Category: North Dakota

Posted By:
jefbet03
Field Editor

11-17-2010 10:06
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Stumper, Thanks a lot for the great post. It is post like these that give us guys down south great insight as what to expect or hope for. Good luck to you guys up there. JB

Posted By:
stumper
Web Member

Sargent County 11-17-2010 00:29
Sunny & Clear, Winds Calm – 35-40 Degrees
Just returned home from several days hunting the fields for mallards between Lidgerwood and Oakes and I must say these were probably the best conditions for hunting I have seen in my 10 years of hunting this area. The birds were very plentiful and limits were had by all over 3 great days of hunting. Mallards were mainly northern birds of good size, colorful plumage and heavy layers of fat. Birds responded pretty well to the dekes, though we found minimal spreads to be most effective. Migration appears to be close to peak, with birds holding in small cattail sloughs in very large concentrations. Hunted cut corn which was 90+% harvested. Numbers of snow geese and dark geese were very low in this area. I have never seen such large numbers of migrating teal and widgeon, which mainly flew after sunset and did not decoy at all. Several evenings as we picked up we stood in sheer amazement at the beauty of the sunsets which silhouetted thousands and thousands of birds streaming out to feed. Awesome sight and really was worth the price of admission!

If you are considering a hunt in this area I would say go now, with the cold snap approaching next week you should find excellent conditions and good success.

Be safe everyone and have a great Thanksgiving. We should all be grateful for this great sport we are so privileged to enjoy…

Posted By:
pluckaduck
Field Editor

DL Basin 11-14-2010 19:13
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Temps at or below freezing all day makin glots of water hard. Good nunber of snow geese in the basin along with scattered Mallards. Divers on lake scattered but lots of fun chasing Goldeneyes. Cranes sky high migrating along with geese from the north. Weather could put a close on a tough season this week as temps are to say around or below freezing.

Posted By:
kobear
Web Member

Jamestown 11-13-2010 18:26
Sunny & Clear, High Winds – 30-34 Degrees – Open Water
Big groups of mallards scattered around ND. Lots of smaller dark geese most big canadians left. More snow geese around now. Divers numbers definitely declining with some bills and redheads still around. Lots of miles between flocks but some flocks were tremendous. Mallards often using huge flooded cattail swamps and flooded plowed fields. Tough going but worthwhile. Doing that late season land in the middle of the lake frustration, decoy shy.

Posted By:
pluckaduck
Field Editor

11-12-2010 19:28
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Plenty of birds around. Most water that was hard opened up during the day

Posted By:
hannibal
Web Member

11-11-2010 20:07
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Rick, where are you at???? We are anxiously awaiting your reports down South. Anything to come? More to the North? I have been following you for some time on here and always appreciate your reports…..time for another????

By they way when I say I have been following you for a while don’t take that the wrong way…..I’m not stalking you :O

Posted By:
pluckaduck
Field Editor

11-11-2010 19:09
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Interesting today while cleaning birds I heard a familar sound, cranes flying overhead. String after string heading south and made me wonder what is going on? Went out this evening and shot some Mallards and both drakes were just greening up. Beginning to wonder if the bunches of birds I am seeing is local birds bunched up and not migration? Also found some cans today

Posted By:
pluckaduck
Field Editor

Devils Lake Basin 11-10-2010 09:54
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Lots of birds in the basin, scattered throughout. Only species I did NOT see today was canvasback and teal, rest are still around. Snow to north might bring more down. Birds sat in this morning as few left the roost to feed but plenty sitting on the water!

Posted By:
ilduckboy
Guest

Mercer/McClusky/Turtle Lake 11-08-2010 19:33
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Arrived in area 10/22 – stayed an extra week until yesterday 11/7 – didn’t get limit of ducks every day, but that was only due to poor shooting on our part. Weather ranged from blizzard – froze up to 60s. Had a GREAT TIME – hunted some PLOTS and some private that the landowners were more than gracious to allow us to hunt. Couldn’t believe the variety of ducks; mallards increased in numbers at the end of the hunt. You guys are really lucky to have such a great place to hunt – and we will most definitely return next year.

Posted By:
pluckaduck
Field Editor

11-08-2010 15:05
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Nice post John!!

