Posted By:
kayakis
Web Member
cass co 11-12-2009 20:25
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Tim and I hunted this morning jumped 40 mallards on the way in… We shot 1 wood duck. saw no geese but heard 2 flocks….jimmy
Posted By:
wberg
Guest
Unionville 11-11-2009 18:52
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Rick your report pretty much sums it up. Since Saturday the ducks have been very spotty. With the clear nights they are definitely night feeding and holding tight all day. Need some cold weather to get them into the two feedings a day mode.
Posted By:
Ransom1
Web Member
Traverse City Area 11-09-2009 18:34
Sunny & Clear, High Winds – 35-40 Degrees
Hunted over the weekend on the bay and also on some inland lakes. Hunting was slow. Did manage to harvest a few birds nothing great. Hoped to see flight birds being from Central Illinois we only get flight geese. Oh well still enjoyed the weekend.
Posted By:
rick-hungerford
Field Editor
Saginaw Bay Fish Point Area 11-08-2009 17:10
Sunny & Clear, Winds Calm – 50-60 Degrees
Hunted Thursday afternoon, Friday and Saturday mornings. Very few birds around, up by the islands.
Locals report seeing flights of divers leaving on Monday afternoon. This matches up with the full moon migration pattern the last few years. This may explain why the redheads and cans were feeding so hard the last week.
Sorry to say but the big push of divers has left. Good news we really haven’t seen a build up of bluiebills (if there are any).
Teh management unit has lost birds also, 12-15,000 down from 20,000 a week ago. Some may have rafted up with divers on the Bay in the calm weather.
Very few mallards feeding north of Fish Point, most are heading SE of the refuge in the evenings. Lots of freshly picked corn fields (too many really). Again birds have gone nocturnal, morning field shoots have been poor. Best bets are from 3:00 to end of shooting.
Goose season closes in Zone 3 on the 12th thats Thursdaay.
I am sure most ar getting ready for Deer Season, I’ll be in the marshes.
Good Luck!
Everything else is between seasons!
Posted By:
wberg
Guest
Unionville fields 11-08-2009 13:55
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Finally got out Saturday morning not much action Saturday evening great hunt from 4:15 until quitting time seen thousands of ducks got a few should have had more. It was great to finally get out with dad and Fred fun seeing all the ducks going out and coming into the fields. At times we had flocks of 100 plus working the decoys.
Posted By:
nurban
Web Member
St. Clair Co. 11-06-2009 14:10
Cloudy, Winds Calm – 35-40 Degrees
Hunted farm pond on Tuesday,did not see any geese or ducks all morning.The regular season has been very slow and no flight geese were observed.I have shot 4 geese and 3 blue winged teal to date, also passed on several hen mallards.
There are small groups of geese, mallards and some divers along the Grosse Pointe shore line and no hunters present.
The duck harvest at Harsens Island to date:
Ducks—5,431
Geese—140
All corn strips are flooded and the hunting pressure has modified.
The migration map for the St.Clair flats area from Ducks Unlimited has not been active and hunting results are slow according to diver hunters.
Posted By:
John-Cottenham
Field Editor
sunrise side 11-05-2009 15:42
Sunny & Clear, Winds Calm – 40-45 Degrees
Winds were actually light and in the direction I was looking for. Some birds of the diver variety offshore but nothing came into range except a single buffie hen. No need for her so we did not shoot this morning. Trying again in the morning but weather looks as dismal as today. have a great week-end guys and gals.
jacduck I worked out a new deal in Texas this past winter. I quit hunting snows when I get 5 or have used all 12 of the shells I carried. Worked pretty well since I tended to control my shooting. Mostly came home with ammo left over and often with the self imposed limit.
Posted By:
Mark-King
Field Editor
LSC 11-04-2009 09:55
Sunny & Clear, Winds Calm – 50-60 Degrees
Have been hunting LSC Slow is the best way to describe the season so far.
I hearing the same from a lot of locals as well.
Posted By:
John-Cottenham
Field Editor
sunrise side 11-02-2009 08:50
Cloudy, Light Rain & Drizzle – –
Rick thanks for the info but I do not hunt week-ends. There are too many guys that need to hunt them and since I can hunt anytime I normally just stay home working on other projects or hunt seldom used by others spots. I figured it would be good but like I say. Let those that can’t go all the time have the week-ends.
jacduck I worked out a new deal in Texas this past winter. I quit hunting snows when I get 5 or have used all 12 of the shells I carried. Worked pretty well since I tended to control my shooting. Mostly came home with ammo left over and often with the self imposed limit.
Posted By:
rick-hungerford
Field Editor
Saginaw Bay Fish Point Area 11-01-2009 07:29
Cloudy, High Winds – 40-45 Degrees
Not sure where you were yesterday John, but if you weren’t here you missed the best hunting day of the season so far.
Black flag weather, SW 30-40 mph steady. Everybody and I mean EVERYBODY got birds, that got out. And after Friday’s 20-30 SE the water came up a foot overnight.
Last night I literally sat on the shore and shot redheads and bluebills trying to get out of the wind.
The duck kill at the refuge had to be spectacular yesterday based on how many mallards we saw returning from freshly picked cornfields. and they readily decoyed in the morning to guys that set up mainly for puddlers. That’s right the corn is finally starting to come in.
The divers that everyone thought had left the area magically reappeared once we got some huntable weather. Sunny and 65 degrees mid week just doesn’t cut it.
Watch the weather guys, hunt the fronts. I talked to a guy that came back from the UP and he said divers are staging at the bridge. The next strong NE should bring the major push of the season. Hope you can make here!
And fo its sunny and 65 go golfing!
Everything else is between seasons!
