Category: Oklahoma

Posted By:
Aaron(Mingo)Milligan
Field Editor

02-04-2010 18:52
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Agreed.

I doubt anybody is ever going to post up, “man, I killed all the ducks I wanted, and I’m glad the season is over.”

I think about the old days when I was a kid. Maybe make a dozen hunts. Usually end up cold and wet and kill about a dozen ducks all season. Looking at a mallard hen in the decoys when they were 100 points, wonderin’ what to do. I like these days just fine.

Posted By:
DrakePassinAssassin
Web Member

Great Season…. 02-04-2010 14:41
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Not always limits, but always fun! I am reminded of the saying “A bad day duck hunting is better than a good day doing (almost) anything else!

Kill ’em all, let dogs sort ’em out!

Time to start buying for next year!

Thanks to Mingo and the rest for all the reports!

Posted By:
dweilert
Guest

02-01-2010 09:17
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It’s over and I am not sure yet how it went! I can clearly state that a little shooting practice is much needed! Yet another year of Oklahoma waterfowling is put in the record books, hope all had fun, hope all enjoyed the wonderful outdoors God has so richly blessed us all with and I certainly hope all had the chance to take a child out so as to further this great experience we all love so much. I’m gonna go cry now as the realization hits that I have to wait forever before going duck hunting again!!!

Posted By:
Aaron(Mingo)Milligan
Field Editor

01-31-2010 13:41
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Pretty good closer for us; cold, snow and fog. We got a few groups in and they all wanted right on the decoys. We ended up with three Mallards and 10 Gadwall; bless those grey ducks!

In the end it was a decent season. Probably killed fewer ducks but still good numbers. It just seemed like we had fewer of those really good days when four or five limit could be killed. February is never pretty, but we will be fishing before too long. We all made it through with no injuries to man or dogs and no major equipment breakage, although my shooting was still the same!

Posted By:
iluvlabs
Guest

Wayne,OK 01-31-2010 10:30
Cloudy, Snow Flurries – 25-30 Degrees – Ice
Conditions weren’t good this morning. Had open water yesterday, but everything except a small patch or 2 was froze. Didn’t see anything flying. Lucked out and had 3 gadwalls land on the ice around 8am. Killed one of those. Escaped the skunk atleast. I had a better than average season and I’m sorry that it’s over. Might shoot a goose or 2 before they close out.

Posted By:
Aaron(Mingo)Milligan
Field Editor

01-27-2010 20:59
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oops
Well, got an invite to hunt with a guy I had met and hunted with once and a few of his friends on a nice big watershed. Birds worked well but were not too numerous. We were spread out around the lake and our station of two ended up with four Gadwall and a Canvasback. Total was twelve birds, a pretty good late season shoot. Hope we don’t get iced out of the last weekend!

Posted By:
Aaron(Mingo)Milligan
Field Editor

SW of metro 01-27-2010 20:57
Cloudy, High Winds – 45-50 Degrees

Posted By:
dweilert
Guest

spring river 01-26-2010 12:35
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Went out this morn, killed 10 teal and mallards. Looks to be a slow ender unless this weather does something good

Posted By:
Aaron(Mingo)Milligan
Field Editor

01-24-2010 12:20
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Seroiusly thought we might get skunked today until we got a pair of jacks around 8:00. Shortly after we got a pair of Gadwall. Otherwise it was a repeat of yesterday; not a lot of ducks around.

Posted By:
Aaron(Mingo)Milligan
Field Editor

01-23-2010 13:39
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Kind of typical late season hunt today. Got a flurry of activity just a little after LST and shot 10, then picked off a few more singles over the rest of the morning. Ended up with 15, only saw a couple of small groups that did not come in. Ducks seem to be spread out with a few here and there. I’m guessing it will be that way until the end of the season.

Posted By:
iluvlabs
Guest

Wayne,OK 01-23-2010 12:29
Cloudy, Light Rain & Drizzle – 50-60 Degrees
Weather said to stay home this morning, but we went anyways. Not much flying. Ended up with 4 Gads, 2 Mallards and 1 BANDED goose!!! First ever band!! Check out pics in the Lodge!!