Posted By:
John-Donelon
Field Editor

N. Dakota 11-08-2010 13:04
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Pluckaduck
Had to reply to your post. I am 74,have gone thru three great four legged friends and now on my 4th,a golden lab who is seven,saw very few ducks on our opening day in NW Mo. we shot three birds at shooting time.The only ducks we saw all day.But my day was made watching Holly making her retrieves,especially the drake that kept diving on her and her determination to bring the bird back to me.You hit it right,a good four legged friend and good friends over the years have make me the duck hunter I am today.Stay safe.

Posted By:
CPAMAN
Guest

Did Not Hunt 11-08-2010 10:01
Mostly Sunny, No Precipitation – 50-60 Degrees
At my farm in ND, there were about 2,500 geese using the fields right next to my farm. Approximately, 2,000 Canadas, 200 cacklers, 250 snow geese, and about 50 specks. We saw at least another couple thousand geese migrating through at 200-300 yard altitude flying straight south. They were active all day long but especially in the AM until 11:00 and in the afternoon from 3:00 until after dark.

Duck numbers were increased over the last time I was there with huntable numbers of birds in at least a half dozen sloughs in the area with 75-200 ducks per wetland. Primary species were bluebills, (majority) goldeneyes and mallards. There was one field holding around 350-400 mallards and they liked the same field. Sunday AM, I saw two flocks of GWT with about 15 birds in each flock and a couple smaller flocks (8-10) of redheads. No swans seen which is unusual for the deer opener.

Hunting would have been very good for ducks and geese as the birds definitely had preferred fields and roost areas. Rather than spread out, they were in larger groups typical of migrating waterfowl.

I think the migration is about in the middle. There are likely plenty of birds still north of the border.

Of course, we were there for the deer opener. Plenty of does around, but not moving much. My son got a fork buck but that was the only antlered deer seen by him or myself. Way too warm for deer to move around. Practically no sign of buck activity with no rubs or scrapes seen in wooded areas. Very tough hunting with more hunters pushing large CRP and PLOTS land, rather than private land, than in previous seasons.

Posted By:
pluckaduck
Field Editor

11-08-2010 09:38
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Got a confirmation of big time numbers of young geese south of Hwy. 2. Must have come in last night as they were not around at dusk yesterday! May be short lived with snow and cold coming!!

Posted By:
Doug-Miller
Field Editor

11-08-2010 06:28
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Pluckaduck,

Amen,

You understand the try spirit of being a duckhunter.

Its all about Ducks, Dogs, and Kids

Posted By:
pluckaduck
Field Editor

Goofy season continues 11-07-2010 19:41
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Well this weird season continues. Weekend was in the 60’s. Birds have started to move south and makes no sense that snow geese are leading the way. Ducks are scarce in north but Devils Lake has very, very huntable numbers.

I spent the afternoon on a slough with my 11 yr. old Lab. Did not see many ducks but it was one of the most enjoyable days this year. No hunters, nice breeze, sunshine and swans migrating, stopping and drinking water. As we walked backed to the truck with gear, we stopped to reflect on our trips together. We have spent 11 glorious years together chasing birds and putting on thousands of miles together. It saddens me to think that this may be his last year. Certainly there will be others but never will this dog and best friend be replaced.
Certain things stir everyone, but for me it is very simple. Waterfowl and dogs and the freedom to chase them until we are totally exhausted. Then repeat over and over.
I thank my father everyday that I am blessed to walk with nature. I guess if you are a waterfowler you understand where I am coming from. If not, I feel sorry for you, you are missing out on a real cool thing!

Snow maybe late this week, things might change, hug the hound if you got them!!

Posted By:
pluckaduck
Field Editor

11-07-2010 06:26
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Large numbers of snow geese remain in area. Diver numbers are good but puddle duck numbers continue to be sub-par. Temps should hold in the 40’s this week, maybe a little snow late in the week!

Posted By:
CPAMAN
Guest

Did Not Hunt 11-04-2010 10:58
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My son was working out in the Lake Sakakawea area Monday-Wednesday. He said on the ride back there are hundreds of thousands of snow geese about thirty miles north of Bismarck along with 100K Canadas. More than he has ever seen out in ND. Smaller flocks of mallards sprinkled in. Sounds like the same enormous grouping of light and dark geese I saw in Saskatchewan one month earlier. Without any snowfall or extremely high winds and cold weather to move them, I would suspect they will be around for a week or longer.

