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Posted By:
smugdad
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Glenns Ferry area 12-17-2007 09:02
Sunny & Clear, Winds Calm – 45-50 Degrees
Wind came up as clouds came in later in the day. VERY slow. Got a few passing shots at Goldeneyes. Saw lots of birds simply rafted up around the islands, but nothing moving to speak of. Not hearing other shots, either. When we left Boise it was 31, but down there it was between 43 and 48 all day.

Posted By:
ReTodd
Web Member

Caldwell 12-13-2007 08:06
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Texas boy went hunting there last week shot lots of Mallards. Saw tons of geese coming off the lake we just weren’t on the x that day.

Really enjoyed your state awesome people and beautiful scenery you guys are blessed.

Posted By:
Steve-Eccard
Guest

Southwestern Idaho 12-10-2007 23:59
Cloudy, Snow Flurries – 10-20 Degrees – Ice
Been hunting the past four days. Lots of birds in the area. Lake Lowell is holding a little over 37,000 ducks right now and its not bad hunting either if you can get a spot and people dont set up right next to you and ruin every flock that comes in. Went out to Parma today. There was nothing. Shot a few pheasants cause the ducks werent flying worth the crap. I have heard that the snake river is doing good all over. Anyone have info on the snake? Leet me know.

Posted By:
Johnny Bravo
Guest

Henry’s Fork Snake River 12-08-2007 09:24
Cloudy, Occassional Rain Showers – 35-40 Degrees
It is amazing what a few days can do. Earlier in the week there were thousands of ducks and geese and last night I saw very few. Shot a few greenheads and passed on hundreds of Common Goldeneyes. No snow, no ice, and suddenly no birds!! BUMMER!!

Posted By:
Johnny Bravo
Guest

Henry’s Fork Snake River 12-06-2007 11:02
Mostly Sunny, No Precipitation – 30-34 Degrees – Open Water
The birds are here!!! I saw thousands of ducks and geese in a corn field and they were very easy to decoy. I picked my nephew up from school and let him do most the shooting. He shot a box of shells in an hour. Great fun!!!!

Posted By:
Steve-Eccard
Guest

Snake river 12-04-2007 01:15
Cloudy, High Winds – 25-30 Degrees – Ice
Went hunting the past weekend. Shot a few but nothing real special. Lots oif birds have moved in with this front that has pushed in the past week. Saw a huge increase on the numbers of ducks, but the geese numbers are increasing rapidly. Sunday morning we saw probable around 15,000 geese in some fields we scouted. Seems like the birds are using grass and weat fields more than corn right now. So if you got fields like that hunt em up, and if you need someone to go with you I am always willing to hunt with new people. So send me a private message or reply to this if you want to join me or have me join you.

Posted By:
Steve-Eccard
Guest

Parma 12-01-2007 13:18
Cloudy, Winds Calm – 10-20 Degrees – Ice
Does anyone ever work anymore. Me and a friend went to Old Fort Boise on tuesday of all days. We got there and 5 am and there was at least 7 cars there. Also this goes out to people hunting out there. STOP shooting at ducks that are like 100 yards out there. All you are doing is teaching them to fly higher and not come into other people that try to get them in close. Also I think that hunting off that road that runs along the front of the WMA by the refuge should be band. All people do on that shoot at everything that flies over no matter how high or how far they are. All I am trying to say is that go somewhere and ski bust. Also one more thing to ad. if you wound a bird try to find it. I am sick of watching people shoot birds and the will glide a little bit then they dont even go try to find them. Other than all my ranting for not, Parma has froze so birds are moving to the river. Best bet out that way is on the Boise or the Snake.

Posted By:
Johnny Bravo
Guest

American Falls Res 11-26-2007 11:47
Sunny & Clear, Winds Calm – 35-40 Degrees
There are tons of birds on the big water but the weather was too good. Lots of geese but the northern ‘big’ push has not shown up yet. The upper snake river is holding some ducks but more geese. Trumpeter swan numbers are high on the Henry’s Fork and all still water is frozen solid.

Posted By:
Steve-Eccard
Guest

Southern Idaho 11-25-2007 18:57
– – 10-20 Degrees – Ice
Been hunting the past few days. Lots of birds have moved into the area but conditions are getting tough. Rivers remain open while small ponds and sloughs are freezing. Hopefully geese start moving in soon. There has been a few but not enought to excite me. If anyone knows where the geese are at or even some decent diver action let me know either by replying to this or through a private message. Thanks and good luck to all.

