Posted By:
John Cunningham
Field Editor
North Sacto Valley 01-02-2013 16:56
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Dec 27-31, 2012
Slowwwww! The bulk of the ducks are now south in the flooded bypasses after being pounded by north valley storms for 2 weeks. However, the weather forecast is promising for their return Wed-Fri w/ clear skies and 10-15mph NW winds. Cold temps so the ducks will be hungry and they should feed at times in the daylight.
Geese are packed into their safety zones…going to need some big winds and/or poor visibility to get action. Don’t think I have ever seen as many snows and specs in the north valley.
Once the ducks return we need a period of sloppy/droopy weather to get it on….fog, low ceiling, whatever! Pins will fly in the bright skies but we need something more in order to bag duck #3 thru #7.
[Edited By John Cunningham on 2013-01-02 17:06]
Posted By:
John Cunningham
Field Editor
Good 3-day weekend 12-17-2012 14:55
Cloudy, Occassional Rain Showers – 35-40 Degrees
Starting to pick up in the north valley. Okay Fri, grrrreat Sat and okay Sun. In spite of the SE wind which is typically a kiss-of-death in the open rice fields, the low ceiling got the birds moving about. Wow, was it cold Sat PM. Pins, widge and spoons were the predominant bag w/ some green and specs…..lots of specs still here! And a # of gaddys which tells me there are a whole lot of birds still holed up in the Klamath and further north. Forecast gives us good hunting weather all this week into the weekend.
Posted By:
John Cunningham
Field Editor
North Sacto Valley 12-10-2012 15:30
Sunny & Clear, Winds Calm – 50-60 Degrees
What more can I say……simply amazing, outstanding, awesome! What is…….the weather! C’mon, what did you think I was referring to…..the duck hunting?
Posted By:
John Cunningham
Field Editor
North Sacto Valley 12-03-2012 16:35
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Wild n wooly Wed-Sun. “6-8 rain and winds gusts to 60 mph on Sat nite. Oddly the birds did not fly in the big SE winds but as soon as their was a break and the rain stopped and the sun poked its head thru the game was on. Loads of new GWT and widge and more and more geese. The word is that the Klamath Basin is loaded so what we need is a good freeze and we should see a massive migration in the Valley. I believe the bypasses were flooded so the bulk of our birds moved south for a few days. If we can get a couple days of northerly winds they should be back by the weekend. I don’t think we have near the birds we’ll have once the Klamath empties out.
Posted By:
sprigkiller55
Web Member
sac 11-29-2012 23:48
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have a number 2 resi at the sacramento refuge for saturday–hope they don’t close it like they did sutter!! anyone know of a good blind??
[Edited By sprigkiller55 on 2012-11-30 10:02]
Posted By:
sprigkiller55
Web Member
11-29-2012 23:48
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have a number 2 resi for saturday at the sacramento refuge –hope they don’t close it like they did sutter!! anyone know of a good blind??
[Edited By sprigkiller55 on 2012-11-30 10:03]
Posted By:
sprigkiller55
Web Member
11-29-2012 23:48
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have a number 2 resi for saturday–hope they don’t close it like they did sutter!! anyone know of a good blind??
Posted By:
John Cunningham
Field Editor
North Sacto Valley 11-26-2012 12:33
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Fri-Sun…..slowwwwww! But you already knew that.
Posted By:
John Cunningham
Field Editor
North Sacto Valley 11-19-2012 12:00
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Fair on Friday, great on Saturday right after the storm broke. Poor on Sunday…..birds headed south to the bypasses. They should be back by mid-week. Geese continue to pour in from the north. Has to be a bazillion birds in the Klamath Basin by now and the 1st good freeze will send them down into the Valley.
Posted By:
John Cunningham
Field Editor
North Sacto Valley 11-19-2012 12:00
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Fair on Friday, great on Saturday right after the storm broke. Poor on Sunday…..birds headed south to the bypasses. They should be back by mid-week. Geese continue to pour in from the north. Has to be a bazillion birds in the Klamath Basin by now and the 1st good freeze will send them down into the Valley.