Posted By:
pluckaduck
Field Editor

11-04-2010 09:40
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Deer Hunting does get crazy but if you come the 11th things will have settled down. Weatehr is suppose to hold thru next Monday, then maybe some light snow and temps in the low 30’s. Almost all snow is gone now, birds are sprinkled around, good numbers of snow geese

Posted By:
kobear
Web Member

Pekin 11-03-2010 16:11
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I’m planning on Nov 11-14th. It gets a little hairy during the first week of deer season out there. Not sure if the sloughs can hold till then got pretty chilled during that storm. Interesting snow and freeze line we hit around McHenry to Aneta on 10-30. Seemed almost more waterfowl on the south side of it in the iced areas then N.

Posted By:
pluckaduck
Field Editor

DL 11-02-2010 15:07
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Hey KO Bear, things are happening. If you got time, maybe a trip out west should happen in the next 10 days, birds should hold and hunters will thin out.

Posted By:
kobear
Web Member

Central 11-02-2010 11:34
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Wow, 1700 miles in ND.
We had great hunts, hit new areas two out of three days. Just trying to advise hunters that DL ain’t all it’s cracked up to be. Better to head off the beaten path.
Your advice is spot on too, be prepared to spend the whole time driving around often on poor quality roads in order to have Lifetime Hunts. We found a couple flocks of several hundred birds or more but no several K plus groups. Dad and I are very happy with a couple hours in the blind and ducks for the dog.
I didn’t want to admit it but the thought “just another day in paradise” crossed my mind several times as the dog brought back a Bull Can, another 20″ walleye hit the net, and the sunset over Stump Lake again.
I could never drive 40 hours over 3 days of scouting bracketed by two days with 5 hours driving each of those days and call it Vacation! 2700 miles, time to change the oil!
We ate ducks and walleye every day and brought back just short of possession limits of each. Why drive more that that?
PS. I,ve got another week left, from MN two weekends are doable, maybe see You next year, on a two track, in the middle of NoWhere!
Kobear

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[Edited By kobear on 2010-11-02 11:39]

Posted By:
scrub
Guest

canada 11-02-2010 09:42
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for everyone wondering where the ducks were instead of ND, I know one for sure that was in Canada because it was banded in ND and I shot it in Canada oct26. Also got another one that was banded in NW Territories. Then the cat 3 hurricane hit and on wed we watched all day the greatest migration I have seen in my 29 yrs of hunting. We wondered why there were relatively no white geese to hunt compared to years past. Our fears were confirmed, they were all north of us and then overflew us. Maybe alot of ND ducks went north in oct because Canada had nice weather and plenty of water and grain and hardly anyone hunting. If anyone wants to know what it takes to move waterfowl out of an area and way south: Cat 3 hurricane 27.38 barometric pressure, 90kph NW winds, 10cm of snow. Anyways it sure was a sight to see and lots of good times to drive in. Especially the 7hrs of black ice driving.

Posted By:
Doug-Miller
Field Editor

South Central 11-02-2010 06:39
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Just returned from my yearly trip to the great state of North Dakota. Birds are condensed to several areas but hunting was great. Once the birds went to the corn hunting was up close and fast. Corn harvest is the best that I have seen in many years. With at least 60% complete. Goose number both white and dark increased as last week went along.
The biggest key to having a good hunt in the Dakota’s is scouting. Their are area’s that if they have water will hold birds at some point during the season every year. If one area isn’t holding birds one year due to lack of water or grain. Other’s will. The key to finding these area’s is scouting. If you want to have a great hunt you have to do your homework. I was in N.D for 10 days and drove 2700 miles, that is 1700 miles of scouting. And we had one of are best years. Their are birds lots of birds you just have to look.
Once again thank you North Dakota you are a duck hunters paradise.

Its all about Ducks, Dogs, and Kids

Posted By:
kobear
Web Member

Stump Lake and East 11-01-2010 15:52
Mostly Sunny, No Precipitation – 25-30 Degrees – Open Water
Not as many birds around as hoped for. Very few mallards and other puddlers compared to past years. Dark geese seemed to be building up with a few snows. Bluebills a plenty. Most ice had melted by noon Monday. Even more hunters around than in past years. Drove too close to Hwy 2 and only saw other hunters for almost an hour of driving, no ducks with that kind of pressure. Another rig full of guys every two miles, crazy. Makes sense, these small towns never had lodging in the early-mid 90’s now there are rooms or houses for 18 groups that we know of within 10 miles of where we are based. We estimated beds for over 120 if each slot was full. That’s a little increase over almost Zero in 1993. The walleyes were biting again too, fun to pull them over the side of the duck boat.