Posted By:
Steve-Eccard
Guest

Idaho 11-13-2007 20:16
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Thats awesome. i am planning to go over that way in the spring for the spring snows. I hope the birds start coming here shortly. On a good note me and my brother went hunting this weekend and shot a few snows and speckle bellies on the snake outside of mountain home. Saw a few big flocks of wigeons and mallards but I couldnt tell if they were coming in or going out.

Posted By:
Johnny Bravo
Guest

South Dakota 11-13-2007 13:07
Mostly Sunny, No Precipitation – 50-60 Degrees
General_Steve,

Just got back from SD pheasant hunt. AWESOME!! And the birds are stacking in up there. We saw over 10,000 mallards, snows, and canada geese tornado into a small 100 acre pond. INCREDIBLE!

Posted By:
Steve-Eccard
Guest

Lake Lowel 11-06-2007 13:53
Sunny & Clear, Winds Calm – 30-34 Degrees – Open Water
Hunted lowel last weekend. Lots on the north side but nothing decoyed in on the southside. Anyone know where all the birds are at.

Posted By:
fall flight
Web Member

11-02-2007 12:00
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New to the forum and the website, interested in hunting with people on reservation and any info on it apparently was in wrong area yesterday and got a warning for it not very good instructions from wildlife management area where obtained permit, not as many birds on the river as thought there would be. to that effect not many anywhere.

Posted By:
Johnny Bravo
Guest

N. Fork Snake River 10-26-2007 16:15
Sunny & Clear, Winds Calm – 50-60 Degrees
Well, tried 3 times in the last week and finally found birds willing to decoy today. There are thousands of mallards flying high after shooting hours. They are headin to fields and there are lots of places to roost and loaf. Today the birds seemed easier to decoy in the loafing areas and now I know why. I shot a banded drake mallard today and I would dare bet it is a northern. One large flight of tundra swans flew over and I heard cranes 3 different times. They too were very high, meaning new birds are coming in.

GET READY!!!! THE FLIGHT IS COMING!!!

JB

Posted By:
Johnny Bravo
Guest

Mud Lake 10-11-2007 13:34
Cloudy, Rain & Thunderstorms – 40-45 Degrees
Forgot to mention the youth opener. Not much action. Great duck hunting weather. THe birds were flying but not wanting to decoy. The kids shot at a few passing over but could not get many to finish. They shot a few boxes of shells and had good food and hot drinks. Lots of fun and worth every minute.
TAKE A KID DUCK HUNTING!!! It means the future to our passion!!

JR

Posted By:
Johnny Bravo
Guest

North Fork Snake River 10-11-2007 13:31
Cloudy, Snow & Rain Mix – 40-45 Degrees
What an opener!!!
3 of us hunted on Public lands and limited in 2.5 hours. I love to limit but that is not important or why I go. The bird action was amazing. Large groups (up to 50 birds) were diving in and working through the clouds and rain/snow. I harvested one goose and 6 mallards, , 8 widgeon, 3 gadwalls, 3 GW teal, and 1 bull pintail. Great fun and I am seeing a ton of birds flying today (10/11/07).
HAPPY HUNTING!

Posted By:
MUDDOG
Guest

09-18-2007 10:45
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DuckCollar great to see you up and going. You have our respect and I think I can speak for everyone here in saying that. Way to go, brother.

Posted By:
DuckCollar
Guest

09-16-2007 20:42
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Season is getting close! Yeah that was me that posted the pictures of me getting in my boat.

Scouting Report: I don’t like to give my spots up so I’ll just say that we were on the Snake between Twin Falls and Marsing. We started running upriver around 9:00 a.m. we were just seeing big groups of coots at first. Nothing to get that excited about. As we got closer to our spot we started seeing small groups of blue winged teal. The farther we got the more we saw, around every bend was a group of at least 10 or 15. Kind of unusual to see this many but I’m sure they’ll all be gone before the opener. After we went a couple miles we approached some agricultural fields. On this stretch of river we started seeing groups of mallards and larger ducks. I don’t think they were feeding here in these fields because they’re all still green, I think they were just sitting on this stretch of river. Altogether we ran about 5 miles up there and I’m guessing we saw about 50 mallards and 75 or a hundred teal. We didn’t see any geese but that’s not uncommon for this area.

Only about another month to go and we can start dropping the hammer. Well I won’t but my friends and family will, but I will be doing all of the calling and running the jerk string. And of course making Lakota take a straight line. He saw a flock of geese the other day flying towards us and instinctively came and heeled by my side. Just making me proud.

