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Posted By:
duckhunterkidd
Guest

12-06-2006 09:14
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drake I dont know what coldkiller and i have said or done to upset you. what we are talking about is field that he has that are good. we will send private messages just for you

[Edited By duckhunterkidd on 2006-12-06 09:18]

Posted By:
The Big Drake
Web Member

12-06-2006 04:50
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the nice thing about the waterfowler.com is that there is the ablity to private message between member.

It wild be nice of “duck hunter kid” and “coldkiller” would start use the private message service and not the report area to chat with each other.

Posted By:
duckhunterkidd
Guest

12-05-2006 17:40
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coldkiller i might come down on sunday

Posted By:
duckhunterkidd
Guest

12-05-2006 12:45
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we are not coming back till next week

Posted By:
coldkiller
Web Member

12-05-2006 11:21
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Are you guys coming back this weekend?If how many are coming?

Posted By:
coldkiller
Web Member

12-05-2006 11:20
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You find someone that needs a spot and i will pay you a commission and let you guys hunt some with me.I have 7 pits and 5 blinds that are mine.They are all in prime spots.Plus I have 3 timber holes that are the best!!!

Posted By:
duckhunterkidd
Guest

sledge ms 12-05-2006 10:04
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coldkiller i dont if i can find the money for that thank

Posted By:
The Big Drake
Web Member

sledge, ms 12-05-2006 05:12
Sunny & Clear, High Winds – 25-30 Degrees – Open Water
Hunted Sat am and saw fewer ducks than we saw last week. managed to get our limits. mixed bag of teal, mallards, pates, and gaddies. I have never seen so many geese.

Saturday afternoon the mallards (new birds) started showing up and we had a great mallard shoot on Sunday. We got our mallards limit in 45 minutes. Saw lots of new birds.

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Tunica area 12-04-2006 17:49
Cloudy, High Winds – 25-30 Degrees – Ice
I am a Louisiana VFE but I hunted the north MS area this past weekend. The front had just arrived into the Tunica area Friday evening and when we hit the blinds Sat morning, it was 24 degrees. We shot 10 ducks and 6 gesse in the morning. Then went back out in the pm to try and shoot some more geese.

Lots and lots of gesse (specks and snows) are down. We hunted Sunday morning and shot 18 ducks and 3 gesse (4 guns). We missed at least that many more. We saw more and more birds arriving with the front and certainly we expected to have even more birds behind or near the back of the front.

It was a good hunt and and great people in this area.

Thanks
Bill Daniel
LA VFE

Posted By:
steve68
Guest

lambert/crowder area 12-04-2006 16:27
Cloudy, High Winds – 30-34 Degrees – Open Water
only hunted sunday and i went with bro-inlaw to his field lease. 4 adults 1 kid shot 12 teal 1 canda and 1 speck. the wind was so strong it made it hard to work ducks and once they found a place to land they stayed put. does anyone have any info on the river between marks and crowder. I saw boat ramps at both places and was curious if there is any places to hunt on it. not a lot of posting for ms so far this year

A BAD DAY OF HUNTING BEATS WORK ANYDAY

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Posted By:
coldkiller
Web Member

12-04-2006 14:31
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I have one available right now if you and some more people are interested.It is just to the NW of where you hunted yesterday and its even better!!!! A whole lot better.I will make you a real deal on it.call me at 931-224-0700

Posted By:
duckhunterkidd
Guest

sledge ms 12-04-2006 13:55
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yes sire the decoys are in the pit and the full body are in the shed and door closed. I would like to find a field like that for next year. thanks again charlie

Posted By:
coldkiller
Web Member

12-04-2006 10:54

Posted By:
Kent-Lacina
Field Editor

south delta 12-04-2006 10:23
Sunny & Clear, High Winds – 40-45 Degrees
Well hunted for snow geese on the last day of the conservation season on friday. We had a ton of birds moving in on the cold front that hit the midwest. All the birds where high but we managed to scratch out a few. We tried to film with the mississippi outdoors which we needed a few more kills on film. Looks like we might have to wait till the next conservation season to finish up that project. Anyways if we could have used a electronic caller on saturday we would have had a great film. Lots of birds low on both saturday and sunday.

