Posted By:
jwilson504
Guest
japan 02-16-2007 22:08
Sunny & Clear, Winds Calm – Over 70 Degrees
FINALLY back home in June! Next sesason ducks, geese, fence-line orphans, quail, homo’s, and other critters beware!!! You all may see me eventually!
Naked Doc (thanks Reno504)
Posted By:
Bernie-Jones
Field Editor
north sedg co. 02-08-2007 20:02
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Been busy trying to get the last few weeks of goose in. Man has it been wild. Shot limits almost every time out with a few snows here and there. Still tons of geese in the fields north of of Wichita. Good luck too all.
Posted By:
Col4600
Guest
Arkansas River 01-28-2007 20:11
– – 30-34 Degrees – Ice
Well it was a busy week for us, hit em hard starting on Wed. afternoon. Usually don’t hunt the river in the afternoons but noticed the ducks were using it so decided to give it a try. The following is a brief recap of the last week of our season starting on Wed night.
Wed Night-Started out as a scouting hunt, trying to see if the ducks were really there in the afternoon-Headed out by myself and set up 10 decoys and shot 2 wigeon and 3 greenheads in 10 minutes. The ducks were there as advertised. Stayed a extra hour and watched nice flocks of mallards pass over.
Thursday Night-Took 2 partners with me-broke a lot of ice and had a sweet hole along a backwater slough. The ducks were on us early heavy-slower late, not as many ducks as the night before. Ended up with 10 ducks-nice mixed bag. Still lots of ice.
Friday morning-took off work and let my boy miss school. The divers were on us heavy and hard from the get go. Not many Mallards for some reason. Ended up with a bag of 10 ducks-3 teal,2 wigeon, and the rest divers. Great limit minus the greenheads.
Friday night-set up a few decs and was really just scouting again-trying to see if the ducks were using any certain area. Me and my son ended up shooting 8 ducks-once again no mallards.
Sat. morning- 4 of us headed out hoping for a little green. Saw more Mallards, some late in the morning, not many early. Ended the day with 14 ducks, some wigeon, some mallards, 1 teal, and some golden eyes.
Sunday-Lots of ducks working us early, not much shooting on the River, not sure if anyone was hunting or what was going on. The River had opened up the day before with the warm weather but the slush was out in force and causing termoil. Ended up taking 16 ducks. Mostly Mallards with a couple divers mixed in. It was a nice way to end the season and to end a very good week. We were hoping the numbers would stay the same as last weekend, clearly there wasn’t as many ducks around as the previous week but still had a good number. It was really something to see all these divers on the river, having hunted it forever and never seeing many before. Ended up shooting goldeneyes, ruddy ducks, bluebill, merganser, ringneck, mallards, teal, and wigeon. Saw some Pintails but didn’t get a chance at them. What more could you ask for for the last week of the season, truely a very weird and different week.
Posted By:
Bernie-Jones
Field Editor
Ark river 01-23-2007 19:40
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Hunter the river Ssat morning and man, what a sight. Literally thousands of ducks in the area. I watched wave after wave leaving the sand pit to the south of me. Shot 4 greenheads and a nice Barrows golden eye and 2 honkers. Hunted the same spot Sunday morning and shot 3 greenheads and a nice huge honker. the cold weather deffinately brought the ducks in. More geese around the north side of Wichita than I have ever seen. Fields up here just packed with the lessers. Seems the geese are staying in the field just about all day right now. With just a few weeks of goose season left, we will be hitting it hard. Good luck to all!!
Posted By:
RugerPup
Guest
Neosho River, Neosho Co. 01-21-2007 20:56
Cloudy, Winds Calm – 30-34 Degrees – Ice
Set up on the river today i the same spot as yesterday. Sat. 3 of us shot 15 greenheads in an hour and 20 minutes, great day hunting, despite the 1 mile hike in.
Today, different story, set up, and didnt have a single duck come in the decoys. Saw at LEAST 3000 mallards, and a bunch of ringnecks and teal, but they all had different plans. Hope some of this ice thaws out this week, so we have more options this next weekend for the closer. Good Luck
Posted By:
Col4600
Guest
Arkansas River 01-21-2007 19:48
– – 30-34 Degrees – Ice
Well I made it to the River this morning. We had a 10yd by 20yd patch open so we were in business. Wasn’t expecting much with the whole river frozen. What I really wasn’t expecting was to do as good as we did. Set out about 20 land decoys around the hole and watched as flock after flock of Mallards ignored us. Smaller groups of 2 and 3 looked at us a little and some singles came in. Just many many birds in the area. Ended up taking a 3 man limit. 1 goldeneye, 1 wigeon, 3 ringnecks, and 10 Mallards. It was simply beyond words shooting a mixed bag like that at this time of year off the Arkansas River. Is anyone else in Kansas hunting, I’m starting to think I’m talking to myself here. We did have a nice hunt today didn’t we? Yes we did son, one for the books…………
[Edited By Col4600 on 2007-01-21 19:49]
Posted By:
Col4600
Guest
Arkansas 01-20-2007 20:43
– – 30-34 Degrees – Ice
Hunted NE Arkansas Thursday and Friday. Lots of birds there, even more water. I’ve never saw more spoonbills in my life. The area we hunted was basically a whole section of flooded rice. We did see lots of birds but let me just say, these birds were field tested. It was a very good time, something I would love to do once a year. The guys that invited us were first rate and lots of fun to drink with. Our pit ended up with 1 spec, 1 can, 2 greenheads, 2 pintail, 2 teal, and 15 shovelers. Hoping to get back in the field Sunday morning even with the snow. Reports I’m getting from my sources are that there’s plenty of Mallards around, just no open water. I’m cutting into the Arkansas River in the morning……
Posted By:
one more trip
Web Member
Thinking of a trip 01-17-2007 17:12
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How will the cold weather and ice effect the late season??
Posted By:
wycohunter
Guest
lv count 01-13-2007 14:01
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Hunted a private pond we normally do well at, figured we would do good considering the weahter. All the geese were either stayin put in the fields or at the ponds they were already at. Gave up at 12 with no birds, never saw one goose flyin.
Posted By:
Water SWAT
Guest
HV County 01-07-2007 20:00
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Well I didn’t get to get out this weekend but the others in my group did. They killed Honkers on Saturday. They called me when they were done and tell me that one of the floater decoys had decided to take a swim. They thought that the weight had slipped of the ledge and it was free floating. Long story short I went with the boat today to retrieve iy only to find about 500 Mallards sitting on the pond. Little Bastages anyways. Hope they hang out for a couple of weeks.