Posted By:
dweilert
Guest

01-22-2010 08:36
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I agree Mingo, they are government ducks and it is a conspiracy! I think I heard one quack ‘were from the government and were here to help’ as he flew by.

Posted By:
Aaron(Mingo)Milligan
Field Editor

01-21-2010 14:45
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They are on to you DW!

Posted By:
dweilert
Guest

N 01-21-2010 10:13
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went out Tuesday afternoon, found 400+ greenies feeding in a sheetwater field, thought it was for sure deal the next day so I rounded up the troops and we went in. Got set up EXACTLY where they had been the night before and waited. LST came and we heard suzie quacking 200 yds away, I got up and went to flush her to keep the birds coming right, little did I know suzie had 200 buddies with her. They had roosted in 4″ water! We stayed until 1300 hours and killed 6 but it was a major disappointment. Oh these strange and mysterious creatures we chase.

Posted By:
Aaron(Mingo)Milligan
Field Editor

01-18-2010 11:34
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Kinda nice to have a “normal” hunt today. No ice and no freezing your tail off. Started off with a small group of Wigeon, and then in turned into a dog show. Normally we will lay off the Ringnecks somewhat, but today that was about all we had and this close to the end, they did not get a free pass. It was fun shooting while it lasted, but it ended around 8:30 with 2 Wigeon, 1 Spoonie and 10 Jacks!

Posted By:
iluvlabs
Guest

Wayne,OK 01-17-2010 11:51
Cloudy, Heavy Fog – 35-40 Degrees
At LST we were covered up with birds, but still couldn’t see well enough to shoot because of the fog. Finally could see well enough and started of with 2 birds. We shot horribly, but the birds kept coming in throughout the morning. Ended up with 13 gadwalls with 3 guns. Should have shot a 3 man limit, but we shot very bad. I was very surprised how many ducks were flying with the heavy fog and virtually no wind. All in all, it was a very good morning!!!

Posted By:
Aaron(Mingo)Milligan
Field Editor

01-16-2010 11:46
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Saw four, shot two. Not looking good. Next two days will tell.

Posted By:
dweilert
Guest

01-13-2010 08:03
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Fired up the ice eaters last night to pre thaw some holes. One hole had 2 on it this morning, hopefully, by tonight he will be joined by a hundred or so of his buddies so I can feed them some tungsten for breakfast in the morning! I know with the s winds coming and the big thaw there will be some birds sifting back up, hopefully, it will be in time to hammer some before its all over for this season.

Posted By:
DrakePassinAssassin
Web Member

Marlow/Duncan Area 01-12-2010 14:50
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Killed 1 mallard drake, 4 gads with decoys over ice, and jumped 1 wood duck drake (on the creek) Sunday. Here comes the thaw! Tough sledding though. Definitely not as many ducks, or atleast they are all grouped on any thawed water.

Posted By:
Aaron(Mingo)Milligan
Field Editor

01-12-2010 13:15
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Glad you had a good time. Never thought I would be wishing for warm weather in duck season, but I hope we get a thaw.

Posted By:
LILRVR
Guest

01-12-2010 11:12
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Just back from the Sooner state. I have come to realize that I have truly missed duck hunting there. I was stationed at Ft Sill in the mid 90’s and really enjoyed the waterfowling the area had to offer. All I have to say about this trip is, “wow”!! I really feel foolish for waisting my time and money going anywhere else after our season closes here in Iowa. Thank you Oklahoma for making this season better than what it would have been had I not gone.

Posted By:
dweilert
Guest

All over 01-09-2010 18:59
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been all over with the Atlanta boys fo rthe last 4 days. Killed 6 geese and 15 ducks on day one, killed 24 ducks on day 2, 10 or so on day 3 and 23 today. We have had to travel all over and scout and scout and scout to find them, every day we hunt big water in the boat that particular water would freeze by the next day and we would have to find them again. All my normal haunts are hard frozen so we are learning new lakes, new spots and having a ball. I’m tired, think i’ll take tomorrow off and go to church where I belong! Besides that, nothing I own is functional anymore. Cold weather is hard on boats, batteries, guns, dogs and humans.

good luck all

Posted By:
Aaron(Mingo)Milligan
Field Editor

01-09-2010 18:22
– – 0-10 Degrees – Ice
Just about finished setting up this morning, right at LST, still had the truck lights shining over the pond and one duck came in and landed on the ice. That was the only one that came close. We did see quite a few going down on a sewer lagoon nearby, and some standing on the ice on another pond. If we get a thaw this week, we may get some decent hunting.

