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Paul-Cantrell
Field Editor

Siltcoos 12-15-2007 18:38
Cloudy, Light Rain & Drizzle – 40-45 Degrees
Well, the birds arrived. Good numbers of Bluebills on the lake today and plenty of movement to keep them flying. We limited pretty easily today. some friends hunted the east side of the lake and pulled 3 limits and hit some Canvasback as well. Great weather with just a small squall come through and the water conditions were perfect.

/Paul

Bluebills – 6
Bufflehead – 1
Temp 44
Calm water, NW wind
Overcast with patch sun

[Edited By Paul-Cantrell on 2007-12-15 18:39]

Posted By:
Casey-Huxoll
Field Editor

Boardman 12-10-2007 09:23
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Hunted Geese on saturday with some different results. We hunted the morning in a corn field and every group of geese that got off the river went straight north. we saw maybe 100 geese come our way in the morning. we decided to stay set up and see what happen. at about 230pm it was like someone opened the valve. non stop shooting till the end of shooting light.

Sunday was more normal. it cooledd down and the birds came off like they were supposed to. had a limit by 9am on all big geese.
Last night brought a little snow to the area. hopefully it will stay cool and this will stick around.
I guess we will see what happens this weekend.

Posted By:
Paul-Cantrell
Field Editor

Siltcoos 12-09-2007 09:46
Sunny & Clear, Winds Calm – 45-50 Degrees
It was a very nice day at Siltcoos, for relaxing. 🙂 There wasn’t a lot of birds on the lake, at least at our end on the south. We only had a few birds come into the decoys all day. In fact I even pulled the rig and moved, something I’ve never done there. In the end we scraped out 5 birds but it was very slow. Cruising around the lake we just didn’t see the big flocks that we normally see.

Weather – Sunny Warm
Water – Calm
Wind – NE 5mph
Temp 45-50
Bird Count – Low
Other Hunters – Good number of other hunters on the lake. There was a lot of shooing up in the north end of the lake

/Paul

Posted By:
jsdod04
Guest

bordman/hat rock 12-07-2007 14:46
Cloudy, Winds Calm – 40-45 Degrees
slow last saterday shot a double bannded drake mallard .CASEY HUXOLL can you help me decide what to do saterday the 8 i have three and 1/2 brand new avery full flock goose decoys and blinds wear to go please help 503-753-4784 541-922-2358 or jsdod04@aol.com i lost your email

[Edited By jsdod04 on 2007-12-07 14:48]

[Edited By jsdod04 on 2007-12-07 15:24]

Posted By:
Casey-Huxoll
Field Editor

Boardman 12-05-2007 18:38
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A big warm front moved in late sunday with temps reaching in the 60s yesterday. I had been cooped up sick for the last couple days. and i got out this morning on a scouting drive and hardly saw any geese on the farm. Thought the warm weather made them spread out.
This evening went for another drive and saw thousands of ducks and geese. Mostly small birds i am thinking there is a storm coming in from the north and the temps are supposed to be dropping over the next couple of days.
I have noticed in the past when the small birds start showing up that the hunting gets pretty hot and heavy.
If it cools down like it is supposed to we should have a pretty good weekend.
Shoot’em with there feet down.

Posted By:
Casey-Huxoll
Field Editor

Boardman Area 12-03-2007 09:23
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Lots of birds on the move over the weekend. We had snow on monday night and the geese grouped up . everything came off the river in big groups. theyu were easy to decoy with everything being white. Had a group of over 1000 cans and 500 snows come in at one time. Let about 500 touch the ground. I had to video tape this because i was by myself and figured no one would believe me.
Sun. Wind came out of the south and it warmed up and melted everything off. Birds still worked good 3 of us limited early.

This morning it is raining and it is calling for wind for the next couple of days.
This will keep the birds changing there patterns as long as the weather keeps changing.
They just started hitting green fields this last week. Up until this point all of our hunting had been in the corn.
Well good luck to everyone.

Posted By:
Casey-Huxoll
Field Editor

Boardman 11-29-2007 09:08
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Weve got SNOW!!! woke up this moring to enough snow to make the ground white. almost had to call in sick for work. nothing like getting out there and hunting the first snow of the year. seems to make the birds very easy to hunt.
Hopefully it will stay cool and we can get some more white on the ground by sat. if not i will have to take tomorrow off.
Good luck.

Posted By:
Paul-Cantrell
Field Editor

Fern Ridge Royal Unit 11-28-2007 14:39
Cloudy, Winds Calm – 45-50 Degrees
Hit Fern Ridge this morning. Pretty slow, few ducks flying but few and far between. Even Coyote units where quiet. Did get some shots at Geese on some adjoining property but apparently I have jerk in the end of my barrel cuz the shot fell way short. 🙂

/Paul

Posted By:
Kwack Wacker
Guest

willamete 11-27-2007 13:59
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hunting buddies did well on Willamete this weekend, ducks and geese.

