Category: Idaho

Posted By:
Johnny Bravo
Guest

North Fork Snake River 11-15-2006 13:05
Sunny & Clear, Winds Calm – 30-34 Degrees – Open Water
Went scouting this morning. Looks like a few mallards are on the river in small groups (6-12). A bunch of Canada Geese on gravel ponds throughout the valley. Feeding in numerous fields and roosting on safe zones (no hunting areas). A few green-winged teal on a small pond mixed with widgeon. Too much open water right now to concentrate or push birds.

Posted By:
jskelton522
Guest

Snake River Brunea area 11-13-2006 23:27
Cloudy, Light Rain & Drizzle – 45-50 Degrees
First hunt of the season for myself on the 4 Nov. Four of us shot 14 birds (11 mallards, 2 widgeon, and 2 gadwalls). We saw alot of birds and should have killed a few more. It was a great hunt and looking forward to the big push of migrating birds.

Posted By:
bwarren
Guest

FORT BOISE 11-13-2006 12:36
Sunny & Clear, High Winds – 35-40 Degrees
I COULD HAVE SHOT 100 WIDGEON WE ENDED UP WITH 13 GREENHEADS AND 1 DRAKE WOODIE. I STOPPED USING MOTION DECOYS THIS YEAR AND WOW WHAT A DIFERNCE.

Posted By:
PETA
Guest

Snake, Nyssa 11-13-2006 10:51
Cloudy, Winds Calm – 45-50 Degrees
Went out for the first time Sat. Saw a fair amount of birds, but nothing that wanted to sit. My dad shot the only bird that decoyed. A banded drake mallard. Heard very little shooting elsewhere.

Posted By:
PETA
Guest

11-10-2006 10:03
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Great, nice to see that I got people talking. It is good to hear what is going on out there whether hunting is good or bad.

Posted By:
Saladshooter
Guest

Homedale to Parma Snake 11-09-2006 21:07
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In response to the prior posts. Hunting has been so so. Lots of migrators going south. Locals have been fairly wary to dekes but have done decent until my dog was put on injured reserve. Now Have dekes, boat and no dog for the next 8 weeks. Just have to put in the time to scout a bit and set up where the birds want to be.

[Edited By Saladshooter on 2006-11-09 21:07]

Posted By:
payette river man
Gold Sponsor

Fruitland – Weiser 11-09-2006 20:30
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In response to PETA. It has been a great year so far. I have killed 65 ducks so far and 10 different species. There are plenty of birds here, u just have to work for them. I have had to move my setup 2-3 times somedays to get the birds. They aren’t decoying all that great, but they are getting close enough. They have been flying for about 10 minutes after shooting time and then don’t fly until around 0930. As soon as the weather takes a turn we should have ducks all over the place. Good luck and be safe!

Posted By:
PETA
Guest

Homedale-Nyssa Snake 11-09-2006 16:24
Sunny & Clear, Winds Calm – 50-60 Degrees
It appears that due to the lack of reports that people are not hunting much yet or the ones that are are not posting reports due to lack of success or they have let their membership expire.

Anyway, I have not been out yet for ducks. I took the dogs out for a ride in the boat yesterday from Nyssa-Homedale and saw very few birds. It was not very encouraging. Since there have been so few reports it is hard to compare what I saw to what others are seeing. I did see a few large flocks of high flyers heading north. Maybe they are confused and are heading back due to the weather.

Did anyone go out opening weekend? In past years there have been numberous reports after opening weekend. Hunters reporting their body counts and how long it took, but not this year. So if any of you went out I would be curious to know how your success was this year compared to past years.

Posted By:
rntcaller
Guest

snake Buhl 11-05-2006 19:27
Cloudy, Light Rain & Drizzle – 40-45 Degrees
hunted the river sat. it looks like we got a new push of birds. Three of us shot 15 mallards and 4 widgon. I think we are going to get some new birds with it gettig cold up north. Good Luck and be safe

RNTCALLER

Posted By:
hunterox
Guest

Duckcollar 11-02-2006 21:58
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How is Josh Doing? I have prayed for him…

God’s blessing, Jeremy

Posted By:
Johnny Bravo
Guest

Upper Snake River 11-02-2006 15:22
– – 0-10 Degrees – Ice
most shallow water up this way has frozen up. Lots of waterfowl moving to river and any open water. Large flocks of tundra swans flying south (very high). Should not be long before the northerns pile in.
JB

Posted By:
bwarren
Guest

CJ 10-24-2006 14:20
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Jnesset ive been looking for a report? I usually plan my hunts off your reports. You post solid info.