Posted By:
iluvlabs
Guest

01-08-2010 20:14
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As I was traveling to CO, I saw a lot of ducks up around the northern border. Birds are moving in. Need a break in the cold to get some water opened up. Sorry to tell you guys, but we shortstopped some ducks today that won’t be making it to OK.

Posted By:
Aaron(Mingo)Milligan
Field Editor

01-08-2010 19:37
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AND BE CAREFUL!

Gonna try it in the morning, don’t know how long we will hold out.

Posted By:
DrakePassinAssassin
Web Member

Stephens County near Lake Humphrey 01-08-2010 14:33
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Still seeing some ducks, but most all the water is frozen. Hunting large flood control down by Velma w/lots of ducks. I think numbers are still good, just concentrated where water isn’t frozen. Good luck to all this weekend!

Posted By:
Aaron(Mingo)Milligan
Field Editor

Oklahoma 01-06-2010 17:23
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OK,here’s some scuttlebutt and results of scouting. As of Sunday, heard rumors of good numbers of ducks in west central OK. I also hear they are killing some on Cobb. On the local ponds, if you can find water, there are some ducks. Most of the smaller ponds are frozen today, but any with a small spot of open water had some. Mostly Gadwall and a few Mallards. I am thinking this cold snap will freeze all the ponds by this weekend.

Posted By:
DrakePassinAssassin
Web Member

Duncan,OK 01-06-2010 13:32
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Haven’t been here in awhile. Lots of ducks in Stephens County right now. Hunted decoys yesterday morning (vacation). Killed 4 mallard drakes, 1 widgeon drake, 1 gadwall. Half frozen pond. Small ponds are all frozen. Seeing more mallards now than any time this season.

Posted By:
dweilert
Guest

n ne 01-05-2010 08:22
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Just about useless in this part of the state, the snow has them all gone. Even with open water we are only seeing a few birds on the holes. It would appear the entire NE section is done until the snow is gone. Ducks seen hammering a field one day are gone the next.

Posted By:
dweilert
Guest

n ne 01-05-2010 07:40
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Just about useless in this part of the state, the snow has them all gone. Even with open water we are only seeing a few birds on the holes. It would appear the entire NE section is done until the snow is gone. Ducks seen hammering a field one day are gone the next.

Posted By:
Aaron(Mingo)Milligan
Field Editor

01-02-2010 18:48
Sunny & Clear, Winds Calm – 10-20 Degrees – Open Water
Actually found a pond this morning with some open water. There were a few geese and ducks that roosted there overnight so we had high hopes that we were in the right spot. Maybe we were, but it didn’t pan out. We got one flock of Gadwall and cut three to go with a single Gaddie and a single Mallard. Other than a fly by from some jacks that was it. There are a few ducks around but it seems that many have moved on, probably due to the ice and also that the area we hunt does not have much for food sources other than aquatic vegetation.

Posted By:
Aaron(Mingo)Milligan
Field Editor

01-01-2010 14:05
Sunny & Clear, Winds Calm – 10-20 Degrees – Ice
Frozen up this morning, but the ice wasn’t too thick. Made a small hole and set a half dozen. Had a good group of Gadwall in about 15 minutes past LST and cut 5. Much later had a pair come in and got both. No ducks flying, but did see about a dozen land on a frozen pond and just stand around. Looks like we are going to fight the ice for a while.

Posted By:
dweilert
Guest

all over 12-30-2009 08:59
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I’ve been all over and the dux have left the building. got frusterated and went to KS and chased quail and pheasant for 2 days not I’m back in the saddle. I have one friend that hunts Eufala, he called yesterday and said the lake was loaded up but all big rafts in the middle. If you look at the snow cover map it shows thats about where the snow stops. Looks like i’ll be heading south!

Posted By:
iluvlabs
Guest

12-30-2009 07:12
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Holy Cow!! This place has exploded with activity. Can’t help you guys much as I don’t hunt big water. I can tell you from my work travels, that like Mingo said, the ponds are still frozen for the most part. Most big water that I have seen is open. I am not seeing alot of ducks. I think they hopped on that north wind that brought the blizzard in and are drinking Coronas in Mexico right now.