Posted By:
Casey-Huxoll
Field Editor

Boardman 11-26-2007 10:41
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Hope everyone had a good holiday weekend.
A good number of birds have moved in with the cold front that came through on wed.
I hunted McCormick slough on wed. afternoon and shot a limmit of ducks by about 2pm. mixed bag of mallards, Green wing, widgeon, pintail.
Thanksgiving day killed a few geese. as well as friday.
Sat took out a group and got them a limit of geese in a corn field.
Made for a pretty good weekend. all in all 9 ducks 16 geese and 3 quail. I know who isnt going to go hungry this winter.
Looks like it is going to stay cooler this week and the snow level will be dropping, should push more birds down. I think we should be set for pretty much the rest of the season.
Stay out there and shoot straight.

[Edited By Casey-Huxoll on 2007-11-26 10:41]

Posted By:
tigerduck
Web Member

Upper Klamath/Agency Lake 11-25-2007 18:29
Sunny & Clear, Winds Calm – 45-50 Degrees
Lauched at Agency Lake and headed to the new flooded area that is part of the Nature Conservancy project. Broke ice most of the way to the N/W dike and breezed through the cut. Water level is very good and should’nt be a problem for those with standard outboards.
Ice conditions worked to our advantage as large numbers of waterfowl drained into open areas. The entire area was active with huge amounts….thousands…of widgies, cans, malards and divers. Widge’s accounted for most of the numbers. The entire area is loaded and active despite clear and calm weather conditions. Good to see the migraters are finally making their entrance into the basin.

Posted By:
Paul-Cantrell
Field Editor

Siltcoos 11-25-2007 15:18
Mostly Sunny, No Precipitation – 45-50 Degrees
Well, I made my first trip to Siltcoos yesterday. Man have I missed going over there. I really love that lake. The Bluebills are scarce right now, there are a few on the lake but not the normal amount by any means. We mostly had opportunities at Buffleheads through the day. I did end up with 3 scaup and 2 buffies for the day. The Salmon fisherman help keep the birds moving and there was a good amount of shooting on the lake, I watched the guys on Booth Island nail a few. We hung out until about 2pm then headed home. How everyone else do?

Paul Cantrell
Black Ice Retrievers

Posted By:
Paul-Cantrell
Field Editor

Fern Ridge 11-22-2007 19:58
Sunny & Clear, Winds Calm – 30-34 Degrees – Ice
We didn’t have much luck this morning. Very few birds to speak of. Hunted the east side of the lake, there were a few small groups of Mallards that gave us a small look but for the most part we just sat and watched thousands of Geese fly over us. Oh well, it was good sit training for one of my young dogs.

Paul Cantrell
Black Ice Retrievers

Posted By:
Casey-Huxoll
Field Editor

Boardman 11-21-2007 10:33
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Lots of rain over last weekend. now it has really cooled off. this moring brings a heavy fog bank. I hear it is supposed to be like this through sunday.

I did run down to McCormick slough this morning at around 8 am. They said there were about 45 hunters out this morning.
I sat and listend to the slough and did hear a lot of shooting. So i am guessing that there has been a good number of ducks that i have moved in.
I think that if the weather stays like this the birds should be on the move for the next couple of days.
I think this is a good chance to get out there and really get on the birds. Looks to me like some of these are notherns moving through.
Everyone have a good thanksgiving and make sure you are safe out there.

Posted By:
Paul-Cantrell
Field Editor

Mohawk Valley 11-18-2007 18:25
Cloudy, Occassional Rain Showers – 45-50 Degrees
Wow, the rain has hit and the rivers are full. The Mohawk is up about 7 feet in the past couple of days and the ponds are full. Great bird action this morning, and they responded well to calling. We shot 6 Greenheads and a Widgeon this morning over the pond. My neighbors up the street we doing a lot of shooting as well. Thanksgiving is right around the corner and the season starts in earnest for me this week. Its hear, the weather is cruddy and I’m loving it. Hit em hard and be safe….

Paul Cantrell
Black Ice Retrievers

Posted By:
Casey-Huxoll
Field Editor

McCormick Slough 11-14-2007 18:31
– – 25-30 Degrees – Open Water
Cold this morning. 20 degress.
Even had a little ice forming around the decoys.
Hunted McCormick this morning with decent success. Shot a mallard, teal and 2 gadwalls. missed 1 shovler and passed on 2 buffleheads. so there was a chance for a limmit.
Not many ducks though moving around the slough but did see a lot of geese leaving the refuge headed on to some private farms just up the road.
I did hear some shooting from the guys that were hunting the fields on the refuge, i think they had pretty good succes.

Just took a drive around a couple of the local farms and there are a lot of geese hitting just about every corn field around.
Saw probably 1000 snow geese spread between 3 differnt fields each about 3 miles apart. Usually i dont see the snow geese show up until like the last 2 weeks of season so i am not sure what these guys are doin here… maybe they just changed there migration route or there are just to many of them so they had to go other places.
I think we are in for one heck of a year…..Makes it hard to get any work done.
Call em in and shoot em close.

Posted By:
Casey-Huxoll
Field Editor

Boardman 11-12-2007 12:38
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A good number of geese have moved in to the area including some snow geese.
Had a good hunt on sat. Had a budy shoot his first goose. that is always fun.
On sunday was a different story. the wind blew pretty hard and the birds didnt want to work very well. pretty hard to decoy in.
I watched a field of live geese in the afternoon and saw flock after flock lock in then spin off and leave just like they had done over my decoys that morning.
So i figure if they dont want to go into live birds then it is pretty tough to get them to decoy.
I think that we have not seen the big push yet of migrators, and i think once they show up the hunting will be great.
Stay out there and shoot straight.

