Posted By:
Craig-Emory OLD
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a a county 01-12-2009 15:02
Sunny & Clear, Winds Calm – 35-40 Degrees
hunted a bean field saturday morning. not many birds flying. didn’t hear much shooting at all. but one small flock gave us a look and we killed one canadian out of the group.
Posted By:
Cliff-Brown
Field Editor
Kent & misc 01-11-2009 17:41
Cloudy, Winds Calm – 35-40 Degrees
Hunted Wed afternoon thru Sat mid-day….plenty of geese in Kent Co as well as s nows who are sitll hanging around Rt20.
Upper Chester has had some puddle ducks but we saw very few around Langford. Scaup did not fly very well either and no new numbers have arrived the past week. Good goose takes and moderate to low duck numbers taken. Blowout tides pretty pronounced as well.
Generally hearing better noises on ducks but its still a generally poor season overall it seems.
The cold is indeed coming later this week so maybe we get a spurt before it all ends!
The latest Maryland Wood Duck Activity report has been posted on the website for anyone interested. www.mwdi.net
Cliff Brown
Posted By:
Craig-Emory OLD
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a a county 01-08-2009 15:20
Sunny & Clear, Winds Calm – 35-40 Degrees
had mallards work decoys early, killed one out of group of 4. had some groups of 6 to 8 give us a good look but would not commit. then we didn’t see a duck the rest of the morning. saw a couple of small flocks of canadians in the distance. but we did manage to kill 2 canadians.
Posted By:
duckaneer
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PG County 01-06-2009 16:48
Cloudy, Light Rain & Drizzle – 30-34 Degrees – Ice
Hunted flooded marsh area this morning. Little ice still around, but more open water than ice. Seen good number of ducks. With the spinner on they would flare 60 yards out. With the spinner off they would at least give one pass over. Managed 2 gadwall and 1 mallard.
Posted By:
Craig-Emory OLD
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a a county 01-06-2009 11:49
Cloudy, Light Rain & Drizzle – 35-40 Degrees
hunted this morning. still some ice. saw some geese and mallards, but not many flying. managed to kill 2 canadians and 1 drake mallard.
Posted By:
Cliff-Brown
Field Editor
Kent / QA 01-06-2009 09:21
Cloudy, Winds Calm – 40-45 Degrees
DNR flyover found abut 6,000 mallards an blacks in creek on East Neck Refuge earlier this week. Johnson’s sanctuary holding more than that along Chester below Chestertown.
Cliff Brown
Posted By:
Craig-Emory OLD
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a a county 01-04-2009 17:38
Sunny & Clear, Winds Calm – 30-34 Degrees – Ice
got about 300 geese off our pond in the dark. broke ice, set out decoys. area in middle of pond where geese were froze within an hour. area where we broke ice and set out decoys stayed open for most part because of higdon but feeders. we new birds wouldn’t decoy, but maybe give us a look for posible shots. but we didn’t get a shot. saw some mallards, and some geese in the distance.
Posted By:
Cliff-Brown
Field Editor
Kent & Misc 01-04-2009 13:04
Sunny & Clear, Winds Calm – 35-40 Degrees
Reports picking up for duck hunting results. Moderate numbers of scaup are around the Chester River area. Geese are still in very good numbers as are snows. Hearing more positve reports on blacks than mallards but things are definately improving..seeing mergansers, mofre swans etc ..all signs of migration.
Brother in law shot a Barnacle goose in Rock Hall..had 6 toll in, killed one and sailed one. Look for picture in Kent Co News! Rare bird these parts.
We had great luck on blackheads Friday and Sat and had a limit of blacks and a few mallards thrown in with our geese as well for some excellent booby blind shooting.
As usual, good huntweather days producing more ducks than otherwise. Blowout tide came back fast this past week but pond ice has hampered hunting for some.
With a series of fronts every 3-4 days, season is kicking into whatever high gear its going to have!!
Cliff Brown
Posted By:
Craig-Emory OLD
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a a county 12-29-2008 20:16
Sunny & Clear, Winds Calm – 45-50 Degrees
hunted the evening. saw few mallard and a fair amount of canadian geese. three of us hunted. killed a drake spoonbill and three canadian geese.
Posted By:
Cliff-Brown
Field Editor
Kent & misc 12-28-2008 08:59
Mostly Cloudy, No Precipitation – 45-50 Degrees
Getting reports of good mallard numbers around Wye Island, West River,parts of Choptank. Seeing very very few in our part of lower Kent. Saw 8 puddle ducks Saturday – ended up w/ 2 of them and our scaup as well as goose limit off inaugural booby blind hunt. Moderate diver numbers around Langford.
Large goose numbers.
Cliff Brown
