Posted By:
Col4600
Guest
Central Kansas 11-06-2006 23:03
Sunny & Clear, Winds Calm – 45-50 Degrees
Went back to the same place as on Saturday. Didn’t see near the numbers as the day before, it was more like early November usually is on the Arkansas River. We did have 2 nice groups work us and managed to shoot 8 mallards. Most of the other birds we saw were flying very high and didn’t pay us much attention. It was just a very different day all around. I think some of this had to do with the moon, it was very heavy on Saturday night and Sunday morning. I didn’t notice it on my Saturday hunt because of the cloud cover. My guess is the Mallards were up in the fields half the night and weren’t following any set pattern. Every bird we shot was stuffed full of corn. Anyway, I was glad to see the Mallards are moving down. Nothing better then Mallards cupped coming into the decs………
Posted By:
Water SWAT
Guest
Harvey / Marion Co. 11-06-2006 07:48
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We saw a fair amount of ducks yesterday, the shooting early on was poor. We didn’t see the Mallards that Col4600 saw although we did manage 4 all of which were adult birds. Also a nice Red Head Drake. 7 ducks total.
We did see alot of geese. Didn’t look like migrators, just the local pigs. We will be giving them a run next weekend.
Posted By:
Col4600
Guest
Somewhere in CENTRAL Kansas 11-04-2006 22:41
Sunny & Clear, High Winds – 40-45 Degrees
Went out this morning by myself to do a little scouting, maybe a little shooting. Lets just say the first wave of mallards may be moving through Central Kansas. I had my limit of Mallards by 7:00 a.m. I decided to sit for awhile to check out just how many more birds might give me a look. I was seeing wave after wave of mallards. It reminded me of late season. If my regulars were with me there’s no doubt we would have ended the day with a bird count in the 20’s. At one point I had 8 birds sitting in the decs and at least another 70 to 90 circling me. I’m heading to the same spot tommorrow to see how it goes, this time with backup. These weren’t Wichita Mallards either….
Posted By:
slassley62
Guest
10 miles east of Quivera 11-01-2006 15:41
Sunny & Clear, Winds Calm – 25-30 Degrees – Open Water
Two of us had a great shoot this AM. Two limits consisting of 4 Drake Mallards, 3 Gaddies, 2 Pintail and 1 Red Head. We had them right in the decoys despite the calm winds. We could of had a go at some sandies and specks but gotta wait for seven more days.
While some of you are chasen pasture chickens this Sat. I might be waiting for them ducks you all scare off the little waters..
Good Luck!!!
Posted By:
wtrfwlhunter
Guest
central 11-01-2006 14:41
Sunny & Clear, Winds Calm – 25-30 Degrees – Open Water
Birds worked great this a.m. Lots of birds, and were willing to make the turn in the hole. Still not seeing the mallards anyone have any ideas? 2 limits of gaddies/teal….
Posted By:
MrMallard88
Guest
N of Manhattan 10-31-2006 11:22
Mostly Sunny, No Precipitation – 25-30 Degrees – Open Water
With this cold front I decided to head out to try and kill a few mallards. Was covered in teal at shooting time but decided to hold off until the bigger ducks started flying. Ended up killing 4 drake mallards and a gadwall by 8:15. There were deffinetly a lot more ducks than there was this weekend and even decoyed a group of 50+ mallards. Heard snows over the house non stop from about 8-11 last night and saw many large flocks of snows and ducks headed south this morning. Bring on the cold. Oh, and on a side note, there was some skim ice on the water this morning…
Good Huntin to Everyone
Posted By:
Col4600
Guest
Flooded millet pont-Cheney lake area 10-30-2006 22:26
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Went out Sat. for the opener and had a nice morning. The teal were covering us up before legal shooting time, and luckily kept coming in till around 8:30 or so. We only saw 2 groups of “other” ducks. A trio of gadwall came over and circled about 3 times before checking out, and a nice group of mallards buzzed us heading towards the lake.
We ended the morning with 15 greenwing teal and 1 woodduck. There was lots of shooting going on around the lake but I haven’t heard any other reports. I think our pond is 1 of only a handful that is holding large amounts of water around the Cheney lake area……..
Posted By:
Bumper
Guest
W Kansas 10-30-2006 19:35
Sunny & Clear, Winds Calm – 60-65 Degrees
I hunted both Saturday and Sunday. Two drakes and a baldpate on Saturday, three drakes and a gaddie on Sunday. Did as well as I could on Saturday with few opportunities. Sunday I couldn’t hit the side of barn. Ducks responded well to calling on Sunday and I blew numerous opportunities to limit out. By ten am they basically stopped flying. Scouting would have paid off but my job is killing me right now. I scouted Saturday after I hunted to find a better spot on Sunday and it worked out well.
[Edited By Bumper on 2006-10-30 19:36]
Posted By:
Greg-Haygood
Web Member
S. of Quivera 10-30-2006 12:37
Sunny & Clear, Winds Calm – 50-60 Degrees
Opener was not what I expected, fair number of birds in the air, none wanted anything to do with our spot. Heard a decent amount of shooting in the area (all direction) and have since learned that most shot limits by the end of the hunt (mix of divers, gaddies and teal). I failed to scout which area we should hunt on Friday and paid the price Sat morning, Hunted an area w/little activity on the water and passed on several spots that were much better suited for the bluebird conditions (scouted after the disappointing hunt). Lesson learned!! Ended the morning w/one gaddie and several missed opportuniteis, but all in all, it was not our day, offered everything but the kitchen sink and they didn’t want it on that day.
Here’s to trying again later in the week and for sure some better scouting efforts.
Got a report this morning from a hunt in the Quivera area on a group shot 10 greenies and their one each limit of pintails this morning. Maybe a decent sign that a few mall’s are arriving the scene, certainly didn’t see many mallards this weekend, mainly gad’s, divers and teal.
Posted By:
Givem_three
Guest
Central Kansas 10-29-2006 16:21
Sunny & Clear, Winds Calm – 40-45 Degrees
Had a fun opener! Saw lots birds, both my boys shot their first birds! Myself, my two boys and a friend of mine shot 2 blue wing teal, 1 widgeon, 1 Gaddie, and 9 mallards. Looking forward to the rest of the season.
