Posted By:
Msg&son
Guest
scouting 08-27-2007 13:14
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well went again this weekand around looking for ducks and geese and turkeys again. again seem lots of differant flocks of geese but all in differant parts of the same fields so are moving around alot one flock was a lot bigger than last weekand. saw lots of turkeys again they had lots of llittle ones this yr still lots of small poults. as for landowners one said no it is for employess only and the owner for his fields and one didint contact me back so i take that as a no also oh well it is there right. but on the bright side found a way into a little spot again that i hunted for yrs but the last 2 hadnt been able to get to so am excited about that. see ya all soon and take care.Mark
Posted By:
Msg&son
Guest
scouting 08-19-2007 10:43
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well yesterday went scouting the area for geese saw a total of 7 differant flocks ranging in sizes of 70+to 8 stopped and talked to landowers to start getting my permission al set up so far so good not sure how much will get to hunt my son has hunter ed the first weekand so not sure what we will do yet maybe do evening hunts instead we will see going to go out next sat again to keep looking around. hope everyone has had a good summer so far see u soon. Mark
Posted By:
Jerry-Nicholson
Web Member
08-07-2007 11:32
Sunny & Clear, Winds Calm – Over 70 Degrees
This is a good time to start working those calls if you haven’t already! The season is really just around the corner and you don’t want to sound as bad as I did just the other day when I tried out the ole calls!
Posted By:
Jerry-Nicholson
Web Member
Ct River Valley 06-27-2007 10:07
Sunny & Clear, Winds Calm – Over 70 Degrees
No hunting going on right now, everybody is thinking of haying and fishing. The pond down the road has several big broods of geese all growing and fattening up nicely. The farmer left them a stop of unmown grass to feed in. Beautiful sight.
Hope y’all are having a great summer.
Posted By:
Msg&son
Guest
looking around 05-04-2007 17:06
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well out scouting for turkeys last month or so and seen lots of pairs of geese moving north and lots of juves also bunch up around the area nice to see, last sat son did it again we got a nice tom 21 and 1/2 lbs what a beauty bigger than his one last yr now i need to get one for me. going out this weekand and going to try to find one have a few more spots to try still from scouting out 5 areas so we sill see but it sure is ncie to see waterfowl again coming through. well take care all and have a safe summer
Posted By:
shawnpieterse
Web Member
Isles of Shoals 01-14-2007 21:43
Cloudy, High Winds – 35-40 Degrees
I finished up my sea duck season Saturday with a trip to the IOS. Lots of ducks and lots of fun. Good mix of every type of sea duck. We also observed quite a few puddle ducks flying south (and a few north) but none even gave our dekes a second look. Looking forward to next season already!
__________________________ What would Jack Bauer do?
Posted By:
Peter-Lester
Field Editor
Strafford County 01-08-2007 09:30
Cloudy, Light Rain & Drizzle – 50-60 Degrees
2006/2007, The 60 day season that never really started. Scott and I went out Saturday morning and I shot a black. We had one other chance but the birds dipped below the tree line and we lost sight of them.
The Fish & Game Arial survey revealed we had only 1000 ducks on the bay as of last week. Seems odd to find out there were 3 times as many geese, I remember a time when a goose was a trophy and hard to get!
Scott talked with one of our friends who is an avid waterfowler, has good equipment and time to use it. He shot 6 ducks this season before calling it quits. Scott and I didn’t fair a whole lot better shooting 20 between us.
Temps in the seacoast hit a record of 72 degrees on Saturday afternoon and Sunday it was in the 50’s. I had given some thought to closing out the season by going hunting on Sunday afternoon. Given the Arial survey info, our continued poor success, I decided to use the nice weather to clean and put away equipment. I must admit I had been reading the forums and W-P Sullivans signature statement made me think “there is a fine line between duck hunting and staring at your dcoys like an idiot.” We had too much of the latter this year. I hope we never have another year this poor again.
Here’s to hoping 2007/2008 will be better. Good luck and see you next year, Pete
Posted By:
Peter-Lester
Field Editor
Strafford County 01-04-2007 09:24
Cloudy, Winds Calm – 40-45 Degrees
It seems Saturday 12/23 was a fluke. Scott and I have not gotten into the birds again like that since. During the Christmas week we once again saw non-existent morning flights come off the bay heading inland to feed. Maybe we were just in the wrong spot to see them? Another day I sat for half the day in a place where ducks are normally seen trading abck and forth, again virtually nothing. Last weekend we might have had a little bit of shooting but an inconsiderate hunter armed with only a shotgun and a canoe set up 200 yards dwonwind of our decoy spread. He repeatedly shot at out of range birds that were coming to our decoys. Some people!
I visited some former coworkers at Fish & Game last week as well and I was sorry to hear that we are now down to 1200 duck hunters statewide. That is 10% of what we had in NH’s heyday of only 30 years ago. Certainly part of the problem is birds rafting up rather than being pushed around by lots of hunters.
We have one more weekend to go and temps are expected to remain mild. Without any weather forcing birds to the brackish waters I am expecting the action to be slow. The 2006/07 season has been one of the poorest I can recall and the 4 or 5th “down” year in a row for Scott and myself. Maybe we are losing our touch, I don’t think so. As Scott often says, “you can’t shoot what is not around.” Let’s hope the 2007/08 season brings us more ducks.
Posted By:
Peter-Lester
Field Editor
Strafford County 12-23-2006 18:26
Cloudy, Light Rain & Drizzle – 40-45 Degrees
They have arrived! We finally have some ducks on the brackish water, a month late but they are here. Scott and I took 8 birds this morning (and missed a bunch more). The big surprise of the day was me shooting a hen wood duck. December 23rd and we have a wood duck in the bag, go figure. I guess that tells you something about the warm weather and the effect on this year’s season.
I had a sense it was going to get better for us this weekend. First was the report of a large number of ducks in one spot last Sunday. Then oddly enough I was sitting in my hot tub on Thursday night about 9:30PM, tipped my head back and noticed a large group of ducks fairly high up, coming straight out of the North, I figured they were migrants and that possibly the “push” was finally on.
We heard a fair number of shots from other parties this morning so the action was not just limited to our location.
I am looking forward to days after Christmas as I am on “vaca” until 1/2. Kind of nice not having ice dragging the decoys away which is often a problem at this time of year.
[Edited By Peter-Lester on 2006-12-23 18:35]
Posted By:
Jerry-Nicholson
Web Member
Upper Valley Area 12-19-2006 18:01
Cloudy, Heavy Fog – 35-40 Degrees
Friday started out with the thickest fog I have ever hunted in. Unreal trying to keep my bearings while setting dekes from the canoe in pitch black pea soup.
I ended up with 3 drake mallards and should have had the fourth except for …. ummmm, the sun got in my eyes…
There were a pretty good number of puddle ducks around but no geese.
Saturday was my last day of the season and I put a bud on his first ever mallard. Always a good time. I ended up potting a nice fat black duck to end the season. Dog did great retrieves all year and except for the warm weather and not enough migration action, it was a good one.