Posted By:
rntcaller
Guest

jerome 10-20-2006 13:22
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Duckcollar my prayers are with you and your family. I never met you but have read your reports good luck and best wishes.

Went out this mourning and shot a field for geese and two of us got three birds. For some reason the birds didn’t like something oh well it beat work. Doese anyone have a report on the geese in the burley rupart area. I have heard there were some geese in the area and just wondering if it would be worth the dive to check my fields. Well i think we are going to hunt geese again tomorrow in a field i found that has about 75 birds in it. I will let you know how we do. good luck and be safe out there.

RNTCALLER

Posted By:
DuckCollar
Guest

nampa 10-14-2006 21:38
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this isnt DuckCollar. its his bestfriend. i have been living in AR for a couple years now and have heard today that DuckCollar (Josh) has been in an accident today in Nampa. he was ejected from his truck and is now in the ICU, i dont know if anyone really has a religion but if you can please pray for him. he is a great guy and its horrible news. i will keep all updated with news. sorry for the bad news all. his buddy who also belongs to waterfowler i belive is also in the ICU. i will be there tomorrow evening. thank you all for your prayers.

Posted By:
rntcaller
Guest

Magic 10-14-2006 12:39
Sunny & Clear, Winds Calm – 50-60 Degrees
Well it has started out to be a great season
we went out fot the opener last weekend for ducks and three of us killed 21 ducks , widgon, teal, gadwalls, pintails and mallards. then today for the opener of geese 4 of us killed 16 geese by 10:00am in a field that didn’t have any geese in it yesterday but the geese were flying by and we were able to pull them to our spread it was great. My son shot his first limit of geese. well we will see what happens tomorrow. good luck and be safe

RNTCALLER

Posted By:
payette river man
Gold Sponsor

Central Idaho 10-09-2006 22:19
Cloudy, Light Rain & Drizzle – 50-60 Degrees
WOW, what a weekend! Killed 14 ducks and 8 different species. 4 Mallards, 2 Redheads, 1 Woodie, 2 Scaup, 1 Blue Wing, 1 Canvasback, 2 Spoonies, and 1 Widgeon. I have never experienced a weekend like that. You rarely ever here of killing that many different birds in one area. It is going to be a great year!

Posted By:
DuckCollar
Guest

09-03-2006 23:45
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Third day of the season and I have already got 3 limits of doves and one limit of blue grouse. Not a bad way to start off the season. Still cannot wait till duck and goose season though.

Posted By:
bburkett
Guest

Waterfowl Fair 08-29-2006 21:34
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I look forward to seeing everyone at the Waterfowl Fair at Deer Flat NWR! We hope to bring the Fair back and get it going again. Last year was the 1st year in 10 years the event did not happen. Come on out, we have alot of games and activities. Come out, provide us feedback on what you like and do not like and then volunter to help us make it better! Sept. 9, 2006 at Deer Flat NWR 0900 AM

Posted By:
payette river man
Gold Sponsor

08-27-2006 23:22
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I am going to try and make it out there! Season is getting close, the birds are on the move.

Posted By:
DuckCollar
Guest

08-26-2006 20:49
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Season is getting close, is anyone going to that Waterfowl Fair out at Lake Lowell?

Posted By:
payette river man
Gold Sponsor

07-16-2006 01:53
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Best advice I can give you is to stay in Arizona!

Posted By:
FLYBOY100
Web Member

North Idaho 06-30-2006 19:56
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Hey All, I will be moving to post falls ID. in the fall and could really use some advise on where to hunt. I am sure not going to miss arizona bird action(or lack thereof). Thanks for any help!!!!!!!

