Posted By:
tigerduck
Web Member
not 11-21-2010 18:40
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Have been a member for the past few years but unless reporting conditions & user participation improves….will be my last. Not sure why but I lay the blame on those hunters who don’t report cause they are hoping the next guy does. And when he doesn’t they just just move on to greener pastures until they find what they are looking for. Information is a major component in our sport-no information is the nail in the coffin of this web site…lets keep it around for a while.
Enuf said.
Posted By:
tigerduck
Web Member
Klamath Basin 10-31-2010 19:23
Cloudy, Light Rain & Drizzle – 40-45 Degrees
Is everyone out hunting & too busy to report in?
Posted By:
tigerduck
Web Member
Klamath Basin 10-28-2010 12:56
Cloudy, Light Rain & Drizzle – 40-45 Degrees
Ok-guess I’ll kick it off. Windy conditions with periods of rain. Scouted Upper Klamath Lake & found numbers to be down despite current weather conditions. Seems the northern birds have yet to arrive but should not be long now as divers have already made their appearance, although not in great mumbers. Lake water levels have risen over a foot in the past week which have filled inland bays near Hanks Marsh. Opener is over & now its a grind…but it could be worse.
To the Hunt!
Posted By:
Casey-Huxoll
Field Editor
Boardman area 12-07-2009 12:35
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Sorry it has been a few weeks since my last post.
The birds are here. It has gotten very cold as i am sure everyone knows and it has pushed alot of birds into the are both ducks and geese.
Most of the ponds in the area are now freezing over.
Yesterday evening we hunted the local refuge and the slough is mostly froze over and i am sure with the forcast for the next week it will be froze up.
We had a small open hole and the birds really like it. lots of mallards and pintails flying in huge groups. couple hunred in each flock.
If you can find some open water or hunt the river you should have pretty good succes.
There geese have really showed up this week in big numbers. lots of small geese coming off the river right after day light and the honkers are waiting till mid morning like normal. I heard lots of shooting this weekend on the refuge fields .. I hear that they did pretty well on both ducks and geese.
Keep your coat on and shoot straight. should be a good time to get out there if you can brave the cold. Good luck.
Posted By:
CGIBSON
Guest
Prineville 11-22-2009 17:09
Cloudy, Snow Flurries – 30-34 Degrees – Open Water
Had a good hunt not many birds flying but ended up with one honker and five ducks.
Posted By:
CTIECKE
Guest
Umatilla Refuge 11-19-2009 14:06
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Three of us hunted yesterday, in my opinion there are fewer birds in the area than in years past at this time of year. Most of the birds seemed decoy shy and call shy. When a breeze would pick up the birds worked better. We stopped hunting at 2;00pm with 13 mallards, 1 pintail and 3 geese. Could of done worse. Always nice ot go over east.
Posted By:
Casey-Huxoll
Field Editor
Boardman area 11-16-2009 12:07
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Well had a pretty good weekend. Sat. hunted the local refuge and was 2nd to last pick almost all the blinds had been taken but i took a river blind anyways. i was only able to hunt till 10 and ended with 4 green heads a ringneck and 2 honkers. of course when i was picking up the mallards were startgin to really fly.
Sunday i had a field with about 100 geese in it the night before and decidedto go after them. they came in just as i had hoped and shot my limmit right off the bat then waited for 2 friends to shoot theres. 3 flocks later the ended with 1 each. total of 6 geese.
The mallards and the geese are really showing up now. i think with this weather staying the way it is should make for some good hunting in the weeks to come.
Good luck to everyone.
Posted By:
CGIBSON
Guest
prineville 11-15-2009 00:02
Sunny & Clear, Winds Calm – 30-34 Degrees – Open Water
Slow weekend to many people and not enough birds moving. Ended up withn one green head
Posted By:
CTIECKE
Guest
Pond Salem area 11-12-2009 14:42
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Only have beenout a couple times, been picking up some mallards and teal but IMO not as many birds around as in previous years. Headed to Umatilla next week hope to connect up there.
Posted By:
Paul-Cantrell
Field Editor
Mohawk Valley 11-11-2009 21:14
Cloudy, Light Rain & Drizzle – 45-50 Degrees
I haven’t had a lot of time to get into duck hunting yet this year, been real busy with deer season and have the coast elk season coming up this weekend. I have been watching the rivers down here and we seem to have good numbers of birds available. A guide friend of mine hit Siltcoos this past weekend and their were very good bird numbers. The Coho fisherman keep the birds moving on the lake this time of year so shooting should be good. One more week and big game is finished and the bird hunting kicks in full time. Can’t wait….
Paul Cantrell
Black Ice Retrievers
