Category: Colorado

Posted By:
Towens
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snyder 10-06-2008 23:18
Sunny & Clear, Winds Calm – 60-65 Degrees
hunted sunday out of snyder, with a few birds put in the bag. morning shoot was slow with very few big ducks and very few birds flying. buddy and i had one flock of 25 teal come right in and dropped six and that was it for the morning. jumped a few canals to add six more to the bag, but birds were hard to find. in other news saw pheasant, quail, field of geese, and about 400 doves, killed a hostile rattle snake, shot a few p-dogs, and fliped our canoe. in all a pretty eventfull weekend, but still have yet to see many birds move in.

Posted By:
PUDLJMPR
Guest

09-25-2008 11:03
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Thanks guys, our lease is in the middle of 3 lakes so there are prolly birds around but thanks for the info!

Posted By:
Matt-Sandersen
Field Editor

09-23-2008 20:27
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idk how close you are to bud or to highway 14 but there is plenty of resident goose traffic in that area.. if you really want up to date stuff go check the forums at coloradowaterfowl.com more than three people from this state do hunt they are all hiding over there

Posted By:
Towens
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09-23-2008 18:30
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i dont know about the wellington area, thats not really my area, sorry. However, birds (teal,ducks) are starting to show up around the brush ft. morgan area.

Posted By:
PUDLJMPR
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09-21-2008 15:37
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Gotta wait til it opens in our neck of the woods then we’ll be hard at it, anyone know if there are any birds in the wellington area? have not been out to see.

Posted By:
Towens
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09-20-2008 21:55
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hunting sucks i dont even know why i do this sport. just kidding i have been having great shoots just being out there is enough for me, but for all you other “colorado hunters”… get out there and shoot um up. lets get this forum updated

Posted By:
Matt-Sandersen
Field Editor

eagle county 09-09-2008 17:11
Sunny & Clear, Winds Calm – Over 70 Degrees
Had another great shoot saturday far less birds to play with and they flew at the oddest times managed to scratch out eighteen throughout the course of the day in the 80 degree heat so not a bad start to the year on to teal we go

Posted By:
Matt-Sandersen
Field Editor

west slope 09-04-2008 17:11
Sunny & Clear, High Winds – Over 70 Degrees
Well got the goose itch earlier than normal this year. so we decided rather than shoot the usual doves that we would go chase the geese on the other side of the hill. Well the plan worked out well and almost too well geese all over but it only took one flock to fill a three man limit. Lets just say the guns were angry and the geese were stupid. Dropped seven when they came in then swung the last three back in cut two and there you have it opening day limit. Saw plenty of teal and mallards moving all morning as well. Great to get after them this early

Posted By:
dwilliams3
Web Member

08-19-2008 12:31
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Lookin for a good Colorado Canada Goose Hunt.
You Boys let me know where to turn.
We kill snows & specks by the 10090’s in Texas, but a good Canada hunt is hard to come by.

Posted By:
PUDLJMPR
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Silo’s 03-30-2008 20:45
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I have a bunch of Rocky Moutain Silo’s for sale both snows and canadas, drop a line if interested. Thanks.

Posted By:
PUDLJMPR
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03-13-2008 16:43
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Saw a huge flock in a corn field just south of Pierce, and alot down by Eaton, Million canadas too anyone know where there coming off of? All comin from east of town must be a lake out that way but didnt have time to check it out.

Posted By:
dgs7d
Web Member

longmont area 03-11-2008 21:02
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does anybody have any advice on how to go about finding fields to lease for next year’s season? If so I would really appreciate the help. I can be reached at dgs7d@yahoo.com

Posted By:
martenron
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eastern colorado 03-08-2008 05:02
Sunny & Clear, Winds Calm – 50-60 Degrees
What? no snow goose reports? interest?

Posted By:
biggiesmalls
Web Member

ovid 02-17-2008 23:26
Sunny & Clear, High Winds – 35-40 Degrees
went out one last time. BIG WIND!!! one last day chasing decoys. lots of birds, like most of season. my 15 old shot the last goose of the year. perfect end to a great season. also for cw looks like the migration is on for the greater hooded field sparrow and numbers are good going into spring.

Posted By:
PUDLJMPR
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wellington 02-16-2008 14:07
Sunny & Clear, Winds Calm – 35-40 Degrees
Decided to try our north pit that has hardly been hunted at all this year, not many geese movin up that was in the morning managed to scratch 3 before noon. Got back out there after lunch and about 3:30 birds movin all over but kept skirtin our field had a few good lookers that were borderline but let them pass and that was it for the day. Mite try it sun afternoon for the last hail mary.

Posted By:
Matt-Sandersen
Field Editor

longmont 02-13-2008 20:38
Mostly Sunny, No Precipitation – 50-60 Degrees
went out for a quickie after work today, put out seven of our finest decoys in a nice loose fashion and had a nice little shoot. Landed a pair, killed a pair, the pair was all blinged out. Had three more skirt us because there was a car parked at the pit, long story but they thought about landing and so one of them met their maker too. Two bands is a great way to wind down the year though

Posted By:
John-Prentice
Field Editor

New Mexico 02-12-2008 13:44
Cloudy, Winds Calm – 35-40 Degrees
Hey! Any of you Colorado Waterfowlers ever hunt early Geese in Alberta,Canada? Looking for references for guides there. You may e-mail replies to jwprentice1@comcast.net.