Posted By:
jsdod04
Guest

upper columbia 11-11-2007 10:53
Sunny & Clear, Winds Calm – 50-60 Degrees
thursday good shoot mixed bag saw few groops of new birds two groups like casey said hope to be leading edge returned saterday thought may be would se more action but not storm mouved quick but with no bird action shot red head and spoony saw one flock new birds was able to call doun from stratis but could not suck in last 100′ big fat mallards thursday 10;00 their was about 2000 geese sitting on river came out of washington

Posted By:
Paul-Cantrell
Field Editor

Mohawk Valley 11-11-2007 10:06
Mostly Cloudy, No Precipitation – 50-60 Degrees
The past few days I’ve had noticeable increase in the birds working river. Some geese working the valley as well. As soon as I get my boat fixed I’ll hit the coast and give it a try. I need some rain to get the ponds filled up again, they raised during those storms in October but have gone down again with the better weather. Now that deer season is finished I can put those dogs work…

/Paul

Posted By:
Casey-Huxoll
Field Editor

Boardman 11-09-2007 12:20
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I went down to McCormick slough this morning and there were a good number of geese working the fields. Talk to a guy that said they had limited out on geese on both sunday and monday down there.
Duck numbers are really picking up as well . i think the birds are really starting to show up and hopefully it will be a good weekend.

Posted By:
Casey-Huxoll
Field Editor

Boardman 11-05-2007 18:24
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Just a quick update. i just took a drive around our farm and did some glassing on the river and have seen more geese in the last 20 min. than i have seen all season so far.
Lots of big flocks of geese looking for a field.
Also 1 big flock of snow geese sitting on the river. guessing a couple thousand birds.
I am thinking this is the head of the migration. hopefully they will stick around for this weekend.

Posted By:
Casey-Huxoll
Field Editor

Boardman 11-05-2007 09:07
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This weekend was pretty slow.
Not a whole lot of geese working the area and the geese that i did see comeing off of the river all went directly north into washington. I am thinking new birds should be ariving any day now.
This moring on the way to work i actually saw more birds flying over our farm then i had seen in a week. maybe it is a good sign.
I guess we will see what happens this weekend.

Posted By:
Paul-Cantrell
Field Editor

Mohawk Valley 11-02-2007 00:24
Sunny & Clear, Morning Fog – 45-50 Degrees
Well I’m starting to see birds working. This week I had a group of about 50 greenheads circle the field and land in the river. What a great sight all those birds circling and landing. Amazing. The geese have been up and down the valley this week as well. As soon as I wrap up deer season, I can hit the ponds and chase some birds. Hows it going for everyone else…

/Paul

Posted By:
Casey-Huxoll
Field Editor

Boardman 11-01-2007 12:35
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Hope everyone has gotten off to a good start.
I havent been able to go out much the last 2 weeks we have had deer tags but those are all filled now time to get back to what really matters.
Looks to me like most of the local Geese have moved out and now just waiting for the weather to push down the migrators.
Looks like there are a few ducks sticking around McCormick slough but i am not really sure how they are doing down there.
Last night did some glassing out across the river and did see a few flocks of geese and ducks rafting out in the middle.
Hopefully new birds will be showing up here shortly and we can really get things going.
good luck to everyone and shoot them with there legs down.

Posted By:
Casey-Huxoll
Field Editor

Boardman 10-22-2007 09:47
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Jsdod04
Yeah i do remember you. good to hear that you are getting your kids set up to do some hunting i think that is a great thing in a kids life.
Hit me up with an email(caseyh@uci.net) and we can sure do some talking and i can keep you updated with what is going on around the area here.
Thanks,

Posted By:
Casey-Huxoll
Field Editor

Boardman 10-22-2007 09:44
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Hunted sunday for geese in a corn field . Lots of big cans and a few speks still around. Limmited by 8:15 with some really close shooting.
Seeing more and more birds every day. I would say that the head of the migration is really starting to show up. I think it will just keep getting better and better.
Not sure how they did not at McCormick this weekend i did hear a lot of shooting down there on saturday but i have not checkedd the numbers yet.
Keep shooting straight

Posted By:
jsdod04
Guest

columbia river 10-20-2007 15:42
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looking to hunt columbia at bordman can anyone help with info ? casey if you sea this soon id like to talk last year it was the end of season 18 degres we stoped and fetched bird up hill from you we spoke shorty next day i tried feild next door port morrow you went to south side 84 anyway my son is 11 and passed hunter saftey has all licenses ready to roll 7 year old going to take test in january we stay at 180 mile marker on hwy 730 4acers summer home parrents weed like to hook up with you some time we like duck hunting to have 16 foot duckworth set up to hunt columbia hunted toppiniesh area opener shot 18 mix bag freind hunted columbia shot 18 duccks three geese eastern or

[Edited By jsdod04 on 2007-10-20 15:43]

Posted By:
Casey-Huxoll
Field Editor

Boardman area 10-15-2007 09:25
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Hope everyone had a good opener.
We hunted McCormick slough on sat with a number 1 pick and shot 17 ducks for 3 of us. Mostly Green wing teal but a few widgeon and 3 pintail. Would have been nice to have had some cloud cover but it was still a good day.
Sunday i took my wife out goose hunting in a corn field on our farm and we shot 7 big cans and 3 specks. I love early season geese they just put the legs down and fall in without thinking.
I wish they were this easy all season.
Well i hope everyone had as good of a time as we did.

