Category: Delaware

Posted By:
Bill Erhart
Field Editor

New Castle mid county 11-23-2007 10:23
Sunny & Clear, Winds Calm – 35-40 Degrees
On Thanksgiving, saw a few puddle ducks. Shot two mallards and one teal.

Today, shot two mergansers. Saw four pintails rocketing through the decoys, but nothing else. Very calm day.

Posted By:
Bill Erhart
Field Editor

New Castle County – South 11-21-2007 18:45
Cloudy, Occassional Rain Showers – 40-45 Degrees
Monday Nov 19

Saw hundreds of green wing teal. Shot a couple of blue wing teal and mallards. Shot two Canada geese. Saw hundreds of Canada geese throughout the morning.

Saw a few wood ducks.

Overall, many small ducks were in the area, very few large ducks.

Posted By:
Mike Napier
Field Editor

Kent County 11-19-2007 19:56
Cloudy, Occassional Rain Showers – 45-50 Degrees
Everybody and their brother were out hunting today and shooting away. Managed to kill some mallards(one banded), blacks, and Canadas. Saw a good number of birds throughout the day.

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Posted By:
srducker17
Guest

sussex 11-19-2007 15:45
Cloudy, Light Rain & Drizzle – 45-50 Degrees
Harvested 18 ducks (3 man limit)

6 GWT
2 shoveler
1 ringneck
3 mallards
2 blacks
1 pintail
1 widgeon
2 wood ducks

will post pics in the bag limit section soon

Posted By:
Bill Erhart
Field Editor

New Castle County 11-18-2007 17:30
Sunny & Clear, High Winds – 35-40 Degrees
Went to Ithaca New York on Saturday, the lakes and ponds are open and lots of corn fields have not been harvested.

Over the weekend saw a few hundred snow geese around Symrna. Some large ducks around, but not in large numbers.

Posted By:
Brian-Rogers
Guest

DE 11-07-2007 19:46
Sunny & Clear, High Winds – 40-45 Degrees
had a great shoot on friday, managed our limit with a quickness. had beautiful tolls of large flocks of teal and a few big ducks mixed in. saw large flocks of ducks moving about in the high winds, probably fresh birds moving in along with old birds moving out. All in all cant wait for the next split if we can catch some weather it should be a great time.

Brian-Rogers “DO SOME DAMAGE” DEVASTATION INCORPORATED VFE-DE

Posted By:
Jerry Kryspin
Field Editor

Kent County 11-07-2007 08:59
Sunny & Clear, High Winds – 50-60 Degrees
Pretty slow afternoon. Saw quite a few flocks of snow geese trading back and forth around the Woodland Beach WMA area. The Canada Geese are becoming very concentrated in a few select fields – one in particular that is adjacent to a neighborhood.

Posted By:
TheLuckyDucker
Web Member

Broadkill Area 11-06-2007 15:46
Cloudy, Light Rain & Drizzle – 45-50 Degrees
Nice way to end the season. Saw few big flocks of teal and few big ducks but ended this first season like I want to have the remaining splits:

2 Mallards
2 Wood-ducks
1 Black Duck
1 Green-wing Teal

Lots of “sky-carp” and Canadas moving into cut bean fields! Polish the H&R off for Friday!

THE LUCKY DUCKER ALWAYS GETS HIS POWDER OFF!!!!

Posted By:
Tony Senn
Web Member

Leipsic, DE 11-05-2007 08:29
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Just a reminder about the Delaware Ducks Unlimited Waterfowl Hunters’ Party.

Leipsic Fire House
Sunday Nov 18, 2007
12-Noon to 4:00
Price $25!! Includes food, beer, soft drinks, door prizes and a 1 yr. Membership to DU!!

Over 60 dozen Greenhead Gear Decoys(Shell, Full Bodies and floaters)to be given away!! Not to mention the layout blinds, Avery Gear, Shotguns and more!!

For tickets call Tony Senn 302-422-5068 or also available online at www.ducks.org/whp

TEST

[Edited By Tony Senn on 2007-11-05 11:05]

Posted By:
Mike Napier
Field Editor

Leipsic Area 11-04-2007 09:54
Cloudy, High Winds – 50-60 Degrees
Managed to kill a few ducks(mallards,black, woodie) but still not the numbers I would like to see. Pretty much shot what we saw but there are good numbers of Geese in the area. Hopefully with some colder weather Thanksgiving week will be promising and give us the numbers we expect to see.

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Posted By:
Jerry Kryspin
Field Editor

Kent County 10-29-2007 07:51
Cloudy, Light Rain & Drizzle – 60-65 Degrees
Saw fair amounts of teal and woodducks on both Friday and Saturday. Mallards and Blacks were not as abundant this year as last year.