Posted By:
Matt-Sandersen
Field Editor

windsor/mead 02-07-2008 17:06
Sunny & Clear, Morning Fog – –
had our best weekend all year 40 geese hit the dirt and most were big boys. Saturday saw a good am and pm flight in windsor with best decoying in the afternoon, sunday tried windsor in the am had alot of fog and it sucked, headed for mead in the pm and limited with ease. Monday left work early and hunted the pm in the snow and had a heck of a shoot great weekend, two more to go

Posted By:
toml
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Windsor 02-05-2008 08:32
Cloudy, Accumulating Snow – 25-30 Degrees – Ice
Matt, thought I’d try it again as the moon is gone. Set up on icy pond early and stayed until I had to leave at 1:30. Geese started flying good at 10:00 and kept it up until I left. Only problem was that, for the first time this season, they would not come to my decoys. Because of the snow storm, maybe they just wanted to go eat. On the way home, I saw several groups of 500 to 1000 birds dropping into the wheat fields around Loveland and Johnsons corner, around 3:00, as you said. Some were headed north.

Posted By:
frontier fremont
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rifle co 01-31-2008 21:25
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hey Perro I didnt think anybody hunted when it got colder than o on this side of the mountain.I went out hunting on new years day morning which I’ve done for the last forty years. This time tho it was -20 degrees. I got my duck decoys out just before sunrise, and immediately the birds started flying. I pulled my gun up to shoot but I think my fingers were a little frost bitten because I push my safety off to shoot and I couldn’t get it to work. I then put my hands in my pockets trying to warm them up. While warming my hands, I laid my gun across my lap,at the same time another flock of mallards set their wings coming into my decoys,my young pup couldn’t stand the excitement so she jumped across me and my gun stepping on my trigger gaurd,safety and trigger with her wet feet.Immediately anothe flock came in,I pulled up to shoot and everything was frozen solid,Icouln,t even get my safety off.With thermals blowing down the river it had to be -50 below,time to pack it up.That was the last time I had to hunt the river for the year. I did get some time to hunt the Lamar area this last weekend, but all the lakes in the area are frozen up. Took an axe to the ice,it was a foot deep.There are a few geese flying around, they must be coming from John Martin. I enjoyed your account of your hunt on the river,thats a good way to end the season. PS I saw a flock of widgeons below Big Johns lumber yard after the first of January, seems awfull late for them to be here.

Posted By:
Matt-Sandersen
Field Editor

windsor 01-26-2008 21:40
Cloudy, High Winds – 25-30 Degrees – Ice
toml should have sat it out a bit longer i hunted all day up there saw nothing then at three o’clock all hell broke loose thousands of geese flying to beat that front and we shot twelve in less than an hour the birds up there are in a once a day fly mode and you are best to wait til about two to even set up

Posted By:
toml
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Windsor 01-21-2008 15:13
Sunny & Clear, Winds Calm – 25-30 Degrees – Ice
Tried for geese on Sunday. Set up and sat in the blind from nine to noon. Didn’t see or hear one goose. On the way home, I did see a group of maybe 20 in the corn out by I25. I guess it’s been too cold for them.

Posted By:
PUDLJMPR
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Wellington 01-20-2008 17:02
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My buddy and i hunted fri 15 degrees and cloudy not much wind had out around 20DZN and it didnt matter all the geese know exactly where there going and they dont even slow down on the way by, straight to the corn north of Wellington 3 and they stay put til about 2 then back to water, Other friends hunted all day yesterday and same movie different day, they had 5 close but noone paying attention and off they went, it totally sucks for us up here now guess we had it to good early on, if anyone can get permission on the Bleum farm get out there and take a bunch of guys you’ll hammer for sure, need new snow or something to change and with the full moon back that never helps.

Posted By:
perro
Web Member

West of Rifle 01-20-2008 14:46
Mostly Cloudy, No Precipitation – Below Zero
Partly cloudy no wind. -2 on the river. Had a pretty good morning. Got all set up with goose deeks and a few mallard deeks well before shooting time. Then sat there for most of an hour. I thought oh boy here we go again. This month has been unbelievible slow.

There was a good group of geese roosting on a gravel bar 150 yards from my blind. They didn’t move at all while I was setting up the spread. I heard a bunch of widgeon take off when I first got there but I figured they’d be back. I thought about chasing those geese off but decided I didn’t feel like making someone else’s day.

After the sun was well up here came a flock of geese right up the river headed towards the geese on the gravel bar.I began calling and I couldn’t believe it. I called that flock off those live birds and they headed straight for my spread and set their wings. As they passed my blind at 30 yards I opened up and dropped 2 right into the deeks. All that and those geese on the gravel bar had stayed put. They must have figured they were safe.

