Posted By:
greenheadkilla
Web Member
did not hunt 01-08-2011 14:46
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hello from your state to the SW! It seems as though the reports have died off for you guys….Any info on birds!? I do enjoy reading all the great posts on the NE page and appreciate all the reports. The CO page has all but dried up and i cant ever get info on my own state!
Posted By:
Zach Mayhew
Field Editor
Central Nebraska 01-03-2011 20:41
Sunny & Clear, Winds Calm – 25-30 Degrees – Ice
Went out Sunday and as usual after I am done deer hunting there arent as many geese around as the week before. Probably has a lot to do with the change in the weather. Only geese we saw were the 30 in the field when we went back to the blind.
Posted By:
Larry-Olson
Field Editor
North Platte River valley 01-02-2011 23:11
Mostly Sunny, No Precipitation – 10-20 Degrees – Ice
Well New Years eve blew in a major storm with blizzard conditions. Many areas in the panhandle recieved ten to twelve inches of light cold snow and high winds. Travel was very difficult from Thursday night to Saturday morning. We opted not to attempt the ninety mile ride to the river blind until today. The three guys there were snowed in thursday and Friday until the county plowed out some drifts Saturday morning. The goose hunting was “World Class” for those two days though and Thursday they limited on ducks too. We waited until today to let the storm settle and hunted our east blind but the geese were much tougher even with a good fifteen mph wind out of the west. We managed to shoot six geese and two drakes (one banded) while Rick’s blind also shot six geese. The alfalfa field blind south of us were done by ten or so. They just do sooooooo well. I believe I witnessed more geese this morning than I have seen there this year but most of them found safe fields and stayed there until late this afternoon. Lisco has been tough but they said there was a ton of mallards down there. They shot one goose today. The Bridgeport meadow blind shot four geese including a Ross. We also saw a couple snows today and Rick said many of the geese they have shot the past three days were the smaller varieties. I will most likely give them a whirl again on Tuesday. LO
Posted By:
jdgreen402
Web Member
Valley, NE Farm Pond 12-31-2010 16:26
Cloudy, Light Rain & Drizzle – 10-20 Degrees – Ice
Made it to the pond yesterday and found a Canadian taking advantage of the open water. Nothing else flying. Geese are around Fremont are well patterned. Ducks by Waterloo are only working the fields and sitting on the big water sand pits. Pretty slow …
Posted By:
Larry-Olson
Field Editor
Panhandle 12-28-2010 18:11
Mostly Cloudy, No Precipitation – 45-50 Degrees
Well we took a four man limit from my friend’s cornfield nine days ago but it took most of the day to do it. We started before shooting time to get some duck action if they were around but didn’t see any ducks til late afternoon. We shot one. The geese decided to use another field in the morning but they started trickling to our field around noon and then picked up towards sunset. We limited by three. All of them were PIGS. My son, Ty, tried it again this past weekend and only killed one. They said there was ALOT of geese around but they just didn’t come to the field they were hunting. There are some pretty big flocks of these birds hiding out in the sandhills and they are not leaving until we get some snow or bitter cold or both. The Patrick blind is averaging about three to four geese a day and maybe a duck or two also. They report alot of geese in the area so some weather would help them as well. Lisco has become tough but I always say” You never know til you go” Some days they do well and others are boring. LO
Posted By:
msj6139
Guest
Hall county 12-26-2010 22:17
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Hunted fields today and a lot of birds moving around the area. Got singles to break off and had a lot of fun.
Posted By:
kpsriverdice
Web Member
Platte river near kearney 12-25-2010 21:47
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Thursday was one of the best duck days ever. We had ducks everywhere…from sunrise to around noon it was almost non-stop. These ducks must of been new to the area because they were dumping into the decoys 25 to 40 at a time. it was nice to have good company in the blind “p/s”. Breakfast was served at 11:00 due to the hot action…River did and awesome job…great dog, good memories, and three limits of greenies and two whitecheeks. we watched ducks and geese fall out of the ozone. Awesome hunt. I still think watching the ducks and geese cup up and cart-wheel in to the deeks is a huge rush! Any good waterfowl hunter will say the same.
Good luck this next week and….
Merry Christmas to all
Posted By:
Brian-Peters
Web Member
central panhandle 12-22-2010 20:51
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hunted a meadow near broadwater with gary and larry h today was prob the best goose hunt i have had this year the birds were thick and came in nice only backward with a se wind many many birds saw some snows and 1 eaglehead thanks to larry for the invite its always nice to hunt with different people Brian
Posted By:
kpsriverdice
Web Member
kearney 12-21-2010 00:16
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The river blind has been good for ducks this year. The field blind is getting better. I would say with the full moon we are getting more birds in the area.
Posted By:
Larry-Olson
Field Editor
North Platte river valley 12-15-2010 08:22
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 all done rihan voices. The ducks were trying to trickle back they were very wary n just wouldn’t finish. we could of shot some.that but thats not what it’s about for us. hunting on the river has become very difficult, extremely nice weather has given the birds a lot of options. most lakes and creeks are at least now partially open again. I received a phone call from a rancher friend of mine who told me his corn fields are covered geese in the northern sandhills. I’ve decided not to hunt the river unless the wind is blowing it gets very cold it’s just too boring