Saturday we tried to hunt a few ducks. We shot some teal and woodducks with a few scaup thrown in. Tamale tom and little robert showed up for a afternoon hunt and we tried our luck on some catfish ponds. We shot a variety of birds from scaup to hooded mergansers. By the way i did shoot a hooded that was banded. Haven’t heard of a hooded being banded but i guess by the conversation i had with the 1 800 bird band lady that a small number of hooded’s are banded each year. Anyways tamale tom hunted mahanna and managed to kill some gadwall and mallards with a couple woodducks. The birds were not their like the opening weekend but if you could find a hole that wasn’t pressured you could find a few. Doug and drew the alabama duck slayers did kill some mallards and teal with a couple of gadwall at mahanna also.

Sunday we sat up on our lease and managed to kill gadwall and teal. It looked like more birds are arriving. Tamale tom and crew and also doug and drew killed a few again at mahanna but there was not many birds around and most birds were killed later in the morning.

All in all ducks continue to build in the south delta. Snow goose numbers continue to rise along with specks. I think within a couple of weeks we should have good numbers of all waterfowl in the region. It looks like the temp’s should remain cooler this week with lows in the 30’s for the rest of the week.

I hope all had a great weekend. We ended up with a good shoot each day but not a great shoot. Total bird numbers for the lease where 35.

One last note i took Lane and his son on their first duck and goose hunts. Tyler lane’s son killed his first goose ever a eagle headed blue goose which he’s going to put on the wall, lane also killed a really nice hooded drake merganser which he’s going to do the same with. You never get enough of introducing someone into waterfowl hunting. They are allready looking forward to trying it again.

Look forward to everyone’s posting keep it up!!!

KL

Remember it’s what we do today that will tell what happens tomorrow.

Posted By:
coldkiller
Web Member

SLEDGE 12-04-2006 09:09
Sunny & Clear, High Winds – 30-34 Degrees – Ice
Did you get decoys picked uped?Did you get field decoys picked up and put in shed?See you this weekend….

Posted By:
duckhunterkidd
Guest

sledge ms 12-04-2006 08:42
Cloudy, High Winds – 30-34 Degrees – Open Water
coldkiller we layed down the greens in the hollywood field. the hunt was better in the afternoon we could have got more then one limit. just bad shooting. thanks for a good hunt talk at you later

Posted By:
SoggyJoe
Web Member

North Delta 12-01-2006 16:26
Sunny & Clear, High Winds – 35-40 Degrees
Greenheads started showing up over night. Morgan’s and Matthew’s Brake are filling up. Should be a good weekend.

SJ

Posted By:
duckhunterkidd
Guest

Sledge ms 12-01-2006 12:48
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well season has a break and noone say a word.
well here it goes finally we get cooled weather. I will say one sorry the duck have killed my A@# but im not going to sweat this week. well to all mississippi duck hunter pray for it to push down here.

Posted By:
g lipscomb
Guest

Stuttgart, AR. 11-30-2006 13:03
Cloudy, Occassional Rain Showers – 50-60 Degrees
One Drake Mallard still waiting for some weather…

[Edited By g lipscomb on 2006-11-30 13:04]

Posted By:
The Big Drake
Web Member

Curtis, Mississippi 11-28-2006 06:54
Sunny & Clear, Winds Calm – 60-65 Degrees
Hunted Saturday and Sunday. Saw good numbers of ducks but conditions were so flat it was hard to get them on the deck. Killed 15 ducks Saturday and 16 ducks on Sunday. Mixed bag of mallards, gadwalls, gw teal, pintails, and shovelers. Killed several snows and specks.

The snows are here in mass. I saw one field that must have held 25,000+.

The cold front coming through the midwest should help move some new ducks into the Delta.

[Edited By The Big Drake on 2006-11-28 06:55]

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Posted By:
duckhunterkidd
Guest

sledge ms 11-27-2006 16:33
Sunny & Clear, Winds Calm – 60-65 Degrees
one word for the opener “bad” thats all. one spoon and a sky bust goose. coldkiller i looks like we could get are cold front.