Posted By:
Aaron(Mingo)Milligan
Field Editor

12-29-2009 19:33
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Sorry guys, I don’t really know. The ponds around here are still frozen so I would guess the shallow backwater areas of most lakes are also.

I don’t hunt Eufala and haven’t heard any reports from there, so it’s either been good and no one is talking or it’s not good. At any rate our numbers have been fair at best so without scouting its a crap shoot. I would guess that there is some open water on bigger lakes now and that they are holding decent numbers of birds.

Posted By:
sdduckman
Guest

12-29-2009 19:24
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One other question for you Mingo- anyone ever hunt Eufala any more? A person does not hear much about that area anymore.

Posted By:
LILRVR
Guest

12-29-2009 11:01
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Will a person be able to launch a boat? Maybe a better question would be how thick is the ice?

Posted By:
Aaron(Mingo)Milligan
Field Editor

12-28-2009 18:50
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LR,

They don’t plant the peanuts around Cobb as in the past and the birds numbers are not as good. Last I heard the field hunting was not good, but they were killing some Mallards at the lake. Pretty easy for one or two guys to kill limits. I don’t know about Ellsworth. We had a pretty wet year and all the ponds and lakes around central OK are full. Don’t know if the Lawton area got as much water. The few ponds I have checked SW of here are lower than other areas. We have had cold weather in the last few weeks and most all the ponds are frozen over.

Posted By:
LILRVR
Guest

12-28-2009 15:58
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Hey Oklahoma fellas, I was stationed down at Ft Sill in the mid 90s and hunted lake Ellsworth and Ft Cobb. Is there enough water in Ellsworth to still motor in the north end and is Ft Cobb as good as it always was? We used to kill peanut filled mallards by the dozens off of Ft cobb. Planning a trip in the next week or so but you couple three are the only ones out there. Hope to hear back from you.

Posted By:
Aaron(Mingo)Milligan
Field Editor

Garvin Co, 12-26-2009 17:29
– – 25-30 Degrees – Ice
Most ponds are frozen over, but at least the roads are decent. We have been hitting the one pond we have with open water and it has been paying off. Urban shot a quick limit off it yesterday so we hit it again today. Ducks were roosted on the pond, but we still had some in just a little early. Started off quick right at LST with a Gadwall, then we got a nice flight right in the decoys and took 5, all spoonies! It slowed quite a bit, but we continued picking up a few Gadwall and one Mallard drake. We needed five more for three limits when we got a flight of Cans and took three, two of which were crippled and took a long time to track down. These ducks would dive and swim at least 50 yards under before showing just the tops of their heads. We finally got them all up leaving us just two short when we got eight more ducks in the decoys, All Canvasback again! We called it quits then.

Posted By:
iluvlabs
Guest

12-24-2009 22:04
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I don’t fool myself into thinking that we are keeping this place alive, but we are entertaining ourselves. Merry Christmas to the both of you and I hope you have many for feet down in your future:)

Posted By:
Aaron(Mingo)Milligan
Field Editor

12-24-2009 20:38
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Merry Christmas Labs and DW! We are either the Three Kings or the Three Stooges! Probably stooges for trying to keep this joint alive!

Posted By:
iluvlabs
Guest

Wayne, OK 12-24-2009 15:44
Arctic Blast – 25-30 Degrees – Open Water
Made it out at about 11:30. Shot a limit of gadwalls. Couldn’t believe the weather!! Made for some easy shots though with the ducks just hovering over the water. Hopefully the wind will keep the water open for what should be an awesome hunt in the morning!!

Posted By:
Aaron(Mingo)Milligan
Field Editor

12-24-2009 13:02
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We just thought the weather was bad this morning. Rain eased just enough to convince us to set up, then started again. Soon after the ducks showed and man did they want in. Oddly for us we shot pretty good in the high winds and rain. Ended up just a few short of four limits before nine when the rain finally got through the outer layers and we went for eggs and bacon. Slow ride back with lots of cars in the ditch. Be careful out there!

