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DUKN8R
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Back Bay 01-08-2008 07:32
Sunny & Clear, Winds Calm – 60-65 Degrees
Float blind hunted yesterday and saw a total of ten to twenty birds. One teal skirted the dekes and that was it.
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DUKN8R
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Back Bay 01-06-2008 10:10
Mostly Cloudy, No Precipitation – 40-45 Degrees
Hunted open water blind saturday and saw alot of new puddle ducks on the bay especially gadwall and pintails. A lot of shooting going on all over the bay. We hunted until around two and finished with 5 gadwall, one was banded, 2 blacks, 2 swans, and a mallard. Sholud of killed one more mallard and had four cans work the stand but didn’t commit, and redheads/blackheads come in while throwing decoys out, about 20 to each group and thats all the divers we saw.
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DUKN8R
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Back Bay 01-04-2008 14:11
Cloudy, High Winds – 25-30 Degrees – Open Water
Hunted a shore blind yesterday and killed ten ducks in the wind and it helped because the marsh behind us was frozen, kept the birds trading all day. Shot a gadwall, black, 2 teal and the rest mallards and should of killed more. Hunted the same blind today knowing the marsh was frozen and killed five and didn’t see half the birds as the day before.
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marsh hound
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Back Bay 01-03-2008 00:07
Mostly Cloudy, No Precipitation – 35-40 Degrees
Hunted Wed. morning. Not to much activity. Was expecting to see a little more. Killed one blackhead. Saw a few mallards but they all seemed a little decoy shy. Might try to hunt on the Eastern Shore this weekend. Seems to be alot of geese up there right now.
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quackheadnVA
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Lake Anna 01-02-2008 10:18
Mostly Cloudy, No Precipitation – 35-40 Degrees
Hunted Lake Anna yesterday morning. Killed one mallard. Saw 5 ducks total but only the one came into the spread. The other 4 were high and going to a spot they knew about. Shooting was sporadic across the lake. Heard a few shots south of me (I was in one of the northern arms of the lake). The water is extremely low. If you don’t have a mud motor you have to stick to the channels. I have one and still got stuck. Lots of Geese on the other hand. I wasn’t in the right spot with the right deke spread to get them in. With the right tools, you could do real well on Geese down there.
Duck numbers are ridiculously low in my opinion. Maybe this shot of cold air this week will do something for us here in Virginia.
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DUKN8R
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Back Bay 12-31-2007 09:06
Sunny & Clear, Winds Calm – 45-50 Degrees
It was just hunting the right day. Gotta be out there when its nasty and everyone else is in the bed. Haven’t had any luck since, float blind hunting or open water. Float blind hunted this morning and didn’t see but twenty birds, blacks and mallards all with their minds made up and a few teal that are still around.
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marsh hound
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Back Bay 12-30-2007 12:09
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Dukn8r where have you been having most of your luck float blind hunting. Did well in the early season have not had much luck since. Have hunted only deep water blind this year. Thinking about trying to float blind hunt here soon.
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DUKN8R
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Back Bay 12-28-2007 12:41
Cloudy, High Winds – 40-45 Degrees
Float blind hunted Wednesday in the nasty weather, had good shooting, killed 15. She blew NE 30-40 and dumped all morning. Mostly mallards with a few ringnecks and singles of teal,gadwall, and wigeon. Ducks flew all morning with the weather keeping them up , most ducks I’ve seen in a while. Hunted everyday since and haven’t fired the gun. Thats the bay for you. Hot and cold.
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Paul-Sarg
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Rappahannock in King George 12-25-2007 19:09
Sunny & Clear, High Winds – 35-40 Degrees
Hunted a nice marsh on the Rappahannock yesterday that looked promising, especially when we sighted the clouds of geese coming in, at least 300-400 strong, landing in the main river making a lot of noise, but when they would pick up, none would come to our small spread and double calling. Tundra Swan were the most promising but we didnt have permits. A few lone mallards sighted but no birds to take home. Floating blind might be the best there. QuackheadnVA, my email is sarigianis03@yahoo.com – love to talk more about the slow hunting on base if you can. Merry Christmas, everyone.
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DUKN8R
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Back Bay 12-25-2007 16:36
Cloudy, High Winds – 40-45 Degrees
Hunted deep water blind until 11 and saw only four gadwalls, one came to the spread and didn’t leave. That was it, no trading divers, no nothing. Pitiful and has been all week.