Posted By:
Kent-Lacina
Field Editor

south delta 11-27-2006 10:13
Sunny & Clear, Winds Calm – Over 70 Degrees
Friday- we hunted mahanna and shot a assortment of ducks. We should have limited out but there was a ton of people. Someone started the shooting about 20 minutes early and the ducks where up and moving out. We had some good groups of teal and gadwalls that worked. We shot some teal and shovelers and gadwall but were limited due to the pressure. My son did however kill a canada goose. Fridays totals 9 ducks and 1 goose.

Saturday brought promise only to end with 7 ducks. We shot a drake redhead and woodducks and a few odd balls. We didn’t hunt mahanna saturday due to all the pressure on friday. From what i’ve heard it was less pressured on saturday. A couple of guys from our lease limited out on mallards and gadwall and shovlers on saturday at mahanna.

Sunday we set up on a hole and managed a shoveler and a couple of scaup in the morning and decided to hunt a small hole mid morning and shot a couple of mallards. No geese around at all and very little duck movement. Later in the afternoon we decided to try a woodduck hole and managed a couple. Sunday eve we hunted some catfish ponds that we saw some big ducks on. We flushed out the big ducks and only had a redhead and a couple more scaup return along with a couple hooded. We ended up with 8 ducks on sunday.

As for mahanna make sure to watch where you hunt. Also little robert got shot by someone saturday and i would recommend to use safety glasses when hunting there until it gets lite enough for everyone to see you.

I would guess that mahanna held about 30,000 ducks on friday and a few less saturday. The ducks where a little more skittish on satuday and then again sunday from reports that i’ve heard. Although most had good shooting.

Looks like this weekend that we have a cold front moving in. Maybe this will give us a good push of ducks and geese.

Hope everyone had a safe and fun opening weekend and look forward to everyone’s posts

Posted By:
coldkiller
Web Member

sledge 11-27-2006 08:30
Sunny & Clear, Winds Calm – 60-65 Degrees
There were more ducks in the area 3 weeks ago.It was a horrible opener.Very few ducks in the air on all days.Geese flying but can’t find them on the ground anywhere.We have lost most of our birds either going back north or south.We need a major push because there are no birds anywhere in the area.

Posted By:
steve68
Guest

Lakeview N/W Miss Delta 11-25-2006 12:32
Sunny & Clear, Winds Calm – 45-50 Degrees
It was a perfect day to be out just not a lot of ducks around. Mudlake is not acessible by a normal boat however a go-devil might get you back there. Fri. am my son, nephew and I shot 7 buffleheads but should have gotten twice that many good fun and lots of shooting. Sat. am tried a so called better spot and got skunked went home early for breakfast. Not the best opening weekend but it is good to be back out hunting!!!!
a bad day of huntin beats work anyday!!!

Posted By:
Kent-Lacina
Field Editor

south delta region 11-20-2006 10:09
Sunny & Clear, High Winds – 50-60 Degrees
Strong north winds have pushed new birds into the south delta. Tamale tom and son tried some goose hunting with no avail. They did see good numbers of snows and blues along with some specks. Very few ducks where seen in the air but a good push of geese has arrived. On sunday Deadly Danny put out a small spead of decoys and shot 4 geese. He was putting the finishing touches on the blind and had quite a few geese work him. He did see a few flocks of ducks but most where high and migrating south. Most of the state hunting area’s have good duck numbers in them which should provide some great opening morning shoots.

Hattiesburg area has seen a increse of woodducks and a few mallards and gadwall over the weekend. We usually don’t see any mallards this far south for about another 3 weeks.

From what i’ve heard that a large migration has left the upper midwest although some stopped a little short of us a good number has made it south. It looks as though the opener should be great.

Until my next post

Remember it’s what we do today that will tell what happens tomorrow.

Posted By:
maverick21
Web Member

Natchez / Charleston, MS 11-20-2006 00:18
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Deer hunted over the weekend in Natchez, quite distracting in the stand with a steady stream of snows over head. Stopped by the duck camp on the way home to check water levels and glass a few fields. Decent number of ducks around, still need more. Skies filled with more snows though.