Another 1/2 hour went by and here come another flock of about 10 come by. I started calling again and turned them back to me.They made 2 big passes around me. They then made a bigger swing around behind me and I lost sight of them. Then another larger flock passed to my left but at higher altitude. I began calling at them having give up on the other bunch. That bunch broke up and about 6 pealed off and headed my way. They were over 200 yards out and I was laying it on them pretty hard when out from my right side came the first bunch I had circling me. I thought for sure I had blown them away as they had been only 70 yards to my right, but no here they come.

The lead bird was about 10 yards ahead of the rest and as I only needed one more to fill my limit I waited on her. She set her wings and with feet down glided right into a swarm of #2’s.

The rest of the morning I concentrated on filling a duck limit. I’d like to say I filled that too but no dice. I did get a nice greenhead and a widgeon drake though.

This probably is my last hunt for the season here on the western slope. Next weekend I’m headed east and I’m going to miss the closer. I may take my gun with me in case I get a chance at some Arkansas River ducks.

Posted By:
mgriffin18
Web Member

Ft Morgan 01-17-2008 12:28
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Anyone hunt in the Ft. Morgan area lately?? Heading up that way this weekend and wanted to see if there are still birds in the area. Will probably be hunting river property. Any reports would be a big help.

Posted By:
PUDLJMPR
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wellington 01-14-2008 14:51
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Same thing for me fri the wind was out of control should of had a pair and another small flock but everytime they got close deeks would go flyin. Sat was clear and calm geese were crazy high but did have one chance got 7 in i jump out only kill one and the guy that was with me was pushin on the frame of the pit and not the door and didnt get out til they were way gone, still lots of geese but really patterned they have a corn field just north of Wellington 3 that they are hittin hard, wish someone would run them out of there we tried for permission but no go.

Posted By:
toml
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Windsor 01-12-2008 14:11
Mostly Cloudy, No Precipitation – 25-30 Degrees – Ice
Wednesday got two greaters, should have had 4. Snow storm chased me away. Tried again Friday, but the wind must have hit 30 (was supposed to be less than 15 all day) so I chased decoys most of the day. Did have one flight come in but I misjudged the lead because of the wind. So they are still out there for you.

Posted By:
Chessie Fan
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John Martin 01-12-2008 08:40
Mostly Sunny, No Precipitation – 35-40 Degrees
Hunted the river above John Martin and 3 of us limited out both days on mallards. Alot of birds in the area. Saw alot of geese around Rocky Ford and Swink. This was all done on SWA’S. Alot of snow geese in the Lamar area. Looks like duck season may be great till the end down here. Good Luck to all!!!!

Posted By:
Towens
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01-11-2008 21:19
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no you’re not a dumbass, i’ve had a crap waterfowl year and just haven’t felt like posting. i’ve been out several times with not much success.

Posted By:
PUDLJMPR
Guest

01-10-2008 16:21
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NOONE ELSE HUNTIN OR WHAT OR AM I THE ONLY DUMBASS ON HERE

Posted By:
PUDLJMPR
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wellington 01-06-2008 12:52
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Hunted yesterday and birds on the move early again, wind kept changing and the only geese we had come in the deeks were totally wrong they were killable but didnt want a repeat of yesterday so let them swing and they left oh well.
Good news saw 2 huge waves of new geese come in yesterday 1/4 went on a lake just south of town and the rest went to Rawhide so hopefully we got new meat to play with.

Posted By:
PUDLJMPR
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Wellington 01-04-2008 13:33
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Hunted our north pit this morning, geese came off way earlier than the past 3 weeks, 7:50 saw our first flock F*!@ed up on a flock of 6 should of let them land but took em 20 out and 10 up they caught the wind and were gone! only 1 quit at 11 cause of the wind.

Posted By:
rhuskey
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12-31-2007 19:17
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Looking for a Go Devil motor, boat and trailer used. If you have one for sale or know someone that does call me at 303-588-8750

Posted By:
PUDLJMPR
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wellington 12-31-2007 16:47
Arctic Blast – –
Fri, cold -4 when we got to the pit, same thing as everywhere else didnt see a goose til noon and even then not many had 6 drop out of the clouds bombed rite in-no callin or anything, 6 on the ground only killed 4. Sat hunted a friends pit north of wellington saw a few geese around 10 then about 11:45 til 2 solid geese killed 12 before noon and then another 18 between 3 and 4:15 ended up with 30 for the day needed 2 more for out 8 man limit but an AWESOME shoot! birds decoyed great in the wind!

