Posted By:
ducksnpucks
Guest
Northeast MA 11-19-2005 21:11
Sunny & Clear, Winds Calm – 25-30 Degrees – Ice
Iced over.Opened a hold.Birds went to open water.Sun hit decoys in hole we opened in ice.3 mallards from 3 flocks.Good shooting.Dog did very well getting downed birds that went thruogh ice.Anyone down on the south shore seeing much action? Have a cousin that lives down that way looking for a point in the right direction.
Posted By:
Dean Smith
Supporting Member
Conn Valley 11-15-2005 15:59
Cloudy, Light Rain & Drizzle – 45-50 Degrees
Not seeing many ducks of late. Last 7-10 days the ducks have been thin, however the geese have been extremely heavy. Heavy movement of geese the first couple of hours each morning. Get a burst of ducks (mallards and gwt) each morning starting several minutes before legal lasting about 15 minutes, then they don’t seem to be moving for several hours, seeing singles and pairs flying thru around 10am. Overall still a better season than last year, as at least seeing birds. Few blacks seen here and there.
Posted By:
pworkman
Guest
south shore 11-14-2005 09:23
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Out for sea ducks sat and monday. My spots just aren’t working any more. Where we used to see 100’s of eider and lots of scoter and actually shoot a few, we aren’t seeing much and aren’t shooting anything. Will have to start scouting for better spots. Maybe the Cape. Unfortunately, we have motor issues so range from launch sites is restricted.
Posted By:
ducksnpucks
Guest
the most northeast part of MA you could get 11-12-2005 20:09
Sunny & Clear, Winds Calm – 25-30 Degrees – Ice
Friday,many geese and many,many,many ducks.Just a good day all around.Saterday better shooting led to more bagged ducks,but not as many ducks around.Friday, saw mallards,Blacks,canadas,and blue bills.Saterday, saw blacks and mallards.
Posted By:
Baymen Moe
Web Member
Sea ducks… 11-09-2005 13:56
Mostly Sunny, No Precipitation – 45-50 Degrees
Well, after a few uneventful hunts in the tree stands I needed some action. Luckily my good friend Capt. Dave Bitters of Baymen Outfitters invited me for a sea duck hunt today. We set out a few lines of eider blocks and one line of scoter blocks.
The action started right away with 2 eider drakes quickly in the bag. The eiders were eager to decoy today. We both had our four bird limit of eider drakes by 8:30. I also took a nice surf scoter drake. We were holding out for an oldsquaw but there were few around. We enjoyed watching the eiders come to the decoys well after we had our limits. Talk about restraint, but it was fun to watch.
If you have’nt been out on the big water for these birds you’re missing a great experience. I’ve been sea ducking for years and still get a real thrill from it.
Bill
Posted By:
Isaac514
Guest
western mass 11-09-2005 11:20
Cloudy, Winds Calm – 35-40 Degrees
Waterfowl wednesday is back, we shot our four birds and got out of the field. A serious amount of birds have showed up in the last two days, driving to work at 8:30 I went by a field that cant be hunted because of location to homes and it was totally covered with geese. The geese were starting to walk into the yards, there were also several birds with bright, new yellow collars mixed in. Good luck !!
Posted By:
CDUNCAN
Guest
sudbury river / great meadows 11-06-2005 07:35
Mostly Sunny, No Precipitation – 45-50 Degrees
first time out this year. hunted the afternoon session.. river was so high that there was anyplace else than were i was set up for the local ducks to land for the night. due to the weather and water levels it seems the migrating ducks have not arrived yet… the only shots taken were two at a flock of greenwings doing about ninety through my spread… first two shots of the year and a miss…. my second chance were at some blacks. one shot one miss..i guess that when the inland small ponds freeze over this river is going to be the balls to hunt… the vastness of the area i hunted was a blessing compared to the small ponds normally hunted with so many people shooting it up … remember this is a permit only hunt area… if you hunt without a permit the feds will throw the book at you…. be careful. best to all cd
Posted By:
Isaac514
Guest
NY & Western MA 11-05-2005 17:57
Cloudy, Heavy Fog – 40-45 Degrees
ok, hunted NY on 10-30 shot my 3 bird limit out of 2 flocks, no major task if you have ever been to NY along the hudson. Hunted deer mid-week instead of waterfowl, with some success in NY at our camp. Hunted this morning with my friend and his two sons ages 12 and 15, I think I was more excited then them but not by much. Well Holy fog Santa thank you very little, birds were in this field previous 3 days but would not drop into the ground fog. We could look up thru the fog to see them but they could not see us I assume, hope everybody else did alot better than us. I will take another shot of new migrants also if anybody could help!! Good luck guys.
Posted By:
pworkman
Guest
south shore 11-01-2005 10:38
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Hunted sea ducks mon and tues. Eider are in. Saw lots in the distace but they weren’t headed our way. For some reason birds were flaring my set up on mon. Added some camo and seemed to do better tues. (No ducks due to really bad shooting but they came in better.)Hoping to get out more this week before the next hurricane heads north.
Posted By:
CDUNCAN
Guest
10-31-2005 15:04
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isaac great reports from the western part of the state…. looks like you are the only one getting any shooting… keep it up