Posted By:
Kent-Lacina
Field Editor

south delta 11-18-2006 08:54
Mostly Sunny, No Precipitation – 45-50 Degrees
Quite a few ducks seem to be moving in, along with some geese. Mahanna is full of birds as i write this and looks to be the hot spot of the opening weekend. I had a buddy that is deer hunting there and said he cant hear from all the noise being made from the ducks!!!! Friday we will be able to finally start. Maybe another front will move even more birds into the region. I have also heard good reports from tunica south. The hattiesburg south mississippi region has seen a increase in woodducks along with some gray’s and teal. It looks like this could be a banner year like 99 if all holds on. With ample water in most of the state and birds allready in place. I hope all have a safe and fun opener. Remember that ducks and all geese are open for three days after thanksgiving then they close the week after of which only snow geese will able to be harvested. The dates for the snow goose conservation season will be Nov. 27th till friday Dec. 1st. Remember to get your snowgoose conservation number also to participate in this event. It can be gotten from the wildlife fisheries and parks. Also you are permitted to use electronic callers and unplugged guns during this special season. On Dec. 2 & 3rd the duck season will open again and close on sunset of Dec. 3rd. It will be closed until Dec. 5th when it open till the last weekend of January.

Hope everyone continues to post and lets have a great year!!!!

Remember it’s what we do today that will tell what happens tomorrow.

Posted By:
maverick21
Web Member

tallahatchie county 11-15-2006 23:03
Cloudy, Rain & Thunderstorms – –
Throw down the money for a pump this year and it rains like cats and dogs?

No complaints here, we have water and ducks.

Posted By:
CARPDUCK
Guest

11-15-2006 12:07
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Email from farmer,got another inch so far today!!!!!!

Posted By:
CARPDUCK
Guest

11-14-2006 11:48
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See pictures from this weekend at the club,my son took!! Under hunting action shots,under name WATRFOWLWDOMAKR !!!!!!

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Posted By:
coldkiller
Web Member

Sledge 11-13-2006 16:19
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The levee is on both sides it borders the river on the east/west.we think it is some guys that we leased to from Tupelo.

CIM

Posted By:
duckhunterkidd
Guest

Sledge ms 11-13-2006 12:01
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did yall firgure out who denny lawn service. is the refuge on myside Im on the side with the levee. did you go down there last weekend

[Edited By duckhunterkidd on 2006-11-13 12:04]

Posted By:
CARPDUCK
Guest

11-13-2006 10:44
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Worked at club this weekend and we had large numbers of ducks/geese on 3 fields and small groups on the other fields. CAN’T WAIT !!!!!!

Posted By:
coldkiller
Web Member

Sledge 11-13-2006 09:12
Sunny & Clear, Winds Calm – 50-60 Degrees
Your right thats my name.I also saw lots of geese and lots of wood ducks.It looks like it will be a great year.Need cold and snow up north…

Posted By:
duckhunterkidd
Guest

sledge ms 11-13-2006 08:41
Cloudy, High Winds – 45-50 Degrees
2 mallards and 1thousand and thousand geese.
coldkiller is your name charlie

Posted By:
duckhunterkidd
Guest

11-10-2006 12:22
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I will down there on sat and sun. hope to see ya maybe sometime down there. do you know al will start pumping

Posted By:
coldkiller
Web Member

Sledge 11-10-2006 08:53
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You are on the west side and I didn’t handle all of those.Im not upset at all.You should kill some ducks there.I have always done better on the east side because we border the refuge.Lots of ducks in the area already

Posted By:
duckhunterkidd
Guest

11-09-2006 16:39
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i hope I didnt upset upset you. I didnt know that you were helping him lease it. we are in a soybean field by the river if you turn on the grave road from the street we are on the left side. if you dont mind me asking how good is this area. and do you know most of the people leasing down there. thanks brandon

Posted By:
duckhunterkidd
Guest

11-09-2006 16:33
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from him he is a family friend

Posted By:
coldkiller
Web Member

Sledge 11-09-2006 15:52
Sunny & Clear, Winds Calm – 60-65 Degrees
Did you lease it from him direct? Or did I handle it for you? I handle the leases on that property

Charlie

[Edited By coldkiller on 2006-11-09 15:53]

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Posted By:
duckhunterkidd
Guest

sledge ms 11-09-2006 11:13
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coldkiller were in sledge is your lease. I leased some land from a farm named AL adison

Posted By:
coldkiller
Web Member

marks 11-07-2006 10:50
Sunny & Clear, Winds Calm – 50-60 Degrees
Saw one field that the beavers had already help flood and the ducks were packed in like sardines.saw lots of snow gees flying high.Where the water was the birds were there also.