Posted By:
shotgunwilly75
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ft morgan/ brush 12-31-2007 00:06
Sunny & Clear, Winds Calm – Below Zero
started off on thursday hunting a warm water slough , snow was heavy and did not let up all day, 7 ducks and 3 geese ( should have had over 20 ducks but there was some poor shooting ).
on friday it was COLD! 8 below at 7am and didint get a whole lot warmer, no bird movement till 10am then it was good for about 3 hrs , then everything shut down again at 1 pm ,8 geese were shot
on saturday , slept in till 8 am then set up, could have waited till noon to get out there, didint see a bird till 2 pm , only saw 2 flocks due to below zero temps , killed 7 geese in the winter wheat, then about 3 pm picked up and went to the warm water slough mallards were all over it when we showed up, it was fast and furious, ended up with 4 ringnecks a lesser scaup and 3 mallards, then at 4:10 a flock of 20 canadas dropped in at we took 4 to finish out the day.
sunday started slow ( 5 below ) but around 9 am i shot a pair of wood ducks and a lesser scaup soon followed, around 10 am we went back to the winter wheat, just in time too , the birds were working great, shot 9 canadas by 1pm , then back to the slough for a couple of gadwalls, finished with 14 birds for the day.
bird numbers have dropped dramaticly in the last week, lets hope a warm front moves in or we are gonna lose whats left.

Posted By:
Matt-Sandersen
Field Editor

longmont 12-30-2007 15:57
Sunny & Clear, High Winds – 10-20 Degrees – Ice
been at it alot lately and not much for good results just not good numbers of geese around, today i saw alot more mainly around mid day and they are all landing in a corn field annexed into the city limits so not much we can do with a couple hundred geese landing across the street. oh well will keep after them til something good happens

Posted By:
PUDLJMPR
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Wellington 12-22-2007 17:36
Sunny & Clear, Winds Calm – –
Colder this morning and a blue bird day, not many geese movin up by us had a pair go round and round didnt take em and off they went, big flock out of the south first 4 lock up looks like there ours but no go, then i peek out of the pit and see a lonely single walkin around we hammer him and thats it for us, pit is lookin rough and blood everywhere so thats probably not helpin us.

Posted By:
PUDLJMPR
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wellington 12-21-2007 18:33
Cloudy, High Winds – –
3 of us hit it this morning, kinda worried heard from several guys that there were no geese left and it was lookin that way early. Didnt see a goose til 10 then started seeing flocks goin up the interstate from south to north, then a huge flock of a thousand or so got up from due east of town and kinda went in all directions, sucked in 6 from it only killed 3 and killed a single that landed in the deeks without anyone seein him and thats was it for us, wellington 3&4 froze solid no birds on them so not sure if those were Rawhide geese or town geese? Be at it again in the morning.

Posted By:
shotgunwilly75
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brush / ft morgan 12-17-2007 19:30
Sunny & Clear, Winds Calm – 10-20 Degrees – Open Water
sunday morning, set up in a winter wheat field close to a roost, not much action till about 10am….. then it got HOT! 4 man limits in about 2 hours, mostly big geese , a few lessers but we were being pretty selective, It’s nice to see the big geese down, they decoy alot better than the little guys

Posted By:
PUDLJMPR
Guest

Wellington 12-15-2007 13:12
Cloudy, Snow Flurries – –
3 of headed down yesterday morning and not quite sure what to expect, all the lakes around us are froze and pit has been hunted all week by a couple other guys in on the lease and they shot 17 in 4 days. Get set up only have been puttin out about 12dzn since it has snowed, 8:30 a pair dives in we kill them 10 6 sneek rite in and we hammer all 6, then a flock of 15 comes in skirts us we have 2 killable geese we let them swing and they land about 150 yards west of us, then perfect a little flock of 4 drop out of a big flock of 80 or so bomb rite in and Damn! only killed 3 of them, half hour later we kill the limit bird out of a nice flock and were filled by 11:30! Seems that little to no callin is workin best, most of the birds have snuk rite up on us when were havent been paying attention and barely makin any noise at all. Only saw maybe 200 geese all day so hope they didnt bug out.

Posted By:
PUDLJMPR
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wellington 12-08-2007 15:52
Cloudy, Snow Flurries – –
Back at it this morning, 4 of us hunting and alittle colder today, saw alot more geese moving today and in mostly big flocks didnt look like they wanted anything to do with us early but a little later they changed there minds and we had us a 4 man limit by 11! A little geese again, and small flocks except for the last one it was around 25 birds and we knocked down 7! Another good shoot today get out and get them while there dumb.

Posted By:
PUDLJMPR
Guest

Wellington 12-07-2007 18:30
Cloudy, Accumulating Snow – –
6 inches of snow and still snowin when we got to the pit, only set out 10 dzn deeks and were ready. Not much movin til 10, landed a nice bunch ended up with 4 then about half hour later got another bunch in killed 4 out of it, sucked a single in killed him then another bunch of around 8 killed 4 more, only need 3 to finish and 3 come by they go around and around we dont shoot and they leave! Damn! We decide thats good enough and gettin ready to leave someone suggest to wait for 30 min before we pick up and it was a good choice not long after we get 30 to bomb rite in and we fill, it was awesome geese worked great! All really little geese but it was a blast.

