Posted By:
Kris-Bertelsen
Field Editor
05-02-2011 13:02
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Great start to the spring breeding season. I’ve been seeing LOTS of birds this year. I hope that the nesting is successful!
I made it to the conservation congress meeting this year. There was a question about changing the season for duck hunting. Hope you made it there, and are informed about the possible changes. Check into the WI DNR website for details on how the voting went! Have a good summer, join conservation organizations if you aren’t already, and get your gear ready.
Posted By:
MallardKingWI
Web Member
03-13-2011 07:08
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let’s see, in the last 10 days I have seen Sandhill cranes, woodducks, more geese and robins. I would say the migration is on. Even though everything is still covered with snow and the lakes still have 2 ft of ice on them. their body clocks say time to go!
Posted By:
huntnfish19
Web Member
12-14-2010 11:57
Cloudy, Winds Calm – 25-30 Degrees – Ice
found a field with some birds in this past weekend yet and managed 3 specks and 2 banded honkers then somebody busted the birds off the roost (we were less then a mile away) and they all flew in the opposite direction. Just enough to piss a guy off but it was def a hunt of a lifetime shooting those specks in wisco
Posted By:
Kris-Bertelsen
Field Editor
Chippewa Valley 12-06-2010 11:21
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The migration is on the downswing this past weekend. The cold and snow got too much for most of the birds, and it sounds like the southern half of WI got some of our birds. We still have huntable numbers, but no season left is like normal! Good for you boys that got in one more hunt this weekend and might get in one more good one yet down in the southern zone!
Good season for me, except I didn’t get out as much as before. Glad to hear all the positive reports, and I have to second the call for hitting the banquets and voicing your opinions in a positive manner at the conferences.
Posted By:
Stu-Soper
Field Editor
Potosi 12-06-2010 10:23
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Was out on Friday. Had to keep an eye on the decoys with all of the ice. Was my last time out. Overall had a pretty good year. Thanks to everyone who posted this year, and have a happy holiday season!
Posted By:
REARNEY
Web Member
Lake Pepin 12-06-2010 08:43
Arctic Blast – 0-10 Degrees – Open Water
We finished out the season on a good hunt. Me and buddy launched boat in ice cold weather and went up the main channel and back into area with current and no ice. Divers flew constantly mostly mergansers. Ended up seeing alot more mallards than I thought were around. Ended up with (6) Goldeneyes (2) Black mallards and (2) Buffies. Saw the most Goldeneyes I have seen in years. We would pick out those beautiful drakes. For those of you that have Go Devil Surface Drives-make sure to have WD-40 with you when temps are in the single digits. The throttle linkage gets awful sticky and ended up going back in half throttle because it stuck so bad. My year was probably the worst in the last 10 years because we had alot of high water and we struggled to find birds. taking my annual trip to Manitoba sure makes the season. It is still great to be out there whether we shoot anything or not I love being with friends. Have a great off season and make sure to join your Delta Waterfowl, DU and Wisconsin Waterfowl and please attend your local banquet event if possible. Till next year-bye!
Posted By:
huntingcaliber
Guest
Southern Walworth County 12-06-2010 08:10
Cloudy, High Winds – –
Well, the last two days were like DEJA-VU. Thousands of mallards arriving to the corn fields from miles in the air wherever there were geese on the ground. It was a great site to see but one month too late!! Identical to last year’s ending!! We were able to fill six limits of Canada’s for both Saturday and Sunday and a few of those fat Northern Drake Mallards in the bag. The Canada’s are steadily flowing into the lakes area riding this coldfront. The finish down here should be quite productive. My 13 year old son was able to shoot his first Canada’s while layout hunting over the weekend. Congrats to him!! He was very excited. He even wanted to skip school this morning to go at it again!! That didn’t happen!!!
I enjoyed reading all the posts this season and lets pray for some early cold fronts for next season!!
Posted By:
MallardKingWI
Web Member
12-05-2010 18:49
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Floated a river on Saturday but we could never get close enough to the ducks and geese that were in the river. No shots fired.
Only ten more months and we get to do it all over again.
Posted By:
MallardKingWI
Web Member
Horicon 12-01-2010 21:38
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Just had to go back one more time. Launched at Greenhead and made it almost to the main ditch. Patchy ice after Malzohn’s Bay. Saw 4 ducks in the river and two flocks of 75 birds that were high and headed south. Other than that nothing happened and no shots fired.By tomorrow most of the marsh will be frozen and with the forecast of all below freezing weather through the weekend I would have to say Horicon is done for the year. I’ll try a river this weekend for one last chance.
Posted By:
Kris-Bertelsen
Field Editor
Chippewa Valley 11-29-2010 12:16
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Small ponds and rivers froze up, but the birds didn’t leave. Either they grouped up or the migration is finally here. Two spots on Wissota each with over 300 geese and ducks being kept open by their motion. Dells Pond in Eau Claire had big numbers. Birds in the fields between Eau Claire and Augusta. I won’t make it out this weekend, but plenty of geese for one more chance for someone! Good luck to you in the southern zone, just wait, they are coming down.