Posted By:
tigerduck
Web Member

Klamath Basin 10-13-2007 21:19
Sunny & Clear, Morning Fog – 60-65 Degrees
Not much moving this morning as fog stayed around till 10a.m or so. Did bag a few widgeon but not much else. Mostly local birds still so am keeping the calling to a minnnm. WIll head up to Agency tomorrow and see how the numbers look there.
Best to all!!

Posted By:
Casey-Huxoll
Field Editor

Boardman 10-11-2007 15:47
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Man you guys are making me jealous. i wished that our season opened up.
I can not wait till saturday.

Posted By:
Pudeldog
Guest

Malheur River/ just across border near Ontario 10-11-2007 15:43
Sunny & Clear, High Winds – 35-40 Degrees
Hope all yawl in Zone 1 have the kind of opener we did here in Eastern Oregon. Limits of green heads both days. Going to hit the Idaho ducks this weekend.

Happy hunting.

[Edited By Pudeldog on 2007-10-11 15:44]

Posted By:
Casey-Huxoll
Field Editor

Boardman 10-10-2007 18:50
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OH BOY it is almost here. Saturday is the day and we are ready for it. My partner has the number one pick at McCormick for opening day and we are ready.
I have seen a few geese flying around the farm and i am thinking wee should be able to get on those come sunday.
Forcast for this season look great. higher duck numbers than there has been in years.
Get your waders ready and shoot straight
Good Luck waterfowlers

Posted By:
Katokalel1972
Guest

Oregon Straits 10-07-2007 20:22
Mostly Cloudy, No Precipitation – 35-40 Degrees
Had a great opening day, with a total of 4 guys we ended up shooting 22 Mallards, 9 Specs, 4 honkers. Had hundreds of ducks landing in the decoys before shooting time. It was awesome.

[Edited By Katokalel1972 on 2007-10-07 20:23]

Posted By:
Paul-Cantrell
Field Editor

Mohawk Valley 10-05-2007 11:39
Cloudy, Rain & Thunderstorms – 50-60 Degrees
Here we sit. Opening day is just around the corner. Breath deep folks. Can you smell it? Duck season is in the air. I’ve got mallards pooling up on the river behind the house, Geese coming and going morning and night. HMMMMMM The perfect time of year is now….

Paul Cantrell
Black Ice Retrievers

Posted By:
Casey-Huxoll
Field Editor

Boardman 09-14-2007 13:45
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Well i tried to hunt some local geese on the 9th. got set up before daylight and heard the geese talking on the river. saw a total of 20 geese. 18 of them landed out in the field not even paying attention to me then 2 set down 20 yards out side the decoys.
That is what not scouting the evening before will get you. i drove back from portland and relied on family to do the scouting for me.
Well we will get on them come october.

Posted By:
Paul-Cantrell
Field Editor

Tomorrows the big day 09-07-2007 12:15
Sunny & Clear, Winds Calm – Over 70 Degrees
Well folks, here we go. Another great year ahead of us. Tomorrow is opening day of the September Goose hunt. Keep it safe out there and take care of your gundog.

/Paul

Posted By:
Casey-Huxoll
Field Editor

Boardman 08-31-2007 17:30
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Well we are almost there. Dove season starts the first of september as i am sure you all know. lets get out there and get all of our misses out of the way. September goose starts the 8th of septemeber and runs through the week until friday. lets try to kill some of the local park geese.
Good luck to everybody.
Also Applications for reservations at McCormack slough are due on September 4th might be to late to help anyone but you can print off the info from there website at www.fws.gov/midcoulumbia/ .
Good luck

Posted By:
greenhead hitman
Web Member

Public 08-12-2007 10:29
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I bow hunt also , for elk i like to hunt the trask unit for the size of the bulls but saddle mt has the most but has a lot of timber company and gets closed down due to fire danger . As far as deer I like to hunt around the upper clackamas river in the late season ( huge bucks )
As far as waterfowl I hunt public land like sauvies island and he columbia river . The only problem with sauvie is sky busters and crowds . I try to stay with the columbia the most. Good luck

Posted By:
NMDuckaholic
Guest

08-11-2007 15:34
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I’ll be living in the Hillsboro, Beaverton area.

Thanx!

NMDuckaholic

Posted By:
ELLSWINGER
Guest

08-11-2007 15:03
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duckaholic

where in oregon will you be staying?

Posted By:
NMDuckaholic
Guest

08-11-2007 14:22
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Hello All, I will be moving to Oregon in September, I will be there for 9-12 months (work related) I was wondering if any of you could point me in the right direction of gettin into some waterfowl huntin while I’m there? Guides? I also Bow hunt, for big game, any chance of gettin into anything?