[Edited By PUDLJMPR on 2007-12-07 18:32]

Posted By:
PUDLJMPR
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wellington 12-06-2007 15:45
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Hunted Tues, Wend, and today with little success, tues got way to darn windy couldnt keep the decoys up and when the few geese that did fly came by we had half out deeks on there sides had a killable pair but waited for them to land they didnt and no shots fired. Wends was just way to nice not much movin at all had some birds tryin to work but the farmer was rite behind us 100 yards or so loadin bales on trucks 0 geese killed. Today birds movin early set out a spread of around 40DZN and couldnt get any thing to look, had 4 comin in they flare at the last second we takem and only get 1, ducks movin all morning and think we saw new geese land on Wellington 3 lets hope this weather helps, we will be at it til sun.

Posted By:
PUDLJMPR
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wellington 12-03-2007 20:40
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Warm and blue bird day, plenty of honks around hunted a friends field south of wellington today, just like everything else high fliers, they hit the field east of us all morning til 10 then someone flipped a switch and here they come! Decoyed 3 flockes of at least 200 i mean 3 levels of birds tryin to come in! ended up with 9 should of had a limit no sweat but f”d up and took the ones we shouldnt of and let the ones go we should of hammerd, but aint no thing great shoot and a ton of honks out.

Posted By:
BillyGoatPete
Web Member

Southern Colorado 12-02-2007 21:21
Cloudy, Winds Calm – 40-45 Degrees
2 man limit on honkers before 8 this morning…..lots of birds in the area and most worked like Champs!

Got 1 band from the group and a Snow Goose as well….pretty unusual to see snow’s in this area.

Posted By:
PUDLJMPR
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Wellington 12-02-2007 18:51
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Hunted a fri with high hopes and little results only killed 1, hunted north of Wellington sat looks good and goosy spittin snow, freezin rain and geese everywhere, massive waves comin from Rawhide and the water treatment plant. Ended up with 4 should of had a limit no sweat but guys in the pit west of us are the biggest sky bustin SOB’s ever! This morning was a bit better, geese flew til 11:30 skif of snow didnt get much done til the wind picked up once it did we ended up with 10 for the day so not bad, lots of birds here get after em!

Posted By:
Matt-Sandersen
Field Editor

wellington 11-25-2007 08:27
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No much movement yesterday am the afternoon was a different story good movement the last 2 hours of the day seen a two mile black cloud of geese working out around rawhide and had a few coming from the FoCo area that worked us really well. Also heard about alot of movement in the mead area in the afternoon after zero action in the am. Not positive but I think its def the moon that has things all out of whack so I decided to sleep in today and I am gettin after them this afternoon

Posted By:
PUDLJMPR
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wellington 11-24-2007 19:11
Sunny & Clear, Winds Calm – –
WOW what a difference a day makes, geese everywhere yesterday and today nothin! Set out the big spread again with hopes of a repeat performance of yesterday but no go, had a single come rite in first thing, im not loaded tell the ol man to hammer him when he is ready, goose goes round and around 3 times 10ft off the ground and leaves no shots fired, ol man didnt hear me say shoot em he thought i wanted to land him, oh well thought that was just the begining but it was actually the end he was the only thing that came over. Only saw about 400 geese total today nothin like the thousands the days before.

Posted By:
PUDLJMPR
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wellington 11-23-2007 21:52
Cloudy, Snow Flurries – 10-20 Degrees – Ice
Geese have been on the move all week big time, guys shot 2 on tues, nothin on wends, said they were actin like late season honks so me and a few buddies decided to hit them with a 20 DZN spread and it worked, had 5 bomb in killed 4 should of had em all but alittle excited, 3 more come in get 2, a single commits suicide get him, 3 more give us a run get 2, decide to go to lunch geese still tryin to land never should of left, come back get back in the pit decoy 8 more bust our 3 and thats a limit! Very good morning especaily for my first hunt of the season, TONS of geese movin all day hope they stick around, be back at it in the AM.

Posted By:
PUDLJMPR
Guest

11-20-2007 17:04
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Get ready fellas tons of new geese movin through
Cheyenne today should make for a good hoiday weekend hunt

Posted By:
Henshot
Web Member

Banner Lakes SWA 11-19-2007 09:06
Sunny & Clear, Winds Calm – 60-65 Degrees
Pretty disappointed on Sunday. Really no morning flight at all. Shot one spooner and a teal and pretty much suntanned the rest of the day. Very few birds / shots in the area at all.
Need a front to perk things up around this area.
If anyone plans to go out and would like info on individual pond condidions, shoot a PM to me and I’ll let you know.

Posted By:
BillyGoatPete
Web Member

S Colorado 11-18-2007 13:51
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Decent #’S of birds in the area. Only problem has been being where they want to be. Last night they were in the barley and I was in the corn.

This morning, I set up in the barley and they wanted to be in the corn!!!!

Thats hunting I guess.

I have been setting out 5 dozen dekes each trip…a mix of FB’s, Silos and Shells. The geese that have been working have been liking them just fine. It’s just hard to compete with a field full of live geese just across the road from the field you are hunting!

