Posted By:
GCurdawg
Field Editor
CIBOLA LAND SALE 12-20-2007 11:08
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I our local paper here in Lake Havasu City reported on December 16, 2007,the sale of of 1500 +/- acres. It one of the prime goose hunting areas in southern Arizona (cibola)The farmers sold the water rights to land arranged through the BLM and sold to Arizona Game and Fish. The land is going to be restored back to original habitat for migratory birds, deer, ect. They are alredy in the process of planting trees.
I don’t know how the restoring of habitat back to original desert land will keep migratory brids other then dove. What going to keep the waterfowl? I know there are other fields in the surrounding area but, they are indian reservation. Maybe it will keep the brids and again it maynot only time is going to tell. But it going to make a devastating change in the flyway for us here in southern Arizona, I feel.
If I wrong would someone please advise me other wise..
Curdawg
Posted By:
GCurdawg
Field Editor
12-17-2007 10:55
Sunny & Clear, Winds Calm – 35-40 Degrees
12/15/07
I was thinking that first thing Saturday that I should have stayed in bed. Had a few small flocks of mallards over the deks before sunrise, nothing wanting to sit. Then it was war world III, Pintail went wild, I mean shooting for an hour or more, non stop. As for me I had two floks of mallards come in and let the 1st couple sit in the deks and picked out nice greenheads and missed all three shots, both times. How I don’t know, maybe looking at the next one to shoot. Soon after the second miss had a teal buzz the deks and shot shot two feet behind him which really helped with the leading. After that I went 7 for 10 and picked up the deks and went home. Could of used a couple of more guns in the boat. I think we could of had 2 or 3 guys limits. Ended the day with 2 greenheads, 1 widong, 1 teal, 1 gadwall and 2 spoons.
Didn’t see the amount of Pintails or other birds as last weekend or wednesday. I think the hunting pressure is starting to maybe push the birds out. but I was out by 10am.
With all the shooting in pintail the warden was telling me that no one had left the ponds yet by 10am and the other person in hunting the north end with me got nothing.
Curdawg
[Edited By GCurdawg on 2007-12-17 10:55]
Posted By:
GCurdawg
Field Editor
12-13-2007 10:01
Sunny & Clear, Winds Calm – 50-60 Degrees
12/12
Got to hunt the last hour or so this afternoon. Going in got alot of Birds up off the water and set up in this area. only put out a few deks and as setting up the mojo and I just dropped in the water, lost one of the wings. Only the second time I used this one. But anyway back to the birds. It didn’t take long for the birds to want to come back and sit in this as area. Within a min of coving the boat had 2 mallarda drop in and smoked the drake. Soon after that had a nice flock of Pintails working for felt like 20 mins. Just working out of range. I knew I was going to get a mature pintails out this flock. But they never sat or come into a nice safe range. Also had three greenheads and a hen working the deks and calling. I felt like they were on there last pass to sit in the deks. Then the cell phone rings. Man can’t get away from work long enough to enjoy an afternoon hunt, LOL…so just before sunset had a small flock of greenwing about take my head off and drop straight into the deks only got one, should of had three. So ended with 1 greenwing and a greenhead. While picking up the deks had two guys in a canoe (rubberheads) padding around the marsh and I guess they were tring to jump shot had no deks and no calls in the boat. So I think this is why the pintails didn’t want to sit down.
Looking foward to the weekend….
Curdawg
[Edited By GCurdawg on 2007-12-13 10:04]
Posted By:
canada1
Guest
12-10-2007 22:41
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curdawg,were you hunting topock gorge?
Posted By:
GCurdawg
Field Editor
12-10-2007 15:13
Mostly Cloudy, No Precipitation – 45-50 Degrees
12/8/07
What a different a week can make. Hunted the north end for the 1st time. A little lite wind, clouds and ducks. It stared out with a few small flocks of mallards over before day light. As it got lighter the 1st shot this morning was a green head and the last shot of the day was a very mature Pintail. It was birds every 5 to 10 mins, for the rest of the day. Maybe not in shooting range but still seeing them. They didn’t work well to calling. The Pintails worked the deks great as long as you were quite. So I’m not sure if these birds were local or new ones. This is the most Mallards I’ve seen in years for this areas. Ended the day with Mallards and Pintails. A great bag of meat.
The snows are down by the thousands, flocks on flocks got up and out by 8:30.
In Pintail the guys did really great. I think the the warden said 60+ birds for the 10 hunter that checked in on the way out.
The report from the fields in the valley was that they were doing good as well on geese and mallards. So things seem to picking up in our area.
Curdawg
Posted By:
GCurdawg
Field Editor
12-03-2007 10:21
Cloudy, Winds Calm – 45-50 Degrees
12/1
It was the 1st hunt of the season an man was not what I expectd. Saw very little birds most were Mallards. They seem to have been shot at few times, flying high and headed stright out. Did have very few circle the deks once or twic but never comitted. Ended the day with one redhead and a spoonie
The large front this past weekend came from the SW instead of North to South so no new brids. The wind were to be 25 to 30 mps but that never happened until getting home.
We hunted the south end of the masrh so didn’t hear or see any geese and very little shooting at all over the entire marsh.
Curdawg
Ryan got your message will call when the birds are down…
Posted By:
GCurdawg
Field Editor
11-26-2007 10:32
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Never got to hunt this weekend….Went to go out scouting wednesday afternoon late and the fuel pump went out. Think it would have been great friday and saturday. Winds were well over 20 to 30 mph. and temps have finally dropped to 40’s at night and 60’s for highs. Hope it stays this way for a while, so sick of the 90 degree temps. The pump shold be in tomorrow 11/27/07 and man do I have the fever to get out.
Ryan if you gaet a chance send email or call and we’ll set up a date to get out…..
Curdawg
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03-20-2007 14:35
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Posted By:
skeeterbait
Guest
02-10-2007 16:23
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Hey buflhead,
Most of the hunting we do is on the west end of the state along the colorado river. From phx area you can look up around flagstaff area or down south towards Tucson. I have never hunted those area but I have heard of people having some luck there. You can also try Alamo lake it is a coulpe of hours west of Phoenix. I have had some pretty good hunts out there but there is not enough hunters to keep the birds working out there. If you go on the arizona game and fish website there are some other small lakes on the outskirts of phx. The duck hunting is not the greatest but its good to just get out there.
Posted By:
buflhead
Guest
NE Wyoming 02-09-2007 10:05
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Hello down there, I am from NE Wyoming. I may need to spend significant time in AZ-Sun City, taking care of my aging parents. I am an avid waterfowler and upland hunter-any hope for me down there. I see from posts, you do shoot a few. Where do you go-Colorado or?