Posted By:
Canman OMaddie
Web Member

Jamestown 11-01-2010 09:20
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Hunted Wednesday to Sunday.

Very few birds in the area. I thought maybe the wind would blow some new birds in.

Maybe next year we can hit it right.

Posted By:
pluckaduck
Field Editor

10-31-2010 06:29
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Very good Numbers of geese in the north. There is a pocket of no snow and some water open and holding birds. Ice did not melt yesterday as sun did not show up. Devils Lake has good to very good numbers of divers in certain areas. Mallards still thin. Birds should hold here for a while as weather is suppose to warm into the 50’s by mid week.

Posted By:
Rick-Nelson
Field Editor

Central ND 10-30-2010 22:00
Cloudy, Winds Calm – 35-40 Degrees
I spent the morning scouting areas north of Bismarck that I have hunted for years. More snow north of town than south and roads and trails were very wet and muddy. In many cases I didn’t even attempt to drive on them for fear of not only making a mess but getting stuck in the boonies.

Everything but large lakes was totally ice covered. All the large wetlands I hunt late in the season are locked up as are all the smaller wetlands. The only open water was crowded with hunters and I made no attempt to hunt the lakes that were open.

More puzzling perhaps is the continued lack of birds. I expected the open lakes would have good numbers of ducks and geese but not so. Saw very few geese in fields and the pattern of few or no birds continues. There were snows in the area but not in huge numbers as should be expected this time of year.

I put on lots of miles today and came back with the same results as the rest of the season. The birds just aren’t here and I have no idea why.

Posted By:
pluckaduck
Field Editor

10-30-2010 06:41
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What a difference a few miles make. Snow is still present with ice in this area, but upon a trip last night, pleasant surprise within 30 miles. Very, very huntable numbers of snow geese mixed with Canadas and ducks where snow is minimal. Good news is that they should hold here for a while as warming trend is starting. Trails and fields are a mess, please take caution if driving on them!!

Posted By:
kobear
Web Member

Stump lake 10-29-2010 20:17
Mostly Sunny, No Precipitation – 30-34 Degrees – Ice
Drove from fargo via valley city. Real lack of ducks in most areas. Still mainly local mallards, one flock of 250 spotted otherwise 4-20 in bunches and very scattered. Some groups of divers a few snows and not many canadians. Most sloughs iced over some lakes too.

Posted By:
Rick-Nelson
Field Editor

Central ND 10-28-2010 23:23
Sunny & Clear, Winds Calm – 35-40 Degrees
Wind finally quit here late last night. Temps in the 20s and high today only about 39.

My hunting partner spent the day scouting south of Bismark about 100 miles to north of Bismarck about 50 miles. He reported seeing good numbers of snow geese but not much else. He also said there are many wetlands, large and small that are ice covered and did not find many open wetlands that had much for ducks.

Spoke with a work colleague who was out today and spent the day scouting north of Bismarck about 70 miles. His report was similar. Lots of snows and not much for ducks and plenty of iced up wetlands.

I am heading out Saturday morning to a spot that I am sure will be open if the road in is passable. And by passable I mean that I won’t make a mess driving on it. I never go into an area if the road is so wet that I am going to leave ruts, slide all over or otherwise make a mess.

If I can’t get into that place I have access to private land and a very large wetland that normally holds excellent numbers of geese, ducks and swans. I have permission to drive in via a pasture but will only do so if conditions are right. Otherwise I plan to load up my cart and hike in the mile to the water and hope there are birds.

Haven’t had time to call other friends around the state to get reports but will post updated info tomorrow and over the weekend. Temps are supposed to be in the 50s next week, we’ll see.

Posted By:
pluckaduck
Field Editor

DL Basin 10-28-2010 09:26
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Cold NW winds still persist and winchill was below zero this a.m. Will get a chance to head out tonight and look around, heard they got little or no snow east towards GF maybe there are better reports there! Looks pretty dismal unless the held tight but fear they got in the air and flew right on through. Cold again tonight should lock up lots of small water.

