Posted By:
Aaron(Mingo)Milligan
Field Editor
01-02-2010 18:48
Sunny & Clear, Winds Calm – 10-20 Degrees – Open Water
Actually found a pond this morning with some open water. There were a few geese and ducks that roosted there overnight so we had high hopes that we were in the right spot. Maybe we were, but it didn’t pan out. We got one flock of Gadwall and cut three to go with a single Gaddie and a single Mallard. Other than a fly by from some jacks that was it. There are a few ducks around but it seems that many have moved on, probably due to the ice and also that the area we hunt does not have much for food sources other than aquatic vegetation.
Posted By:
Aaron(Mingo)Milligan
Field Editor
01-01-2010 14:05
Sunny & Clear, Winds Calm – 10-20 Degrees – Ice
Frozen up this morning, but the ice wasn’t too thick. Made a small hole and set a half dozen. Had a good group of Gadwall in about 15 minutes past LST and cut 5. Much later had a pair come in and got both. No ducks flying, but did see about a dozen land on a frozen pond and just stand around. Looks like we are going to fight the ice for a while.
Posted By:
dweilert
Guest
all over 12-30-2009 08:59
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I’ve been all over and the dux have left the building. got frusterated and went to KS and chased quail and pheasant for 2 days not I’m back in the saddle. I have one friend that hunts Eufala, he called yesterday and said the lake was loaded up but all big rafts in the middle. If you look at the snow cover map it shows thats about where the snow stops. Looks like i’ll be heading south!
Posted By:
iluvlabs
Guest
12-30-2009 07:12
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Holy Cow!! This place has exploded with activity. Can’t help you guys much as I don’t hunt big water. I can tell you from my work travels, that like Mingo said, the ponds are still frozen for the most part. Most big water that I have seen is open. I am not seeing alot of ducks. I think they hopped on that north wind that brought the blizzard in and are drinking Coronas in Mexico right now.
Posted By:
Aaron(Mingo)Milligan
Field Editor
12-29-2009 19:33
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Sorry guys, I don’t really know. The ponds around here are still frozen so I would guess the shallow backwater areas of most lakes are also.
I don’t hunt Eufala and haven’t heard any reports from there, so it’s either been good and no one is talking or it’s not good. At any rate our numbers have been fair at best so without scouting its a crap shoot. I would guess that there is some open water on bigger lakes now and that they are holding decent numbers of birds.
Posted By:
sdduckman
Guest
12-29-2009 19:24
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One other question for you Mingo- anyone ever hunt Eufala any more? A person does not hear much about that area anymore.
Posted By:
LILRVR
Guest
12-29-2009 11:01
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Will a person be able to launch a boat? Maybe a better question would be how thick is the ice?
Posted By:
Aaron(Mingo)Milligan
Field Editor
12-28-2009 18:50
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LR,
They don’t plant the peanuts around Cobb as in the past and the birds numbers are not as good. Last I heard the field hunting was not good, but they were killing some Mallards at the lake. Pretty easy for one or two guys to kill limits. I don’t know about Ellsworth. We had a pretty wet year and all the ponds and lakes around central OK are full. Don’t know if the Lawton area got as much water. The few ponds I have checked SW of here are lower than other areas. We have had cold weather in the last few weeks and most all the ponds are frozen over.
Posted By:
LILRVR
Guest
12-28-2009 15:58
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Hey Oklahoma fellas, I was stationed down at Ft Sill in the mid 90s and hunted lake Ellsworth and Ft Cobb. Is there enough water in Ellsworth to still motor in the north end and is Ft Cobb as good as it always was? We used to kill peanut filled mallards by the dozens off of Ft cobb. Planning a trip in the next week or so but you couple three are the only ones out there. Hope to hear back from you.
Posted By:
Aaron(Mingo)Milligan
Field Editor
Garvin Co, 12-26-2009 17:29
– – 25-30 Degrees – Ice
Most ponds are frozen over, but at least the roads are decent. We have been hitting the one pond we have with open water and it has been paying off. Urban shot a quick limit off it yesterday so we hit it again today. Ducks were roosted on the pond, but we still had some in just a little early. Started off quick right at LST with a Gadwall, then we got a nice flight right in the decoys and took 5, all spoonies! It slowed quite a bit, but we continued picking up a few Gadwall and one Mallard drake. We needed five more for three limits when we got a flight of Cans and took three, two of which were crippled and took a long time to track down. These ducks would dive and swim at least 50 yards under before showing just the tops of their heads. We finally got them all up leaving us just two short when we got eight more ducks in the decoys, All Canvasback again! We called it quits then.
