Posted By:
jerseywaterfowler
Guest
Milford,Ct 12-28-2002 15:35
Mostly Sunny, No Precipitation – 30-34 Degrees – Open Water
Nutmeg state hunters.Was up at my in-laws for a couple of days for Christmas,always love dinner with anti-hunters(How could you kill a inoccent animal). Any way took my two boys over to court? street in Milford. Just looking around for ducks and hunters. Did not see any ducks and only on hunter on the far side side of neills island. My two boys loved collecting the empty shotgun shells,they call it tresure hunting. Is one alowed to hunt the shore line in that area? Mabey next year might get a non-resident tag just wondering if one can hunt their. Looks like you can place decoys in the water by your feet and hope. Thank you for any help.J/W
Posted By:
Dave-Proulx
WFC Sponsor
Farmington River 12-28-2002 11:00
Mostly Sunny, No Precipitation – 30-34 Degrees – Open Water
Had a good hunt today. Flock of 20 geese decoyed to the river, 6 died, including the 3rd banded bird of the season.
The mallards were luckier though, since I shot like Elmer Fudd every time I saw a duck.
Posted By:
ctshooter
Guest
12-22-2002 18:38
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DUCK YOU THEY WERE COMMON MERGANSERS,
Posted By:
DanburyDucker
Guest
Candlewood Lake 12-22-2002 08:01
– – 25-30 Degrees – Open Water
Played hooky from work one day last week saw thousands of merganzers. Wave after wave like Jap Zeros buzzing Pearl Harbor. Took two mallards and a curious goldeneye.
This Saturday it must have been a bufflehead reunion on the lake. Tons in the morning and then by 11am it got real quiet so I decided to head in and remount a new motor I just put on the boat, I was getting alot of spray from the stern so I jacked it up an inch and a half–problem solved.
Just curious, any guys out there have experience in Maine costal hunts? I have an offer I might take a friend up on.
DD
Posted By:
new york 12-22-2002 05:14
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ct shooter what kind of mergansers? Where in Litchfield county?
Posted By:
ctshooter
Guest
litchfield county 12-21-2002 19:55
Mostly Sunny, No Precipitation – 30-34 Degrees – Open Water
hunted small river today,got a limit of greenheads for the three of us.couldn’t do anything wrong.they wanted to be there today,love it when that happens.also picked up 5 mergansers as if the dog didn’t have enough to do.hope the rest of the season goes like this
Posted By:
Dave-Proulx
WFC Sponsor
Farmington, Ct. 12-21-2002 16:31
Sunny & Clear, Winds Calm – 35-40 Degrees
Fairway geese providing consistent action. Snow melt and mild weather made it pretty good today. Four of us put 8 young birds in the bag – gumbo for dinner tomorrow.
Plenty of mallards on the rivers, but decoying ’em is tricky.
Posted By:
whiskey216
Guest
Long Island Sound 12-18-2002 19:14
Cloudy, Light Rain & Drizzle – 35-40 Degrees
Well…It sounds likeI should have taken scaup JR. up on his invitation to hunt with him. Instead I spent the wee hours up on the Housatonic River watching tons of geese and mallards just a little out of reach. By the time we went out to the island you guys were sipping a little Jack Daniel’s while cleaning the days limit. Sumac yielded one mallard hen at 4:05pm and that is it. One bird came and one bird died. A pretty good average by anyone’s standards.
Hunted Long Island on Sunday and my oh my there are some serious birds out there. There were hundreds if not thousands of mallards(high flyers), countless numbers of brant, and yes we ruined 7 of their days. We saw broadbill, scoters and blacks as well.
Posted By:
Dave-Proulx
WFC Sponsor
Ct 12-18-2002 19:04
– – 35-40 Degrees
Just received email note that in Ct, HEVISHOT (Tungsten-nickel-iron) and Tungsten Matrix (95.9% Tungsten and 4.1% Polymer are now legal for waterfowl hunting in shot sizes of #2 or smaller.
Posted By:
hogman
Guest
Long Isl.Sound 12-17-2002 14:53
Cloudy, Light Rain & Drizzle – 35-40 Degrees
To the duck slayer about cold dogs, I have a yellow lab from Nebraska, (pheasantdog,converted to arctic retriever) and I think the guy with the Chessie answered the question soundly, it all depends on the dog and how well you can read he/she. I’ve had my dog out IN the sound when it was 0 degrees and when she came out the water would freeze on her back immediately and it never seemed to bother her. One other point I would make is that it also depends on the hunt, if your sitting on a rock and action is limited you have to have the gear to keep them warm. If your walking marshes jump shooting then you might not have to. NOW, Dukdaddy All I can say is while you were swimming, Scaup Jr. was already limited out on Bluebills, Followed by the Blue Heron, and Myself. We saw a laod of mallards and blacks that were probably flushed from the marsh when you hit the water. They were way to high I couldn’t have hit one with a special. Next time have wife take the boys to the movies like she’s suposed to and you come kill like your suppose to. To rub it in a little further it was one of the top five hunts in my career as a murderer, later!
Hogman