Mallards,teal.widgeons,gadwalls,teal..

Posted By:
CARPDUCK
Guest

11-06-2006 11:28
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Worked at the club this weekend and Sat before daylight I went to a field and watched about 100 Geese and I couldn’t count all the ducks!!!!!! only on 1 field.Saw some snow geese when i left sunday!!!!!Got an email from farmer this morning and getting more rain !!!!!! WON’T BE LONG NOW!!!!!!

Posted By:
Kent-Lacina
Field Editor

south delta 11-06-2006 10:26
– – 50-60 Degrees
Saturday,

Very few ducks around our lease. A few Specks around with some scattering of scaup, teal, smiling mallards, and teal. I have heard of some mallards around but very few right now. Although most of the delta has had some water most haven’t pumped their lease’s yet. With the season about 3 weeks away most will start to get their holes filled and everyone should start to hold some ducks. Right now mahanna is holding quite a few ducks. Mostly gadwall and teal and smiling mallards. With the warm up in the northern part of the country this week i don’t look for any good pushes of birds to arrive. Although the long term forcast did show some snow to hit the upper part of the country sunday.

Until my next post

Remember it’s what we do today that will tell what happens tomorrow.

Posted By:
Kent-Lacina
Field Editor

south delta 11-06-2006 10:26
– – 50-60 Degrees
Saturday,

Very few ducks around our lease. A few Specks around with some scattering of scaup, teal, smiling mallards, and teal. I have heard of some mallards around but very few right now. Although most of the delta has had some water most haven’t pumped their lease’s yet. With the season about 3 weeks away most will start to get their holes filled and everyone should start to hold some ducks. Right now mahanna is holding quite a few ducks. Mostly gadwall and teal and smiling mallards. With the warm up in the northern part of the country this week i don’t look for any good pushes of birds to arrive. Although the long term forcast did show some snow to hit the upper part of the country sunday.

Until my next post

Remember it’s what we do today that will tell what happens tomorrow.

Posted By:
CARPDUCK
Guest

11-02-2006 15:49
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we got another inch!!!!!!! lord keep it coming!!!!!!

Posted By:
coldkiller
Web Member

SLEDGE 11-01-2006 13:46
Cloudy, Rain & Thunderstorms – 45-50 Degrees
We just had about 2 inches of rain last night.Looks plenty of water for the opener.

Posted By:
CARPDUCK
Guest

10-30-2006 11:17
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WE GOT ENOUGH RAIN IN THE LAST 2 WKS THAT 99% OF OUR FIELDS ARE READY TO HUNT!!!!!RAIN KEEP COMING FOR A FEW MORE WEEKS SO WE DON’T HAVE TO PUMP!!!!

Posted By:
CARPDUCK
Guest

10-27-2006 10:27
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Called our farmer last night and he said got another 2 inches of rain!!!!! The same 2 fields holding 200 to 250 birds!!!! one field he said had about 50 geese and the rest were mallards!!!!!!!!!He said look liked a field with GREEN WINTER WHEAT!!!!!

Posted By:
coldkiller
Web Member

Sledge 10-27-2006 08:53
Cloudy, Rain & Thunderstorms – 50-60 Degrees
Ducks and Geese are starting to move into area recently.Have seen Geese numbers increasing daily.

I also still have a few places left for leasing also.

maunlimited@aol.com

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Posted By:
Kent-Lacina
Field Editor

south delta 10-26-2006 09:03
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With ample water now bird numbers are starting to rise. Mahanna from what i have heard has already started to pump water. From what i’ve heard is that mahanna is holding good numbers of gadwall and widgeon with a few teal. Catfish ponds in the delta are seeing a rise in birds. Mostly ring necks and scaup with some smiling mallards and teal. A few mallards have been reported to me but nothing in any numbers yet. With the cold weather forcasted next week in the dakota’s and minnesota that should push more birds into the area. It looks as though we are about two weeks ahead of schedule at this time of the season. As for south mississippi woodducks are on the rise. There is great numbers of doves also being reported. With around a month remaining before the season duck numbers are starting to stack up with what could be a great sign. The long term forcast for our state showing that we should have a wet and cold season should have birds holding in or state if the prediction is correct. We also have had good rains in the delta and most spots that have been dry have water now. With more rain forcasted in the next few days we should add to them. I hope all are doing great and are getting ready for what should hold out to be a great season. Remember to check your regulations for some of the regulations have changed a little.