Posted By:
CEST- BON
Web Member

09-12-2007 13:19
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Did you post some pictures of you getting in your boat a few weeks ago? Lad to see ya back!

Posted By:
BillyGoatPete
Web Member

09-12-2007 13:09
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Great news DuckCollar!!! Check into the forums from time to time and let us know how your season shapes up!!!

Posted By:
DuckCollar
Guest

Just getting ready 09-06-2007 15:07
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Well I haven’t posted on here in almost a year. I was looking back and I see my buddy posted about my accident that took place on the opening day of duck season October 14th. I was going to ask if anyone saw my picture on the front of the Idaho statesman. It is a picture of me and my buddy with three limits of ducks and my black lab. I’m in a wheelchair right now but I’m not going to let that keep me from going hunting. I bought a Lowe Roughneck at the beginning of last season, this is going to be the easiest way for me to get out. I’m currently putting a cabelas marsh grass blind on it and my dad has built me a ramp so it’s easier for me to get in and out of the boat. I will mostly be hunting the Snake River and some of the big reservoirs. I’ll be sure to post my hunting reports. Let’s all have a good safe season.

Posted By:
Johnny Bravo
Guest

Fort hall bottoms 07-26-2007 12:45
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I can’t believe what I did…. I bought a Fort Hall Bottoms (American Falls area) Reservation permit for this year. This should be great fun. My lab is in her prime and I am ready to rock!!! Anyone else that has this permit should look me up and we can discuss a possible hunt. Last year the late season goose hunting was unreal. Some guys I know said they shot limits of Canada Geese and greenheads within a few hours. WOWZERSS!!!!

Posted By:
Joseph-Morzinski
Guest

05-06-2007 18:45
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Atten: Jonny Bravo and RNT caller —
Just for the fun of it I am checking your state for member input, and I see UTAH (my state) has been worse than Idaho this past season..I’ve enjoyed being a Field Editor for this site for about 4 years, but our input from other hunters also has dwindled to “not much”…We used to have 5 Field Editors, then last season only 2, and it looks like you guys don’t have any right now. I don’t know what gives, but I sure love this ‘Passtime’ of Waterfowling, and have passed on a lot of info on my area…Maybe I’ll have to check your state more often and look you up to do a hunt up in Idaho…I have a buddy that hunts on the Snake once in a while, but I haven’t been there yet for a hunt…Hope you don’t give up here on your site…Good luck — JOE

Posted By:
Johnny Bravo
Guest

N.F. Snake River 02-05-2007 15:41
Cloudy, Winds Calm – 35-40 Degrees
Boy I wish the season was still open! This morning I saw over 500 mallards taking flight headin for a field somewhere. Still lots of snow but at least it is warming up. There are also geese heading back this way. I have noticed a bunch of pairs on the river.

RNT,
I agree about no one posting to this website. I posted a report about a waterfowl flight I did in early January and no one asked about it. Not sure what the deal is. Oh well, good luck preparing for next year.
JB

Posted By:
rntcaller
Guest

buhl/ Mountain HOME 01-27-2007 11:22
Sunny & Clear, Winds Calm – 35-40 Degrees
Well we went out for the last two days of the season. Thurs. 4 of us hit the river and were able to shoot 16, malllards and widgon and two pintails. The shooting was good the birds are just really educated. It was a good end to a duck season. Friday we hit the fields for one more shot at geese. The same story as the ducks the geese were hard ti finish. 3 of us were able to get 8 but we had to hunt bolth morning and evening flights. Well i hope everyone had a good season. I don’t think i will be useing this site next year because no one seems to be using the site anymore. It’s to bad because if anyone would have asked i could have put them on some good duck and goose spots. plus i am always looking for some one to go goose hunting with me.

Have a safe summer

RNTCALLER

Posted By:
rntcaller
Guest

01-14-2007 21:11
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does ayone youse this anymore? for reports

Posted By:
rntcaller
Guest

01-10-2007 09:28
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Cj is really slow for ducks but has a good # of geese usig the res. and the river. as of last weeks scoutig. Sorry i have no idea about lake lowell.

Posted By:
Steve-Eccard
Guest

????????????? 01-09-2007 15:23
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Does anyone know how Lake Lowell or CJ Strike is doing right now?

Posted By:
rntcaller
Guest

mountain home 01-08-2007 11:12
Cloudy, Heavy Fog – 30-34 Degrees – Ice
hunted geese on sat. and shot 6 between 3 hunters. The geese wouldn’t finish. Seems to be alot of geese in the area.

