Posted By:
Darron Baker
Field Editor
S. Ohio 01-11-2009 15:39
Cloudy, Snow Flurries – 25-30 Degrees – Open Water
Hunted an open marsh this morning. All I can say is, we need some cold weather to lock everything up. The ducks we saw this morning were stale ducks. They knew the game and knew where they were safe. Only ended up with 4 mallards. Hopefully with this cold coming, it will congregate the birds into a few holes that stay open for us.
Posted By:
Al-Faber
Field Editor
Central Ohio (Fields) 01-11-2009 14:33
Cloudy, Snow Flurries – 30-34 Degrees – Ice
Light snow helped today and the ducks cooperated. Limited in an hour with mallards and geese, waited another hour to see if a black or widgeon would show-up, but no luck there.
A good recovery day after yesterday’s disappointing results.
Heading to the Ohio River for the final week of southern zone ducks, hope to see a pintail!
Weather looks good Monday through Wednesday.
Posted By:
Darron Baker
Field Editor
S. Ohio 01-10-2009 17:31
Cloudy, Snow & Rain Mix – 30-34 Degrees – Open Water
Scouted last night and found a good # of geese. Only problem was, they were landing in the field behind where I have permission where the owners do not allow hunting. For them to get to the field, they had to fly over the field I can hunt. We set out 6 dozen full bodies/silos hoping we could short stop a few of the smaller flocks. Well, my plan did not work. Although every goose flew over our fields, not a one gave us a look. We watched flight after flight of geese from 845-10 come right over us without even missing a wing beat. Very frustrating to say the least, especially for all that work. Hitting one our marshes tomorrow for an “easier” hunt. Hopefully the ducks cooperate better than the geese did today.
Posted By:
Al-Faber
Field Editor
Alum Creek State Park 01-10-2009 16:38
Cloudy, Snow & Rain Mix – 25-30 Degrees – Ice
Battled the storm, only boat on the reservoir. Perfect conditions, overcast, rain/snow mix. Was hoping to see a few divers.
Did not see one duck from 0600-1130.
Lot’s of geese in the center of the lake but as usual they lifted and flew right down the center towards Sunbury out of gun range.
A lot of treacherous work for nothing.
Back to fields in the am.
Be safe, teach a youngster to hunt & respect the great outdoors…and pass on the hens…!
Posted By:
220
Web Member
SW Dayton Area 01-09-2009 11:04
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Geese have started moving pretty good around here. Have been hammerin them on the cloudy/snowy days.
I have heard reports of lotsa ducks, mallards, pintails & Blacks, but I have only seen a few.
Found some new geese in a field last PM, if they are there this evening we will be on them tomorrow.
Be safe!
Posted By:
triple gads
Web Member
east central Ohio 01-05-2009 21:25
Cloudy, Winds Calm – 35-40 Degrees
Found a field tonight with about 200-300 geese in it. 1 snow with them. Bad news, I cannot get permission to hunt it. This is the most I’ve seen in about a week. Bad weather coming in tonight so we’ll see what it brings in.
Posted By:
Shawn-Philbrick
Field Editor
medina, lorain 01-05-2009 10:33
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4 days this year, 4 hunts, 4 zeros…
what few geese we have around, are very blind, call, and decoy shy
Posted By:
Darron Baker
Field Editor
S. Ohio 01-03-2009 10:59
Sunny & Clear, Winds Calm – 30-34 Degrees – Open Water
With a little time and effort, ducks can be found in great numbers. This morning three of us hunted a ditch that was holding 500+ ducks the night before. We got in there well before shooting time and set out 12 floaters, 6 full body mallards and 1 spinner. The #’s of ducks at first light was unreal. I mean hundreds upon hundreds. We shot several the first 15 min of shooting light and then they disappeared, only to have them come right back 30 min later. They did this all morning until we shot our limit. We left with 12 mallards, 3 blacks and a pentail. The key this morning was NO calling.
Plan on hitting another area tomorrow that was holding a decent # of geese on Friday. Hopefully they return.
Posted By:
Darron Baker
Field Editor
scouting 01-02-2009 16:30
– – 30-34 Degrees – Open Water
Lots of ducks around the SE part of the state. Found a creek that is holding several hundred ducks including mallards, blacks and pennies. Permission was obtained and we will be setting up in the morning on them. Also found another area that is holding a good load of ducks. Got the plat book out and found the owner. After one call permission was obtained. Since written permission is required, he just sent me a message via e-mail for written permission!!!!! Can’t beat that. I only have two days to hunt before heading back to work. I think it may be an interesting two days.
Posted By:
Darron Baker
Field Editor
S. Ohio 12-31-2008 09:47
Sunny & Clear, High Winds – 30-34 Degrees – Open Water
With the warm temps, everything thawed back out so I knew the ducks would have a lot of options this morning. However, we did see several hundred ducks this morning, but the high winds made it tough for them to get down to us. The geese were everywhere, but permission cannot be obtained. We ended up with 9 mallards and 1 goose that flew just a little too low. I am hoping for colder temps to freeze this small stuff back so the birds will congregate again.