Posted By:
Rick-Nelson
Field Editor

Central ND 10-27-2010 21:20
Cloudy, High Winds – 30-34 Degrees – Open Water
Strong north winds continue to blow. Outside shoveling the driveway and walking my dogs this evening I heard an almost steady stream of geese heading south. And although migration is normal for this time of year I can’t help but think that this storm is pushing birds right on through the state.

With the strong winds comes lots of heat loss from water bodies. Given the low temps that are forecast we will likely see quite a number of wetlands iced up. It is supposed to warm over the next few days but I won’t have a chance to hunt until Saturday due to work commitments.

My hunting partner has the next couple days off and will give me a report from areas we traditionally hunt. If he can get out to these places given the snow and potentially impassable roads and trails.

Stay tuned.

Posted By:
pluckaduck
Field Editor

10-27-2010 07:48
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Heavy snow has blanketed much of the region. We have about 7 inches where I live and still coming down. Time will tell what this does to the birds stopping. Temps are suppose to be in low 40’s thru weekend after around 15 tonight!

Posted By:
Dakota Daydream
Web Member

NW of Bismark 10-26-2010 22:26
Cloudy, High Winds – 45-50 Degrees
First of all, I am NOT one of the guys that was in the DL area that you gave info to… I come up every year and do great without your help! Second: Glad to know that you think I am a wise ass and that you know so much more than I will ever know about duck hunting. What a joke of a “Field Editor…” I just read the posts to hear what is being said, and then wait until I get here from IN to make my own reports… Been here every year for the last 8 and notice the same stuff posted on here every year. Rick has always been very informative and helpful… Sorry that in your opinion I have to live here and post on a daily basis to know what I am talking about… (which makes you better at this than me???) I’m from Indiana and just want to encourage NR’s to come to this state and enjoy the same success that I DO EVERY YEAR… Early, late, or in the middle of the NR season…. We come up to the same areas every year and never have had a bad year… This year is on pace to be the best year that we have ever had! Sorry that someone who is SO MUCH BETTER than me can’t kill more than 15 ducks over a 200 mile radius… I am with only one other guy who has never been here and thinks this place is awesome. If anyone out there wants some REAL info on where the ducks are and where to go, PM me and I will give you some POSITIVE and reliable info…

P.S. CP if you want to see what I know, I will be in town until Friday and would be more than willing to put you in a field FULL of birds on any given day… You can even hunt with the guy that your are throwing under the bus without any info about how long I have been hunting or what I know. Just give me a message and I will gladly give you my number and take you on a great hunt… Unless your pride gets in the way of wanting to go out and kill birds! Isn’t that what all of us get on this site to discuss?????

Posted By:
Rick-Nelson
Field Editor

Central ND 10-26-2010 21:40
Arctic Blast – 25-30 Degrees – Open Water
Well folks, last weekend was another chapter in the continuing saga of no ducks. I put on over 400 miles in two days of scouting and hunting and nothing had changed.

Right now we are in the midst of a blizzard warning. The southern part of the state is forecast to receive 2-6 inches of snow with 10+ in northern areas of the state. Winds are 40-55 mph with gusts over 60 mph. The storm will blow through by tomorrow evening and temps are forecast to be seasonal by the weekend and upper 50s by Tuesday.

If, as has been suggested, the ND ducks went into Canada for some unexplained reason, this weather will either bring some down or blow them into Nebraska. I’ll know this weekend as I plan to hit it hard and if I can get time off I am going to try to hunt Thursday and Friday as well.

I know that some of you are finding ducks and having good success. Unfortunately, that is the exception this year not the usual ND rule. I talk to many people during the week from many parts of ND and they are having the same experience that I am having this year. And given the time, miles and different locations I have hunted and scouted I don’t believe birds are just hard to see or concentrated in one area. Reports of some big groups of ducks in a few locations should be reports of many big groups of ducks all over the state.

Wish I had an explanation for this year’s strange phenomenon but I don’t. I talk to lots of waterfowl biologists and they don’t have an explanation either. Falls under the ‘Harvard Rule of Animal Behavior’, which states, “given a highly controlled set of circumstances an organism will do what it darn well pleases.”

And that is apparently what we are experiencing this year. Great water conditions, weather that should not have moved any birds, harvest on schedule or ahead – no ducks. I guess they are “doing what they darn well please” this year.

