Posted By:
Bernie-Jones
Field Editor
Sedg. county 01-03-2007 18:17
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We did alot of hunting over the past week with little or no results on duckies. We didn’t see many and didnt shoot any. They seem a little sparse in the northern part of the county.
Geese on the other hand. WOW!!! Tons and tons of geese. Wee hunted a field that was packed the morning before and sat up a few dozen silos. There was about 15 in the first bunch that came in and we dropped 3 out of them. The second group was the shocker. We let the first 100 or so land right in the dekes and the other 1000-2000 were right behind them. NO KIDDIN!!! we dropped all of our limits out of this bunch. Gonna try and get in on the speks before the end this weekend. Good luck!!
Posted By:
jroetman
Guest
Neosho county 12-30-2006 20:42
Mostly Cloudy, No Precipitation – 50-60 Degrees
Just got back from visiting your state for the last three days. My son and I and two friends were totally amazed by the number of waterfowl that is in kansas. We had a great experience and found everyone to be very friendly and helpful. You should feel very lucky by the way your state manages your wildlife area. It allows hunters to get close to the birds, and even if limits are not taken, the experience of just seeing the birds is something my son will never forget. We do not have the same possibilities here in Iowa, even though we feel we have decent hunting. My son shot his first drake mallard that was in full plummage, and the bird will be going on his wall. It came from our first flock of birds into the decoys which numbered around 35, After that he and I quote, could not get his leg to stop shakeing for the rest of the day. I also shot a banded drake that I have not recieved the info back on yet. The most spectacular sight was having hundreds of birds drop into the flooded corn field at dusk while were were watching them. It was something I have never witnessed in person, nor so closely before. Thanks to everyone in SE Kansas for the great hospitality. James and Austin Roetman
Posted By:
RugerPup
Guest
SE KS (CR CO) 12-30-2006 18:43
Cloudy, Rain & Thunderstorms – 50-60 Degrees
Set up a big spread this morn on a 15 acre irrigation pond surrounded by cut beans. Put out 8 doz mallards, 1 1/2 doz. canada floaters and 2 doz canada fullbodies. Had more ducks flying sky high til about 9 am than I have seen this year, and I assume they were migrators, heading SE at a good clip, not to intrested in our dekes (no mojo). Ended up pulling 3 giant canadas (all 16+ lbs) 3 mallard drakes, 2 ringnecks, 2 gaddies, and a loner snow looking for company. After about 9:30 we didnt see many large groups of ducks, but a few small flights and only 1 group of geese. got soaked.
Posted By:
Col4600
Guest
Arkansas River-farm pond 12-29-2006 22:57
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Tues-Ark. River- Could only hunt till 9 so decided to set up down river on a area that the ducks like to circle. We set up and had 30 Mallards hovering at 20 yards before shooting time-landing 70 yards from us. Next a trio of gadwalls landed in the decs-still not shooting time. Some jackasses 300 yards up river opened up early, 7:05 to be exact and everything got spooked and flew off. The next 2 hours were hell, every bird we saw was spooky. The few groups of doubles that we had circle us wouldn’t finish. The birds were acting like they had been in country awhile. Ended up with a big 0.
Wed-Arkansas River-Set up at are normal place this morning. We saw singles and doubles-one or the other-about every 15 minutes. Most of what we saw early we shot. Didn’t see any nice flocks till 8:40. The flocks we did see weren’t interested, decoy shy, call shy, skybusters shy. Ended the day with 6 fat Mallards.
Thurs-Millet pond-N. of Cheney lake- Pulled up to the pond and scared off 70 or so cans. Some teal were on us early, no big ducks. Lots of Mallards flying high, looked like migrators, high and in Vs heading for the lake. Had 4 cans go over us at 70 yds, bank 100 yds out and cut in on us. Slow, cupped, perfect, should have had all 4, managed 2. Ended the day with 3 teal and the cans. Heard lots of shooting from the lake so headed over there when we were done. Talked to a couple boys and both had their limit of mallards.