Posted By:
Matt-Sandersen
Field Editor

Windsor 11-18-2007 13:45
Sunny & Clear, Winds Calm – 45-50 Degrees
Lots of little chickens out east of Windsor. Did not see a goose over 5 lbs and every one shot was under three had a hard time finishing geese with so many geese in the area you would have a flock working really nice and another would show up an pull em away. Great to be back in goose mode though. Heard that the groups running 20 plus dozen full bodies were having good success we ran about ten and it was just not quite right.

Posted By:
shotgunwilly75
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brush/snyder 11-11-2007 21:16
Mostly Cloudy, No Precipitation – 40-45 Degrees
had a great weekend, got into some snows on friday morning, killed 8, then got in the truck and followed the strings of geese to another field, probaly close to 10k on this one, set up here on sat morning and shot 41 snows , the hardest part was digging in all the layout blinds on friday night, After a nice lunch we went to the duck spot and shot 27 ducks , a mix of redheads, widgeon, pintails and 1 malard.
Sunday was bluebird weather and not as good of a shoot, but still ended up with 4 mallards and 6 widgeon

Posted By:
Jeff Colwell
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Northern Front Range 11-07-2007 20:42
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Good numbers of various smaller subspecies of Canadas entering the front range almost daily,and the common initial staging areas are seeing the bulk of the activity as the birds have only begun to spread out in the last couple of days areas holding very huntable numbers are big Windsor Res.,north of Windsor,,Fossil Creek Res.,and areas east around Empire Res. are also holding good numbers along with some snows.During the last few days of pit digging I have seen new birds every day and no established real flight lines,the birds are changing daily as it seems,looks as though it is shaping up for a good opener,lots of little birds to play with.Saw one feild this morning with around 4 grand in the typical little goose ball that you can’t mimic with yours,your buddies and all your friends decoys that covered half a feild.It looked like 4 thousand termites running across the feild,not a bird standing still,if you could mimic that you would really have something!!Don’t stop the call or the flag,go big or go home!!

[Edited By Jeff Colwell on 2007-11-07 20:50]

Posted By:
Matt-Sandersen
Field Editor

Longmont 11-04-2007 10:20
Sunny & Clear, Winds Calm – 40-45 Degrees
ducks every where today had a limit in only a few minutes. Mainly divers some of the dumbest redheads i have ever seen and a few wigeon and gaddies tons of birds fling before 1st light and they just kept coming. Doesn’t matter east or west of town there are birds everywhere

Posted By:
PUDLJMPR
Guest

wellington 10-31-2007 17:56
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Heard there are a good number of honks on Rawhide and around Wellington enough to hunt, better get the pit in asap!

Posted By:
Warthog
Guest

SWA 10-23-2007 12:43
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Nothing wrong with the SWA’s once we have enough weather to push ducks to the river. At this point there has been no migration and the local ducks are sitting on safe “private” water. They know where they have and have not been shot at. The SWA’s will be fine once we get a push of migrating waterfowl and the ponds freeze. Just my opinion.

[Edited By Warthog on 2007-10-23 17:23]

Posted By:
dgs7d
Web Member

East of Boulder 10-22-2007 23:54
Cloudy, High Winds – 45-50 Degrees
I am new to the area, and am trying to learn my way around. I spent two days last week scouting out all of the SWA’s from Jackson Res to Jumbo Res. FOr the most part I was dissappointed with the number of birds I saw. I am assuming there has not been enough weather to push a significant # of birds down yet? Am I just looking in the wrong places?

Anyway was also amazed at the # of hunters I ran into at the SWA’s. I have done most of my hunting in Idaho and think I have been spoiled.

Had a good day on saturday morning on a small private pond. Limited out on teal, and gadwall. Did not see any big ducks.

Sounds like a lot of you guys have been doing some damage. Is the secret to get access to private land? Should I give up on the SWA’s?

Would appreciate any words of wisdom. Good luck.

Posted By:
Matt-Sandersen
Field Editor

10-18-2007 19:42
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any one got any info on the mallard numbers around and east of windsor? want to go field hunt this weekend and coudl use some help

Posted By:
Matt-Sandersen
Field Editor

East of Longmont 10-14-2007 23:23
Cloudy, Light Rain & Drizzle – 40-45 Degrees
Had a fun shoot this afternoon, group shot 27 mallards, decoyed them all into a hay field just off of union res.. The birds were coming out of fields all evening and we were pickin em off on there way back to roost. All the birds were chock full of wheat. Lots of greenheads and a few eclipse drakes as well.

Posted By:
BillyGoatPete
Web Member

S. Colorado near Walsenburg 10-14-2007 00:04
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I too, saw a bit of a migration today…..several hundred snows headed south……also saw 100+ Sandhills following a similar path..

