Posted By:
DukDad
Guest
Chester 10-10-2002 09:27
– – 45-50 Degrees
Opening Day Duck
We arrived at our favorite opening day pond where we came upon the disturbing sight of a hastily constructed camp site strewn with empty whisky bottles and discarded petroleum jelly cans. Amongst the debris we find Mallard Man and Richie all smiles and ready for action.
The woodies came in early 20-30 strong. We capped like mad and two full boxes of shells later the score was two drakes. As we milled around examining the sights of our fowling pieces and arguing about which eye to close (right, left, or both) when you aim, a group of 15 Canadas came in cupped and committed right into our laps. Another two boxes of shells let go and we drop four of the geese.
All in all a great day.
Posted By:
Dave-Proulx
WFC Sponsor
Litchfield County 10-09-2002 21:08
Mostly Sunny, No Precipitation – 40-45 Degrees
Successful season opener. Hunted a lake in Northwest Ct. Took 5 mallards and 1 woodie between two of us. Saw good numbers of ducks, and lots of geese.
Posted By:
Dave-Proulx
WFC Sponsor
Lebanon, Ct. 10-01-2002 18:41
Sunny & Clear, High Winds – Over 70 Degrees
First trip to farm pond Saturday. Saw 2 groups, one flock worked to call but couldn’t land due to wind.
Posted By:
ctshooter
Guest
litchfield county 09-27-2002 12:58
Mostly Sunny, No Precipitation – 60-65 Degrees
set up tuesday afternoon for the evening flite that never materialized .
Posted By:
DukDad
Guest
Stony Creek :South Zone 09-17-2002 20:33
Mostly Sunny, No Precipitation – 60-65 Degrees
A message for all the F.O.M.M. (Friends Of Mallard Man) your boy has fallen on hard times. Don’t let his false pride fool you for he is most certainly down on his luck.
Example: In all the years (3) that I have been hunting with him he has never come equipped with his own ammunition. Today was no exception. Upon collecting him in my “Special Purpose Duck Hunting Sedan” (I’m still picking out mud from the back seat) he proudly states that for this outing he has brought his own ammo and then produces a box which he claims contains said shells. Though I never actually see any shells we went on our way. Upon assembly in the field however …… you guessed it, no ammo.
“I must have left the ammo can on my deck as we were loading up.” He says.
Now that I have had time to reflect,for Mallard Man this was definitely a desperate cry for help.
As usual I offered the use of my ammunition which he sheepishly accepts. The nice thing about sharing your shells with M.M. is that he is excellent at conserving, as we do not fire a shot. We did see a group of 25-30 Canadas come into the marsh and made an Indiana Jones low crawl to their last known position, but in the end we left without disturbing the neighborhood.
As for Mallard Man, next time you see him slip him an extra candle stick…… at least until he gets back on his feet again.
Keep Your Lable UP,
Tud
Posted By:
Aussieboy7586
Guest
NEED TO FIND SOMEWHERE TO HUNT 09-06-2002 19:57
Sunny & Clear, High Winds – Over 70 Degrees
Need to find somewhere in Connecticut to hunt. I am new to duck hunting and would like to one of you guys to help me getting started. I live in fairfield county and am really enthusiastic about duck hunting, know alot of stuff about it. If anyone is willing just private message me.
Posted By:
Dave-Proulx
WFC Sponsor
Hfd County 08-20-2002 22:12
Sunny & Clear, Winds Calm – Over 70 Degrees
Just a “test-post” to cure an itchy trigger finger. First corn was cut in a field in town yesterday, and wouldn’t you know, there were 20 geese feeding in the cut corn this morning. Won’t be long now.
Posted By:
Mike-Kapp
WFC Sponsor
Connecticut River and East 07-10-2002 10:45
Sunny & Clear, Winds Calm – Over 70 Degrees
It may be time to get the deks out and start cleaning and repainting. I was out checking a few areas this past week-end and was pleasantly surprised. There seems to be a larger than ever local goose hatch this year and there were a substantial number of ducks in the few areas I looked.
Anyway now is the time to start planning on locations for this fall and getting the equipment back in shape. Have a good rest of the summer and I’ll see you in the blind.
Mike
Posted By:
ringbill
Magazine Subscriber
open 01-24-2002 12:16
Sunny & Clear, Morning Fog – 35-40 Degrees
I’m from the east coast and wondering if anyone knows about an oldsquaw call? If so email me at ringbill@hotmail.com Thanks
Posted By:
ringbill
Magazine Subscriber
sound 01-23-2002 18:27
Cloudy, Winds Calm – 30-34 Degrees – Open Water
This season was horrible. We hammered the geese because no ducks arround. Did get a fair amount of ducks but not compared to the ussual numbers we get. The last five times out got skuncked twice we rearrly happens to us(the area has a ton of buffies but only saw 5, no shots). Got a hybrid mallard black another day. Got a black, pair of mallards and a buffie, coould of hammered mergs.(lot of them arrround this year). But ended the last day on a good note with a limit between three of us.