Posted By:
hojo73
Guest

prime hook 10-28-2007 17:53
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hunted opening day friday,shot 11 ducks( mixed bag blacks, teal, woodies, pintails, mallards, even a buffy), overall a good day, then hunted saturday and shot 6 ducks ( woodies and teal )lot of birds just not many big ducks that i could see.

“big guy in a little boat, tak’em boys”

Posted By:
Brian-Rogers
Guest

10-28-2007 08:21
Cloudy, Occassional Rain Showers – Over 70 Degrees
had a decent shoot on saturday after returning from my prior engagements, shot some teal blackheads and could have had a few big ducks but passed on the shots due to shooting time . did not see anywhere near the numbers reported by friends as the teal caught that high northeast wind and headed south. heard of bluewings being killed by friends on friday but they were no where to be found on satuday.

Brian-Rogers “DO SOME DAMAGE” DEVASTATION INCORPORATED VFE-DE

Posted By:
Mike Napier
Field Editor

Smryna Area 10-27-2007 15:51
Cloudy, Occassional Rain Showers – Over 70 Degrees
Not many big ducks at all in the area so far. Decent numbers of teal and a few wood ducks around. Heard a lot of shooting towards the Leipsic but not as much as you would think for an opening weekend. We need it to get colder to get some real ducks here.

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Posted By:
Jerry Kryspin
Field Editor

Dennis… 10-26-2007 02:14
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Good luck bro!

Posted By:
widowmakerDE
Guest

sussex to new castle 10-25-2007 20:18
Cloudy, Occassional Rain Showers – 50-60 Degrees
Scouting today just before the opener.A mix of a lot of birds in some areas and no birds in others.State grounds with a lot of water to state grounds with a lot of grass.All and all i seen good bird numbers (not great bird numbers)a mix of teal,gads,mallards,pintails, and blacks with an occasional bald mixed in.Good luck tomorrow to all.

“WANT SOME ” “COME GET SOME” “DEVASTATION INCORPERATED” “Damage Crew”

Posted By:
TheLuckyDucker
Web Member

Prime Hook 10-12-2007 08:27
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While deer hunting Thursday had a nice “scouting” of the Prime Hook area. No water but quite a few birds. Mostly woodies and teal in the AM with a mix of Canadas and snows. Saw more new birds move in with the blow yesterday. I have attached a link to a very concerning article:
http://www.capegazette.com/storiescurrent/200710/drought101207.html

THE LCUKY DUCKER ALWAYS GETS HIS POWDER OFF!!!!

Posted By:
TonySenn
Web Member

DEDU Waterfowl Hunters Party -Leipsic, Delaware 10-03-2007 15:55
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Delaware Ducks Unlimited is hosting their first Waterfowl Hunter’s Party this fall!!

There will be 60+ dozen decoys, layout blinds,duck calls, goose calls, guns and much much more given away!!
There will even be a Shotgun given away to someone just for coming in their favorite Camo Shirt!!

When- Sunday November 18, 2007
Where- Leipsic Fire House Leipsic, DE
Time- 12:00pm-4:00pm
Cost- ONLY $25 Which includes food, beer, sodas, door prizes and also a 1 yr membership in Ducks Unlimited!!

This event is open to anyone who is NOT currently a Ducks Unlimited member.

For more information and/or tickets please contact Tony Senn 302-422-5068 tsenn@ducks.org

[Edited By Bosco on 2007-10-03 15:59]

[Edited By Bosco on 2007-10-04 15:16]

Posted By:
Mike Napier
Field Editor

Woodland Beach 09-28-2007 09:35
Mostly Cloudy, No Precipitation – 60-65 Degrees
Hunted for some reason that I don’t know this morning. Saw about ten teal and a couple hundred big ducks. Only three parties out and no shots heard anywhere. I am done with the early teal season I think.

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Posted By:
Brian-Rogers
Guest

new castle county 09-24-2007 09:22
Mostly Cloudy, No Precipitation – Over 70 Degrees
went out saturday morning with some friends and managed 3 birds. did not see many teal and only a small amount of local mallards and blacks, overall it was a great morning with friends but a moderately successful teal shoot.

Brian-Rogers “DO SOME DAMAGE” DEVASTATION INCORPORATED VFE-DE

Posted By:
Mike Napier
Field Editor

Woodland Beach 09-20-2007 14:06
Sunny & Clear, Winds Calm – 60-65 Degrees
Heard of a few here and a few there but nothing really. There was no water in the impound so that made for not much fun. It is obviously September. Is it Thanksgiving yet?

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Posted By:
Bill Erhart
Field Editor

New Castle, south of the canal 09-20-2007 10:30
Sunny & Clear, Winds Calm – 60-65 Degrees
Nothing. Heard ten shots. Saw about twenty big ducks, but no teal at all.

Friends who hunted further south of us in a marsh had 6 to 8 decoy in and shot two teal at first light, but that was all.