Posted By:
Aaron(Mingo)Milligan
Field Editor

McClain Co. 12-23-2009 17:15
Cloudy, Occassional Rain Showers – 40-45 Degrees
We hit the right spot today. Started slow with singles and pairs again, but managed to get most of what came in. We had a brief flurry of ducks around 8:30 and nearly doubled our number. The wind shifted and we had to move the decoys a little, but we still had the wind mostly in our faces which made for going away shooting but we still managed to peck away and get to 21, just short of four limits. Just about half and half with Gadwall and Wigeon, with one Greenhead and one Redhead in the mix.

Numbers have been slowly improving this week. Hope this weather helps us out.

Merry Christmas everyone.

Posted By:
dweilert
Guest

Mayes County 12-22-2009 13:48
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Well the boys are at it again. Nephews Matt and Wyatt called me frantic with duxs yesterday late morn. Found em and got permission to hunt so it was on. We shot 33 mallards and would have killed more if the younguns could shoot as good as they can scout!!! They were eating beans and we hit em on a farm pond next to the bean field. I just love my nephews!!!

Posted By:
dweilert
Guest

All over 12-21-2009 07:49
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Been N been S been E and am about to go W, hunting is Ok at best. Killing a few each day but nothing to write waterfowler.com about!!!

Posted By:
Aaron(Mingo)Milligan
Field Editor

McClain Co 12-19-2009 21:32
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In some ways is was back to the usual. Had some ducks early, but it shut off pretty quickly to just singles and pairs every thirty minutes or so. We had been shooting mostly Gadwall and Ringers with a few Wigeon and sometimes a Mallard to two. Today of the 11 we shot it was two GWT, one Wigeon and the rest Mallards, except for the sweet Pintail Drake the newbie shot. Quantity was not great, but the quality was! It seems like there are more ducks west of I-35 than we have here in central OK. It doesn’t look like that is going to change anytime soon.

Posted By:
iluvlabs
Guest

Wayne,OK 12-19-2009 11:39
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Didn’t see a lot this morning. Had a few in the dekes before legal. Heard some yahoos to the north shooting way early and our birds got up and left. Not much flying to speak of. We got some doubles and singles in and made the best of it. Ended up with 6 ducks and 1 goose. The goose should not have made another pass after we missed with the first 5 shots!!!

Posted By:
dweilert
Guest

N 12-18-2009 12:02
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went big water hunting this morn, killed 9 but could have killed 39, plenty of big groups of mallards, I just could not get it all together this morning!

Posted By:
iluvlabs
Guest

Wayne, OK 12-18-2009 09:38
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Me and a buddy made a quick hunt before work today. Lots of birds in right before LST. After we got them up, several came back. We ended up with 5 gadwalls, 2 widgeon and 1 lost drake pintail!! First ever pintail I have ever shot. Birds shut it down pretty quick but that was probably due to not very many hunters out this morning to keep them moving.

Posted By:
Aaron(Mingo)Milligan
Field Editor

12-17-2009 19:05
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Got second hand invite to go with a group SW of Norman today. We hit a watershed that was covered with geese and ducks. We waited til most had left and then set up. Couldn’t get the geese in, but ended up just a few birds shy of 6 limits of Mallards. Man, I wish I knew why the Mallards are hanging out just west of where we hunt. Shot more today than we have all season.

Posted By:
dweilert
Guest

N 12-17-2009 08:25
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Shot bands today! if you have open water, you have ducks!!!

Posted By:
dweilert
Guest

NE 12-15-2009 14:46
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went out with 3 buddies today, set up on some small water that the wind kept open. We were done in a matter of a few minutes. It was amazing! Mallards, Greys, and 2 woods. Great morn. Put the spinners out for the first time in a long time, they worked pretty good!

Posted By:
Aaron(Mingo)Milligan
Field Editor

Garvin Co. 12-13-2009 20:11
Sunny & Clear, Morning Fog – 40-45 Degrees
Funny how quickly things returned to normal. We had a big group in the decoys 10 minutes before LST, so we had high hopes. But it ended up being a morning like many others this year. All singles and pairs that would give one good pass or land just a little outside the decoys. The wind did shift a little which put it quartering toward us and that didn’t help. We ended up with 4 Gadwall and 1 Mallard.

