Posted By:
arustyduck
Guest
From the Havasu N.W.R./Castle Rock Zone 12-02-2004 21:47
– – 45-50 Degrees
Yes Sir Hunterox,I was wondering the same thing!!! Where are the posts for Nevada or maybe there is only 1/2 dozen or so waterfowler.com members for the whole state???
Posted By:
hunterox
Guest
Greenhead 12/1/04 12-01-2004 21:10
Cloudy, Heavy Fog – 25-30 Degrees – Ice
Hunted for 45 minutes this afternoon after finding the roads at least out to the west to be rather muddy and slick. Be careful going out there!
Found a pothole with some open water and had four different groups take a look. One group of mallards made it by without a shot. What a mess up on my part, but oh, well! Ended with one beautiful drake widgeon for 45 minutes of hunting in the fog and freezing temps.
Does anyone read this anymore. Where is everyone that used to post in NV?
Feed Down! JJO
Posted By:
Norm-Saake
Web Member
Stillwater NWR early Nov. 11-23-2004 11:37
Cloudy, Winds Calm – 45-50 Degrees
My friend Dave must be hunting a different part of Stillwater than I am! I have been taking swan hunters out there for the first half of November and while we have had no trouble killing our swans, we have only shot two ducks in five trips and have seen very few duck flights. Several times I have been one of the first people out there and have watched good numbers of ducks fly into the Refuge, never to return during shooting hours. Swan hunting is good, but with each trip the swans are getting less interested in the decoys.
Best time to kill a swan right now, is after 3:00 p.m. My last flight had about 1,00 swans on the area, and duck numbers dropped below 40,000. Watch out for the pintails, the season doesn’t start again until Nov. 30. Also Canvasback season CLOSES on Dec. 8th.
The refuge people are continuing to move water out of the refuge to the hunting area and neww areas will be getting water for at least another month.
[Edited By Norm-Saake on 2004-11-23 11:39]
Posted By:
Dave-Greeley
WFC Sponsor
stillwater wildlife refuge 11-18-2004 07:26
Sunny & Clear, Winds Calm – 45-50 Degrees
The hunting has been great in the great Stillwater marsh!High water levels,and a abundance of food have really been paying off for the hunters.This season has been a veritable showcase of species,and most notably;canvasbacks.The marsh has been seeing a large number of hunters[comparatively],with a great deal of success coming from the lower nutgrass area.Bring your swan tag!these last few storms have brought a rather large number of swans to the area,and hunting should be good.Be careful,as the dutch bill area to the west of Stillwater has a TON of sprig,and as you already know,are closed until the end of the month.I expect to see hunter numbers drop dramatically,as the Greenhead club opens up to boats on the 20th of november.The hunting should only get better as the season progresses,so bring your gun,and a handful of steel,and put it on `em…Happy hunting,and be safe!!!!
Posted By:
hunterox
Guest
Greenhead 11/13/04 11-15-2004 21:20
Sunny & Clear, Morning Fog – 45-50 Degrees
Hunted the Big water ponds out of a boat and only managed 3 birds for two hunters. We hunted till 1pm and killed our first widgeon at 11am. Really slow, but there are some birds out there. We just need some wind to move them off of the no boat areas!!!
Good luck and feedown!
Posted By:
Norm-Saake
Web Member
Carson Lake – Greenhead Hunting Club 11/9-10/04 11-15-2004 11:40
Mostly Sunny, No Precipitation – 50-60 Degrees
Shifted over the the Carson Lake this week after a slow duck hunting week at Stillwater last week. On Tuesday, it took until 11:15 to find where some ducks were working and got set up by 12:15. Had a NWA meeting so I had to pick up at 4:00, but managed to shoot 6 ducks. The next day, I went to where I had seen some birds working the day before and was set up by 12. Picked up at 4:30 with only one duck. What a difference. Could have shot 5-7 pintails though, so it wasn’t completely dead, just the wrong birds. BE CAREFUL, there are a lot of pintails floating around in some areas down here and the season doesn’t open back up again until Nov. 30.
Talked to friends in both Utah and New Mexico and they are reporting VERY slow duck hunting this year. They might get one fair shoot and then it drops to nothing.
I fly tomorrow in Nevada and the data should be up on the NWA website in a few days. The first of next month, I will be traveling to New Mexico to help them with their aerial surveys for about a week. Get to Fly the whole state to count waterfowl — should be a lot of fun, but no hunting this year. Too slow is the report.
Posted By:
Norm-Saake
Web Member
NWA Fallon Dinner 11-15-2004 11:31
Sunny & Clear, Winds Calm – Over 70 Degrees
This last Saturday, the NWA had its fund raiser in Fallon to a sold-out crowd of dedicated supports. While the numbers aen’t in yet, DeAl Dankers and his crew did a great job and it looks like they raised a lot of $$$ for Nevada’s wetlands.
NWA has been a key player in getting the Carson Lake transferred to the State of Nevada in the past year, and has spent over $30,000 on legal fees to move the process along. There was an agreement signed in the Governor’s office a couple of weeks ago to put the project on the fast track.
NWA is also spending a considerable amount of money to get a full duty water transfer to the wetlands through the State Engineer’s office. If successful, it will mean a lot more water will be flowing into the wetland the the future. In the past, the Pyramid Lake Indian Tribe has held the State and the FWS hostage and made them take a reduced water transfers for any water purchased for the wetlands. They have been getting a portion of every acre-foot of water that we purchase. NWA expects to hae to spend over $100,000 of it funds to push this issue through the courts, but if successful, it will mean a lot more water for the ducks. If you want to help, contact the NWA.
Posted By:
Norm-Saake
Web Member
Stillwater NWR 11/2-6/04 11-15-2004 11:22
Sunny & Clear, Winds Calm – 50-60 Degrees
We hunted the Stillwater Area this week and a group of us took 5 swans and about a dozen ducks in three days. Swan numbers were building and the hunting was great for them. The duck hunting though was generally very slow. On the last day we shot the one swan that we needed and never fired a shot at a duck in over 6 hours. There were a fair number of hunters out, but I heard more shots from chukar hunters in the Stillwater mountains that I did from the marsh.
A lot of ducks on the area, but most move straight into the refuge when a car drives up and don’t come out until after shooting time is over.
By Saturday, most of the swans were reverting back to their old tricks of setting in the refuge until about 4:00 pm and then coming out. Still if you need a swan, now is the time to go.
Posted By:
Jack on the rocks
Guest
killin boyz 11-10-2004 16:14
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went to sunnyside did ok for one day ,went to key pittman and no birds showed up just one flock of teal but we got a snow goose and a few widgeon (3).. got outta there early though we didnt see any …..jotr
Posted By:
Gun Dog
Guest
10-23-2004 15:10
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Too nice out, I checked out the Carson River water level too low. No birds, I did see a nice Bobcat though and checked him out for a while. I decided to go chukar hunting and I got into em good and shot four birds.
English Pointers and fine scatter guns, it dont get any better.