Thank you in advance.

NMDuckaholic

Posted By:
Paul-Cantrell
Field Editor

Note from ODFW 07-17-2007 09:23
Sunny & Clear, Winds Calm – Over 70 Degrees
It is apparent from waterfowl counts that a 107 day liberal duck season will be offered again this year. Goose numbers have maintained themselves also.

So in essence I will be proposing basically no changes from duck and goose seasons from last year. The new goose seasons in Klamath and the south coast area would be maintained but we are pursuing a new hunt in Tillamook County. So really a whole lot of STATUS QUO with date adjustments.

Based on this please provide me by July 26 with any comments you may have on retaining the status quo on most hunting seasons and in particular if you have different recommendations for a particular hunt.

Thanks much.

Posted By:
Casey-Huxoll
Field Editor

Boardman 07-09-2007 10:55
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I talked to a buddy that is big in DU and he told me that there has been great nesting conditions in northern alberta. lots of water and great hatches. so he is predicting a big number of ducks coming through this area this winter. so lets all keep our fingers crossed and see what happens.

Posted By:
Casey-Huxoll
Field Editor

Boardman 06-11-2007 18:23
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Started seeing lots of chicks about 2 weeks ago. the local geese have set up home on the river just below our farm and there are about 40 pairs with 3-6 chicks each. hopefully we can get a good hatch up north and have a good season this year.

Posted By:
Casey-Huxoll
Field Editor

Boardman 04-11-2007 17:46
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Well i figured i better make a post. i am still seeing a couple hundred geese a day working one of our alfalfa fields that sits about 100 yds off the columbia. they just know how to get under your skin.
i am seeing lots of geese paired up and hanging out by them selfs or with other pairs.
Hopefully we can all make it through these tough months waiting for next season.
Turkey season starts on sunday, everyone get out there and see if they cant put a bird down.
Good luck

Posted By:
Paul-Cantrell
Field Editor

Mohawk River 02-03-2007 23:02
Sunny & Clear, Morning Fog – 35-40 Degrees
Well the last weekend went out with a bang. We had a great weekend, the birds all over us. I had a ton of fun this year and I hope all of you did as well. Guess its back to dog training, next year is just around the corner…

guns up…

/Paul

Posted By:
Katokalel1972
Guest

02-01-2007 14:56
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Does anyone have any reports if the Specs are on there way back or already in Oregon? Please leave a report if you know.

Posted By:
honker_hunter33
Guest

01-30-2007 20:31
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salton sea man i hunt in the suprise valley and i have never seen big numbers of geese. we shoot a few ducks and geese not many though

Posted By:
Casey-Huxoll
Field Editor

Boardman Area 01-29-2007 09:40
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WEll thats it. Put your guns down. season has come to a close we can all dry our tears and finally get something done at work. I hope that everyone had a good last weekend to keep you excited and looking forward to the next.
I had a good last 4 days with some good friends and great times out goose hunting.
We killed a lot of birds this year and missed just as many but all in all one of my best seasons so far with just under 100 geese killed personally and close to 300 as a group.
Hopefully everyone will stay in touch through the offseason and we can all hit it again next september. Every one have a good summer get out there and catch some fish or do some predator controll.
Good luck.

Posted By:
salton sea man
Web Member

klamath falls 01-23-2007 18:30
Cloudy, Occassional Rain Showers – 35-40 Degrees
sprigkiller55, you were correct…I do have a residance in oregon also…but have been in contact with two persons in the Denver area….for the past five seasons I have noticed that the birds here in the klamath basin have really changed their patterns…not many stay here more than one week….geese move north into grants pass area after early season….(honkers) and the snows usually overfly tule and go straight into the butte sink area; due to the different crops being planted at tule (my opinion)….klamath used to be a final destination locatioin for over 1 to 1 1/2 million waterfowl at peak times; but there’s nowhere near this number anymore….the snake river, and Idaho has also stort stopped many of the honkers; with a further splitting of the honkers then going south to winter in surprise valley of california…the northern portion of klamath lake, and other areas could be remanaged and “opened to hunters” and perhaps the watefowl population would support waterfowl hunting in numbers that used to come into klamath falls since ww2 time period…what’s you opinion????you have a similar problem that is in your california area too; with the real estate market being too expensive to support duck clubs in many areas…the north end of the salton sea used to support eleven duck and goose clubs; but only three remain; with actual cheap $400,000 to $600,000 homes being erected where “duck shacks” stood three years ago…klamath still has waterfowl at various times; but with guides purchasing blocks of land for their use; it may come to the day that the average hunter here would need to have a guide, to access the good property????…denver has and is experiencing a huge build up of honkers and projections are that it will continue to get more each season….but…a quality boat hunt definitely may be the way to go to hunt the klamath area; along with many quality water decoys….

Posted By:
Casey-Huxoll
Field Editor

Boardman Area 01-22-2007 09:32
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Huntedd for geese this weekend. Saw lots of geese but most were up high and headed south. We did manage to get a few on both sat and sunday but these were the birds that were flying low and they were still a little wary of just dropping into the decoys. you can tell these birds have been to the dance before.
Not sure how the ducks were this weekend i tried to stay home when i wasnt hunting. i am pretty sure that McCormick is still froze up but with the temp. rising it should be thawed out in a couple days, or at least the river blinds should be.
Good luck to everyone.