Posted By:
rntcaller
Guest

01-04-2007 23:23
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what is going on is every one done hunting for the year.

Posted By:
Johnny Bravo
Guest

Northeastern Idaho 01-04-2007 12:15
Mostly Cloudy, No Precipitation – 30-34 Degrees – Ice
I did a waterfowl survey flight over all water bodies in northeastern Idaho yesterday. Snake River (N. and S. Fork), Teton River (N. and S. Fork), Mud lake, Market Lake, Island Park Res, Sheridan Res, Ashton Res, Buffalo River. I saw over 10,000 ducks and geese. Most the birds are in areas with little or no access. If the area does not have boat access (between diversion dams, etc.) it is loaded w/ waterfowl. Long spans of river with private surrounding are holding 100’s of greenheads and honkers.

Too bad nobody talks on this field report. I have some great information for people that would just ask.

JB

Posted By:
rntcaller
Guest

12-28-2006 21:48
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I am looking some seriouse goose hunters. I am going to start a goose club. We want to find some hunter that like to hunt together for the love of hunting geese the way that we love to. we don’t have the acess to the land we all need to have for good goose hunting and fun hunting together. I want to make this affodable for the goose hunters that don’t make millions. We are looking for hunters that might have acess to land or land as a group we might be able to access between minidoka dam and mountian home. i am looking forward to hearing form you all. i am looking forward to hearing from you guys so we can have a meeting in the spring. we need to see the flight pattern in the peek of the season so we know what field to try and get ahold of. we will use the membership dues for payment on leases for land owners. If you have any ? contact me

well guys let me know
contact # 208-481-0994
or
www.getfitjeff@yahoo.com

[Edited By rntcaller on 2006-12-28 21:52]

[Edited By rntcaller on 2006-12-29 09:49]

Posted By:
Johnny Bravo
Guest

Mallard kill info 12-27-2006 12:51
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This is from the Idaho Fish and Game news release:

Ducks died of fungal infection

State and federal officials have confirmed that about 2,500 mallard ducks found dead southeast of Burley, died of an acute fungus infection.

The official cause of death is acute aspergillosis, a respiratory tract infection caused by a fungus commonly found in soil, dead leaves, moldy grain, compost piles, or in other decaying vegetation.

Test results from University of Idaho’s Caine Veterinary Teaching Center in Caldwell confirmed the presence of the fungus in tissue samples taken from the ducks this week. The results confirm preliminary diagnoses at two other wildlife health labs in Washington and Wisconsin.

The fungus can cause respiratory tract infections in birds that inhale the spores. The most likely source of the spores for these ducks is moldy grain, but no specific site has been found as the source.

Waterfowl die-offs are common and many happen in the United States every year. During the past six months, 16 events each involving more than 1,000 birds occurred. Testing for diseases is a routine part of the investigation of waterfowl die-offs.

The first dead ducks were found by a hunter Friday, December 8, along Land Creek Springs near Oakley. Idaho Department of Fish and Game was notified, and conservation officers found 10 dead ducks near the spring and along the stream’s edge.

Officers returned to the area on December 10 to find more than 500 dead ducks. By the end of clean-up operations Thursday morning, the number had grown to about 2,500. Though a small proportion of the duck population in Idaho or the United States, the number of dead birds in this die-off is unusual for Idaho.

Officials initially considered it unlikely that avian influenza was the cause of this die-off. Widespread testing of waterfowl in fall of 2006 has not found the highly pathogenic avian influenza strain H5N1 in the United States.

Tissue samples from dead birds were not consistent with avian influenza, but as a precaution samples were sent to U.S. Geological Survey’s National Wildlife Health Center in Wisconsin for testing.

Results from the first group of ducks tested confirmed that they did not have the highly pathogenic avian influenza strain H5N1 that is currently of concern in Asia, Europe, the Middle East and Africa. Results from additional tests are pending.

The Idaho Department of Environmental Quality, Department of Agriculture and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service helped with the investigation of this outbreak.

Hunters are advised not to kill any obviously sick animals, including ducks and other waterfowl.

Posted By:
HAWAIIAN NENE
Web Member

12-24-2006 20:48
Cloudy, Snow Flurries – Froze Out
Has anyone heard what killed those mallards about Two weeks ago ?
I’m interested to know.

Thanks.

Hawaiian NeNE

Posted By:
Johnny Bravo
Guest

N.F. Snake 12-20-2006 08:55
Sunny & Clear, Winds Calm – 25-30 Degrees – Open Water
New birds moved into the area. I saw a couple hundred mallards and a few pintails on the River. Shot 4 last night. I little decoy shy but calling was the ticket!
Not too bad.