Posted By:
Mike Napier
Field Editor

Rt. 9 Area 09-19-2007 08:32
Sunny & Clear, Winds Calm – 60-65 Degrees
Took a ride down Rt. 9 from Augustine to Bombay Hook and did not see much. Hopefully the teal are hiding. I saw a bunch of shovelers but that was about it. We will see what tomorrow brings.

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Posted By:
paskip
Web Member

Canada Trip 08-12-2007 15:59
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I Have 2 Opening’s On Our annual trip to Manitoba, CAN.Leaving 9-28,return 10-6.E-Mail For futher Info. Paskip730@comcast.net

Posted By:
Bill Erhart
Field Editor

New Castle County Brandywine Hundred 07-29-2007 08:31
Sunny & Clear, Winds Calm – Over 70 Degrees
While not migrating birds, I have seen an uncommon number of resident mallards this year. I usually see 2 or 3 a season, but there are about two dozen in the area. We also see two or three flocks of geese fly over our house, but now we see mallards as well.

We have always had dove her, But this year is a bumper crop, with doves the most common bird I see in my neighborhood.

Hope this means that conditions are good and while one can hardly throw a stone in my neighborhood, let alone shoot a gun, perhaps some spillage will occur to the areas you can shoot.

Posted By:
Drew-Hawkins
Field Editor

Duck Stamp Legislation 06-19-2007 11:07
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WATER: Bipartisan House bill would divert duck stamp money to wetlands (06/19/2007)
Lucy Kafanov, E&E Daily reporter

Wetland protection efforts would get a big boost under a House bill floated last week that would increase the price of duck stamps to pump more cash into a federal purchasing program.

Behind the effort are Reps. Mike Thompson (D-Calif.) and Don Young (R-Alaska), who yesterday reintroduced a bill that would reauthorize the Wetlands Loan Act. Their measure would provide a $400 million advance of federal duck stamp money over the next 10 years for wetlands conservation.

The funding would come from an increase in the cost of duck stamps, decorative stamps the federal government issues each year. Hunters, as well as some stamp collectors and other wildlife enthusiasts, buy the stamps for collections or to gain access to wildlife refuges.

The cost of the loan would be offset by an incremental increase in the price of the federal duck stamp.

Sen. Norm Coleman (R-Minn.) introduced the companion measure in the Senate, S. 272, earlier this year.

According to Thompson’s office, the United States continues to lose more than 80,000 acres of wetlands annually. The bill would provide landowners with the option to work with the Fish and Wildlife Service to voluntarily conserve their land through conservation easements, his office said.

“We have lost more than half of our natural wetlands,” Thompson said in a release. “When we lose our wetlands, we lose natural flood protection and critical habitat for fish and wildlife.”

FWS would use the money generated by the bill to buy lands for national wildlife refuges and to assist landowners in protecting existing wetlands and surrounding duck habitat in key breeding grounds and other areas across the country.

Posted By:
Drew-Hawkins
Field Editor

St. Michaels MD – 10th annual Decoy Buy/Sell/ Swap meet 04-10-2007 00:02
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This is a fun event that helps tide us over until things get going in Sept. a nice place to see and pick up collectible decoys and collectible waterfowling stuff. Any ?’s shoot me a PM. Drew
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EAST COAST DECOY COLLECTORS – Please join us for the 10th annual buy-sell-swap to be held rain or shine April 13th & 14th, 2007 At the Best Western (410-745-3333) in St. Michaels, Maryland. This is an open door room to room event that also includes several parking lots full of decoy vendors.

Posted By:
Jerry Kryspin
Field Editor

Coastal 9 02-22-2007 07:24
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I dunno what to tell you Dennis?! They were there Sunday (and have been for the last couple weeks). Maybe they started North???

Posted By:
widowmakerDE
Guest

Bombay Hook & Rt 9 02-21-2007 20:45
Cloudy, Occassional Rain Showers – 40-45 Degrees
Went for a ride to see all the birds everyone has been seeing.And saw very little.Bombay hook had maybe 150 ducks and 50 canadas on the whole hook.Ice was still thick,the fields outside the hook where white with sky goats (SNOW GEESE) and a few canadas.Maybe i just got there 1 day to late.Jerry;I trust you and your crew so i am not doubting that you seen a lot of birds.But from Woodland to the Creek i bet i didn’t see 300 birds except on the Ranch he has about 10,000. You know who i mean.

“WANT SOME ” “COME GET SOME” “DEVASTATION INCORPERATED” “Damage Crew”

Posted By:
srducker17
Guest

the hook 02-20-2007 11:56
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Prime Hook is dead. Froze solid. Maybe 300 birds max. Creeks, and rivers are full here down by the bay. Got back to the house and had Mallards, Blacks, Ringnecks, Buffleheads, Hoodies, Redhead/canvasback (didn’t have binoculars and was too far out)and widgeons!!!

