Posted By:
perro
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G J 11-29-2008 20:08
Cloudy, Light Rain & Drizzle – 35-40 Degrees
Got up at early 30 drove 75 miles and got beat out to the only blinds available.
Turned around and drove back to Debuque SWA. Someone was already set in my favorite spot so I moved up river.
Never fired a shot. The guys in my spot did some shooting but I think it was at dicky birds.
All the ponds from GJ to Rifle are ice free and that’s where all the birds are sitting. Too bad there mostly on private property.
I going to try towards G-wood tomorrow.
We need some winter to show up.
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PUDLJMPR
Guest
wellington 11-29-2008 20:07
Cloudy, Heavy Fog – –
11-28
Heavy fog again this morning and 25 degrees, not much moving early, arond 8:30 had a small flock of 10 pop in out of the fog, 2 land and we are greedy cause we have 5 guys in the pit, the flock swings and the pair get up and before we can shoot they disappear in the fog! 9 a flock of 10-12 appear and make 1 pass, 20 yards out and 5 up, dont wait around for them to land we take them and kill 6 and thats all for the day.
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perro
Web Member
West of Rifle 11-27-2008 11:11
Cloudy, Light Rain & Drizzle – 35-40 Degrees
Cool , Your welcome.
Hunted this morning with Coyote. There was a lot of birds at first light but they didn’t decoy well today. We saw a bunch of widgeon this time and I got 1 cotton top and Coyote got a hen wid & a hen mallard.
Posted By:
rick935
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Horsethief Canyon Fruita 11-24-2008 10:52
Sunny & Clear, Winds Calm – 25-30 Degrees – Open Water
Hunted Horsethief 11/23; saw several greenheads but not the quantity that may come. Eventually bagged 2! My first 2 ducks of the year…thanks for info, Perro.
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PUDLJMPR
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wellington 11-22-2008 21:35
Sunny & Clear, Winds Calm – –
Cold up our way to this morning pickup said 15, set out 20 DZN bigfeet and 5DZN GHG shells and tried to pull geese away from the wheat field that they love so much. . . . . . . didnt work no shots fired in the a.m. lucked out and killed 3 in the afternoon.
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perro
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West of Rifle 11-22-2008 14:36
Mostly Sunny, No Precipitation – 10-20 Degrees – Open Water
+19 at the blind this morning, Partly cloudy.
I saw gadwall, mallard, widgeon and geese today.
Some birds at first light but I couldn’t hit s hit. Then nothing for 3 hrs. I was just about to pick up when a pair of teal came in and I busted one. Turned out to be a banded hen. Second band I’ve ever picked up.
I was texting my son about the band when I had to put the phone down and double up a drake and hen gadwall.
After that another flock of teal and I killed another hen. Then up river some body jumped a good sized flock of geese and they flew right over me and I got my first goose of the year. I could have killed another goose but my gun jammed.
That was ok, I had to make two trips carrying everything out.
Happiness is a tired lab.
Posted By:
Towens
Guest
brush 11-21-2008 20:39
Sunny & Clear, Winds Calm – 35-40 Degrees
Woke up friday morning and saw some snow out the window and couldn’t help but head out early and get some scouting done, got out there and it was windy and the birds were flying. set up four dozen snows and shot two right off the bat and then two more when they were heading back to the roost. picked up and waited for the afternoon, went out to one of are other fields and noticed two flocks in boardering fields and sat in between them. shot snows all evening long at thirty yards; ended the day with 10 snows and the field i would set up on opening day.
sat. morning rolls around my dad, friend and i set up about 11 doz. canada’s and about 5 dozen snows. right at shooting light a scout flies out and decoys right in; he still had ice on his chest. from there on out had pretty much every group come in and we were done with a three man limit by 6:45a.m. before the main flight had even started. we let the field rest so it could be shot again on sunday.
on sunday we headed out to the field again with a few more guys and decoys. it was hard hiding seven guys but we managed to shoot 20 canadas and a really nice blue, could have had our limits if shooting was a little better. hunted the evening, but the birds didnt even fly managed one more canada. a pretty good weekend i’d say, but there is one more thing. as my friend, dad and i were heading back to the club house to drop the trailer off and a buck ran out from the side of the road and smack we hit him going about 35. we get out of the truck to see the damage and the deer. the damage was bad, but get this the buck was no where to be found , we dragged the deer 17 yards and nothing, very minimal blood and hair. the DOW said it isn’t uncommon for a deer to take off after a hit, and said they are alot tougher then most people think. we looked for about an hour with no luck. the DOW officer said they will contact us if they find the deer. so with that said it was a great and eventful weekend.
[Edited By Towens on 2008-11-21 20:40]
Posted By:
PUDLJMPR
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Wellington 11-21-2008 19:07
Cloudy, Heavy Fog – –
Heavy fog this morning, could hear the geese but couldnt see them at all didnt fire a shot in the A.M. Came back after lunch, fog lifted and the geese moved early,started about 1:45 and flew til dark in decent size flocks, 4:15 someone flipped a switch and huge flock started comin from the south, ended up with 6 for the day.
Posted By:
PUDLJMPR
Guest
11-20-2008 13:49
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Migration today was unbeliveable!!! Solid geese from the north all day, buddy killed to in Wellington this morning.
Posted By:
PUDLJMPR
Guest
wellington 11-16-2008 13:48
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Boys hunted the lease in wellington yesterday, said geese everywhere but farmer had a semi in the field all morning which didnt help them, And to the guys west of Wellington
STOP THE SKYBUSTING!!!!!!! its the first day for christ sake!!!