Posted By:
greenhead hitman
Web Member

mid columbia river 01-21-2007 20:54
Cloudy, Winds Calm – 30-34 Degrees – Open Water
Slow morning , not that many birds moving around . The one that were moving would come to the call and decoys but would not come in unless they were low to the deck . I thought it was just late season birds but after picking up to head home I saw just down river from me was a huge road work sign which had floated down river during the high water . I was not to happy but still took home three birds .

Posted By:
sprigkiller55
Web Member

Indian Tom 01-20-2007 17:27
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SSM–no we’ve never hunted there!! Sounds like you may have a good thing going though!!As many times as we’ve been to Klamath/Tulelake to hunt–we’ve never hunted the miller unit!! A F&G guy told us about a couple years ago–but when went there we didn’t see too much!! My error–I thought you lived in Oregon is why I was asking if you had a place for the after season Speck hunt–but no biggie!! Thanks for the info!!

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salton sea man
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Indian tom lake 01-19-2007 16:53
Cloudy, Light Rain & Drizzle – 30-34 Degrees – Ice
sprigkiller55, I don’t know yet if I’m going to do the extra hunt this season…..I have two gentlemen that I want to talk to about hunting also in colorado next season….they’re population of honkers has increased the past nine years and the season keeps getting longer and longer…..from the financial stand-point; it may be less expensive to go to there to goose hunt , on their facilities, every other weekend or so….rather than secure something up here in southern oregon, northern california….the geese in the klamath area , migrate out at the early season to the grants pass area..and they aren’t hunted at all year after that…..one of the “clubs” that one of the gentlemen has developed winters over 80,000 honkers within four miles of his properties….and 200,000 honkers within 12 miles of the property….the miller unit , by indian tom lake gets geese later in the season, especially right after a strong rain storm…cover is really bad to secure and it’s a 3 day a year shoot only anyway……geese in colorado have really been rising in numbers each year…short-stopped from northern texas now too…..too much feed and water and very limited number of hunters, when compared with oregon or california’s hunter’s numbers….have you ever shot there????…..

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Casey-Huxoll
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McCormick slough 01-18-2007 10:13
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McCormick slough is all froze up. Some of the river blinds are open but they have a little ice on the edge. The main river blind #12 wich is the best to hunt, i have not gone and looked at but most of the time when it is this cold for this long it usually frezzes up solid about 40 to 50 yards out. If you have a good number to pick, the fields can bee good when it is this cold. the ducks seem to hit them hard in the morning and the evening, and there has been a good number of geese on those fields. Let me know if you need any more info i live 5 mins. from McCormick and our family is the ones that farm those fields along with the farm to the south of the refuge.
I can always run down there and take a look for you.

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Sordhunter
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McCormick Slough, Umatilla NWR 01-18-2007 09:59
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Can anyone provide any info on McCormick Slough? Is it froze up solid? ANy of the river blinds sytill open?

I have a draw pick for this Saturday– I’m guessing it will not be worht making the trek for, but I’d like to have some better intel. THANKS!!!

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Casey-Huxoll
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Boardman Area 01-16-2007 09:37
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We hunted for the fields for geese on fri-sun. with very good luck. I noticed that the geese we are seeing have already been shot at, lots of cripples flying around. you can tell season is almost over. they are a little leary of the docoys.
I found that using just really good looking full bodies along with a little movement in the spread will bring them in close. Temps seem to be warming up a little this morning. We will just have to wait and see what happens in the last 2 weeks.
Shoot Straight

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Paul-Cantrell
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Mohawk River 01-15-2007 22:42
Cloudy, Accumulating Snow – 10-20 Degrees – Open Water
Well, the hunting here has really slowed down. I’m getting some geese come through but the ducks have really disaapeared. I still have 2 inches of ice on the ponds and the field has 3 inches of snow. Birds are pretty scarce. Nothing like sitting in 17 degree weather reflecting on how much more fun sitting here is than going to work. Have fun…

/Paul

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greenhead hitman
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scappose bay 01-15-2007 07:02
Sunny & Clear, Morning Fog – 10-20 Degrees – Ice
The bay was iced up pretty hard at frist light . Had to keep walking in the hole I made to keep ice out . Seen one flock about 20 mallards then only smaller flocks after that . Not a whole lot moving on the bay but still came out with three birds .