Posted By:
Johnny Bravo
Guest

N.F. Snake 12-19-2006 10:08
Mostly Sunny, No Precipitation – 25-30 Degrees – Open Water
Hunted the River on Saturday. Shot 1 wounded goose and 3 of us shot 6 mallards. We broke ice and the birds decoyed very well. Just not that many ducks left. Tons of geese but they did not want to be where we were. VERY cold now. The river was froze and then it opened up. Now it is locking back up. Still no snow so the geese are sticking around as long as there are fields to eat in.

Posted By:
hnt4fun
Guest

Boise river 12-18-2006 18:25
Mostly Sunny, No Precipitation – 30-34 Degrees – Open Water
Cant say i know where the birds are but we did manage to jump some ditches and my 13 year old did get one nice big northern drake. There are still lots of geese using the area just have to do your homework.

Posted By:
rntcaller
Guest

buhl 12-17-2006 12:06
Sunny & Clear, Winds Calm – 10-20 Degrees – Open Water
Well we went down to the river yesterday and 3 of us killed 12 mallards and that was it. Where have all of the birds gone that were here last week. We had to make every shot count. Went out for geese today and we killed 12 3 man limit in 2hr. But it was cold!!!!!! We were in a fiends field south of bellevue. Think we are going to go out for ducks again in the am before work at niagra and see what happens

be safe
RNTcaller

Posted By:
payette river man
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TWIN FALLS AREA 12-13-2006 23:12
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Twin Falls area hunters: Hey I don’t know if u guys heard about those ducks dying down there or not, but I figured I would post something so u were aware of it. I guess they found 2000 dead mallards around Oakley. They appear to have died from some sort of bacteria and hunters have been warned not to eat any of the ducks in the area. You can read more about it on the Fish and Game website under news releases. Hopefully it is just a concentrated area of birds, but who knows. Good luck and be safe out there.

Posted By:
Pudeldog
Guest

Ontario Malhuer River 12-12-2006 10:51
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Saw a ton of birds on Saturday. NO TAKERS. (shot 4 ducks on passing shots) Group after group flying high in both directions. Heard they were killing a bunch on the Snake towards Brownlee. Looks like more open water is making it tuff again. Had some freinds do OK on the Boise near Star.

[Edited By Pudeldog on 2006-12-12 10:52]

Posted By:
honkercrazy
Web Member

Lake Lowell 12-08-2006 19:59
Mostly Sunny, No Precipitation – 30-34 Degrees – Ice
There are plenty of Mallards using Lake Lowell. It is pretty well frozen over where i was at. But it looks like the ducks and geese have kept an open hole of water out in the middle. I tried standing on the ice and pass shooting as they headed out to the fields to feed. But since there was no wind and no fog to keep them down most of them were too high even for heavy shot. I did get a couple of shots at a few that came out lower than the rest but unfortunately i missed. It appears that there are alot more ducks on the lake this year than there was at this time last year. I was impressed with the number of ducks i saw and have been seeing at the lake this year. Hopefully the next time i decide to head out to the lake the weather will have the ducks flying lower. Well aim for their oxygen masks as long as the weather stays the way it is now. Good luck.

Posted By:
bwarren
Guest

Snake, Homedale 12-08-2006 17:08
Cloudy, Winds Calm – 25-30 Degrees – Ice
Where in the world have all the birds gone, I just wanted to post to see if you guys out there are seeing any birds this week. I’m seeing more geese than I have seen in years….what happened to our mallards. 1 week ago there were thousands now they are hundreds? Has anyone checked the lake out? I know that this last week the mallards have been hitting the fields hard at night because of the full moon, thats what makes me think that theyre hanging out on the lake and flying out at night, its been cold but theres no way we’ve lost that many birds.Just wanting to see what all you gentlemen out there are seeing.

Posted By:
Johnny Bravo
Guest

South Fork Snake River 12-05-2006 09:14
Mostly Sunny, No Precipitation – 10-20 Degrees – Open Water
Not as many ducks as there should be. The cold blast sent most packin’. We shot 10 between two of us. Had to make the shots count. Geese flying high.There area quite a few geese hitting some fields. Way too many high dollars coming in this area and locking up large chunks of land to hunt. DARN CALIFORNICATION!!!
This cold weather may have closed the chapter for this years waterfowl hunting in the Upper Snake River Valley.

Any reports on American Falls Reservoir?

Shoot em up’!

