Posted By:
cut emnova
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03-27-2005 02:42
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glad to hear the basin is getting wet this spring, its been tough as you well know the last few years out there!
Committed Waterfowl …..daz3825@comcast.net Darren
Posted By:
Kurt-Case
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Ouray Valley 03-26-2005 18:32
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We have been cleaning up the nesting boxes we put out last year all 24 of the boxes have been used. This was a fun project for our chapter of Ducks Unlimited working along side Foul Players waterfowl club. Lots Of Water This Spring.
Kurt zeke@basinnickelads.com
Posted By:
cut emnova
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03-14-2005 21:48
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i have a link to the UWA webpage, i guess its under construction right now but still it has the membership forms etc…..www.utahwaterfowl.org
Committed Waterfowl …..daz3825@comcast.net Darren
Posted By:
jereme
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03-14-2005 21:10
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Great information Joe. I suppose we can contact Jeff through e-mail with regards to registration etc?
Jereme
Posted By:
Joseph-Morzinski
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03-14-2005 00:18
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Hey guys — Ok, so you’re shooting snows and I’m doing yard work..sounds like you all had a pretty fine trip..good article on snows in the latest issue of Wildfowl magazine…
I recently became a member of Utah Waterfowl Association, and we just had our Spring meeting this past Sat. A.M. at the DWR bldg. It’s just $15.00 a year. Sat. we had Tom Aldrich talk about past year success as compared to other years. Also discussed the Adaptive Harvest Management program, and how all flyways’ seasons may be cut 60% overall, and bag limits also reduced. As a hunting association, we will be fighting against that, as the scientific data doesn’t support that approach. We discussed the possibility of re-newing the state duck stamp for Utah, with proceeds only for Utah projects; we discussed lowering the minimum child hunting age from 12 to ? whenever they can pass Hunters Education, as many kids lose interest if waiting to age 12; discussed the phragmites problems and the $ to fight it; discussed some of the water contaminates in the water of GSL as to how it may be getting into our birds we eat.. Good info and a group to fight for our hunting interests “IN OUR STATE’ I’d encourage your involvement.. Jeff Richards president @ jrichards@utahwater.com
Maybe I’ll see you guys at the sport show this weekend at Southtowne.. I’ll be in one of the Hunter Education booths probably Fri. P.M. –CUL–JOE
Posted By:
cut emnova
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choc lab/pointer mix needs good home 03-11-2005 17:35
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i have a 15 month old choc lab/pointer mix that i need to find a good home for, his name is Drake and he is a great house dog and outside dog, he is up to date with all his shots, neutered, dew claws removed, chipped for ID.
he is one very loving dog, great with children, his only problem is that he loves people and other dogs so much that he approaches any dog or person without questioning it, on occasion the other dog hasnt liked his approach too much. he has been through basic obediance classes and loves to play fetch.
if interested please email me and i can get in touch with you to answer any other questions you may have. i have pictures of him also.
Committed Waterfowl …..daz3825@comcast.net
Darren
[Edited By cut emnova on 2005-03-11 17:41]
Posted By:
cut emnova
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03-11-2005 09:31
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nah i didnt track sully down, we were too darn tired to even leave the room at night. being out in that sun on the water takes it out of ya!
teal is doing awesome, we took her to the vet and her leg was broken. poor girl, she sure hides the pain well, he said it was a clean brake and is almost healed already, which is great news! she is a total different dog. we took her over to jasons house last night and she walked right in the house and just said hello to everyone! she has opened up and totally done a 180 from how she was in Lamar. she will be a great dog, i just cant wait till the leg is healed and i can start working her.
Committed Waterfowl …..daz3825@comcast.net Darren
Posted By:
jereme
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03-10-2005 21:19
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Cut emnova,
Did you ever track down Sully while you were in Colorado?
Ohh and how is Teal doing?
J
Posted By:
jereme
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Southeast Colorado Conservation Hunt 03-08-2005 21:09
Sunny & Clear, Winds Calm – 50-60 Degrees
It really was a good hunt and good to get together with Cut emnova and the crew. The six of you are scholars, philosophers, gentlemen, waterfowl kings and philanthropists all wrapped into one. It was a pleasure and we will definitely get together this next season. In-fact we will get together before the next season.
Jack really took good care of us while we were all out there. It doesn’t seem to matter where we go with Jack he gets us into the geese. The patterns and weather this year were totally different than the first week of last years hunt. Just goes to show how adaptable you have to be even for thousands of snow geese.
Good looking pictures Cut emnova. In the grip and grin section I loaded a photo of 18 geese that Bob and I shot with Jack, Chuck and Rick on Wednesday. I also put a few photos in the species section. The amount of Redheads and Pintails down there right now is just incredible.
There were so many good moments to recall on this trip that I couldn’t even begin to list them all here, but what I will say is almost getting tossed out of the bar at Holly and doing the “Dukes of Hazard” cross country run from the local authorities will stay etched in my mind for quite some time. Thanks Gilbert.
I will remember when five of us stood up and with what sounded like one single simultaneous shot we watched the five Ross geese in front of us all drop and when the sky temporarily turned black with 250+ BIG Canadians that flew 50’ over our heads from behind and totally silent. I swear at first I thought it was a cloud. Oh yea, the great hot sauce incident….. I’d better just stop there.
Moments like these, the good people you meet and the new experiences you receive will keep you coming out on this Conservation Hunt year after year. If you haven’t gone it’s something you will remember and a must for the avid Waterfowler.
Posted By:
cut emnova
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03-07-2005 20:13
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alright you asked for a report so here we go.
got out there to southeast colorado around 9 pm friday night after an endless 12 hour drive, rush hour traffic in denver made it an hour and half longer than it should be.
friday night checked in with the outfitter and met this handsome friendly fella named jereme…hehe….a few geese in the area but with the hot weather most had already headed north looking for cooler climates. nonetheless we were pyshed and with that thought in our minds we headed for bed, the plan was to be up by 3 am (which was only 2 and a half hours away) and head out to the lake to give the tundra killers a run for their money out on the water. got around 500 floaters set up with the e-callers, and were just putting shells into our guns as shooting light came over the horizon, i just put the 3rd shell into my nova when Jack (the outfitter) yelled “here they come” we turned around to see probably 75 snows and ross geese 100 yards out and closing in a hurry. we jumped up and dropped only 4 geese primarily because 3 of the 5 of us only had 1 shell in their gun at that moment, still it was a great start to the hunt. during the rest of the day we had numerous geese spotted up in the atmosphere that proceeded to drop the altitude and circle our spread a hundred times or so. the end of the first day finished with 20 geese.
next day we decided to head to the same area on the lake, this time we were ready and set up with wide bushy eyes by light. guess what? yup you guessed it no geese showed up this time! with a strong south wind it seemed that alot of the geese were mighty high in the shy and heading north riding those warm thermals to their home. we saw one flock of maybe 300 geese that came over us at about 200 yards up! we finished the day around 1 pm and had 9 geese for the day. in the day and a half of hunting we ended up with a total of 29 geese with 2 of those being beautiful blues and the rest half ross geese and half lesser snows.
overall we had a wonderful time, met new people and made new friends, made numerous memories with some fantastic people.
jereme it was awesome to finally meet you in person, and i know we will find time to get out in the marsh again as soon as we can. tell Bob he his one heck of a character and let him know we finished up with two blue mounters hahaha.
i will post a few pictures on the forums if interested.
Committed Waterfowl …..daz3825@comcast.net Darren