Keep up the posting

KL

Remember it’s what we do today that will tell what happens tomorrow.

[Edited By Kent-Lacina on 2006-10-26 09:05]

Posted By:
maverick21
Web Member

NW Mississippi 10-25-2006 22:55
Cloudy, Winds Calm – 40-45 Degrees
Went over to a few sloughs near the river and the ones that did have water were holding a good number of gadwall’s with some mallards, smilin’ mallards, and woodies mixed in. Good to see it in mid/late October

Posted By:
CARPDUCK
Guest

10-24-2006 11:14
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farmer emailed yesterday sayiny there were 150 to 200 in one field and the same in another!!!!

Posted By:
steve68
Guest

miss river oxbows 10-20-2006 16:54
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Has anyone been out on any of the lake or sloughs along the miss r after this last rain. It looks like i will be hunting them this year again but they all need lots of water. Have not been able to find a lease or club worth the money yet any info greatly appreciated

bad day of huntin beats work anyday

Posted By:
CARPDUCK
Guest

10-18-2006 15:31
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Got 3 inches of rain at club so far this week.Forecast for tomorrow and tomorrow night 60% maybe another inch.

Posted By:
CARPDUCK
Guest

10-17-2006 11:38
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Not sledge but know people that hunted Crowder,Marks and Lambert—- you should do ok down there!!!! I’m further south!!!

Posted By:
duckhunterkidd
Guest

sledge ms 10-16-2006 17:09
Cloudy, Light Rain & Drizzle – 60-65 Degrees
has anybody hunted in sledge i just lease 75 arces of soybeans. he will flood it in nov. im ready

Posted By:
CARPDUCK
Guest

10-16-2006 15:51
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This weekend at the club I saw larger groups!!!Mallards are in our cornfields thats holding little water.Got call from farmer this morning,said got an inch of rain and the forecast says maybe up to 3 to 4 inches!!! man we need it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Had small group of bluewing teal busing around one field!!!!!

Posted By:
Kent-Lacina
Field Editor

delta 10-07-2006 09:21
Sunny & Clear, Winds Calm – Over 70 Degrees
Quite a few birds on the move. Mostly gray’s and teal with a few woodducks. From what i’ve heard that some good numbers of ducks and geese have been moving south out of canada into the dakota’s. A buddy said that good numbers of both lesser and small canada’s are arriving daily. He did say most of the small ducks have moved out. He also told me of good numbers of specks and mallards are arriving. Also tamale tom one of the guys i hunt with was fishing the coast and he reported alot of teal and some grays allready. With the weather coming in this next week to the dakotas and canada another push might happen. Remember the snow goose conservation season is now open and you will need to get a conservation # from the wildlife and fisheries. Hope everyone will have a great year and a safe year.

Remember it’s what we do today that will tell what happens tomorrow.

Posted By:
CARPDUCK
Guest

10-02-2006 13:00
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WENT TO CLUB THIS WEEKEND AND WE HAD ABOUT 100 TO 150 MALLARDS IN ONE FIELD.SAW LOTS OF SMALL GROUPS FLYING IN THE EVENING AND EARLY SUNDAY MORNING.

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Posted By:
hannibal
Web Member

Mallards 12-31-2012 15:03
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Hunted Southern Iowa yesterday and now snow on ground there. Saw several big flocks of mallards. From about Hwy 34 South in Iowa it is snow free in the fields unless today’s snow is cover some of it up. It will take a several inches on ground and cold temps (which are here this week) before they will leave there!

Posted By:
wbduckman
Web Member

12-31-2012 11:43
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Thanks John!

Posted By:
John-Donelon
Field Editor

missouri 12-31-2012 11:06
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wbduckman and davehunter03
Found duck count on KC star outdoor page.Date was 12-27.Over 400,000 ducks,mostly mallards were on the conservation areas in the state,counted some seven areas.You should be seeing mallard soon,having snow as of now here in Missouri,expecting 1=3 inches by tonight.Hope this gets the birds moving south,although this snow is coming in from the south.