Posted By:
PETA
Guest

Snake, Nyssa-Homedale 12-03-2006 11:01
Sunny & Clear, Winds Calm – 10-20 Degrees – Open Water
Hunted Wed, Thur, Fri and Sat. Birds were thick Wed, Thur and Friday. They were gone on Sat.

Posted By:
Pudeldog
Guest

Malheur River/ just across border near Ontario 12-01-2006 16:00
Arctic Blast – 10-20 Degrees – Open Water
COLD! Been a little slim on the River till today. Must have been 1000plus ducks roosting on the water in a 1 mile stretch. Had a good shoot mostly greenheads. Northerns are definatly here. Happy hunting. Treasure Valley should be hot this weekend.

Posted By:
rntcaller
Guest

buhl 11-29-2006 22:36
Sunny & Clear, Morning Fog – 35-40 Degrees
hunted fri. sat. sun. we limited out all three days. the ducks are down and in good numbers. they are hitting the corn fields over nere filer really hard. if you have acess to corn in that direction then you should have some great shooting. be wary about putting spinning wing decoys out. i watched a group down river from us hunt with them and the duck would flare about 50yards out. we didn’t have any out and had no problem finishing the ducks.

well good luck and be safe out there the roads are getting slick.

rntcaller

Posted By:
payette river man
Gold Sponsor

Snake River 11-28-2006 23:05
Cloudy, Snow & Rain Mix – 25-30 Degrees – Ice
The ducks are here! They are starting to come in by the thousands!!! I can’t wait to get out this weekend. Hunted Thursday, Friday, and Sunday with little success. Ended up with 6 ducks total and had to work my butt off for them. There were a ton and I mean a ton of Goldeneye’s flying. Good luck to all and be safe.

Posted By:
Johnny Bravo
Guest

Upper Snake River 11-28-2006 12:13
Cloudy, Snow Flurries – 10-20 Degrees – Ice
Everything is locking up! The river has slush starting to run down it and any small water body that is not moving is frozen solid. I saw mallards landing in canals looking for open water today. If you know where there is warm water sloughs the hunting would be unbelievable right now. There are lots of birds in the valley and now is the time to shoot ’em up!!

JB

Posted By:
rntcaller
Guest

buhl 11-18-2006 12:07
Cloudy, Light Rain & Drizzle – 40-45 Degrees
hunted this morning and 4 of us shot 28 birds. 23 mallards and the rest were widgon. The shooting looks good and we are goig to hunt geese tomorrow. Looks like the geese came down with the ducks. well good luck and shoot straigt.

RNTCALLER

Posted By:
payette river man
Gold Sponsor

Fruitland-Weiser 11-15-2006 21:35
Mostly Cloudy, No Precipitation – 40-45 Degrees
Hunted both days over the weekend and it was awesome. The birds are finally starting to get here! Limited out both days and the birds were decoying nice. Went out to see how many birds were hanging out around Lake Lowell and was shocked. Thousands of birds were flying into the lake and I saw a pot load of Pintails. Looked like a cool place to hunt, but I don’t see how people do it with so many people hunting it. It looked tempting, but I’ll stick to my river spots.

Posted By:
Johnny Bravo
Guest

North Fork Snake River 11-15-2006 13:05
Sunny & Clear, Winds Calm – 30-34 Degrees – Open Water
Went scouting this morning. Looks like a few mallards are on the river in small groups (6-12). A bunch of Canada Geese on gravel ponds throughout the valley. Feeding in numerous fields and roosting on safe zones (no hunting areas). A few green-winged teal on a small pond mixed with widgeon. Too much open water right now to concentrate or push birds.

Posted By:
jskelton522
Guest

Snake River Brunea area 11-13-2006 23:27
Cloudy, Light Rain & Drizzle – 45-50 Degrees
First hunt of the season for myself on the 4 Nov. Four of us shot 14 birds (11 mallards, 2 widgeon, and 2 gadwalls). We saw alot of birds and should have killed a few more. It was a great hunt and looking forward to the big push of migrating birds.

Posted By:
bwarren
Guest

FORT BOISE 11-13-2006 12:36
Sunny & Clear, High Winds – 35-40 Degrees
I COULD HAVE SHOT 100 WIDGEON WE ENDED UP WITH 13 GREENHEADS AND 1 DRAKE WOODIE. I STOPPED USING MOTION DECOYS THIS YEAR AND WOW WHAT A DIFERNCE.

