Posted By:
wtrfwlhunter
Guest
11-13-2006 16:18
Sunny & Clear, Winds Calm – 35-40 Degrees
Tough tough day, did not see many birds today. We managed to scratch a 2 man limit. 3 mallards, 3 teal, 4 gads. Not bad overall considering we did not have a duck in the decoys at early light.
Posted By:
Col4600
Guest
Flooded millet pond-N. of Cheney Res. 11-12-2006 20:51
Cloudy, High Winds – 35-40 Degrees
Hunted a flooded millet pond this morning. Very very windy day, figured the ducks would stay off the lake and head for a little cover and food. Me and my son were running a little late and when we arrived lots of teal were already on the water. Once we were set up we had a few nice groups work us. Ended the day with 1 redhead, 1 oddball and 6 Gw teal. They stopped flying early, and most of the teal that we scared off early didn’t come back. Usually they will and seeing how there’s no water out by the lake I was expecting it. We had a nice little morning none the less. It’s fun shooting teal and divers but I can’t wait for it to get cold so we can start pounding the river and the cornfields. Nothing better then Mallards and 20 degree temps…….
[Edited By Col4600 on 2006-11-14 21:47]
Posted By:
Bumper
Guest
POND 11-12-2006 18:23
Cloudy, High Winds – 45-50 Degrees
We did pretty good this morning. Seven drakes and one Canada. Could have had more but my partners gun wasn’t working and when it was it couldn’t hit anything. Six Canadas land in the decoys at twenty yard and I get the only one. What can I say. The birds did not fly well after the early morning barrage.
[Edited By Bumper on 2006-11-12 18:24]
Posted By:
Greg-Haygood
Web Member
Ark River NW of Wichita 11-12-2006 15:40
Sunny & Clear, Winds Calm – 30-34 Degrees – Open Water
Saturday morning was a beautiful crisp morning on the river, tons of turkey, several good bucks and NO DUCKS. Didn’t fire a shot. Had two large groups of ducks moving across the river from south to north and knew exactly where they were going, not the river. Several other small 3-4 packs that were lower, but still not interested in the calm wind and sunshine the river had to offer. Hopefully you guys hunting ponds, lakes and marshes had a better hunt. A big ZERO for the tally sheet. Didn’t hunt this morning, still licking my wounds from yesterday. Noticed not a drop of rain projected for the next 10 days, man we sure could use it. Also looking forward to the Whooping Cranes leaving Quivera so it can re-open for hunting and scatter those masses around the area. Hunt safe!!
Posted By:
wtrfwlr44
Guest
SE Kansas 11-11-2006 14:53
Cloudy, High Winds – 40-45 Degrees
Hunted a cut bean field on the farm yesterday for Canada’s. I’ve watched numerous geese fly every morning to a large pond about a mile away. It’s next to a house and cannot be hunted. I figured with the weather forecast I might be able to get some of these locals to give me a look. I put out 5 dozen real geese. The geese fly like clockwork just after 0800 until about 0900. Yesterday they surprised me by starting at 0650. They SEEMED to quit about 0800. They all knew right where they wanted to be, to the pond! Didn’t get an honest look. Went back to the famrhouse to work, we’re renovating. Hadn’t picked up the dekes yet. Lo and behold two groups went into the dekes at 0900. Bout 40 of em. So back out I go. Had a group of 10 come in and took one and missed one. Learned a lesson, change in weather be PATIENT.
[Edited By wtrfwlr44 on 2006-11-11 14:54]
[Edited By wtrfwlr44 on 2006-11-11 14:54]
Posted By:
wtrfwlhunter
Guest
11-10-2006 20:34
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anyone hunting the bottoms lately?
Posted By:
Col4600
Guest
Cheney lake area-beaver pond 11-10-2006 17:13
Cloudy, High Winds – 40-45 Degrees
Decided to head out this morning to a spring-fed beaver pond. This pond was dry 4 weeks ago, but the beavers moved back in like they do every year and the water came quickly. We were covered up with teal and mallards before shooting time. A good 40 mallards were on the water to our left and the teal just kept pouring into the water that was on the other side of the beaver darn. The Mallards got a little nervous and took off but the teal just kept pouring into this little hole. At shooting time we had a nice flock of Gw buzz the decs and decided to take them. I would say the little hole the teal were using had a good 100 plus birds on it. We ended the morning with 7 greenwings and 1 mallard drake. It was a good hunt but we should have shot our limits. The pond is a little tricky to work with. It’s basically a slough that is about 400 feet long and anywhere from 20 to 50 ft wide. The edges of the water have about 20 ft of native grass on each side then runs into a treeline on each side which has wheat on the other side of that. The teal will run the gauntlet at mach 1 and sometimes its hard to pick them out while looking directly at the other side treeline. The mallards drift high overhead and have to drop a long ways in. Might give it another try in the morning since I don’t think we did any damage to the massive amount of teal on the water. That and this pond is alot of fun to hunt…….good luck this weekend….
Posted By:
Greg-Haygood
Web Member
Ark River W. of Wichita 11-10-2006 15:37
Cloudy, High Winds – 45-50 Degrees
Got out this morning for a few hours on the river, not a lot moving around. Had 25mph north wind and saw 2 large groups of ducks passing over the river pretty high, no interest in my set-up, but had multiple 2-4 packs splash into the dekes, just like I like it. Ended the morning with 4 mallards, couldn’t close out the limit. Tommorow should be pretty good with 29 degree temps and 10mph north wind at shooting time. Report back after the wknd. Oh yeah, missed reporting last weekend and only hunted Saturday, 2 groups shot 13 ducks (mixed bag mallards, gadwall, teal)
Posted By:
Mullen
Guest
Near Quivira 11-09-2006 20:02
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hunted opening day 4 man limit of cranes and 6 geese..second day 6 man limit of cranes and only 1 goose…cranes everywhere
Posted By:
mazoniacutem
Guest
near Quivera 11-09-2006 10:15
Sunny & Clear, Winds Calm – Over 70 Degrees
Well boys The sandhill kill’n has started, along with a few geese. We hunted the fields yesterday morning and the cranes were everywhere. Shot a few bonus geese that flew a little to close the the dekes. Hunted the “Bottoms” last night and killed a few ducks. This moring was much the same with cranes with our group killing 16, and 7 geese. Will head after the geese this afternoon in hopes to pick up a few more.
