Posted By:
John Cunningham
Field Editor
North Sacto Valley 01-25-2010 11:56
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Tougher hunting this past weekend! Very few birds EXCEPT for sprig. On Sat between 8-10am loads of new sprig came from the north….new birds to the area. I had large flocks lock on my spread from way on yonder and come barreling in. Where did the new birds come from…Klamath, Oregon, all the smaller lakes north of Redding???
Sun was disappointing to say the least! A few sprig and teal flying in the AM and nothing more.
Word is all the birds are holed-up in the flooded Sutter Bypass and partially flooded Yolo Basin. Amazing how fast ducks can find new water loaded w/ food. Anybody’s guess how the season’s last week will turnout. If the water recedes quick enough in the bypasses it’s game on when the birds return probably mid-week. If not, well….it was a good season!!!
Oh yeah! One more thing…w/ the flooded roads like #162 in spots, be careful and lower your speed. I found out the hard way at 6:00am on Sat when I hit a foot of water on #162 and ZZ Rd. at 50mph. 6 seconds of sheer terror and I ended up in the ditch in ‘4 of water. Thank God I didn’t get hurt and there was no other traffic and I avoided a telephone pole. Many thanks to the two good samaritans from South Wind duck club who towed me out and to our own EMRDUCK here who was the 1st to happen along. Thanks Mike!
[Edited By John Cunningham on 2010-01-25 12:03]
Posted By:
BUTTE CITY MIKE
Web Member
01-25-2010 07:36
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AMEN TO THAT SPRIGKILLER!!!!!!!
LET ‘EM WORK!
Posted By:
sprigkiller55
Web Member
01-24-2010 21:48
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hey to you field editors that say you are–if you aren’t going to to the job–at least be man enough to say you don’t want to do it–and take your name and resume off the forum ok? i will say right now i do not want to do it. AT least Mr. Cunningham shares his input with us. thank you John. What you say may not effect me that much but at least you are fulfilling what you said you would do. I mean–no biggie if you don’t want to!!!
[Edited By sprigkiller55 on 2010-01-25 10:29]
[Edited By sprigkiller55 on 2010-01-25 10:30]
Posted By:
John Cunningham
Field Editor
Sacto Valley to the Grasslands 01-21-2010 12:59
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The birds are all south of I-80 as of today. Hunting was fantastic in the north Sacto Valley on Tues and dismal yesterday. As always, when winds hit 40+ in the north the birds head to the Yolo Basin and south to the grasslands. They won’t return north to their bread basket for 2-5 days depending on whether the north gets some strong NW winds. They will return however when they get hungry enough.
Posted By:
John Cunningham
Field Editor
North Sacto Valley 01-19-2010 18:19
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(for Sat-Mon)
The east wind and the kiss of death! That was the weekend story.
Dead calm on Sat and w/ the clear overnite skies before the fog set in just before LST killed the action. Birds never flew AM or PM. Sun wasn’t much better and the east wind spoiled the day. Mon was a surprise bust…not totally but not what you would expect w/ 20+mph winds. And a continued east wind it was. Kinda strange as an approaching Pacific storm normally has winds from the south or southwest.
Oh yeah…when it’s Tues and back to work here comes the 30+mph winds right out of the south. Duck hunting!!!
Posted By:
sprigkiller55
Web Member
01-17-2010 15:19
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So is it true that mm314 is no longer on the site??
Posted By:
John Cunningham
Field Editor
North Sacto Valley 01-14-2010 11:43
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I suggest that if some of you “more regular” guys would like to be a VFE then contact Webbie and request an app to fill out. We have 4 VFEs but only one active one so a few replacements are in order.
Spotty hunting reported Tues-Wed. My son did well at a private club near Biggs on Tues in the ripping wind but others I talked to did poorly in spite of the wind. I gotta believe yesterday was decent w/ the 10-12mph south wind.
Tough to predict what it will be this weekend. Cloudy, some rain and variable winds for Sat and rain Sun. Heavy rain forecasted for Mon-Tues. One thing is for sure…there’s a load of birds in the north valley. Only 17 days left in the season so get out and getcha some!
Posted By:
BUTTE CITY MIKE
Web Member
01-14-2010 06:35
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WHAT OTHER FIELD EDITORS?????
Posted By:
sprigkiller55
Web Member
01-12-2010 21:29
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hey–what happened to our other field editors?? they quit or what??
[Edited By sprigkiller55 on 2010-01-12 21:29]
Posted By:
mallardman314
Guest
01-12-2010 20:54
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decent oct, terrible nov ,, unbelievably great dec and the same in jan.. nice shooting limits during the week