Posted By:
dweilert
Guest

n 12-13-2009 17:26
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Hunted big water on saturday, killed 9 all kinds, enough of the smaller holes had opened up to push the birds around to them. Upon scouting the place earlier they were all on the big water. Sunday found us in a bean field on public land, we trudged a million miles packing a huge ground rig and then slugging through 150 yards of ankle deep mud. MAN the ducks were there. we set up and 10 minutes before LST we landed at least 200 and had 2500 more setting in. 5 minutes before the morons that walked 10 feet from their truck and hunted the edges started shooting just to keep them from landing on us. At first I thought they did not know we were out in the middle, but soon we opened up and told them for sure, of course, this made no difference to the losers as they kept right on all morning everytime we had birds cupped and gliding they would shoot and pick them up. We ended up with 13 mallards but would have had 25 had we not had to contend with the morons. Oh how I love hunting public!!! Birds are here and now its summertime again so maybe they will stay a bit.

Posted By:
iluvlabs
Guest

Wayne,OK 12-13-2009 11:21
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12/12 We had good numbers early, the birds seemed to want to get down, but the ice had them a little hesitant. Ended up with 5 between 3 of us, but that is only because of very poor shooting.

12/13 Not as many birds and Sat due to the heavy fog but we made the shots count today and ended up with 5 birds.

I know that I was seeing a lot of birds early in the week, but I think once we got froze up for those couple of days we lost a bunch of birds.

Posted By:
Aaron(Mingo)Milligan
Field Editor

McClain Co. 12-12-2009 14:54
Mostly Cloudy, No Precipitation – 30-34 Degrees – Ice
Well, we found a little patch of open water in a large pond holding ducks yesterday, and today they showed up in good numbers. We took four limits of mostly Gadwall and GWT and were done by 9 am. Most of the small ponds are still frozen, but it looks like the ducks are here.

Posted By:
Aaron(Mingo)Milligan
Field Editor

12-09-2009 19:11
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Been too tied up at work this week to notice. I just hope all the ponds are not frozen this weekend!

Posted By:
dweilert
Guest

12-09-2009 08:59
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I sure hope these 10 degree days don’t push em too hard, right now I am loaded in all docking stations!

Posted By:
iluvlabs
Guest

Scouted wayne 12-08-2009 14:14
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Checked in on my Uncles place. It is loaded up with birds!!! Mallard, Teal, Gadwall and Widgeon. Can’t wait till Saturday!!!

Posted By:
Aaron(Mingo)Milligan
Field Editor

south of OKC metro 12-05-2009 13:15
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Out this morning to check a few ponds. Slightly better numbers of ducks on a few ponds, but still nothing on many. Lets hope this cold weather will keep them coming next week.

Posted By:
dweilert
Guest

all over 11-30-2009 09:05
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I second Mingo’s notion. We found almost the exact results. We went goose hunting saturday and were hunting in a wheat field next to my duck hole. The ducks we saw come into that hole were weary and would circle 8 or 10 times before commiting and that was with noone hunting! We did manage to fool some big geese and shot 4 of them on the one volley we had. We also noticed large groups of snows heading south yesterday. Hopefully, this artic front will bring some in.

Posted By:
Aaron(Mingo)Milligan
Field Editor

Central OK 11-29-2009 18:20
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Well, the first half is in the books and for me is was just OK.

Yesterday hit a small pond that had about 20 on it earlier in the week. The morning we hunted only three came by and we killed them all. Don’t know why more didnt come as this pond had not been hunted all year. It just seems like the ducks know what we are up to.

Today we had better results. Don’t know how big a part the weather played, but did see some large groups of Snows moving south. Slow but steady action on Mallard, Gadwall, Teal and Jacks resulted in a bag of 16 for three guns. Had a good number of lookers that wouldn’t come in range, but nearly all we took came right in to the decoys. It’s just been a little strange.

Posted By:
dweilert
Guest

All over 11-25-2009 20:38
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Ive been all over and just not doing very good. Seems the ducks are spotty, stale, shy, and easy to spook. I agree with Mingo, is this January???

Posted By:
Aaron(Mingo)Milligan
Field Editor

11-25-2009 11:42
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Get a few birds early then nothing. Did see a large group up high in a V heading south. It sure feels like late season hunting.

