Posted By:
mallarddux
Web Member
central 10-08-2011 19:29
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heading up next weekend for the annual trip – have heard lots of water and crops coming off – scout as usual. will try to post after we get up.
get ’em!
Posted By:
ABest
Web Member
10-08-2011 17:15
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Pluckaduck I am glad you are giveing out the info, read your posts daily. Will be out there soon. Just wondering if you may have noticed a down turn in out of state hunters this year cause of the economy??
Posted By:
HonkerHotline
Web Member
North Central 10-08-2011 15:38
Sunny & Clear, High Winds – 60-65 Degrees
Pluck,
Late report from 10.1 – 10.3. Had decent success field hunting for Honkers and Mallards. Put on a ton of miles and knocked on many doors to obtain permission, etc.
With the warm weather it seemed like the birds weren’t as active as past years, but had enough action to keep it interesting. Also, the spinners did not seem to be as effective. We had a tough time getting birds to finish after making multiple adjustments to the spread/ blind placement.
It has probably improved, but we had 3-4 times where we let the ducks land in the decoys because we could not identify drakes vs. hens.
Total for two days of hunting 24 Mallards 6 geese.
Best of luck to everyone out there!
Go get em.
Posted By:
pluckaduck
Field Editor
ND 10-08-2011 09:26
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Weather has changed. Temps now about 5o, we got rain last night and winds now from south to west. Heavy clouds fill the air.
Last night was the first night this year I did not see birds anywhere. I was scouting for a field and found nothing. They are still out there, just got to find them.
Heading to Bottineau then to the field. Anyone having a chance to shoot me a message, please do so.
Sadly, it seems I am the only one providing any reports? Whats up with that?
Posted By:
pluckaduck
Field Editor
ND 10-06-2011 09:35
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Harvest continues to go on without any stopping. Started to see corn being taken off along with soybeans. With temperatures apparently holding the the 60’s through next week without any real cold in sight, things will start happening real soon. Migration in my records starts on the 10th and would be great to see a trickle migration instead of mass exits as we are custom to.
Posted By:
pluckaduck
Field Editor
ND 10-05-2011 09:44
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This morning while cleaning ducks, the first migrators went over the house. About 8 groups of Swans flew over Magoo and I high heading south.
Posted By:
backroadstravler
Guest
South Central ND 10-05-2011 05:40
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Heading out on Sunday.With the warm and dry weather crops should be coming off. I hope to get into some geese. Pluckaduck, I know you are North, any reports from a southern area?
Posted By:
pluckaduck
Field Editor
nd 10-04-2011 23:19
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Hunted field with Magoo tonight in memory of dad. Saw small groups and had a great night hunting. Small groups hanging all over the place, got to get out and scout by foot.
Posted By:
pluckaduck
Field Editor
ND 10-04-2011 09:37
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Scouted and hunted a little north, east and south. Found small pockets of birds but few working the fields. Did shoot 2 big Mallards but overall numbers were poor. Around 9 last night the wind switched to the north. Although not cold, it might bring some fresh birds down. The Cranes that were here seem to have drifted away.
Guys staying with me did well yesterday morning hunting water, lots of birds and variety.
I went into a slough last night up to my waist and water was quite refreshing, not cold yet but that will change in the coming weeks!
Posted By:
pluckaduck
Field Editor
Northern ND 10-03-2011 09:51
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Weekend was tough hunting. Set up on cranes both mornings with birds never returning. Did get some canadas and ducks but overall weatehr made it tough to decoy. Temps hit 86 Sunday afternoon.
It appears the first migrators, some swans have shown up. There are plenty of birds in the area for those wanting to put miles on their feet. Got a nice bunch of birds after walking through flooded grass knee deep. The pup made great strides over the weekend.
Mallards are starting to green up and I saw no large groups working gain fields this weekend and I am guessing the weather kept the birds loafing around.
Anyone WF needing help, please shoot me a message and I will do what I can. Take care and hug the hounds hunters!