[Edited By srducker17 on 2007-02-20 17:14]

Posted By:
Jerry Kryspin
Field Editor

Coastal Delaware Bay Watershed 02-19-2007 19:02
Sunny & Clear, High Winds – 30-34 Degrees – Ice
Get your cameras ready. The birds are here in full force. Mallards, Blacks, Pintails, Teal, Canada Geese, Snow Geese & a very substantial population of Tundra Swans.

Woodland Beach WMA is filthy with birds.

Posted By:
J_Sheats
Guest

BOMBAY WOODLAND 02-19-2007 12:51
Cloudy, Snow Flurries – 35-40 Degrees
I second what Mike said. I was gonna post pretty much the same thing. Took a ride around mid day and saw litterly THOUSANDS of duck and geese flying in and just around our field! Everywhere up and down rt 9 around woodland and Bombay was loaded with birds.In the air and in the fields. Mallards, pintails, black ducks, canadas, and snow geese. Amazing! I personally have never seen what I saw yesterday, what an amazing sight!

Posted By:
Mike Napier
Field Editor

From New Castle County To Kent County 02-19-2007 08:59
Sunny & Clear, Winds Calm – 25-30 Degrees – Ice
Took a normal Sunday drive to check out some waterfowl sites and it was a very lively ride. Ducks and Geese everywhere. Several thousand Canadas sitting in the fields by Valero at the intersection of rt.9 and rt. 72. They were joined by several hundred mallards and blacks. The whole way down rt. 9 to bombay hook, every field was loaded with ducks and geese. There were no empty fields and there were also thousands of snow geese. Some very nice sights to say the least. If only this weather came a month ago.

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[Edited By Mike Napier on 2007-02-19 08:59]

Posted By:
Mike Napier
Field Editor

Bombay Hook Area 02-12-2007 08:09
Sunny & Clear, Winds Calm – 25-30 Degrees – Ice
Took a ride around to check things out and like every year at this times birds were everywhere. You name is and it was flying and sitting in and around all the fields. Many big groups of Canadas along with snows and black ducks. I didnt see any mallards in the field but I am sure they were there. The black ducks were sitting with the snow geese so it was easy to pick them out. They were very close to the road which was surprising but would get up when I drove passed.

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Posted By:
Gotgeese?
WFC Sponsor

02-07-2007 10:10
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When I’ve hunted with Jerry in past years it’s been all windsocks. Has he changed over completely to full bodies?

And yes–he does put you on the birds!

-Glenn (in CT)

Posted By:
slacktide1
Guest

just South ofDover 02-05-2007 14:54
Sunny & Clear, High Winds – 35-40 Degrees
Joined Jerry @ Delbay Guide service for a snowgoose hunt this past Saturday (2/3/07).

He really put us on the snow geese. We hadwaves andwaves of birds over the 1500+ fullbody GHG snow goose decoys all day with seemingly non stop action…the wind made the shooting pretty tough, but I managed to break into my 3rd boxof shells before theday was through!

A great day washad by all, and we tallied 45 birds!!!

It was a great hunt, and I hope to get out there again while heis still on them…

Posted By:
Brian-Rogers
Guest

sussex county 01-28-2007 09:27
Sunny & Clear, Winds Calm – 30-34 Degrees – Open Water
hunted the last weekend for brant and did very well. had our groups limit and was home by noon. saw large groups of birds and had them work the rig like a champ. I figure they were new birds by the way they worked. overall it was a different year to say the least, I look for a lot of drastic changes either made or certainly called for by the waterfowl community whether they are called for or not, just because most people had an awful season everyone will want to push the days back and whine and cry about this or that, chalk it up to another year and hope everyone learned something about the waterfowling around here, I know I did,

its on to snow chickens now until march, good luck to all

Brian-Rogers “DO SOME DAMAGE” DEVASTATION INCORPORATED VFE-DE

Posted By:
Mike Napier
Field Editor

Rt. 9 01-22-2007 12:21
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Took a ride yesterday on Rt. 9 from Delaware City to Leipsic and there were tons of birds moving. Typical since the season is over. Ducks were flying around everywhere along with big groups of dark geese. Only saw one big group of Snows and it was in a field in the Taylors Bridge area. This season was a bust for me, having a green field with long grass didnt help us too much. We always have never year.

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Posted By:
srducker17
Guest

sussex 01-21-2007 14:28
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hunted wed. nite, thursday nite, friday morning and sat morning and mange to kill 37 ducks and geese. Ended the season with a father son hunt on sat. and shot a limit of ducks, one goose and manage a 100 dollar reward band on a black duck. The snow really helped out!

