose hunting for the first time Monday the 5th. Decoys set and first flock of geese approach. They start to land and we come up blasting. Thought we had missed everthing butt about 300 yards away a lone goose starts to drop. I said Zach I think you killed your first goose. Zach said to me I think it fell over by my truck, ok will pick it up when were done. After the hunt Zach went to get his truck to pick up the decoys. As we gathered up the decoys we noticed blood on the wind sheild of the truck.I told my son I thought that goose feel over by your truck. When Zach opened up the tailgate on his truck to his surprise the goose had crashed into the bed of his truck. I told Zach to bad Elk doin’t do that.
Good Hunting Camoking.

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Towens
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Morgan County, Brush 01-28-2007 22:47
Sunny & Clear, Winds Calm – Below Zero
Hunted a hay field today with my father and had a “decent” shoot. We knew the birds wouldn’t fly until late so we slept in. When we got to the field it was cold, real cold. Before setting up the decoys we jumped some warm water sloughs and had some luck, more so for me. I shot a banded drake mallard, what a way to end the season. My father shot a widgeon, and two mallards. So on to the goose hunt. Set up a spread of 3 dozen with good response from the birds. Only bad thing was my Benelli wasn’t cycling out the shells, so I was shooting a single shot Benelli. I was pissed, had two groups work right in and only dropped one. My father shot, but when he shoots at incoming geese it’s like he has never shot a gun before. Went to lunch and came back to about ten in the decoys, no way to get them, so that was that and we ended the day with two geese. Saw thousands of geese in the area, I guess it just depends on where you are.

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mlanders
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Morgan County 01-28-2007 21:25
Sunny & Clear, Winds Calm – Below Zero
Took 4 guys out to a wheat field today. Well, there might be some wheat under all the snow, for now its just one huge snow drift. Turned out to be a long cold day(-13 when we set up and never got above single digits). Shot the first goose we saw at about 10 am and things were looking good. Didn’t see more than a 100 birds until 3 o’clock and were able to stop some on their way to the river. Wind shifted and they came in kind of funny but managed 8 more. Only one greater and the rest bigger lessers. Should have had more but thats the way it goes. Id say there is less than a thousand birds in the area, still roosted on the river and feeding in some fields in no mans land. Sounds like some might have headed west, we got about a foot of snow last weekend and it isn’t melting anytime soon.

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PUDLJMPR
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Wellington 01-27-2007 17:05
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Set the monster spread out fri and ready to rumble, for the last few weeks birds havent been movin until later like 9:30 or 10 but fri the first ones started at 6:45 and didnt stop all day. Hunted all day with no shots fired had a few birds work and had some 20 feet above the pit but thought they were gonna finish but not go. Today killed one single rite off the bat about 7 and only stuck it out til noon there is alot of geese around and i think some new ones moved in in the last few days but everything is extremly patterned and know what and where they want and it really hard to compete with 10,000 real geese not far from the pit.

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PUDLJMPR
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Wellington 01-26-2007 00:29
Sunny & Clear, Winds Calm – –
Millions of geese comin off Rawhide but they all had one idea in mind and it didnt include us, gonna hit it with the big spread of 25DZN this weekend and see what happens plenty of birds around thats for sure.

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perro
Web Member

Colorado river 01-21-2007 13:12
Mostly Cloudy, No Precipitation – 25-30 Degrees – Ice
Hunted yesterday afternoon. Got to my spot a little late. I was able to take a couple of greenheads that ventured a little too close to the goose deks. The colorado is frozen up from Cameo to Debeque canyon and beyond. From there to Rifle it is shelfed up and hard to hunt.

There are a lot of geese around the GJ area and I had close to a thousand fly over me on their way to roost but too high to shoot.

One more weekend to go.

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aurorafowler
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South Platte – East of Fort Morgan 01-20-2007 21:11
Cloudy, Snow Flurries – 0-10 Degrees – Open Water
The river isn’t frozen and there are a good number of ducks and geese using the river. Lots of Mallards, Widgeon and Pintails! Be careful and know what species of duck you are shooting at. We actually had a group of 12 Pintails land in our decoy spread today. Good Luck to everyone.

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PUDLJMPR
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Wellington 01-19-2007 19:41
Sunny & Clear, Winds Calm – –
Headed down with a full pit and high hopes, got all set up and waited, 9 i look out of the hole and think i see a black garbage sack, take another look and its a honk that snuck in and was laying down eating so i calmly grab my gun open the lid and crap! there are 4 not one, i kill 2 and everyone else scrambles for there guns and we luck out and kill all 4! Other than that nothin else interested but did see tons of birds all day.

[Edited By PUDLJMPR on 2007-01-19 19:42]

[Edited By PUDLJMPR on 2007-01-19 19:42]

Posted By:
Towens
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01-19-2007 19:34
Sunny & Clear, Winds Calm – 30-34 Degrees – Open Water
Went out with a buddy after school today and had a great shoot. We went out just for ducks but ended up with a big goose and two mixed bag limits of golden eyes, mallards, red heads, and ring bills, all of which were drakes. When we got to out pond we had to break up the ice but once that was done the birds just came right in.

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aurorafowler
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South Platte – Orchard and to the East 01-19-2007 15:03
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I saw another post with some pictures posted from Tuesday out at Atwood SWA and the whole river was frozen. Does anyone know if the Platte is still frozen?

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PUDLJMPR
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Wellington 01-18-2007 18:22
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Well i think we recieved new birds with this cold spell, the boys hunted the field 2 afternoons this week and left with 22 birds pretty good, im loadin the pit full of guys and headed down for tomarrow hopefully it works out.

[Edited By PUDLJMPR on 2007-01-18 18:23]

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PUDLJMPR
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Wellington 01-14-2007 16:25
Cloudy, Snow Flurries – Below Zero
Got to our pit yesterday morning got set up and waited and waited and nada, picked up at noon and only saw 20 geese all morning off in the distance so they must be sittin tite waitin the cold out.

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PUDLJMPR
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Wellington 01-12-2007 23:27
Cloudy, Snow Flurries – Below Zero
Cold as hell this morning, -9 when we got to the pit, huntin up by Rawhide power plant and had high hopes. Nothin movin early as expected but absolutly no birds left the lake at all, but had TONS of birds comin up out of the south back on the lake, killed 5 total had a flock of 3 and 2 singles and thats it. Should be good huntin in the morning with all the geese that came back on and i think we saw some new ones from the north so there mite be some freash meat around. Shoot em up!!!

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perro
Web Member

Colorado river east of Grand Jct. 01-12-2007 22:16
Cloudy, Snow & Rain Mix – 35-40 Degrees
I haven’t had too much to report the last couple of weekends.

Today I did an afternoon hunt down by grand jct. Nothing flying until 4 pm then there was a good number of geese. I saw a couple hundred or more leave a roosting area and head down river.

I had only one flock come in to my deks but that was all I needed. I shot my limit out of that one flock and also picked up my first banded bird in 30+ yrs of waterfowl hunting.