Posted By:
jsnesset
Supporting Member
Field – Nyssa 12-12-2005 10:24
Cloudy, Winds Calm – 25-30 Degrees – Ice
Saturday was great… 3 of us setup in a cornfield and shot 21 ducks. Big groups of mallards all morning. We ended up with 2 nice pintail and the rest mallards. They decoyed well in groups of 20-50 birds. The overcast made for a nice morning of hunting. Didn’t see more than a few geese. Sunday we thought we’d try our luck again, but we got fogged in. We only ended up shooting 3 ducks.
Posted By:
shdwgrss
Guest
snake river 12-11-2005 22:35
Sunny & Clear, Morning Fog – 25-30 Degrees – Open Water
slow day 5 of us only shot 3 geese and 5 mallards not many ducks working at all fewer geese flying out
Posted By:
DuckCollar
Guest
Snake River 12-11-2005 15:49
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Saturday three of us hunted the snake. While we were setting decoys we jumped tons of ducks and geese off the other bank. We never fired a shot until around 8:00. It slowly picked up and we shot 12 birds by 9:45. Of the twelve, six were greenwing’s, three were wigeons and the other three were mallards. We ended up leaving at around 10:00 and went upland hunting. The three of us all shot limits of quail and we got to chase some wild phesants. All the coveys we saw had at least 50 birds in them. Just one of those good days in the feild.
Posted By:
bwarren
Guest
snake 12-11-2005 11:50
Cloudy, Winds Calm – 10-20 Degrees – Open Water
There are huge numbers of ducks and geese using the river. We jumped thousands of mallards and lots of geese off the river early sat. morning. We shot 28 green heads and 7 geese. The river was open despite some reports of ice. Many of the ducks seems to be heading towards Nyssa to feed but around 10:00 they were back. Whats the deal with the weather it was suppose to be cold, I dont know about the rest of you but I think Rick Lance should quit and stop embarassing himself.
[Edited By bwarren on 2005-12-11 11:51]
Posted By:
shdwgrss
Guest
snake river 12-10-2005 13:20
Mostly Sunny, No Precipitation – 0-10 Degrees – Open Water
little late on this post went out thursday me and 1 friend shot 14 ducks and 5 geese seen alot of high flying ducks in good size flocks alot of geese flying out late to feed but didnt come back to water
Posted By:
John-Carter
Guest
Snake River, Nyssa 12-09-2005 19:33
Arctic Blast – 0-10 Degrees – Ice
Total learning experience. I have been jetting the river for years but the river beat me today. Had to break Ice to launch then instead of getting on plane and going balls to the wall down river I took it slow, big mistake. I sucked chunks of ice, I would use my rake to clear the impeller but would just suck more. It took us about 30 minutes to limp back to the dock with our tails between our legs.Oh well
Posted By:
DuckCollar
Guest
Snake River 12-09-2005 16:21
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Went out by myself this morning. Birds flew pretty good for the first half hour. Then it slowed down, I still was decoying birds by 10:30 but they came in 20 or 30 minutes apart. I saw mostly mallards and wigeons and a few teal. I didn’t shoot so great but I still ended up with a pair of mallards and two nice drake wigeons. I went scouting around 11:30. By noon there were lots of birds in the air. It seemed like there was a huge mid-day flight. I ended up seeing huge rafts of ducks around 1:30. Tomorrow I am planning on staying out late if we dont finish in the morining and hopefully they will do the same thing.
Posted By:
PETA
Guest
Snake-Notus 12-09-2005 14:12
Mostly Cloudy, No Precipitation – 0-10 Degrees – Ice
Ditto to jsnesset’s report. Got a couple birds but slow. Lots of ice on the river, which made it an exciting ride in the dark plowing thru floating ice. Had to break thru up to 4 inches of ice on the shore to get into my spot. The cold and the ice may be pushing the birds out. Did not see anything working the fields.
Posted By:
jsnesset
Supporting Member
Snake – Walter’s Ferry 12-09-2005 11:46
Sunny & Clear, Winds Calm – 0-10 Degrees – Open Water
Well, this morning pretty much sucked. Tried to get away from people… but more or less ran into a wad of people at the ramp. There were 6 boats including us at the launch. There were thousands of birds roosting on the river… but when shooting light came around, there was few and far between. We never heard a shot in the first 30 minutes. We only hunted an hour to make it back to work and managed a greenie and a widgeon. We probably only heard 5 or 6 shots in the whole time we were there. …back down river tomorrow…
Hey bwarren… nice post… you never told me you were a coot fan, ha… If so, I guess that means you are hunting by yourself tomorrow :).
Posted By:
bwarren
Guest
snake river 12-09-2005 10:52
Arctic Blast – 0-10 Degrees – Open Water
I decided to get a membership just to read what you guys are bickering about. I’m looking for a hunting buddy that likes to hunt the snake, I try to concentrate on the coot hunting here in Idaho. I’m not sure why but they get literally no hunting pressure and provide great shooting, they’re also a culinary delight. If any of you have come across large groups and are willing to spill the beans to a beginer the info would be much appreciated. I would also appreciate any tips on getting them to decoy better, they always seem to skirt outside of my decoys. It may be how I’m setting my decoys or calling? Any info would be appreciated
[Edited By bwarren on 2005-12-09 10:05]