JUST POSTED PICS.. GRIP AND GRIN BAG LIMITS

[Edited By srducker17 on 2007-01-22 18:18]

Posted By:
Brian-Rogers
Guest

DE 01-18-2007 07:58
Sunny & Clear, High Winds – 25-30 Degrees – Open Water
had a smoker hunt this morning managing our 12 mallards 3 blacks and 2 canadas calling it a day. 1 mallard was sporting a federal band!!!! many many new birds around. had flock after flock in the decoys 20 min. before shooting light. with the weather and the new birds now is the time to be in the field,

Brian-Rogers “DO SOME DAMAGE” DEVASTATION INCORPORATED VFE-DE

Posted By:
Bill Erhart
Field Editor

New Castle 01-17-2007 20:17
Cloudy, High Winds – 30-34 Degrees – Ice
More ducks than in several days. Maybe this weekend can be salvaged.

Posted By:
Fiore3
Guest

Kent 01-17-2007 09:45
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Tuesday was pretty slow but managed to shoot 9.. Ducks only flew when the wind blew really hard… Good luck on the rest of the season…

Posted By:
Bill Erhart
Field Editor

Kent 01-16-2007 19:52
Cloudy, High Winds – 45-50 Degrees
Once again, very few ducks. We shot a couple, but only saw about 15 ducks.

Some on the St. Jones River did better, someone even shot a mute swan, but overall, no one did well near the top of the bay.

Posted By:
Brian-Rogers
Guest

DE 01-14-2007 13:27
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Got some friends coming in From MI to hunt this week so we are pullin gout all the stops and going to burn the places that we have been saving. Hoping that front coming across the country will help us out a little. we have a few places holding a right good numbers of birds mostly puddle ducks and canada geese butt heir movements have been spotty or even hit or miss sometimes and these places have had no hunting pressure what so ever, oh well its the last week time to do some damage, good luck boys get ya some cuz it the season is bout gone and wont be back for a long time with a lot to change next year, good luck to all.

Brian-Rogers “DO SOME DAMAGE” DEVASTATION INCORPORATED VFE-DE

Posted By:
Jerry Kryspin
Field Editor

Landenberg PA 01-14-2007 09:55
Mostly Cloudy, No Precipitation – 50-60 Degrees
Put out the big spread and had geese all morning in the decoys. Steady flight from 8:00am clear through 12:00 noon. Big flocks, small flocks, singles, pairs, etc.

Great day had by all.

Posted By:
Bill Erhart
Field Editor

New Castle 01-13-2007 21:50
Cloudy, Light Rain & Drizzle – 50-60 Degrees
Saw nine mallards all day.

Yesterday, quite a few ducks were seen in the afternoon, but I guess they all went south (or north based upon the warm weather).

Posted By:
srducker17
Guest

sussex 01-10-2007 14:32
Sunny & Clear, High Winds – 35-40 Degrees
Manage 4 ducks today. 1 black, 1 pintail and two mallards. Actually a quite a few birds flying and work. Had trouble hitting at first and had to leave early letting them fly. Our party did get a banded mallard!!!

scott

[Edited By srducker17 on 2007-01-10 14:33]

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moderator
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Rehoboth Bay 01-08-2007 20:24
Cloudy, Occassional Rain Showers – 50-60 Degrees
Hunted the bay in a layout rig. What a hoot. 4 of us limited out mostly all buffleheads with some old squaw and a Scoooter for good measure.
saw a number of snows and canada’s flying high to and from the refuges.
it got warm Sunday and then tough rain and wind moved in late sunday and today.

WFC.com staff

Posted By:
Brian-Rogers
Guest

kent county 01-08-2007 06:33
Cloudy, Occassional Rain Showers – 60-65 Degrees
hunted the pit again on friday afternoon in the rain showers, the 2 of us set up around 11 and had our limit of mallards and blacks by 1230 which was good considering the rain stopped by 1pm and so did the birds like a light switch. Saw a great canada goose push during the rain of birds headed out of the hook to feed, probably the best push I have seen all year by black geese as Jerry mentioned. Birds did not want to work other hunters in the areas they seemed to be interested in their flags but once the calls started the went on further west. We managed all small groups of birds mostly pairs with a flock of 7 blacks coming in and we scratched out our 2. other then that there were no large flocks seen. Possibly due to us setting up late but we were both under the weather and didnt want to sit in the rain for too long so we let it start raining for sure and then made a quick dash out to the pit.

Seems like some colder temps are suppose to push in this week but still remain rather warm during the days, hate to say it but this season is pretty much shot, gonna have to make due with what we got,

Brian-Rogers “DO SOME DAMAGE” DEVASTATION INCORPORATED VFE-DE

Posted By:
Jerry Kryspin
Field Editor

Kent County DE 01-06-2007 06:57
Cloudy, Light Rain & Drizzle – 50-60 Degrees
The weather coming in a lot later than predicted had a huge effect on our hunt. Unfortunately with the skys clear or with very thin cloud cover most of the night on Thursday, the birds felt safe roosting elsewhere and provided the opposite flight pattern we were anticipating.