“Take Em Boys”

Posted By:
salton sea man
Web Member

henry’s fork of the snake 04-04-2006 18:42
Sunny & Clear, High Winds – Over 70 Degrees
gentlemen, is there any quality waterfowl hunting for geese around henry’s fork of the snake….or within an hour’s drive of this area????…..are the goose populations getting larger in this area?…is there any public lands to hunt ?….or is there any leases to be had for geese???….thanks…

Posted By:
rntcaller
Guest

wendel jerome haggerman and burly 03-21-2006 21:13
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My goose hunting partner just moved to Alaska and i am looking for anyone who has acess to fields to goose hunt with next season. I do have acess to some fields i rupart ad burley.wendel I have a really good looking goose spread. I have 4.5doz.ghg fullbodies and 4doz. ghg shells and 4 final approach blinds. I also have two duck boats 19foot with a 70hp motor flat bottem and a 14foot flat bottom. Give me a email if you are interested at getfitjeff@yhaoo.com or give e a call 208-481-0994
Thanks
Jeff

[Edited By rntcaller on 2006-08-20 11:39]

Posted By:
bwarren
Guest

Guides 02-28-2006 15:52
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Idaho fish and game frowns on any guiding in this state especiaally for wildlife. I dont think that they are trying to keep out of state hunters, because if that were the case we wouldnt have one of the cheapest out of state licenses. If anything they promote out of state hunters, whether you agree of disagree. I dont understand the real reasn behind them not permitting guiding for waterfowl, I know that it brings in huge dollars for all the states around us that do guide for ducks. I do know that in Idaho 20% of the hunters kill 80% of the birds, rather than living in a state where the amount of birds you kill depends on the amount of money you have or the club that you belong to.

Posted By:
PETA
Guest

02-27-2006 18:07
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To keep non-residence hunters from shooting Idaho waterfowl? Just a guess.

Posted By:
PETA
Guest

02-27-2006 17:59
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To keep non-residence hunters from shooting Idaho waterfowl? Just a guess.

Posted By:
PETA
Guest

02-27-2006 17:50
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To keep non-residence hunters from shooting Idaho waterfowl? Just a guess.

Posted By:
Sordhunter
Guest

Idaho waterfowl (guides) 02-27-2006 16:01
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So an anybody tell me the rationale (or politics) of why it is illegal to guide for waterfowl in Idaho??

Posted By:
bwarren
Guest

response 02-22-2006 10:49
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It is illegal to guide for waterfowl in the state of Idaho.I am a licensed guide and a member of the Idaho guides and outfitters association. Idaho permitts guiding for all species except for migratory birds. I have petitioned for a change. I do know that there is great waterfowling in the chain lakes in northern Idaho. Jnesset and another buddie of mine grew up hunting the wild rice flats in these lakes. I hear that there are thousands of birds early in the season.

Posted By:
DuckCollar
Guest

02-21-2006 19:38
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Sordhunter,

As far as I know there are no waterfowling guides allowed in Idaho. With so much of Idaho being public I could see how this would cause problems.

This is a good place to get information on a place to hunt. Problem is its the off season and hardly anyone will post until next season rolls around. I would like to help you but I have never hunted that part of the state. Keep watching though and you might get a response.

Posted By:
Sordhunter
Guest

Hunting Idaho for ducks 02-21-2006 14:33
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Gents,

Just wanted to pick some guys brains here. I live in WA state, and am considering making a trip to the Panhandle area sometime in early season next year to hunt ducks over water.

I’ve heard rumors there are no waterfowl guides (its illelgal) in Idaho– true? Deons’t make sense to me, but thought people here would know.

Any place/person to contact for more info on the hunt I described above?

Posted By:
cbeason
Guest

sask 02-02-2006 21:50
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I know this is not the right area to post this, but I also know how many Ndak’s hunt Sask. Anyway Sask is doing a phone survey of US Residents to determine what the financial impact would be on their economy if they required a guide to hunt Sask. So be prepared to answer this survey if they call you and lets make sure this does not happen

Posted By:
bwarren
Guest

02-01-2006 14:45
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Hey there is a waterfowlers sporting clays shoot at Idaho sporting clays in homedale superbowl sun. morning at 9:00. It’s just a bunch of guys getting togather to shoot clays in teams. Its cheap and alot of fun. You might not like the atmosphere if your a serious shooter, there seems to be alot of heckling take place. Feel free to come shoot with us.