Posted By:
Matt-Sandersen
Field Editor

longmont 10-13-2007 21:50
Cloudy, Rain & Thunderstorms – 45-50 Degrees
Saw a little bit of a migration tonight as the winds starting coming from the north. Plenty of new teal and thousands of bigger ducks landing on union res. Also saw a flock of about 200 sandhills high and headed south

Posted By:
Matt-Sandersen
Field Editor

Longmont 10-09-2007 22:44
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Have yet to really bother with the ducks, have not seen many using my spots, on the other hand res goose season was great, 22 honks and 3 bands, I cannot wait for geese to be in season again! if anyone can hunt south east of longmont there are tornados of mallards every evening south east of union res hittin corn

Posted By:
Jeff Colwell
Guest

Northeast of Windsor 10-09-2007 16:35
Sunny & Clear, High Winds – 50-60 Degrees
Ended up having a super Robo hunt in a silage cut cornfield over the weekend,weather turned extremely windy and my friend and I both thought it would send the ducks out to feed a little early,not the case although they came early enough to collect 5 mallards a piece wow got to love duck hunting in the dirt!! Couldn’t get enough and neither could my 5,and 6 year old boys as we left deputy dog at home and had boy retrievers the next morning and shot 10 more drake mallards on the dirt.Made some great tasting mallard k-bobs wrapped in bacon on the grill with baked taters to finish out the weekend,and now am done with Colorado for a week on a good note for my annual trip to the prairies of the north have fun down here,OH CANADA HERE I COME!!!

Posted By:
BillyGoatPete
Web Member

Huerfano County 10-08-2007 21:04
– – 35-40 Degrees
Dang speed goat hunters!!!

Hunted the new spot again this morning, hoped for a quick shoot before I came into work.

The spot I planned on hunting is one of 4 ponds located on the property I have recently gained access to.

My plan was to hunt a pond that I had scouted after hunting Sat. and that was COVERED up with ducks that afternoon…..When I left the spot Sat. the only duck hunting that had taken place was on the far pond 1/2 mile from the pond I planned on hunting today and I was the only one hunting the place……

When I pulled up at 0530 this morning…it was obvious that something big had changed as I could not hear or see any sign of waterfowl on the pond….

A quick “once over” of the area revealed 30-50 empty hulls all over the ground surrounding the pond 🙁

It would appear that the Antelope hunters I ran into Saturday morning returned Sunday with an appetite for ducks!!!!

I moved to the far pond (located behind 2 gates and one that you have to want to get to to find) and set up anyway……there were a few hulls on the ground and feathers EVERYWHERE……

Needless to say….The result was my first skunk of the season.

I did not even see a bird within 1/2mile all morning…..I did see several large flocks moving south like they had somewhere to be…..The ice on the decoys was nice sight…hopefully this colder weather will get some birds moving.

Posted By:
Towens
Guest

Brush 10-08-2007 11:38
Sunny & Clear, Winds Calm – 60-65 Degrees
Saturday my father and I set up on a pond in a corn field and had a really good shoot. We were able to take 2 drake mallards, 2 drake widgeon, 3 drake woodies, and 5 teal. For the rest of the day we just sat around shooting doves, didn’t get our limits, but it was fun none the less.
Sunday came around and it was a bit slower. My father and I managed to take 4 woodies, 3 of which were drakes and 3 teal. In all it was a great opening weekend.

Posted By:
shotgunwilly75
Guest

snyder 10-07-2007 21:39
Sunny & Clear, High Winds – 60-65 Degrees
Saturday morning 2 buddies and i set up on a small pothole near a large roost, there were so many ducks buzzing us at first light it was CRAZY ! we had decided to hold out for drakes only due to the preivous evening’s scouting trip, we filled out a 3 man limit in 3 hours, could have been done in 30 minutes, heres the tally, 6 drake red heads, 2 drake mallards, 3 drake pintails, 1 bwt and the rest were wigeon.
this was some great action, many many birds in the decoys all morning.
Other friends hunting nearby also had excellent success with 5 other guys limiting out by 10 am

on sunday it was a bit slower and the wind had changed on us also very cloudy, these ducks wise up fast, we stopped all calling and the birds began to work, 2 of us filled out our limits by 8:30 mostly wigeon and mallards, 1 gwt

Posted By:
perro
Web Member

West of Rifle 10-07-2007 12:14
Mostly Sunny, No Precipitation – 40-45 Degrees
Not much to write about. It’s really too early yet for it to be any good. There was some mallards right at first light but none were interested in what I was offering.

Posted By:
BillyGoatPete
Web Member

Huerfano County 10-06-2007 17:02
Sunny & Clear, High Winds – 50-60 Degrees
Hunted a new spot east of Walsenburg this morning. Got in place by 0530 to calm winds and t-shirt weather.

I ran the ducks off of the pond setting dekes and they just kept trying to get back in…

About 6 minutes after legal shooting light, I dropped my 1st ever triple on ducks!! I dropped 2 Widgeon from a group landing in the dekes and 1 teal that picked up off of the pond with the shooting then circled back around and was landing in the dekes and dead birds.

I held on the next two groups of teal hoping for a shot at some of the mallards I had seen while scouting the day before…..it paid off….Kinda..I wound up with 1 mallard, another widgeon, and finished off the morning on a group of BWT.

This is the second opener I have hunted this year (hunted the W side opener last weekend) and the 1st of the year on private land…..man what a difference! It sure was nice to be set up before shooting light and not have somebody out walking around!