Posted By:
PETA
Guest

Snake, Nyssa 11-13-2006 10:51
Cloudy, Winds Calm – 45-50 Degrees
Went out for the first time Sat. Saw a fair amount of birds, but nothing that wanted to sit. My dad shot the only bird that decoyed. A banded drake mallard. Heard very little shooting elsewhere.

Posted By:
PETA
Guest

11-10-2006 10:03
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Great, nice to see that I got people talking. It is good to hear what is going on out there whether hunting is good or bad.

Posted By:
Saladshooter
Guest

Homedale to Parma Snake 11-09-2006 21:07
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In response to the prior posts. Hunting has been so so. Lots of migrators going south. Locals have been fairly wary to dekes but have done decent until my dog was put on injured reserve. Now Have dekes, boat and no dog for the next 8 weeks. Just have to put in the time to scout a bit and set up where the birds want to be.

[Edited By Saladshooter on 2006-11-09 21:07]

Posted By:
payette river man
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Fruitland – Weiser 11-09-2006 20:30
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In response to PETA. It has been a great year so far. I have killed 65 ducks so far and 10 different species. There are plenty of birds here, u just have to work for them. I have had to move my setup 2-3 times somedays to get the birds. They aren’t decoying all that great, but they are getting close enough. They have been flying for about 10 minutes after shooting time and then don’t fly until around 0930. As soon as the weather takes a turn we should have ducks all over the place. Good luck and be safe!

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PETA
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Homedale-Nyssa Snake 11-09-2006 16:24
Sunny & Clear, Winds Calm – 50-60 Degrees
It appears that due to the lack of reports that people are not hunting much yet or the ones that are are not posting reports due to lack of success or they have let their membership expire.

Anyway, I have not been out yet for ducks. I took the dogs out for a ride in the boat yesterday from Nyssa-Homedale and saw very few birds. It was not very encouraging. Since there have been so few reports it is hard to compare what I saw to what others are seeing. I did see a few large flocks of high flyers heading north. Maybe they are confused and are heading back due to the weather.

Did anyone go out opening weekend? In past years there have been numberous reports after opening weekend. Hunters reporting their body counts and how long it took, but not this year. So if any of you went out I would be curious to know how your success was this year compared to past years.

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rntcaller
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snake Buhl 11-05-2006 19:27
Cloudy, Light Rain & Drizzle – 40-45 Degrees
hunted the river sat. it looks like we got a new push of birds. Three of us shot 15 mallards and 4 widgon. I think we are going to get some new birds with it gettig cold up north. Good Luck and be safe

RNTCALLER

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hunterox
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Duckcollar 11-02-2006 21:58
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How is Josh Doing? I have prayed for him…

God’s blessing, Jeremy

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Johnny Bravo
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Upper Snake River 11-02-2006 15:22
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most shallow water up this way has frozen up. Lots of waterfowl moving to river and any open water. Large flocks of tundra swans flying south (very high). Should not be long before the northerns pile in.
JB

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bwarren
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CJ 10-24-2006 14:20
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Jnesset ive been looking for a report? I usually plan my hunts off your reports. You post solid info.

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rntcaller
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jerome 10-20-2006 13:22
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Duckcollar my prayers are with you and your family. I never met you but have read your reports good luck and best wishes.

Went out this mourning and shot a field for geese and two of us got three birds. For some reason the birds didn’t like something oh well it beat work. Doese anyone have a report on the geese in the burley rupart area. I have heard there were some geese in the area and just wondering if it would be worth the dive to check my fields. Well i think we are going to hunt geese again tomorrow in a field i found that has about 75 birds in it. I will let you know how we do. good luck and be safe out there.

RNTCALLER

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DuckCollar
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nampa 10-14-2006 21:38
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this isnt DuckCollar. its his bestfriend. i have been living in AR for a couple years now and have heard today that DuckCollar (Josh) has been in an accident today in Nampa. he was ejected from his truck and is now in the ICU, i dont know if anyone really has a religion but if you can please pray for him. he is a great guy and its horrible news. i will keep all updated with news. sorry for the bad news all. his buddy who also belongs to waterfowler i belive is also in the ICU. i will be there tomorrow evening. thank you all for your prayers.