Posted By:
saltspringer
Guest

02-01-2006 09:09
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Hey guys, just got a new jet sled and thinking of hunting the snake somewhere near Weiser next year but don’ know which area would be better, up river or down? Also would the Payette be good for river shootin with boat? Appreciate any info you might have.Saltspringer

Posted By:
H20fowl2
Guest

Payette River 01-31-2006 09:33
Cloudy, Winds Calm – 30-34 Degrees – Open Water
Wonderful end to the season, birds were plentiful but most had seen decoys and few responded to calling. Steady pairs and singles. Teal, Mallards, Gadwall, and Pintail. We observed large feeder flights in the evening headed to the corn. Nice to see these large numbers of birds in our region of the state again.

Posted By:
DuckCollar
Guest

01-27-2006 21:12
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Great last day! I hunted solo this morning for geese again and shot my limit in the first two flocks. I got one out of the first and tripled on the second flock. It really went by to fast I hardly had time to set back and enjoy it. Then I came home and grabbed my dog and went out to Lake Lowell for an evening duck hunt. I shot a limit of ducks in an hour and a half. Tons of birds around. I jumped what seemed like thousands out of the floating vegitation and set up where they were. Hard to find cover to hide in but the sun was low and at my back so it really helped. It was an excellent season. I ended up with about 120 ducks and 20 geese, plus I shot my first two banded ducks this season in the same day. Lots of great memories made.

Posted By:
shdwgrss
Guest

lake lowell and snake river 01-26-2006 21:18
Mostly Sunny, No Precipitation – 35-40 Degrees
4 of us hunted the lake really slow only 6 birds 2 nice sprigs. 2 of us hunted the snake river shot 14 birds 1 band no geese would decoy great way to end the season.

Posted By:
bwarren
Guest

CJ 01-23-2006 16:29
– – 10-20 Degrees – Open Water
5 of us hunted sun. hoping to end the season on a positive note, needless to say it was very poor. We shot 5 greenheads. There were many birds rafted up but very little interested in the marsh. There was definetly a lack of decoying ducks although there were plenty of jackass’s hunting. We had two groups a geese that were working that got sky busted at while working our spread. I guess you cant blame them they were in range……125yds??? I think its time to put down the gun and pick up the steelhead rod.

Posted By:
DuckCollar
Guest

01-22-2006 17:23
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Same spot again for geese. Clear skies till about noon then the fog rolled in really tight and we packed up. Only saw two ducks all day and we got them both a pair of pintails. The geese were just starting to fly and we got five before the fog came. We flocked the layout blinds and they looked great. The birds never saw it coming. For being late season birds they are still decoying fairly well and responding to calls.

Posted By:
DuckCollar
Guest

01-21-2006 20:45
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Went out for geese again. The fog really messed up our hunt. It didnt lift till about 1:00 but never lifted completely. We still managed three geese and I got a mouse that kept running around in the snow behind the blinds. That mouse got a load of Kent 3″ 1/8ounce of BB’s going 1560, that will really put a hurt on them at 10 feet! As for ducks we only saw one big group of teal.

Posted By:
DuckCollar
Guest

01-20-2006 19:02
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Two of us went out for geese today. We saw over a thousand honkers sitting out on the ice. Just a huge magnet that kept the geese from decoying to our spread. Plus the 15-20 mph wind and heavy snow did not help our situation. It was still fun staying out in the weather. We didnt see as many ducks as we have been. People with access to feilds around Weiser should be doing excellent. Also I wanted to say thanks again to the guys who grabbed our bag of G&H floaters off the highway before a semi smashed them. We will tie them down next time.

Posted By:
DuckCollar
Guest

01-17-2006 20:28
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Hey just had to let you guys know thats my lab on the front page. His names Lakota and he’s 6 1/2 years old. I was suprised to see his face when I got on the site.