This mornings setup consisted of 6 G&H floaters (mostly hens with one drake mallard) and 1 spinner. I set up in a layout on the edge of the pond and, due to the height of the grass, my layout practically dissapeared. The pre-season scouting and game plan paid off….the longest shot of the morning was roughly 20 yards….Killed everything I shot at and did not leave any witness’.

Gonna hit another hole in the morning about 1/2 mile away….hoping for a good shoot as I have to be to work by 10!

Good luck boy’s! Shoot em’ in the face!

[Edited By BillyGoatPete on 2007-10-06 17:17]

Posted By:
Jeff Colwell
Guest

East of Windsor 10-06-2007 16:26
Sunny & Clear, Winds Calm – 50-60 Degrees
Hunted the opener today and had a fantastic shoot,had to spook off about 100 before shooting hours as to not crack at them in one bird educating mess.They returned to our sheet water with abandon and it didn’t take long to collect a two man limit,although it was not as leisure of a pace as I was hoping,was surprised at the amount of mallards,we ended up with 8 greenies,two gadwall,and two bluewings.The teal were like flies and also had that report from two other groups,one in Ft. Lupton east and one west of Brighton.Both of these guys filled up with 18 for each group but few mallards so I must have had a mallard hotspot I guess.I watched twelve get taken this morning but haven’t had my licks yet but have a good prospect for a fun hunt with me a friend and my two boys this evening on a robo field shoot,will report after that.This morning used two dozen decoys,mostly hens and Gadwalls with a sprinkle of teal,wonderduck paddlewheel,jerk cord and a lucky duck.Took the robo down after the first 15 minutes as they wouldn’t finish it seemed to help.

[Edited By Jeff Colwell on 2007-10-06 16:29]

[Edited By Jeff Colwell on 2007-10-06 16:33]

Posted By:
Matt-Sandersen
Field Editor

longmont 10-03-2007 12:05
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not the duckiest weather for the last few days but we have had some success chasing geese, we have shot twelve and 2 with bands which is always nice. lots of ducks flying around east of longmont, quite a few divers out and about which i would not have really figured on seeing this early

Posted By:
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Administrator

10-01-2007 08:06
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Posted By:
shotgunwilly75
Guest

park county 09-30-2007 15:34
Cloudy, Snow Flurries – 25-30 Degrees – Open Water
back at it again this morning, almost missed first light due to a jacknifed semi on 285.
Anyway , this time the gun worked and i collected 2 drake mallards and 4 bwt in about 45 minutes, i had to break skim ice to get the decoys in place……COLD for sept, but worth it!

will

Posted By:
shotgunwilly75
Guest

park county 09-29-2007 18:47
Cloudy, High Winds – 35-40 Degrees
The morning started off great, i had my preferred spot ( on public land ) , the birds were there, only problem was my BRAND NEW extrema 2 wouldnt fire ( WHAT THE BERETTA) To say i was dissapointed would be an understatement, after i drove all the way home and took the gun back to sportsmans warehouse, Where it was discovered that a o ring was in between the piston and the sleeve not allowing the bolt to close all the way. ( THANK YOU SPORTSMANS WAREHOUSE IN LITTLETON FOR SOME EXCELLENT CUSTOMER SERVICE, I WAS MAD WHEN I WALKED IN THE DOOR, AND THEY DID EVERYTHING THEY COULD TO HELP THE SITUATION )
Now as for the pair of guys that waited till after shooting light to walk within 80 yards of my decoys and begin pass shooting, who taught you respect for your fellow hunters ! oh yeah, the were dressed in all black and were wearing white hats, real nice job morons, i would put there lic plate #’s pn here , but that won’t change anything now.
Trying it agin tommorow , WITH A GUN THAT WORKS

will

[Edited By support on 2007-10-01 08:05]

Posted By:
shotgunwilly75
Guest

park county 09-28-2007 21:47
Sunny & Clear, High Winds – 45-50 Degrees
scouted on wensday night , looks good for tommorow!
good luck to all, and post some reports boys!

Posted By:
PUDLJMPR
Guest

09-28-2007 18:35
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Got the info i needed guys thanks.

Posted By:
PUDLJMPR
Guest

09-28-2007 01:06
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Thanks for the info Billy ill try and get more info from the warden, mlanders i know your familiar with the area any ideas or suggestions?

Posted By:
BillyGoatPete
Web Member

09-26-2007 18:28
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Dan,

I have not hunted that area in the last 3 years but when I was hunting over there I never saw any hunters on those ponds. Which leads me to believe that hunting is not allowed on them. However, I hunted that area mostly on weekdays when there was not a whole lot of other folks in the area.

Posted By:
PUDLJMPR
Guest

09-25-2007 16:47
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Can anyone give me a little info on the public ponds around wellington like the ones by Cob lake? Never hunted them before always hunt our lease and i dont know if there is any speacial rules or if they get hunted so hard that its not worth it, apprecaiate any help, Thanks Dan.