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rntcaller
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Magic 10-14-2006 12:39
Sunny & Clear, Winds Calm – 50-60 Degrees
Well it has started out to be a great season
we went out fot the opener last weekend for ducks and three of us killed 21 ducks , widgon, teal, gadwalls, pintails and mallards. then today for the opener of geese 4 of us killed 16 geese by 10:00am in a field that didn’t have any geese in it yesterday but the geese were flying by and we were able to pull them to our spread it was great. My son shot his first limit of geese. well we will see what happens tomorrow. good luck and be safe

RNTCALLER

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payette river man
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Central Idaho 10-09-2006 22:19
Cloudy, Light Rain & Drizzle – 50-60 Degrees
WOW, what a weekend! Killed 14 ducks and 8 different species. 4 Mallards, 2 Redheads, 1 Woodie, 2 Scaup, 1 Blue Wing, 1 Canvasback, 2 Spoonies, and 1 Widgeon. I have never experienced a weekend like that. You rarely ever here of killing that many different birds in one area. It is going to be a great year!

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DuckCollar
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09-03-2006 23:45
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Third day of the season and I have already got 3 limits of doves and one limit of blue grouse. Not a bad way to start off the season. Still cannot wait till duck and goose season though.

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bburkett
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Waterfowl Fair 08-29-2006 21:34
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I look forward to seeing everyone at the Waterfowl Fair at Deer Flat NWR! We hope to bring the Fair back and get it going again. Last year was the 1st year in 10 years the event did not happen. Come on out, we have alot of games and activities. Come out, provide us feedback on what you like and do not like and then volunter to help us make it better! Sept. 9, 2006 at Deer Flat NWR 0900 AM

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payette river man
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08-27-2006 23:22
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I am going to try and make it out there! Season is getting close, the birds are on the move.

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DuckCollar
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08-26-2006 20:49
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Season is getting close, is anyone going to that Waterfowl Fair out at Lake Lowell?

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payette river man
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07-16-2006 01:53
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Best advice I can give you is to stay in Arizona!

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FLYBOY100
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North Idaho 06-30-2006 19:56
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Hey All, I will be moving to post falls ID. in the fall and could really use some advise on where to hunt. I am sure not going to miss arizona bird action(or lack thereof). Thanks for any help!!!!!!!

“Take Em Boys”

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salton sea man
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henry’s fork of the snake 04-04-2006 18:42
Sunny & Clear, High Winds – Over 70 Degrees
gentlemen, is there any quality waterfowl hunting for geese around henry’s fork of the snake….or within an hour’s drive of this area????…..are the goose populations getting larger in this area?…is there any public lands to hunt ?….or is there any leases to be had for geese???….thanks…

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rntcaller
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wendel jerome haggerman and burly 03-21-2006 21:13
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My goose hunting partner just moved to Alaska and i am looking for anyone who has acess to fields to goose hunt with next season. I do have acess to some fields i rupart ad burley.wendel I have a really good looking goose spread. I have 4.5doz.ghg fullbodies and 4doz. ghg shells and 4 final approach blinds. I also have two duck boats 19foot with a 70hp motor flat bottem and a 14foot flat bottom. Give me a email if you are interested at getfitjeff@yhaoo.com or give e a call 208-481-0994
Thanks
Jeff

[Edited By rntcaller on 2006-08-20 11:39]

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bwarren
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Guides 02-28-2006 15:52
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Idaho fish and game frowns on any guiding in this state especiaally for wildlife. I dont think that they are trying to keep out of state hunters, because if that were the case we wouldnt have one of the cheapest out of state licenses. If anything they promote out of state hunters, whether you agree of disagree. I dont understand the real reasn behind them not permitting guiding for waterfowl, I know that it brings in huge dollars for all the states around us that do guide for ducks. I do know that in Idaho 20% of the hunters kill 80% of the birds, rather than living in a state where the amount of birds you kill depends on the amount of money you have or the club that you belong to.

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PETA
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02-27-2006 18:07
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To keep non-residence hunters from shooting Idaho waterfowl? Just a guess.

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PETA
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02-27-2006 17:59
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To keep non-residence hunters from shooting Idaho waterfowl? Just a guess.

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PETA
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02-27-2006 17:50
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To keep non-residence hunters from shooting Idaho waterfowl? Just a guess.

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Sordhunter
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Idaho waterfowl (guides) 02-27-2006 16:01
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So an anybody tell me the rationale (or politics) of why it is illegal to guide for waterfowl in Idaho??

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bwarren
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response 02-22-2006 10:49
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It is illegal to guide for waterfowl in the state of Idaho.I am a licensed guide and a member of the Idaho guides and outfitters association. Idaho permitts guiding for all species except for migratory birds. I have petitioned for a change. I do know that there is great waterfowling in the chain lakes in northern Idaho. Jnesset and another buddie of mine grew up hunting the wild rice flats in these lakes. I hear that there are thousands of birds early in the season.