Posted By:
shdwgrss
Guest

snake river 01-17-2006 20:10
Cloudy, Accumulating Snow – 25-30 Degrees – Open Water
3 of us got 15 ducks 1 banded mallard drake one really nice pintail drake snowed all day birds decoyed great in the am but slowed way down in the afternoon no geese flying at all

Posted By:
DuckCollar
Guest

01-17-2006 18:14
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I hunted this past Saturday and Monday. Saturday I hunted with my buddy. The geese were thick. We shot 6 geese and nine ducks by 10:30. We had a great hunt with birds right in the decoys. We both shot really nice pintails. Monday I got my dad out. He hunts but never duck hunts and has only been out four times. There werent very many geese flying but there were a lot of ducks. First flock was about 30 to 40 birds. I got two and heard my dad shoot once. Four birds fell, he shot a double. He is still bragging about it. I dont think ill ever hear the end of it:) We walked down to retrieve a duck in the ice and had about 25 geese circle right over where our ground blinds were about five times and three landed in the decoys. Oh well it was a fun hunt.

P.S. He admits he flock shot:)

Posted By:
shdwgrss
Guest

lake lowel 01-16-2006 23:10
Sunny & Clear, Winds Calm – 30-34 Degrees – Ice
2 of us hunted lowel broke ice to get the decoys out good morning shoot done by 10 birds decoying well. hitting the snake river tuesday try for some geese and ducks.

Posted By:
jsnesset
Supporting Member

Payette 01-16-2006 12:16
Cloudy, Winds Calm – 35-40 Degrees
Four of us went out Saturday for a decent shoot. It was really muddy and tough to hunt… we ended up with 20 ducks and a couple geese. We had four flocks of 200-300 ducks drop right in giving us some sweet shoots… Season is winding down, but still gonna try to get a few more hunts in.

Posted By:
DuckCollar
Guest

Weiser 01-13-2006 16:13
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Went out for geese again, this time I was by myself. Lots of geese in the area, I also saw a lot more ducks than I have been. I ended up with 3 geese and 3 ducks. I got another really nice drake pintail. I had plenty of chances to get one more goose but I was just never presented with a shot that I wanted to take. I had more chances at ducks too but the times I could have taken shot was while the geese were working the spread. It was a really good day.

Posted By:
shdwgrss
Guest

snake river 01-12-2006 22:56
Cloudy, Occassional Rain Showers – 35-40 Degrees
2 of us hunted 1/10 14 ducks 1 goose not as many ducks flying out. few flocks of geese ducks flying and decoying better when the wind kicked up throwing different calls at them till we found right combination they wanted to here

Posted By:
bwarren
Guest

Snake river from Nyssa to Parm 01-11-2006 13:53
Sunny & Clear, Winds Calm – 35-40 Degrees
I scouted for birds yesterday. I thought that because it was raining the birds would surely be using the fields, needless to say I was wrong. I did see a few geese but next to no ducks. The field hunting went from great to non existent in a week. I was lucky enough to shoot two bands last week field hunting.

[Edited By bwarren on 2006-01-11 14:42]

Posted By:
jsnesset
Supporting Member

Nyssa 01-10-2006 10:01
Sunny & Clear, Winds Calm – 35-40 Degrees
Saturday five of us hit the river for an all day hunt. It was really slow with significantly less birds in the air. We managed 20 ducks and 1 goose.

Posted By:
Johnny Bravo
Guest

Fremont County 01-09-2006 16:42
Cloudy, Winds Calm – 30-34 Degrees – Ice
Late report but what the heck!!

Hunted geese after Christmas up until New Year’s Day. Unbelieveable Canada Goose hunt!! The river broke and the geese came thick!! One day a group of us shot 18 geese and another day we shot 8. Half the group were kids and they were letting the small calibers roar!! Seemed like everyday there were birds always coming in. The fields were hot and the river was great in the afternoon. Lots of fun and a good way to end my waterfowl season.