Fri-Arkansas River- Headed back to the River, after seeing the migrators Thursday figured there would be some new ducks around. If they’re here, they aren’t using the river yet. Everything we saw looked the same as early in the week. Saw some nice flocks, mostly high with a different agenda. No birds in the air after 8:30. A few field hunters I know had a nice hunt the night before. 15 Mallards, hopefully the birds arrived in town and were just spending Thursday and Friday feeding. On the way home we checked on a few cornfields we sometimes hunt and 1 was full of Mallards at 10:30 in the morning. We usually fieldhunt for ducks in the afternoon so I’m thinking these birds were replenishing. Looking to have a good last weekend…….good luck to all………
[Edited By Col4600 on 2006-12-29 22:58]
Posted By:
mdavis3
Guest
Flint Hills 12-29-2006 20:25
Cloudy, Winds Calm – 45-50 Degrees
I don’t know why I’m even still hunting this season, I can’t make the right decision at the right time or some other plans interfere with a potentially good day. Enough female caninein. On 12-28-06 finally got a day off of work, well we got set up late due to an act of kindness, one flock of geese missed. Second flock of geese missed while parking 4 wheeler. Didn’t see a mallard slip in on us. Worked a pair of mallards took them alittle to high put them in thier death glides. Went to see if I could recover the pair, looked for awhile but got hungry so I went to the truck and got some food and decided to go see where all the geese were feeding at. After about 10 minutes my partner called and asked where I was, he proceded to tell me I just missed a flight of 30-35 geese that worked right into the decoys and they killed 4 nice geese. So I went and started running ponds by myself no birds were found on any ponds I have permission for except one lone prairie chicken I was able to get it. The geese seemed to feed all day I stayed on one pond until 5:30 pm but nothing ever came in. I did notice one large group of migrating ducks heading southeast at about 4:30 pm. This late in the season and still hunting like a rookie.
[Edited By mdavis3 on 2006-12-29 20:27]
Posted By:
wycohunter
Guest
Basehore kansas 12-29-2006 19:22
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Hunted this morning, we shot a 3 man limit of honkers, 4 mallard drakes, and 3 ring necks. Luckily one of the mallards was banded. Really didnt see alot of geese moving, ducks were pretty slow as well.
Posted By:
Bumper
Guest
Kansas 12-29-2006 14:02
Cloudy, Rain & Thunderstorms – 45-50 Degrees
I am a coward. The lightning kept me from going this morning. The season is about over and we have yet to see the push of ducks or they have gone on by. Just like I said in my first post of the year. They start the darn season to early.
Posted By:
Bumper
Guest
Kansas 12-28-2006 15:29
Cloudy, Winds Calm – 30-34 Degrees – Ice
I scratched a limit of mallards this morning. They are extremely call shy and decoy shy. I’ve not used a mojo all year. Would be nice to get some different birds before the season is over.
Posted By:
Marshman54
Guest
South of Quivira 12-28-2006 14:24
Cloudy, Winds Calm – 45-50 Degrees
Hunted same location this morning got a 4 person limit of ducks 1 pintail, 1 GW Teal, 1 hen widgeon, 17 drake mallards. Couldn’t pull in big flocks of duck, but the singles came in good. Used mojos today don’t know if the ducks liked them or not. They seem to flare before they would finish. Also scratch out two cacks. Lots of geese in the area. Another good morning. Keep the reports coming.
[Edited By Marshman54 on 2006-12-28 14:26]
Posted By:
Marshman54
Guest
South of Quivira 12-27-2006 16:15
Cloudy, High Winds – 45-50 Degrees
Me and a buddy hunted his cattail marsh this morning. Shot two limits of mallards (all greenheads), two limits of canada geese (small variety), one shy of a limit of specklebellies, and a bonus blue goose (my first eagle head). Great morning. Going to try it again tommorrow with a few more friends.
