Posted By:
Aaron(Mingo)Milligan
Field Editor
Central OK 11-13-2009 18:14
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Maybe more ducks on the move. Most of the ponds I checked today did not have ducks, but the few that did had bigger numbers. Saw a few small ponds that had 30-50 on them.
Posted By:
dweilert
Guest
NE 11-12-2009 08:48
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been out woodie chasing the last couple days, seems that is what we have the most of at the current time. The beavers have made for me some Arkansas style flooded timber and the wood ducks love it. Shot a limit 2 days ago and 1 shy yesterday. Still looking for the bigs to show up on the local haunts.
Posted By:
iluvlabs
Guest
11-12-2009 08:05
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Hey Mingo,
Are you hunting east or west of 77? I hunt east and typically see lots of birds moving over on the west side. If you want to send me a PM that is fine. Just trying to get a bead on these Mcclain Co. birds.
Posted By:
Aaron(Mingo)Milligan
Field Editor
McClain Co. 11-11-2009 19:39
Cloudy, Winds Calm – 50-60 Degrees
Had a good shoot this morning with 3 guns taking 14 birds; mostly Gadwall with a few Wigeon and one Mallard.
The wind was actually wrong for our set up, but this caused the birds to come over our backs and hover over the pond trying to find a way to get down. This made for some pretty easy shooting. The birds seemed to have trouble getting up speed to get out and many broke back over us. We even dropped a few behind the dam. A few fresh ducks seem to be trickling in, but they are not easy. You gotta be hid, still and take your shot at the first good chance.
Posted By:
iluvlabs
Guest
Wayne 11-11-2009 16:06
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Made a quick hunt this AM with my Uncle. Had 4 gadwalls come in and only 2 left. That is all that even gave us a look. Seen a few flying, but not many.
I am seeing decent numbers of birds on various ponds however while traveling for work. It needs to get cold!!
Posted By:
dweilert
Guest
N 11-09-2009 11:03
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Hunted Sat. more hunters than ducks! 6 of us scratched out 15 birds, Mallards, Widgeons, Pintail and a woodie. Had to spend the night on the boat just to secure a spot. did not even bother Sunday, went to church where I belong! Found some woodies using some flooded timber, will be off to shoot at them in the morn.
Posted By:
Aaron(Mingo)Milligan
Field Editor
McClain Co 11-08-2009 18:16
Sunny & Clear, Winds Calm – 60-65 Degrees
Same crew, different pond, fewer ducks. Had three Wigeon come in and leave before LST, then we got a pair of Gadwall and took both. We did not see more than 10 ducks all morning.
Labs, I noticed the same thing yesterday, with ducks on their way somewhere else. It almost seemed like late season stale ducks. There are just not very many ducks in this area and lots of water for them to chose from.
Posted By:
iluvlabs
Guest
Wayne,OK 11-08-2009 11:19
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Saturday we seen several different groups. But it seems that these aren’t new birds and they all knew where they were heading. Scratched out 3 gadwalls.
Sunday had more of the same with seeing birds but not even getting a look. Skunked for the first time this year. Sure is nice to be in the blind though!!
Posted By:
Aaron(Mingo)Milligan
Field Editor
McClain Co. 11-07-2009 14:21
Sunny & Clear, High Winds – 60-65 Degrees
Well here we go; about like I expected, some ducks but not a lot. We saw a fair number of ducks but many of those had someplace else to go, probably as a result of all the rain we have gotten. If any worked close the decoyed pretty well. Surprisingly, our shooting wasn’t too bad and most that came in we got. Of course that was also due to the fact that they were mostly in groups of four or less. We ended up with a mixed bag of Gadwall, Wigeon and Mallard with a total bag of 11 for 5 guns.
Posted By:
iluvlabs
Guest
11-06-2009 15:36
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Just hope we don’t get skunked!!