Posted By:
DuckCollar
Guest

01-08-2006 15:57
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My buddy and I went out for geese today on a frozen lake. We did pretty good and got five geese and two ducks. One was a full plumed pintail, he was beautiful. Lots of geese flying around not very many ducks though.

Posted By:
shdwgrss
Guest

snake river 01-06-2006 20:53
Cloudy, High Winds – 40-45 Degrees
2 of us shot 2 limits of ducks on 1/5 seen lot of ducks flying out only 8 geese flew by all day going out to feed ducks decoying quite well

Posted By:
DuckCollar
Guest

Snake River 01-06-2006 14:12
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Lots of geese flying around. There were some guy in a feild behind me slaying the geese. They would fly up the river and over me to the feild locked up and about 30 seconds later I would here the barrage. The survivors would come back over and head to the south side of the river. I got to set back and watch the whole thing, it was pretty cool. I ended up shooting three drake mallards and one drake teal. There wasnt very much flying at all but the birds that did come by worked right in. I had six goose floaters out but they were totally locked on to the spread in the feild, I might try a big goose spread on the water tommorow.

Posted By:
jeffyoungberg
Guest

01-04-2006 10:15
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looking for a report on american falls if thay have seen some new birds.
and if ther is a lot of geese on the rev.

Posted By:
jsnesset
Supporting Member

Nampa 01-03-2006 12:03
Cloudy, Occassional Rain Showers – 40-45 Degrees
Well the past week and a half has been off and on for birds. We hunted a corn field 12/23 and slammed the mallards. We had 21 in a short afternoon hunt. We went back out on 12/28 and had a longer, most of the day hunt and shot another 21 and 1 goose. Thur I went and scouted other areas and found one spot that had been a frozen slough now open with quite a few birds. I had an hour and shot 5 ducks and a goose. Sat, 7 of us headed out to CJ and had a really slow day… 15 ducks and 2 geese… not much for working birds. Yesterday, 5 of us went back to the corn field and hunted all day… a very slow day… and shot 12 ducks (1 banded)… as well as 2 specklebellies. With the recent rains and flooding, birds appear to be spending more time in newly flooded and thawed fields. They are more spread out with a definite decrease in birds seen as the days have progressed.

Posted By:
DuckCollar
Guest

Boise River 12-31-2005 00:40
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I went out on the Boise River next to Fort Boise this morning. It was raining pretty good the whole time I was there. Pretty good flight in the morning but once they all went out to feed there was hardly anything flying around by 10:00. I drove around and saw huge groups of mallards just setting out in open feilds with there heads tucked down resting. I only shot two birds.

Posted By:
shdwgrss
Guest

snake river 12-30-2005 23:45
Cloudy, Rain & Thunderstorms – 35-40 Degrees
hunted 12/21 in the afternoon should have shot better birds decoyed in 1s and 2s shooting slump went out 12/28 river has rose about 3 feet rained hard ducks didnt fly till let up 4 of us got 6 wouldnt decoy well at all. geese would look at us but wouldnt commit 2 boats pulled out way early so not much shooting being heard. hearing guys seeing more geese in fields going next week

Posted By:
DuckCollar
Guest

Snake River 12-23-2005 19:03
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Very foggy this morning. The only ducks that came in were teal and wigeons. I ended up with five over the decoys. There were a lot of geese in the area. I would call them towards me but they wouldnt come down into the fog. I finished my limit by jump shooting and got a really nice drake wigeon, would mount him but I messed him up. I drove up on a bute above the fog and saw quite a few flocks of ducks and geese flying around right above the fog. Tried to go chuckar hunting in the evening but with as much rain and the warmer weather it was impossible to access the spot I tried to get into, the road was all muck.

Posted By:
Johnny Bravo
Guest

S.F. Snake River 12-23-2005 09:33
Mostly Cloudy, No Precipitation – 35-40 Degrees
The warm weather is helping break up the ice jams and the birds are around. A few geese and hundreds of mallards along the river. Nice big northerns and good potential for a shoot if you can get the birds to move.