Posted By:
davehunter03
Web Member

12-31-2012 07:38
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John: If you look at Outdoors on KCS, and look at ‘hunting reports’ from last Thursday’s article, you will see amount of ducks different areas are holding.
Sr.

Posted By:
davehunter03
Web Member

12-31-2012 07:38
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John: If you look at Outdoors on KCS, and look at ‘hunting reports’ from last Thursday’s article, you will see amount of ducks different areas are holding.
Sr.

Posted By:
davehunter03
Web Member

12-31-2012 07:38
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John: If you look at Outdoors on KCS, and look at ‘hunting reports’ from last Thursday’s article, you will see amount of ducks different areas are holding.
Sr.

Posted By:
John-Donelon
Field Editor

Mo. 12-30-2012 11:06
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wbduckman
There was a large snow storm in se mo. over christmas,this may have moved ducks back to the north.Central part of Mo. right now is really not too back for snow cover.North mo. along mo. iowa line has snow cover.checked the post on kcstar.com,did not see anything about ducks in the outdoors reort,did show large number of geese in area.

Posted By:
davehunter03
Web Member

12-30-2012 08:28
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Go to kcstar.com and read outdoors report…sounds as thou Mo. is holding a lot of ducks.

sr.

Posted By:
wbduckman
Web Member

12-29-2012 14:22
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John D.

Very confused. Thought will all the snow cover Mallards would have been all over us here in Ark. We have tons of Pintails and Gadwalls but not many Mallards.

Any idea where they’re at?

[Edited By wbduckman on 2012-12-29 14:24]

Posted By:
John-Donelon
Field Editor

Chariton County 12-20-2012 18:20
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Today was my last day for this season on ducks.The weather people sure missed this call.Had 3 inches at our place instead of a inch or less,winds at 25MPH gusting to 40-50MPH.Ended up with 3 inches of snow.a constant wind of 40-50 mph,snow came down side ways,temps dropped from shooting time to 20 degrees when we pulled out.Had heater on in blind,ended up with 3 mallards and a bluebill.Holly,my lab made three retrieves in the water,after 3rd,even with her vest on and being in the blind by the heat,she still was shaking from the cold,she already has a arthritis problem in one hip,so she and I left.Drive home to Columbia is a normal 1 hour plus drive. Today,almost 3 hours due to blowing snow,icy hiway 24 and hiway 63, many cars in the ditch on 63,a tractor-trailer overturned.In my 60 years of hunting of ducks,this was the worst weather I have ever hunted in,shot up almost a box of shells for one drake,impossible to know what kind of lead to put on the birds due to the high winds.Holly, did not eat when I got home,she is still sleeping on her bed.This was the end of 2012,hope God gives me another year in 2013.To all members and their families Merry Christmas and have a safe holiday.Plan to go back in January for the snows..

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Posted By:
bgallup
Field Editor

MO River near Miami MO 12-20-2012 11:35
Sunny & Clear, Winds Calm – 50-60 Degrees
Tuesday this week was a nice day for a boat ride and since the intent was scouting, not hunting, having a warm day was fine.

Did find several good looking sand bars and plan to hunt this Friday. Hopefully todays snow and and cold won’t push all the ducks South.

Posted By:
hannibal
Web Member

Last Few Days 12-19-2012 07:31
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Here we go. Heading down to NW MO today ahead of the blizzard warning for central Iowa. I’m looking forward to greenheads in with snow flakes on their had lighting in the decoys at 15 yards.

I’m predicting a very strong finish to a great season 🙂

Posted By:
John-Donelon
Field Editor

Chariton County 12-15-2012 09:15
Cloudy, Light Rain & Drizzle – –
Migration appears to have started.At 8:15AM this morning,got a call from my landlord.He was at the blind calling,hAD HIS LIMIT OF MALLARDS BY 8am.Hugh numbers of ducks and geese heading south,both snow and canada geese on the move. He said last night could hear the snows flying over the bunk house.I am sitting here in Columbia this morning after leaving the doctor’s yesterday with sore throat and fever.This is one of those years.

