Posted By:
cut emnova
Guest
utah lake 10-03-2005 09:25
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hunted the am on utah lake, next time please remind me to check the gas tank before i go!!!!!!…..needless to say we made it to the spot to hunt, were able to take 11 quackers, and luckily, and i stress luckily!!! made it back across with one guy continuousely pumping the bulb on the gas line. Overall it was a fun opener, if i only knew how to shoot the new SBEII we should of both had our limits easily.
Heading up to Idaho this coming friday to hopefully fool some honkers.
Darren….daz3825@comcast.net
Posted By:
Braden-Mitchell
Web Member
Willard Spur just north of Harold Crane 10-02-2005 20:49
Sunny & Clear, Winds Calm – 50-60 Degrees
The best thing about the opener is of course that the season is now open. We camped out at the Willard launch on Friday night. Thankfully, the water had continued to rise. As we awoke the next morning, we realized that other hunters had already started to arrive. We hurried and ate and hopped in the boat and were still the first ones down the canal. We set up in 2 groups. The group that sat in the tules did slightly better than those sitting in the open water. The birds decoyed a lot better in the open water, and we shot a giant greenhead, but the tules produced more birds. Joe, I couldn’t agree more about moving the youth hunt up a week. We went for ride in the boat on Friday night. The bird numbers were DRASTICALLY reduced from what they had been before the youth hunt. I also support it, but it has really changed our opening days. I am excited to hear how everyone else did.
Stay safe,keep your face down, and don’t eat the spoonies or the goldies,
Braden
Posted By:
gooseguts
Guest
top secret 10-02-2005 20:43
Sunny & Clear, Winds Calm – Over 70 Degrees
Hey guys, where’s all the posts it’s opening weekend? is there still people who post in utah or has everyone left the site?Joe I’ve got a marsh tale for ya, have you ever seen someone lube there 11-87 out in the marsh using that slimey stuff in a can of viennas.
I did saturday it was “spry yellow dog” that did that dirty deed. This was probably the best opener i’ve had in 10 years the mallards where thick we had to be very selective not to shoot are alotment of hens, and the geese provided very well with a flock of about thirty landing in the dekes the opportunities were plentiful. I hope all of you guys had success. But it’s not all about the kill, my boy called in 4 flights of mallards he’s 11 and can’t hunt yet but watching him do this made the whole hunt.
good luck all
GOOSEGUTS
Posted By:
Joseph-Morzinski
Guest
So. entrance/Farmington Bay area 10-02-2005 15:09
Sunny & Clear, Winds Calm – Over 70 Degrees
Hey guys–So how did it go? Any surprises or wild tales you’d care to share? This is the place!! Here’s how mine went-in a nutshell–
up at 4, pick up buddy at 4:50, to So. entrance by 5:10, parking lot FULL, so I’m 5th vehicle parked along gravel road heading back out,packed my bike trailer and biked out to designated pond, happily passing hordes of hikers, to pond by 0530, floated all gear on ice sled to our spot, set uu dekes by 0600, found leak in ice sled 0605, worked on improving hiding spots, now 0630, walk around alot trying to fend off other hunters from our little spot, 0645 re-adjust dekes, 0700 cut some more cat-tail to fill in gaps on my blind, etc, etc..Then about 0715 the bird show started, mostly just a few trickling in to the dekes, some landing 10 yds away and getting a smile and chuckle from us before they were up and away again and maybe a bit smarter..now 0745 and no shots fired yet!! I was amazed..0755 and the sky was full of birds and all of Fmgtn Bay opened up on the sky targets..constant heavy-duty shooting for 15 minutes, then slight slowing down next 15 minutes,etc, and real slow by 0900 with only an occasional bird or two seen after that. We did well, but it all went way too fast, and I’m looking forward to the ‘real’ duck days that are to come.. I hope you guys all had a safe and successful opener, and hope to see you in the marsh.. CUL Joe
Posted By:
Kurt-Case
Guest
No Spooners No Goldeneye 09-29-2005 23:11
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If you shoot a spooner or Goldeneye in Utah DONT EAT IT!!! High mercury levels. You must retrieve it and count it on your limit BUT DONT EAT IT.
Kurt zeke@basinnickelads.com
Posted By:
Joseph-Morzinski
Guest
09-28-2005 14:15
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Hey Guys — Did a little scouting this A.M. with my bike (and trailer) on the So. entrance to Fmgtn Bay area. Holy Cow!! What a change the Youth Hunt makes — duck numbers are down at least 75% compared to weeks preceeding this past Sat. I am all for the Youth Hunt, but at Fmgtn Bay it sends the birds packing. It should be held 2 weeks in advance of the general opener, to allow time to get some birds back in here, and let them settle down. I’ve brought this up with RAC before,,,maybe if some others did also… Anyhow, still some teal in the area, and I’ll be out there with all the other crazies on Sat. A.M. to see if I can reel in a few. –Drop ’em where you can find ’em — CUL — Joe
Posted By:
cut emnova
Guest
09-27-2005 19:24
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we may head somewhere local this year for the opener, havent had much time to do any scouting locally, so we may just go hunt for an hour or two and then do some scouting in the boat?
we are heading up to idaho the following weekend to do some damage on the honkers up there, we just acquired a few hundred acres that share banks with the snake, the fields right now are holding a couple hundred of the big birds, should be a good time!!!
good luck to all!
Darren….daz3825@comcast.net
Posted By:
Kurt-Case
Guest
Opening Weekend 09-27-2005 18:27
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Where are you planing to hunt for the opener. I will be heading to cutlar dam in Logan. Birds usually decoy well there on opening weekend. No large groups but the smaller groups work well into the decoys. The Uintah Basin Area has lots of water this year but no birds.
Kurt zeke@basinnickelads.com
Posted By:
jereme
Guest
09-25-2005 21:46
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That sounds like a pretty good outing Kurt. I didn’t make it out this year but normally the kids we take are lucky to end up with one or two birds by the end of the day. It certainly can be one of the most entertaining days of the year.
Jereme
Posted By:
Kurt-Case
Guest
Youth Hunt 09-24-2005 18:21
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We had a good hunt today for the youth hunt. Not alot of birds but the birds we had were willing to decoy. 7 Mallards 5 Drakes 2 Hens. The birds had very little color lucky we shot the 5 drakes first. Has anyone been seeing any Teal if you have where are they at.
Kurt zeke2basinnickelads.com