We saw a very large concentration of puddle ducks most of the morning. The canada goose flight in this area was also pretty substantial despite previous reports. The birds seemed to be in larger than normal groups while exiting the roosts.

Posted By:
srducker17
Guest

sussex 01-04-2007 12:06
Cloudy, Winds Calm – 40-45 Degrees
6 ducks to report on…. 2 blacks, 2 teal, 2 ringnecks…..could have shot a handfull of blacks but we had our limit….not much going on here!!

Posted By:
Sean-Brooks
Guest

SUSSEX COUNTY 01-04-2007 08:12
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Nothing new to report here. Hopefully something will happen in the near future to change things but so far it’s been one heck of a slow season.
Goodluck for the next few weeks.
Hit em’ hard.

Posted By:
Brian-Rogers
Guest

DE 01-03-2007 07:53
Sunny & Clear, Winds Calm – 50-60 Degrees
hunted most of last week with things being relatively slow except for a few decent hunts. thought the rain on monday would have brought about some better hunts but it was a dissappointment for most from what I have heard. the same pit that was doing so well for us only managed a few birds in the rain. Not seeing many new birds due to the warm weather and south winds. I did however notice that yesterday after the north winds and bright night that a holding pond off of route 1 was holding around 500-800 canadas that have not been there all year, unsure whether they moved in with the bright night or just moved to another loafing pond. To me the season is pretty much a bust since we have about 3 weeks left and no weather in sight but you cant kill them if you dont go so I will be out in force for the last 3 weeks, hopefully something gives

Brian-Rogers “DO SOME DAMAGE” DEVASTATION INCORPORATED VFE-DE

Posted By:
Mike Napier
Field Editor

New Castle County 01-02-2007 16:38
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Got a report from someone that hunting yesterday with little success. They scratched off a few ducks but nothing like they expecting in the pooring down rain. Worst season I have had in five years.

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Posted By:
Bill Erhart
Field Editor

Lower New Castle 01-01-2007 20:25
Cloudy, Rain & Thunderstorms – 50-60 Degrees
Good weather for ducks, but too warm. We saw very few ducks in the driving rain. There just are not any ducks arouns.

Posted By:
Bill Erhart
Field Editor

New Castle County 12-31-2006 19:51
Sunny & Clear, Winds Calm – 45-50 Degrees
A few dozen mallards and a few dozen Canadas. A lot of activity far out in the river, a few southern marshes had some shooting on Saturday.

Posted By:
Mike Napier
Field Editor

New Castle County 12-26-2006 14:05
Cloudy, High Winds – 50-60 Degrees
Hunted at a friends place this morning and we managed our limit of Canadas. We even managed two stray mallards that happened to dive in to the goose decoys. Other than today my hunting season has been quiet. Did I mention how much I love winter wheat.

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Posted By:
Frank G
Guest

Sussex 12-25-2006 14:43
Cloudy, Winds Calm – 40-45 Degrees
Hunted our field this morning for Canadas and never picked our guns. Saw a good number of birds but all in big groups. Never even had any give us a look. Everyone of the groups went inland. No wind and no weather is gonna make it real hard to get anything done.

Posted By:
Brian-Rogers
Guest

bombay hook area 12-25-2006 13:15
Cloudy, Light Rain & Drizzle – 50-60 Degrees
hunted a pit again up against bombay hook on friday afternoon in the rain and managed a very good hunt in the cornfield. 6 of us managed our 24 mallards and 5 blacks faling just short of our mallard and black limit. it was an awesome shoot with the birds working in very well once the rain started. I was however dissappointed in the number of birds that we saw or didnt see for that matter. what we saw for the most part came to the decoys, we usually see a good bunch of birds that come out and keep going this time most of the birds that we managed to bring to the decoys were headed back into the hook, and we did not have a canada even pay any attention to the bigfeet and avery fullbodies, in weeks past we had seen a good number of pintails come out to the cornfields to feed but that was not the case this time just mallards and blacks. the blacks were not mixed in with the mallards they came all by themselves.

I hve heard scattered reports of decent shoots from time to time but most people seem to be saying they are not seeing much. My scouting as found some birds but they rarely move for more then 20 minutes at first light and spend the rest of the day loafing around before returning to the roost well into dark.

hunted a pond that I have in MD and found empty skies until about pitch dark when they returned by the hundreds with wood ducks and some teal still mixed in the bunch of mallards and blacks. Had a few flights of canadas come to the farm in the morning and the whole roost came at once they fed for about 20 minutes and then returned to the loafing pond for the rest of the day, the mild 60 degree temps did not help.

Hope everyone had a good Xmas and good luck for the rest of the year it may be a struggle is the weather doesnt show,

Brian-Rogers “DO SOME DAMAGE” DEVASTATION INCORPORATED VFE-DE

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hojo73
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sussex 12-25-2006 10:02
Sunny & Clear, Winds Calm – 50-60 Degrees
Where are all the ducks? Have they left Canada yet..lol, or are they in New York waiting for some cold weather to push them down?