Posted By:
PETA
Guest

Snake, Nyssa 12-21-2005 18:41
Cloudy, Winds Calm – 30-34 Degrees – Ice
Very slow. Went out Tuesday afternoon and got 0 birds into the decoys. Shot 1 jump shooting. Fog and ice on the river. Not many birds. They have moved on.

Posted By:
bwarren
Guest

snake river 12-20-2005 10:43
Cloudy, Snow & Rain Mix – 25-30 Degrees – Open Water
The birds have evidently left the Parma/Nyssa area. I have been seeing thousands and lately they are few and far between. Two of use shot 6 geese and 6 mallards. The geese are definatley flying out the north end of the lake, where are the ducks?? Have you guys been seeing any concentration of ducks?

Posted By:
DuckCollar
Guest

Snake River 12-18-2005 19:01
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Very slow saturday. No birds roosted where we were hunting. We didn’t see near as many ducks as we have been. We saw a few high flying groups of mallards and that was about it. Four of us ended up with four birds. The only puddlers we saw going up and down the river were wigeons. We drove down to a strech of the river where the birds always hang out and only saw a small group of goldeneyes. I did see some huge flocks of mallards landing in a corn feild near Melba on sunday.

Posted By:
PETA
Guest

Snake, Nyssa 12-17-2005 14:48
Cloudy, Winds Calm – 25-30 Degrees – Open Water
The ducks have quit using this stretch of the river. Shot one drake mallard and retieved a lost goose from upstream. Very slow. Nothing sitting on the river this morning. Some friends went to CJ and got skunked.

Posted By:
shdwgrss
Guest

snake river 12-16-2005 16:56
Sunny & Clear, Morning Fog – 10-20 Degrees – Open Water
wensday 2 of us shot 2 geese 9 ducks mostly mallards we should had 2 limits bad shooting day lot of geese flying only 2 loners decoyed 3 boats running up and down the river keeping ducks moving

Posted By:
jsnesset
Supporting Member

Nyssa 12-15-2005 10:24
Sunny & Clear, Winds Calm – 25-30 Degrees – Open Water
Four of us went out for an afternoon shoot. The weather wasn’t great, but we managed 10 ducks and 3 geese. Most birds were flying high and the geese were in larger numbers than before.

Posted By:
sideslip
WFC Sponsor

Henrys Fork River, Rexburg 12-13-2005 17:17
Sunny & Clear, Winds Calm – Below Zero
With -23 degree weater the only open water was the Sloughs around Rexburg. We had 2 limits of mallards in less than an hour. It was cold and clear and the big greenies from up north were raining in through the trees like drops of water falling from the sky. What a site to see.

Posted By:
PETA
Guest

Snake, Nyssa 12-12-2005 15:43
Mostly Cloudy, No Precipitation – 10-20 Degrees – Open Water
Hunted Saturday and Sunday with success. The ice had cleared off the river from Friday. More hunters out than I have ever seen. Shot a banded drake mallard on Saturday and another on Sunday. Had not gotten a duck band since 97, funny how that works. Shot all drake mallards both days, let everything else pass.

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Johnny Bravo
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american falls? 12-12-2005 15:11
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Any info on American Falls? How much ice and/or how many birds are out there?

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jsnesset
Supporting Member

Field – Nyssa 12-12-2005 10:24
Cloudy, Winds Calm – 25-30 Degrees – Ice
Saturday was great… 3 of us setup in a cornfield and shot 21 ducks. Big groups of mallards all morning. We ended up with 2 nice pintail and the rest mallards. They decoyed well in groups of 20-50 birds. The overcast made for a nice morning of hunting. Didn’t see more than a few geese. Sunday we thought we’d try our luck again, but we got fogged in. We only ended up shooting 3 ducks.

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shdwgrss
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snake river 12-11-2005 22:35
Sunny & Clear, Morning Fog – 25-30 Degrees – Open Water
slow day 5 of us only shot 3 geese and 5 mallards not many ducks working at all fewer geese flying out

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DuckCollar
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Snake River 12-11-2005 15:49
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Saturday three of us hunted the snake. While we were setting decoys we jumped tons of ducks and geese off the other bank. We never fired a shot until around 8:00. It slowly picked up and we shot 12 birds by 9:45. Of the twelve, six were greenwing’s, three were wigeons and the other three were mallards. We ended up leaving at around 10:00 and went upland hunting. The three of us all shot limits of quail and we got to chase some wild phesants. All the coveys we saw had at least 50 birds in them. Just one of those good days in the feild.

