Posted By:
TRM
Web Member
north 11-11-2012 19:26
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do dam windy today,not much going on up here. Hopefully tonight will change that. hopefully!
Posted By:
Bert Holtzman
Field Editor
Ohio River 11-04-2012 20:18
Sunny & Clear, Winds Calm – 45-50 Degrees
We hunted twice again today. This morning we set up in a creek close to the river and got three mallards. There wasn’t a whole lot flying. We saw a handful of ducks, woodies and mallards.
This afternoon we hunted a slough along the river. Wood ducks all around from 4 PM until shooting time. I should have had two but my gun misfired on what would have been an easy double.
This was the first weekend of hunting for my lab, Dakota. She did pretty good although we did have some issues yesterday with her not picking up a duck on a retrieve. I worked with her on this before we hunted this afternoon but I guess she’ll have to wait a few weeks until she can get her first real retrieve.
Posted By:
Bert Holtzman
Field Editor
Ohio River Bottoms 11-03-2012 18:59
Cloudy, Occassional Rain Showers – 35-40 Degrees
We opened our season with a morning and pm hunt. Ended our first day with three wood ducks, a hen green wing teal and a hen spoonie. I’ve been scouting for a few weeks now and bird numbers really dropped this week. The river did rise and they could be spread out but we also could have had some birds leave with all the weather this week. Back at it in the morning…
Posted By:
Bert Holtzman
Field Editor
Ohio River 10-27-2012 20:36
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I scouted our sloughs by the river this afternoon and got some good time in with the dog as well. She did very well and is ready for the opener. When we got to our spot a group of twenty five woodies was on the verge of landing. We sat for a while and then I got up and we walked to some other spots that might be good later in the season. I marked them with flagging tape. I jumped about a dozen green wing teal in the midst of doing this. We didn’t stay for the roost but I’m sure it was spectacular. A bunch roosted in the slough a few Tuesdays ago.
I was suprised to find some standing water in a field we hunted last season. I’m checking this spot out in the morning. We might be able to use this spot next weekend if there’s some birds using the timber around this area.
Posted By:
Bert Holtzman
Field Editor
South Zone- Ohio River 09-01-2012 08:36
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Two guns, six geese (one band) this morning. We pass shot and really walloped what we could. Had we used decoys and layout blinds we probably would have had easy limits. Still not a bad start. Those bands really make you feel good. We will set up again Monday provided it isn’t pouring. Happy hunting a good luck.
We also saw four teal. Water is real low in our spots for them.
Posted By:
Forrest-Eads
Field Editor
Goose Pond 08-27-2012 18:39
Sunny & Clear, Winds Calm – Over 70 Degrees
Despite the drought report, the goose pond is still holding water. If anyone is looking to hunt teal, that will be the place to be !
For those getting out this weekend, get your rain gear ready. Isaac will hopefully visit and bring some much needed water to this area.
Posted By:
Forrest-Eads
Field Editor
Mid SW Indiana 08-21-2012 01:39
Cloudy, Light Rain & Drizzle – Over 70 Degrees
Same story on the crop scene. Not pretty. But I saw more doves than I have seen in some time. Kinda like the old days when fields were actually harvested in September. Every watering hole was way down and I saw very few waterfowl. Hope to get a wabash trip in the next few days. I am sure the birds are just thick in some field that is considered “crop manipulation” and unhuntable. The CO’s should be ordering up extra tickets to give out this year.
Posted By:
Forrest-Eads
Field Editor
Mid-Southern Indiana 08-12-2012 02:59
Sunny & Clear, Winds Calm – Over 70 Degrees
The crops look pitiful most everywhere I have looked. Miniture ears of corn if any…soybean plants without beans growing and a good portion of things have already been cut for silage. Worst I can remember since ’88’.
I have seen several groups of geese…but they are keyed in on water. The white river looks like a creek, but the geese are staying close.
Lots of windshield time starting this week. I will hopefully see something worth sharing…that isn’t on a retention pond.
Posted By:
Bert Holtzman
Field Editor
Ohio River bottoms 08-04-2012 23:02
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I’m happy to report that Thursday night’s rain storm gave us good amounts of water. There was a lot of standing water in the fields and I even noticed that a wetland had water in it. The sloughs should have at least a little water in them. It’s a start. We are due to get more rain tonight and tomorrow. Hopefully we’ll have a wet end to summer which builds towards the season.
Posted By:
Bert Holtzman
Field Editor
Ohio River 07-16-2012 16:27
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Drought conditions persist but we got a nice little rain on Saturday. I drove through the bottoms Saturday evening and the corn looks okay if it was planted early, not so much for that planted late, as it is struggling to grow. Soybeans aren’t too bad. The sloughs should be bone dry so it’s going to take a deluge to even think about hunting there in the early season.
Fund-raising season is in full gear right now. Our Tell City DU event is September 8.