Posted By:
Jerry Kryspin
Field Editor

Joe Flogger… 12-21-2006 10:57
Sunny & Clear, Winds Calm – 35-40 Degrees
Decent numbers of Black Ducks seen while there were a few smaller flocks of Canada Geese. The Snow Geese began to make there way out there in two large concentrations later in the morning. The birds seemed to want in close to land or out around the 2.5mi mark.

Posted By:
Bill Erhart
Field Editor

Lower New Castle 12-20-2006 20:47
Sunny & Clear, Winds Calm – 45-50 Degrees
Saturday December 16

Thousands of snows, hundreds of Canadas. Only got one though. Folks behind us did a lot of shooting in their field.

Posted By:
Jerry Kryspin
Field Editor

Kent County 12-15-2006 09:34
Cloudy, Heavy Fog – 50-60 Degrees
With visibility limited, ducks were rather heard, not seen. Had two different singles buzz the decoys at Mach 4 speed before we could even shoulder the guns. Snow geese were flying about in smaller flocks, but generally not coming under the fog. Heard a few flocks of Canada geese, but they didn’t want to play either. Heard a few sporadic shots in the distance. When it was all said and done, only a few birds were harvested in the surrounding area.

Posted By:
Mike Napier
Field Editor

Kent County 12-14-2006 10:50
Cloudy, Heavy Fog – 45-50 Degrees
Hunted this morning out in the marsh in the dense fog. Should have stayed home. Got picked dead last and saw one duck that flew by in and out of the fog at 400MPH. Not much shooting and not many parties. I guess everyone got the memo to stay home. Next time clue me in.

One More Pass Hunt Club

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Fiore3
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Kent County 12-13-2006 12:49
Cloudy, Light Rain & Drizzle – 45-50 Degrees
Hunted this morning for the first time since the opener.. Looking for a quick hunt before work… Saw a lot of ducks flying and was able to get 8 before I went to work the others in the party managed a few after I left… All in all not a bad morning…

Posted By:
Bill Erhart
Field Editor

New Castle 12-12-2006 18:36
Sunny & Clear, Winds Calm – 40-45 Degrees
Saw almost no ducks. Very few dark geese, mostly snows.

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srducker17
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sussex 12-11-2006 18:25
Sunny & Clear, Winds Calm – 45-50 Degrees
must be a lot of new ducks. shot 16 ducks 3 people. combinations of mallards, blacks, shovelers, teal and pintails. All the pintails you ever want. left kinda early due to afternoon deer hunt. but overall decent amount of ducks more blacks then mallards, and small flocks of everything other then pintails!

Posted By:
Mike Napier
Field Editor

Kent County 12-11-2006 13:05
Sunny & Clear, Winds Calm – 50-60 Degrees
Very surprised at the number of birds considering the weather this morning. Also confused about the amount of ice around since it was warm yesterday afternoon and not too cold last night. Either way, decent shoot for a day that I didnt expect much. Good number of teal either still around or just arrived. Mallards and Pintails in small to medium sized groups and tons of snows. I would like some snow before, during, or after Christmas please. Thanks you.

One More Pass Hunt Club

Posted By:
Jerry Kryspin
Field Editor

Kent County 12-11-2006 12:02
Sunny & Clear, Winds Calm – 30-34 Degrees – Ice
Definitely some new birds in the area to keep things interesting. Saw a steady concentration of Snow Geese all morning long. Seems like the Canada Geese numbers have increased since the last split, but I don’t think they’re anywhere near peak numbers. The puddle ducks were about in small to medium sized flocks. All in all, a decent morning had afield.

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Brian-Rogers
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DE 12-11-2006 06:28
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spent the weekend scouting and found some places to have a fair amount of ice on them. The pools at bombay hook were all froze up with geese and ducks standing on the ice. Definetly new birds in the area, I sat in the deer stand in MD friday night and watched group after group move into the area for a steady 2 1/2 hours. There certainly seems to be new birds in the area after the strong north winds and bright nights with decent temps. It is a shame that it is going to warm up again once the split starts, seems like the week the season is closed here always has the best weather. There should be a fair amount of birds taken today with fresh birds here and most of the ponds froze up or atleast with sheet ice on them, I wont be out til wednesday but they better watch out,

Brian-Rogers “DO SOME DAMAGE” DEVASTATION INCORPORATED VFE-DE

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srducker17
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sussex (a place other then where the ducks were) 12-01-2006 16:34
Cloudy, High Winds – 60-65 Degrees
3 hours of hunting and produce 5 ducks between two of us….maybe had 10 ducks look at us…..all around not a good hunt and a scarce amount of ducks!!

