Posted By:
Larry-Olson
Field Editor
North Platte river valley 12-15-2010 08:17
Mostly Cloudy, No Precipitation – 50-60 Degrees
well I’d took my oungest daughter with me to the creek yesterday. We hunted with brian and gary. We were treated to a waterfowl spectacle before shooting time. we had mallards landing within a few feet of us. 1 nice bunch nearly landed on my dog and I’m proud to say she stood steady with 5 mallards within 5 feet of her in the water. Once shooting time arrived I was quite a bit different. regina had a couple chances to take her first duck but the action slowed considerably and we would only harvest 4. we probably could’ve shot quite a few ducks have we spent the whole day there and camouflaged better but we called it over round 930. the ducks were piled up.on the neighboring property where they were.safe. The early show was worth the trip as all of our senses were filled with rushing water, whistling wings, splashing and chattering happy mallards, the smell of the wetland and the sounds of great anticipation in our hushed voices. we worked hard on
Posted By:
Brian-Peters
Web Member
central panhandle 12-11-2010 23:00
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Well I got to the meadow late today the guys had bagged 5 by the time i got there, and then all hell broke loose , alot of birds quickly and you had to keep your head on a swivel. We even scratched out a speck. The last birds were never retrieved. We couldnt get out till it was over. I went and checked the creek and the water was almost all melted. Some good # of ducks and even some geese. If the weather holds we could have birds for quite a while. Brian
Posted By:
Larry-Olson
Field Editor
North Platte river valley 12-10-2010 23:01
Mostly Cloudy, No Precipitation – 40-45 Degrees
Well we hunted the meadow blind at Bridgeport Tuesday. I didn’t think we saw alot of geese but certainly enough. We only decoyed ten and only bagged six of the ten. Two singles, on triple and the last was a flock of five. The 3 and 5 were all on my side and I should have killed six of them myself but I am pretty sure I only shot one. I’m darn sure not perfect! We heard specks in two flocks and I was told there was still a few of them hanging around. There was still alot of smaller Canadas. We never saw more than three ducks. Rick said he has been seeing good numbers of ducks but they avoid the river like the devil. He has been averaging one duck a morning since it got nice. There are some pockets of big numbers of mallards and some huntable flocks of geese where they can find water near corn north of the river all the way to the South Dakota border. Scouting can lead one to a great shoot. I will be calling coyotes this Sunday but I will keep my ears open.
Posted By:
bherb33
Web Member
Corn Field tween Valley&Waterloo 12-08-2010 20:58
Sunny & Clear, Winds Calm – 30-34 Degrees – Ice
Missed the morning flight much to my chagrin. The evening flight was after legal shooting hours. All lakes along 264th street are iced out except for a few small spots. However the Platte and Elkhorn are slush iced, and I saw Geese coming from the river to their old haunts. Observation-when the temperature is above 30ish and the sun is shining with little wind the evening feed has been after legal shoot. However, when there is some weather the evening flight is about 2:30-3:00 off the river and starts about 3:30 for the lake birds. Does anybody have a different observation?
Posted By:
Doug-Miller
Field Editor
Tekamah 12-06-2010 07:40
Mostly Sunny, No Precipitation – 10-20 Degrees – Open Water
Well things are hit and miss on the Tekamah bottoms. If you are in a area that birds are feeding you get good shooting. If not it is dead.
Sat. morning their was a little migration of Mallards and Dark Geese most of the day. In the afternoon their was good numbers of Mallards feeding in the bottoms and the flocks that did work were in the hundreds.
Sun. the Canada’s were still moving but no Mallard migration. The few ducks that you did see worked right in. Most reports from up and down the valley were the same. Some of the pits that are on the north end of the system had a pretty good Canada shoot with birds coming off Blue Lake.
Its all about Ducks, Dogs, and Kids
Posted By:
Larry-Olson
Field Editor
North Platte river valley 12-05-2010 20:49
Mostly Cloudy, No Precipitation – 35-40 Degrees
Well we all got skunked today. Rick’s blind and ours both never fired a shot. Rick had a nice bunch of mallards work them early but they finally went into the neighbors upriver. We decoyed a suzie while I was there visiting. Our blind never had a close call. We quit at noon and headed back towards home. I made a couple stands for coyotes with my youngest daughter on the way home and called in one to about fifteen yards where she missed him with my shotgun. It was the most exciting thing to happen all day. The meadow blind killed ten geese yesterday but they had to work to get it done. Mike’s Lisco blind limited by nine on Friday and only shot three yesterday. Like Art said, they are getting routined and there is alot of season left. It looked like most of the geese around Scottsbluff today just stayed in the fields all day. We saw some big big flocks north of Scottsbluff on the edge of the farm ground. I will check in Tuesday. LO
Posted By:
jdgreen402
Web Member
Valley, NE 12-05-2010 20:32
Mostly Sunny, No Precipitation – 25-30 Degrees – Ice
BHerb … yup, murmur = soft moan. We were using short-reed calls. I had my dad put away his flute as it seemed to have the same effect on the Canadas as you would expect a bugle to have …
Posted By:
bherb33
Web Member
12-05-2010 12:52
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JD, by a murmur do you mean a moan? Also flute or reed style? Thank you for your response. Keep em comin guys I’m all ears:)
Posted By:
jdgreen402
Web Member
Valley NE, farm pond 12-05-2010 10:56
Mostly Sunny, No Precipitation – 25-30 Degrees – Ice
It’s been very slow since last Wed. Yesterday afternoon we didn’t see a bird. Yet, we know there are a couple thousand geese working around the east side of Fremont and probably as many ducks. They just seem to know routine all too well.
This morning I just checked the pond and had nothing on it.
For the question about geese in the fields, I would also just try a murmur, exclusively. All of the geese that we have gotten this year have either came in silent or with us just doing a murmur. Clucks and honks seem to just push them wide. May be an indication of my calling ability, too … 🙂
Posted By:
bherb33
Web Member
12-05-2010 08:34
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Art, thank you very much for your response. I get taking the feet off but taking the heads off, is that for a different look? My camo cover will be much improved next time. If anyone has any other suggestions I would greatly appreciate it.