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bwarren
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snake 12-11-2005 11:50
Cloudy, Winds Calm – 10-20 Degrees – Open Water
There are huge numbers of ducks and geese using the river. We jumped thousands of mallards and lots of geese off the river early sat. morning. We shot 28 green heads and 7 geese. The river was open despite some reports of ice. Many of the ducks seems to be heading towards Nyssa to feed but around 10:00 they were back. Whats the deal with the weather it was suppose to be cold, I dont know about the rest of you but I think Rick Lance should quit and stop embarassing himself.

[Edited By bwarren on 2005-12-11 11:51]

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shdwgrss
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snake river 12-10-2005 13:20
Mostly Sunny, No Precipitation – 0-10 Degrees – Open Water
little late on this post went out thursday me and 1 friend shot 14 ducks and 5 geese seen alot of high flying ducks in good size flocks alot of geese flying out late to feed but didnt come back to water

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John-Carter
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Snake River, Nyssa 12-09-2005 19:33
Arctic Blast – 0-10 Degrees – Ice
Total learning experience. I have been jetting the river for years but the river beat me today. Had to break Ice to launch then instead of getting on plane and going balls to the wall down river I took it slow, big mistake. I sucked chunks of ice, I would use my rake to clear the impeller but would just suck more. It took us about 30 minutes to limp back to the dock with our tails between our legs.Oh well

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DuckCollar
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Snake River 12-09-2005 16:21
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Went out by myself this morning. Birds flew pretty good for the first half hour. Then it slowed down, I still was decoying birds by 10:30 but they came in 20 or 30 minutes apart. I saw mostly mallards and wigeons and a few teal. I didn’t shoot so great but I still ended up with a pair of mallards and two nice drake wigeons. I went scouting around 11:30. By noon there were lots of birds in the air. It seemed like there was a huge mid-day flight. I ended up seeing huge rafts of ducks around 1:30. Tomorrow I am planning on staying out late if we dont finish in the morining and hopefully they will do the same thing.

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PETA
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Snake-Notus 12-09-2005 14:12
Mostly Cloudy, No Precipitation – 0-10 Degrees – Ice
Ditto to jsnesset’s report. Got a couple birds but slow. Lots of ice on the river, which made it an exciting ride in the dark plowing thru floating ice. Had to break thru up to 4 inches of ice on the shore to get into my spot. The cold and the ice may be pushing the birds out. Did not see anything working the fields.

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jsnesset
Supporting Member

Snake – Walter’s Ferry 12-09-2005 11:46
Sunny & Clear, Winds Calm – 0-10 Degrees – Open Water
Well, this morning pretty much sucked. Tried to get away from people… but more or less ran into a wad of people at the ramp. There were 6 boats including us at the launch. There were thousands of birds roosting on the river… but when shooting light came around, there was few and far between. We never heard a shot in the first 30 minutes. We only hunted an hour to make it back to work and managed a greenie and a widgeon. We probably only heard 5 or 6 shots in the whole time we were there. …back down river tomorrow…

Hey bwarren… nice post… you never told me you were a coot fan, ha… If so, I guess that means you are hunting by yourself tomorrow :).

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bwarren
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snake river 12-09-2005 10:52
Arctic Blast – 0-10 Degrees – Open Water
I decided to get a membership just to read what you guys are bickering about. I’m looking for a hunting buddy that likes to hunt the snake, I try to concentrate on the coot hunting here in Idaho. I’m not sure why but they get literally no hunting pressure and provide great shooting, they’re also a culinary delight. If any of you have come across large groups and are willing to spill the beans to a beginer the info would be much appreciated. I would also appreciate any tips on getting them to decoy better, they always seem to skirt outside of my decoys. It may be how I’m setting my decoys or calling? Any info would be appreciated

[Edited By bwarren on 2005-12-09 10:05]