Posted By:
benpentoney
Web Member

Sussex 11-30-2006 09:51
Cloudy, Heavy Fog – 50-60 Degrees
Hunted Prime Hook yesterday, a lot of birds still moving around over despite the lack of good hunting weather. Shot 2 canadas, 3 Snows, black duck, and a mallard. Thick fog made for fast difficult shot on ducks, by the time you saw them it was almost too late to pull the trigger

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Sean-Brooks
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sussex and kent 11-29-2006 09:34
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Birds seem to be getting a little shy.

It seems they are working alot better when we have some “ducky” weather.

Bring on the rain and wind.

Posted By:
Fiore3
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PA 11-29-2006 08:10
Sunny & Clear, Winds Calm – 60-65 Degrees
Deer hunted PA tonight and was in the stand for about 30 min. A nice 8 point came out and presented a broadside shot at 110 yards.. Took a shot with the 50cal inline and he ran 5 yards and droped..

My 2nd deer with a gun ever.. Got plenty with the old jeep….

Posted a pic in big game…

[Edited By Fiore3 on 2006-11-29 08:16]

Posted By:
Brian-Rogers
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DE 11-28-2006 08:03
Cloudy, Occassional Rain Showers – 40-45 Degrees
thanksgiving week was pretty decent. had some awesome duck shoots on monday and wednesday along with a killer shoot on thursday and then friday was a successful day but not as good as I would have hoped.

Monday saw mallards blacks and teal along with some pintails and canada geese. the birds worked well and the geese worked great to the water when no one was hollering at them. overall didnt see the number of birds that we were used to seeing in late november but still managed to fall just a few birds short of our limit.

Wednesday was absolutely awesome in the wind and rain. The birds started off working a little ignorant with all the shooting around us but we still managed to do some damage at first light which was really dark but man it was awesome. we kept on working on them as the morning progressed and managed wigeons gadwalls teal bluebills ringnecks and some blacks. the wind made it a little difficult as they would try to work but if they had the wind wrong they werent coming back around to try it again, the geese were not willing to play as they had the wind wrong on their approach every time they came to us. it was a great day.

Thursday was a smoker day for me and 2 friends in a pit above leipsic, we had birds in the decoys as soon as we walked to the pit, large flocks of pintails and mallards work the decoys in tight until we could not take anymore of them, we managed 2 blacks and didnt wait for the 3rd as we had things to do. back in the truck headed home by 9am. the geese did not want to work at all, but the ducks had no problem working in tight. I think the geese are getting a little stale as the season progresses with very few new birds mixed in.

Friday didnt work out as planned and never got set up until well after shooting time, saw loads of birds on the boat ride out of which we are going to setup on them at the end of the week, managed a beautiful toll of canadas and wrecked the whole flock. also managed some mallards and pintails but couldnt find a black duck. The geese we did see were in large flocks headed out to the fields,

overall it was a great week, managed to kill a nice 10pt and some does on saturday and sunday in MD as their firearms season is off to great start on our farms.

hope everyone had a great holiday week, and good luck on the birds as this split winds down, I will be out friday and saturday in the morning but I am chasing deer in the evenings for sure,

Brian-Rogers “DO SOME DAMAGE” DEVASTATION INCORPORATED VFE-DE

Posted By:
Bill Erhart
Field Editor

Lower New Castle County 11-26-2006 15:05
Sunny & Clear, Winds Calm – 35-40 Degrees
Saturday after Thanksgiving.

Saw a bunch of teal and a few woodies.

Canada geese about, but will not decoy at all.

Snow geese in the air and in fields, but nowhere near hunters.

The first short season was great this year, but Thanksgiving was the worse in quite a while.

Posted By:
Mike Napier
Field Editor

Bombay Hook Area 11-25-2006 21:43
Sunny & Clear, Winds Calm – 35-40 Degrees
Saw about a flock of 5,000 plus(Literally) Mallards this morning moving into the hook. Too bad they do not seem to like winter wheat. The only ducks that do seem to be black ducks for whatever reason. Not many dark geese flying at all. Other reports that I hear are that there is no luck in this area with the dark geese. First day that I have not seen any teal which means they may have moved out with the frost last night. Bring on the snow.

One More Pass Hunt Club

Posted By:
Bill Erhart
Field Editor

New Castle 11-24-2006 12:20
Cloudy, High Winds – 35-40 Degrees
Thanksgiving Day.

Only saw two geese.

Saw many ducks. Apparently they came down on the cold weather.

Posted By:
benpentoney
Web Member

Sussex County 11-23-2006 15:23
Cloudy, High Winds – 40-45 Degrees
Thanksgiving day couldnt be better geese are everywhere down here another 8 person limit

Posted By:
benpentoney
Web Member

Sussex County 11-21-2006 19:57
Cloudy, High Winds – 40-45 Degrees
Hunted Same feild this afternoon as yesterday. 8 people 16 geese (2 giant and 14 lessers)had hundreds of geese walking around in the spread after we shot our limit. Managed to get some real good video of the geese