Posted By:
iluvlabs
Guest

Wayne 11-25-2009 11:40
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Got a quick 6(2 green and 4 grey) between 3 of us this morning before work. More birds than we have been seeing. Hopefully will have a good second half!!

Everyone have a Happy Thanksgiving!!

Posted By:
Aaron(Mingo)Milligan
Field Editor

McClain Co 11-24-2009 19:19
Sunny & Clear, Winds Calm – 40-45 Degrees
Seemed to be better number of birds around this morning, but they are stale. Most of the early ones landed well outside the dekes, but we managed to bag 10 or so. Going to try again in the morning.

Posted By:
dweilert
Guest

OKC and N 11-23-2009 10:15
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Saturday found 5 of us just north of the big city, we shot 30 ducks consisting of Jacks, Redheads, Greys, and Mallards. The morning could not have been better! Sunday found us in extreme NE corner and we got el skunkoed.

Posted By:
dweilert
Guest

11-18-2009 14:04
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been seeing a few more around, hopefully we will get to make some splash this weekend

Posted By:
iluvlabs
Guest

11-17-2009 19:59
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It did push some ducks Mingo, it pushed them out. I travel alot daily and today I went all the way to Ada and back over to Chickasha and might have seen a dozen ducks. We just need to keep an eye out, they should be here in a day or two.

Posted By:
Aaron(Mingo)Milligan
Field Editor

McClain Co 11-17-2009 18:48
Cloudy, High Winds – 35-40 Degrees
Snuck out for a really, I mean really quick look this morning. Hunted the same pond we shot 14 on last week. Saw three ducks, shot none. Can’t believe this weather didn’t push some ducks.

Posted By:
Aaron(Mingo)Milligan
Field Editor

McClain Co 11-15-2009 17:04
Cloudy, Winds Calm – 50-60 Degrees
Hunted a smaller pond today and saw fewer ducks than yesterday. It was basically a skunking although for some reason a lone Gadwall came around after we had finished picking up the decoys and got shot.

Did see a decent buck chasing a doe.

Posted By:
iluvlabs
Guest

Wayne 11-15-2009 10:39
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Saw very few ducks this morning. Had a small group 3 GWT drop in. Shot a hen out of the bunch, went to get her and she flew off!! Seen quite a few ducks flying in between 9-9:30. Not sure if they were moving because of the front or what. Hopefully this weather will bring some new birds.

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Aaron(Mingo)Milligan
Field Editor

11-14-2009 21:46
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Wyatt is a good kid! Tell him hello for me.

DW, I think that is some kind of “bad word” filter and substitute. Seems like if you try to type wash i t a it ends up Washura or something like that.

Glad you found some birds.

Posted By:
dweilert
Guest

11-14-2009 15:30
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h o l e is what I am trying to type???

Posted By:
dweilert
Guest

11-14-2009 15:29
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every time I type find jerk it comes out jerk, I have no earthly idea why???

Posted By:
dweilert
Guest

mayes county 11-14-2009 15:26
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All those years of taking the young uns paid off today. I had not found much to hunt in my haunts and had just about settled into this morning being a scouting morning, then my nephew Wyatt called me up and informed me he found some ducks and had gotten permission to hunt them. He told me there were 2 to 3 hundred Grey ducks on a farrm pond near his home. Well I had nothing better so we gave it a whirl this morning with Matt one of my other nephews. I set the deks out right where he spotted the birds. LST came and within 10 minutes we had 18 and were pickin up. Amazingly, every single bird was a Gaddy. We gave each other high 5’s and all went to the local diner for some bacon! It was a real treat to see these young men not only find jerk and master scout it, but proceed to out shoot the old man!!!

[Edited By dweilert on 2009-11-14 15:28]

[Edited By dweilert on 2009-11-14 15:28]

Posted By:
Aaron(Mingo)Milligan
Field Editor

McClain Co 11-14-2009 14:32
Cloudy, Winds Calm – 60-65 Degrees
Same here, saw few birds, bagged three. Maybe this weak north wind will help.

Posted By:
iluvlabs
Guest

Wayne 11-14-2009 08:36
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Not much flying this morning. Managed 3 gadwalls out of a group of 4. Nothing else gave us a look.