I don’t have a problem not shooting ducks but I sure would like to see ducks when I am hunting. My dog is getting really good at sitting in the blind but I would like her to be able to see birds, and retrieve some, too. It is nearly the end of October and we could be running out of time if the weather pattern changes and we move into winter.

All this makes for a very interesting and unusual waterfowl season. It is certainly the strangest one I have experienced in over 45 years of waterfowl hunting. I hope it is an anomaly.

If you are coming to ND in the next few weeks be sure to bring winter clothing. I ran into some gentlemen from Kentucky last year and they were not prepared for the kind of cold and wind we have here. It was nice when they arrived but didn’t stay that way and they didn’t have proper gear. Light weight gloves, baseball hats and no insulated coats or boots didn’t work well when temps were in the 20s and wind chills were near 0.

More reports to follow the storm.

Posted By:
rsweers02
Guest

10-26-2010 20:27
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There were definately the fewest ducks I have ever seen in North Dakota but I thought it was worth the money and time. Your both right.

Posted By:
CPAMAN
Guest

10-26-2010 18:44
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Attention Dakota Daydream. Do you think I am lying? I am from Minnesota, own 400 acres in North Dakota and know more about waterfowl hunting than you could ever hope to learn. The guys from Indiana were told to go north to Rollette by me. If they stayed in the DL area, they might have had some success with migration that came in after we left. They told me they had shot four birds the first two days. They may have done better since, and I hope that to be the case.

If you are hunting NW of Bismarck, you are in an entirely different area of the State that requires a different license for nonresidents. Further, how can you talk about scouting when I told you the story in the DL area the week we were there? How can you compare results around Bismarck to an area well over 200 miles away?

I suggest that you leave your side comments to yourself. I post more on the ND forum than any other waterfowler.com member other than Rick Nelson and pluckaduck. I do it to help other hunters. Then, a wise-ass like yourself comes in and thinks your a know-it-all.

Posted By:
pluckaduck
Field Editor

Devils Lake Basin 10-26-2010 18:13
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WEather has closed Hwy. 57 near the casino to Fort Totten. Sleet changing to snow now and winds are bellowing about 40 mph from NW. I advise anyone traveling to the region to call first or at least postpone until the storm passes. This is NOT a storm to be taken likely as the worst is yet to come. Anyone wanting specific info shoot me a message at getthenetnd@hotmail.com and we can keep in communication. Take care

Posted By:
Dakota Daydream
Web Member

NW of Bismark 10-26-2010 17:53
Cloudy, High Winds – 45-50 Degrees
I think that if you take your time and scout for birds you will kill your ducks OR geese! We have been in the area since last Friday and have had NO PROBLEM killing our birds on a daily basis. We do our scouting, get permission, and have had great hunts all week… Had a group of friends here the week before us that did really well too. Mallards and Pintails are everywhere, as well as tons of small Canadas and Snows and Blues… Can’t imagine that it is as bad as everyone keeps saying. All the negative reports seem to be a joke to me. Every time that I read them, I wonder what some of these guys true intentions are??? Keep us non-residents out of here??? (“Do not travel to ND if you are from out-of-state this season. It is not worth the investment or frustration.”) I say head on up… We have had a great week and wish I had time to stay longer.

P.S. The guys from southern Indiana in the Devils Lake area that had never been to ND before are some friends of mine and have had more luck than what the earlier post lead on…

Posted By:
Dakota Daydream
Web Member

NW of Bismark 10-26-2010 17:44
Cloudy, High Winds – 45-50 Degrees
I think that if you take your time and scout for birds you will kill your ducks OR geese! We have been in the area since last Friday and have had NO PROBLEM killing our birds on a daily basis. We do our scouting, get permission, and have had great hunts all week… Had a group of friends here the week before us that did really well too. Mallards and Pintails are everywhere, as well as tons of small Canadas and Snows and Blues… Can’t imagine that it is as bad as everyone keeps saying. All the negative reports seem to be a joke to me. Every time that I read them, I wonder what some of these guys true intentions are??? Keep us non-residents out of here??? (“Do not travel to ND if you are from out-of-state this season. It is not worth the investment or frustration.”) I say head on up… We have had a great week and wish I had time to stay longer.

P.S. The guys from southern Indiana in the Devils Lake area that had never been to ND before are some friends of mine and have had more luck than what the earlier post lead on…

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