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sprigkiller55
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Indian Lake 01-14-2007 22:31
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SSM–It’s been a total hit or miss at Indian Tom!! We don’t hunt it alot–but when we do we will boat across the lake to the inlet by the ridge that runs out there!! Just east of there is called the Miller unit or something like that–we’ve driven in there but never hunted it–mainly because we don’t see much water there!! A game warden told us that it gets hunted some!! When we were there two weeks ago–most of Indian Tom was froze and we saw about a dozen honkers sitting out in the middle!! So they knew they were safe–ha-ha!! So are you going to be able to hunt the after season speck hunt?? Not asking for a place–just curious if you are fortunate to have a place to hunt since it is on private property I believe!!
later–Tom

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salton sea man
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Indian tom lake 01-12-2007 17:18
Sunny & Clear, High Winds – 30-34 Degrees – Ice
springkiller55, thanks for the comeback….when you hunted at Indian Tom Lake, did you: actually see very many fligts working the lake? and did you do very well on any birds?…..in a heavy wind storm this lake seems to “short stop” a lot of birds from going over to meiss lake; but I don’t know if there’s any birds that ever come from the south to this lake?….I was told that in the 40’s it was the western boundry lake for a club that the refuge has purchased and made part of the refuge???….also, the flat area north of stateline (actual water holding resevoir) was , and may still be a partial club; but was supposedly a great hunting locatio for honkers until someone “complained???” that the area couldn’t be legally flooded???….have you ever known anyonewho’s hunted this area either????….the canal that runs north and south, on the western boundary of the oregon side of the refuge bears hunting sometimes as the widgeon and mallards use this as a highway as they come from the marsh, about 5 miles north of this area….

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Casey-Huxoll
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Boardman Area 01-12-2007 15:35
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COLD , Very COlD one of the coldest mornings all season. 5 degrees. Geese were a lttle slow getting off of the river this morning but worked the decoy alrght. some of the birds are starting to get a little weary of the decoys. Saw 4 geese flying today with legs hanging. They have been shot at before and think twice about just dropping in..
Saw lots of big geese around. not so many of the little geese that i had been seeing for the last couple weeks.
Cold weather stays up north should make for a good couple of last weeks.
Shoot straght. Good luck

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jsdod04
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sauvie island west side 01-11-2007 23:13
Sunny & Clear, Winds Calm – 35-40 Degrees
lots of snows sitting in middle of lake .shot eight mallard drake and three hens.birds their to shoot at but need to draw good or just go home drew a 71 basicly last pick.

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Sordhunter
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west of Milton-Freewater 01-11-2007 13:10
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Anyone know who the guys are hunting in this area, south of Stateline road (near the dairy cattle place)? They got a bunch of Eliminators and even a Mutt Hutt. Seem to be doing pretty well hunting a piece of flooded pasture. But its got to be tough to hide in, since there isn’t a stitch of cover around.

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sprigkiller55
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Tule/LK 01-09-2007 11:47
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Salton Sea Man–When we hunt Indian Tom it’s usually by boat and we just launch right off the road!! We have parked in the back and walk out on that small ridge–but I’m not sure if we are legal or not!! And we didn’t know about the trout–that’s interesting!! We hunted a week ago Sat at Tule/LK!! Three of us got a limit of honkers in the PM on the all day hunt at Tule in the league of nations on Sat!! I filmed the honkers at Tule going from sump 1b to the closed area to feed then back to 1b–so we were pretty much hosed on them!!Then got nothing there or at Lower Klamath Sun-Mon-or Tues so we left and went down to our club by Merced and actually got some Specks/Aluetians and two snows–but the duck population is next to nothing!! So are you going to be able to do the special Speck hunt at the end of Feb?? Hey thanks for the comeback!!
Later–Tom

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salton sea man
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Indian tom lake 01-08-2007 19:02
Cloudy, Light Rain & Drizzle – 25-30 Degrees – Ice
sprigkiller55, have you hunted Indian tom lake successfully?…where did you park; besides the northwest parking lot; is there another place to park?….as it gets later in the season, the honkers will stay right on the border, ne of the lake and then fly directly over the lake in small bunches on there way to Meiss lake refuge…also, if you know of the lake….did you know that it’s teaming with cutthroat trout?…the california state record for cuttrhoat trout is from this lake and f and g plants it four time a year…..any comments?….the mouth of the williamson has been “up and down” the past week and some days not even a bird is seen and on two days the river was a goose highway as they flew down the river and directly accross the lake to the wompler ranch property…anyone shooting the wood river refuge own springs pockets?….

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Casey-Huxoll
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Boardman Area 01-06-2007 19:38
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Not as many birds in the area but we did get lucky and have a field with a couple thousand birds that had been sitting there for 4 days and got 4 limits this morning and the birds were back in there this afternoon so i guess we will try it again in the moring.
Good luck

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jsdod04
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hat rock 01-06-2007 19:15
Cloudy, Light Rain & Drizzle – 40-45 Degrees
shot one drake mallard.saw maybe 10 high flying duck flocks maybe 50 birds in each 5 teal buzzed us ,out of their by 9:30

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Casey-Huxoll
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Boardman Area 01-04-2007 09:50
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Temps have started to warm up. 50 degrees yesterday. not as many geese around sems like they have moved on with the weather. hopefully we can get some more cold weather and get some birds back into the area.
All the ponds and sloughs have thawed out wich should make for some decent duck hunting over the weekend.
Good luck to everyone.

