Posted By:
Bumper
Guest
kansas 12-06-2006 08:30
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Probably moved to some moving water, a river
Posted By:
wtrfwlr44
Guest
local reservoir 12-06-2006 07:32
– – 25-30 Degrees – Open Water
1st year hunting Kansas. With all the ponds iced over hit a reservoir on 4 Dec. With all the open water available there expected to see a lot of birds. Figured the geese would be roosting the open water and ducks would be present in good numbers. I was shocked at the lack of birds. Saw 15 Geese and maybe, just maybe 200 ducks. Sure wouldn’t even give me the time of day. In Virginia the birds moved to the big open water and were usually plentiful when the ice and snow hit. Figured to at least see some Bluebills or maybe some cans, or the hearty midwest mallards. Do the birds move on here due to the ice and snow in the fields (lack of food sources)? Or could it just be that big old bright moon?
[Edited By wtrfwlr44 on 2006-12-06 07:34]
Posted By:
Bernie-Jones
Field Editor
Ark River 12-04-2006 16:55
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Hunted the river Sat. morning. Hundreds of ducks in the area. Not much hitting the river though. We managed 5 mallards and 3 teal. Thousands of geese heading north of Wichita over around the Valley Center area.
Posted By:
Bumper
Guest
Kansas 12-04-2006 16:42
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I saw a lot of mallards Southwest of St John on the rattlesnake creek on my way home from Wichita last nite. Just after sunset they were going to feed. I assume these must be the ducks form Quivera after the freeze up. I saw geese everywhere.
Posted By:
Greg-Haygood
Web Member
S. of Quivera 12-04-2006 16:32
Sunny & Clear, Winds Calm – 10-20 Degrees – Ice
Tough weekend, all our flat water marshes had 2-3″ of ice, even with adding new water, just froze right up. Hunted the Ninnescah yesterday and scratched out 2 greenies. Several groups of high flyers, but relative to our awesome hunts last week, much, much lower duck counts. Geese on the other hand, wow!! Thousands of new geese have hit the scene and specifically a wheat field just nw of where we were on the river the “vortex” was in full form. If a guy could have gotten under those rascals he’d of had a big time. In driving around, look like most normal holding areas were locked up hard. Hopefully the warmer temps this week will re-open some more productive time in the blind. Our 2 miles of the Ark River were also useless this wknd as it was locked up or pushing major chunks/slush, impossible to set dekes or any kind of a suitable spread. Also, didn’t see one duck when I scouted the river on Saturday. Lots of geese in the field along the river, but no ducks.
Posted By:
Col4600
Guest
Ark. River 12-03-2006 20:55
Sunny & Clear, Winds Calm – 10-20 Degrees – Open Water
Was expecting more then this. Saw 4 ducks total-shot 3. Expecting 1000’s of Mallards-got 4! This isn’t my first rodeo, I have been hunting the River since 6th grade(22years) and I can’t seem to remember a major front pushing thru, ponds froze over, and no ducks at the river. I hope this isn’t happening because of a total lack of water around the area. Excitement has given way to depression. My friends have officially put me on suicide watch……I’ll keep you posted…..
Posted By:
wtrfwlhunter
Guest
Milford 12-02-2006 18:29
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We loaded up for milford this a.m. for the first time this year. What a disaster!!!! There were more hunters blowing some of the wierdest sounding duck calls at every flock of ducks that were a mile away. Had 5 other groups with us this a.m, within a 1/4 of a mile (closest 100yds) Overall, No birds, 3″ of ice….Need I say more!
[Edited By wtrfwlhunter on 2006-12-02 18:30]
Posted By:
MrMallard88
Guest
Milford 12-01-2006 18:21
Mostly Sunny, No Precipitation – 30-34 Degrees – Ice
Went out to Milford this afternoon in hope that the ice would have weakened up with highs in the 40s today … got there and that wasnt the case. There were a solid 2 inches of ice covering the entire marsh … so decided to walk back to the car and trade my floater mallards for my full bodies. Set out 18 full body mallards and ended up working a few ducks passing over. Ended up killing 2 … a redhead drake and a shoveler hen. A little strange after the front we just had! Didnt see any mallards. Im assuming they were all out on the lake or ponds around the area. Right after shooting time ended I saw a bunch of ducks and geese going out to feed from the lake.
Might be time to start field hunting…
Posted By:
Royo
WFC Sponsor
Kansas River west of Topeka 12-01-2006 11:13
Mostly Cloudy, No Precipitation – 10-20 Degrees – Open Water
Hunted Just West of Topeka on the Kansas River on Weds Nov 29th. Got there around seven . did not see any ducks until almost 9am and then it was like it was raining ducks. We had groups of 50 to 100 Mallards coming into our decoys. very little calling was involved.My Buddy and I took a full limit of Mallards.
We hunted the same spot on Nov 30th and got skunked.
[Edited By Royo on 2006-12-01 11:14]
Posted By:
wtrfwlr44
Guest
SE KS 11-30-2006 22:33
Cloudy, Rain & Thunderstorms – 30-34 Degrees – Open Water
Hunted 29 Nov prior to the front hitting hard. Had 6 teal in the dekes at legal time. Waited for big ducks. Had 5-6 groups of 4-20 teal come through the dekes. waited for big ducks. Moved here from Virginia, never waited for big ducks there, shouldn’t have yesterday. Got a lot of looks from mallards and Gadwal with none committing. Ended up with 5 teal between 2 of us. Could have shot a limit of them in a half hour. Teach me to be a duck snob. Saw a tons of ducks moving yesterday
[Edited By wtrfwlr44 on 2006-11-30 22:34]