Posted By:
bgallup
Field Editor

Grand Pass 12-12-2012 12:46
Sunny & Clear, Winds Calm – 50-60 Degrees
Drew in to the Pass 3 days last week. We needed some new birds and colder temps. They sat till 1 then started moving into the shooting pools. Will try the Mo River next week. ben

Posted By:
John-Donelon
Field Editor

Mo 12-07-2012 20:43
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Got DU e-mail yesterday. To no one’s surprise,they show 750,000 mallards and some 300,000 canada geese in eastern S. Dak.Temps in the 40’s and open water and plenty of food in the fields..Another shot from mother nature this year.Our season closes here in the North zone on 12-25.Doubt if any weather bad enough to move the birds south,as reported and as we know,the birds can take the cold,only thing that will make them move is a heavy snow to cover the food supply and I don’t see this happening in the near future.Enjoy the holidays with your loved ones,have my oldest daughter to make my year complete,two bouts with cancer since 2010,last mri and cat scan shows no cancer present,and I worry about the number of birds I shot this year.Will enjoy this Christmas more than the last two and have much to be thankful for.If by chance,I have any future reports on the goose season,which closes in our zone on 1-31 for the canada geese,will post,otherwise hope I have another year in 2013.

Posted By:
Andrew-Juden
Field Editor

South Zone 11-27-2012 10:57
Sunny & Clear, Winds Calm – 40-45 Degrees
Good day all well here is a little report from the south. Opening day was amazing with a 3 man limit of mallards and teal had several groups of specks working and should have killed a few but you all know how it goes just trying to get all of them in the hole and it never works out like that. All in all the opener was great had large groups of mallards working and lots of specks working. The next two days however where a bust killed 3 birds each day we went from seeing several thousand ducks and specks opening morning to seeing maybe 100 ducks over the next two days. Not positive on what has happened other than it has totally shut off. Out of the 3 MDC areas down here only one is doing fairly well the others are just dragging along at the moment.I have mixed reports from others on their season so far some are reporting limits nearly every day others are not even coming close seems to be the further west you are in SEMO the better the reports. With one exception around the MO/TN line in the river sounds like the boys in that area are doing fairly well. Long term forecast looks good for us about the second week of Dec for a big push if it holds true however we all know how that goes. Anyway gona spend the rest of the week hunting and scouting will report later in the week. Hope all is well with everyone and a belated Turkey Day to all

Posted By:
John-Donelon
Field Editor

missouri 11-27-2012 09:45
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WBDUCKMAN
Thanks for the support.Only one I have received any support from over the incident.

Posted By:
wbduckman
Web Member

11-26-2012 14:05
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hate to hear all that John!
However, I would have thought the owner/operator would have thank you. Where I come from, Alcohol & Guns is a deadly situation. You may have saved someones life.

I have been in the same situation. Only takes a few Loud Mouth Drunks to ruin a Club. Also, this is not the situation to have kids & grand kids.

What you went through is exactly why I stopped joining Clubs.
Your better off w/out them.

Posted By:
hannibal
Web Member

NW 11-25-2012 15:26
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Good Weekend

Had a friend and work acquaintance here from Utah on Friday for a one day hunt and the weather and birds really cooperated. We hunted from about 10am-3pm and shot 4 man limit of mallards and others. Sun, Wind and Cold really makes all the difference in birds working. Next day we finished with 15 and came home this morning. We could use some fresh birds but with the right weather it can still be “right”.

Posted By:
John-Donelon
Field Editor

Chariton County 11-21-2012 14:22
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This is in response to my post of 11-14 regarding the events that transpired on that particular visit to the duck club.My understanding from today is that the memmbers involved are now upset with me for making that particular post. I guess I could have handled it better,but do not know how to personally get in touch with each of these members.I should have addressed the matter with them when the event happened or took it up with the owner of the club so he could have handled it.What is done is done,my future membership,I will give it though in the coming days.From information received today from the club manager,some ill feeling have developed between me and the members involved in the incident.I really would have a problem in dealing with members of the club that have these ill feelings towards me.I cannot undo what has been done.My interest at this point in preceding with this year’s duck season is somewhat in doubt,as a result,my thanks to my readers of of my posts,for I will not be posting for awhile time I know which direction my duck season will be going.