Posted By:
Gun Dog
Guest
10-21-2004 08:28
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Wow, with all of the weather, I thought that alot of guys would have been out hunting this week. No posts, I guess every one has to work for a living like me. I am going nuts, I have been trying to get out of the office all week. Well I will be out at GH tomorrow for an afternoon hunt, I hope the weather does’nt get too nice.
Just got off the phone with GH they say that a few honkers and some snows have moved in. Only one snow has been reported so far. They hav been averaging 1.5 birds/hunter with an average of 33 hunters per day. That sounds slow to me but ya cant kill ducks from the couch.
English Pointers and fine scatter guns, it dont get any better.
Posted By:
Computer Guy
Gold Sponsor
Sunny Side 10-17-2004 21:42
Mostly Sunny, No Precipitation – 60-65 Degrees
Hunted for the opener. Game Warden said average birds were 3.5 per hunter. Lots of Blue and Green-Wing Teal. Mostly Pass Shooting a lot of in experienced hunters sky-busting. Lots of birds sitting on the big water south of tulies.
[Edited By Computer Guy on 2004-10-17 21:44]
Posted By:
Jack on the rocks
Guest
hiko nev 10-16-2004 22:02
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kinda impressed guys compared to the past .. did some good shootin.. got 6 4greenheads 1 gaddie and a cinnamon but stayed all day long lost 1 mallard looked for him for at least an hour he was dead too .. any who gunna hunter again next week keep a killin boys !!!!and o yeah the paranaghat valley any body got any good news about that place yet ?later jotr
Posted By:
Norm-Saake
Web Member
Carson Lake – Greenhead Hunting Club 10-16-2004 21:44
Mostly Cloudy, No Precipitation – Over 70 Degrees
This area had a great opener with over 475 hunters on opening weekend and over 1800 birds taken. Final numbers haven’t been received yet.
I wasn’t around for the opening weekend so went out on Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday, and the bottom dropped out. Hunter aver is around 1 bird per hunter and almost no flight. Today I was set up by 7 and didn’t fire my first shot until 10:15. Managed to get 4 birds but it was a long time between shots and you could miss any.
I will be flying the area on a survey this Tuesday to get the after season opener bird totals for the main areas in north western Nevada. I spent much of today glassing the Sprig Ponds and it appeared that bird numbers in this area are way down. You should be able to get the bird totals on the Nevada Waterfowl Association website as soon as I get back from Salt Lake (10/25) and maybe before if I get off the stick before I leave.
Today was the opener for the goose season and at 5 p.m. only four geese has come out of the area. Did see the first small flock of snow gees this morning.
Posted By:
Norm-Saake
Web Member
Saskatchewan 10-16-2004 21:21
Sunny & Clear, Winds Calm – 60-65 Degrees
Had a great hunt in Saskatchewan this year. Poor production on White-fronted and Snow geese reduced hunting success, but still were able to get all we wanted in the period form Sept. 23-Oct. 1. Roos goose production appeared to be some what better, based upon the birds that we took. There were lots of Sandhill cranes as usual for the areas we hunted and we managed to bag 17 incidental to our goose hunting. While we were there,we also got to see 4 rare whooping cranes. The grain harvest was about three weeks behind because of the cool wet August and September and farmers were having trouble keep the birds off of the grain swaths. There was more water in the potholes than I have seen in a number of years at this time of the year and if the winter will cooperate, we could have a great duck production year.
Looking forward already to next year.
Posted By:
Gun Dog
Guest
Red Rock 10-16-2004 18:25
Sunny & Clear, Winds Calm – Over 70 Degrees
Got three more Chukar today, my son got one too. I screwed up the quail, I should have followed the dog,DOH! I hate when I do that, we would have gotten more birds but we were out of water and to tired to keep going. We got our birds at the end of the hunt, some really small birds mixed in with some mature ones, it almost makes me think they had a late hatch. We had a good time.
English Pointers and fine scatter guns, it dont get any better.
Posted By:
Gun Dog
Guest
GH 10-16-2004 11:13
Sunny & Clear, Winds Calm – Over 70 Degrees
It was way too hot for duck hunting, few birds, no action, slow,slow,slow.
I got a Can and a Grey the first 15 min then nothing, I was packed up and heading out by 9AM. This is typical for this time of year, after the opener you have to wait for some weather and new birds, I knew better, but this was when I could go and so I went, you cant kill ducks on the couch.
Jack, Greenhead is a duck club in Fallon on hwy 95 south of the Naval Air Station on Pasture Lane Road. Its open to the public, the cost is $15 per day or $50 for a season pass.
I was surprised that I didnt have any GWT buzz me, I did get some Buffle Heads blow right by me I never got a chance to shoot at em, right over the decoys too.
English Pointers and fine scatter guns, it dont get any better.
Posted By:
Jack on the rocks
Guest
info on greenhead 10-14-2004 22:40
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is this a drawing or walk in after opener ..selected hunt days tell me of this greenhead loc..
[Edited By Jack on the rocks on 2004-10-15 23:58]
Posted By:
Gun Dog
Guest
GH 10-14-2004 16:56
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Called GH and was told that 411 hunters signed in for the opener with 1,805 ducks taken for a 4.4 bird/hunter average. I was also told that they have had good numbers of hunters all week. They think Saturday will be very bussy with the Goose opener.
I will be in the marsh tomarrow, I will post my results and reflections on the day when I get back.
English Pointers and fine double guns, it dont get any better.
Posted By:
hunterox
Guest
Greenhead 10-12-2004 23:00
Sunny & Clear, Winds Calm – 50-60 Degrees
Nice wind to start off opening day at the Head. There were a ton of birds early. Shot a limit of 5 teal and two mallards. My dad was waiting for big birds and only ended with 4. All in all it was a good hunt, but the water is still just coming into the place. The water was really low. There were plenty of idiots and inconsiderate hunters out there. The guys that set up 75 yards from us and then smarted off when we asked them to move should never be allowed to hunt out there. It was not cool! However, we had a great day, and they did not ruin it! Jerks!