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Paul-Cantrell
Field Editor

Siltcoos 12-31-2006 10:00
Mostly Sunny, No Precipitation – 40-45 Degrees
Very cold on the lake yesterday. Good bird numbers, and plenty of action. There was a bunch of hunters at the lake today, they were setup all over the place. Seemed like folks were doing pretty well. My day didn’t go so well, we cut it short because I spun the shaft on my pump and limped back to the dock before the wind came up. I also got a leak in my wader boot so one leg filled up, not very comfortable. Oh well, I got a few birds…

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Paul-Cantrell
Field Editor

Mohawk River 12-27-2006 15:47
Mostly Cloudy, No Precipitation – 40-45 Degrees
Ducks were flying pretty high this morning over the Mohawk but I managed to turn these two honkers around bring them in close. What a rush. The water levels are pretty high and there are potholes everywhere for the ducks to hide in. Seen some good flocks of Widgeon coming through and quite a few Mallards hanging out in the valley.

/Paul

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Casey-Huxoll
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Boardman Area 12-27-2006 09:09
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It has been a great 2 weeks for goose hunters. There are a lot of geese in the area. lots of small geese traveling together in big flocks at about 8 in the morning then the big geese start getting up at about 930 and moving around. so if you can hold out on shooting the small birds and give it time you can scrap out a few pigs.
Weve shot limits of geese the last 6 times we have gone out. hopefully the birds stay here and this keeps up through the rest of the season.
Temps have warmed up and it has been raining pretty much for 3 days straight. So there is little potholes popping up all over for the ducks to be using. seems like the ducks are pretty spread out.
Find a spot they are using and put in the time.
Good luck everyone.

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Paul-Cantrell
Field Editor

Scappoose 12-24-2006 16:21
Cloudy, Light Rain & Drizzle – 40-45 Degrees
I had an absolutely great hunt yesterday for Geese up on Multnomah channel yesterday. We shot a couple of limits of geese out of a dairy field. There were thousands of them trying to get into our field and we called flocks in for hours. Great shooting, great birds and pretty good dog work as well. Man, what a trip. That is hunting at its finest..

/Paul

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sprigkiller55
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LK/TULE 12-23-2006 16:09
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Hey Kat-17–thanks for the info!! We are not taking our boat for that very reason–so we figured it would be a goose hunt only ( which is a good thing)!! Thanks again
Tom
Hey that picture of you beside your boat looks like it was taken at Indian Tom Lake!!

[Edited By sprigkiller55 on 2006-12-23 22:40]

Posted By:
Katokalel1972
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12-22-2006 13:49
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sprigkiller55, I talked to a few friends a couple days ago and said the ponds were frozen up again. The reports show that most of the activity are in the fields.

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sprigkiller55
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Lower Klamath 12-22-2006 12:41
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Hi !!Do any of you know how Lower Klamath/Tule lake is doing?? Do you know if there’s very many geese/ducks still there??
Three of us are thinking about going up there for a few days!! We live in the Salinas ( near Monterey bay) area ( don’t hold that against us too much ha-ha)!! Any info would be helpful!!
Thanks–Tom

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Casey-Huxoll
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Boardman Area 12-19-2006 16:42
Mostly Cloudy, No Precipitation – 25-30 Degrees – Open Water
Hunted a garlic circle that had some cover crop wheat in it for geese this morning. limited out by about 8:30 all on little geese and one speck.
Lots and lots of geese in the area. big groups of little geese that get off the river and headd for the field. luckily this morning we had the right field.
I went down to McCormick slough this morning and there was probably 5,ooo geese in one of the grass circle there.
Should be good for this weekend.
Good luck

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Casey-Huxoll
Field Editor

Boardman Area 12-18-2006 09:43
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Huntedd for geese on thursaday and just got seriously rained on. Had lots of little geese working the field but they kept hanging just outside the decoys.
Sat and sun were very good days. Lots of geese in the air and they loved to work the decoys. Shot a lot of very big birds. Great weekend.,
I am seeing lots and lots of geese around here, you just have to be able to get permission on the fields they are going to. the problem is that everyone else knows where they are going so there is a lot of competion to get good fields down here. Luckily i have some of my own land that i keep aside just for the family.

A buddy of mine hunting McCormick slough this weekend and had pretty good success. the slough semi thawed out and people got some pretty good shooting in.
Looks like it is going to stay under freezing around here so if you have a patch of open water keep it open and the ducks will find it.
Good luck .

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Paul-Cantrell
Field Editor

Siltcoos Lake 12-16-2006 19:54
Mostly Cloudy, No Precipitation – 35-40 Degrees
Hunted Siltcoos today with little success. There were a lot of hunters on the lake today. A lot of shooting but the birds were avoiding decoys and we mostly had pass shooting opportunities. There were 3 groups of us in the booth island triangle at the south of the island and everyone was pass shooting. The birds seemed nervous, flew very high. We did get one Canvasback, our first for the year at Siltcoos, a very beautiful bird. Couple of bluebills and buffleheads. Thinking of having it mounted. Lake started getting rough about 1 so we packed it in.

/Paul

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Casey-Huxoll
Field Editor

Boardman Area 12-13-2006 20:55
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Temps have warmed up and ponds have started thawing out. Starting to see ducks hit little ponds they havent been able to go to in weeks. should make the birds spread out more.
Supposed to get cold this weekend so hopefully the geese will be hungry and head to the fields hard.
Good luck this weekend