Posted By: whiskey216 Guest Lake Zoar 10-08-2003 15:44 Cloudy, Heavy Fog – 60-65 Degrees Hey thanks for the call DUCK DAD!!! I guess I am just as guilty but I told sgt scaup jr. to let you know that I was going north. I guess you guys had the smurf camping experience on again. The fog was as thick as you know what. It took an additional hr to get to the woodie spot. once there the fog was covering all of the woodies with the exception of 2. One was retrieved and my drake went off into the woods after the dogs made their 60 yard swim to come up empty mouthed. Some Canadas were slain as well around 11:30. All in all it was a great early season hunt and a good tune up for the dogs. See ya at cubscouts or soccer…duckdad, I will certainly give you… Continue reading

Posted By: whiskey216 Guest Thimble Islands, Branford 02-03-2003 14:29 Mostly Sunny, No Precipitation – 30-34 Degrees – Ice Closing day out on Sumac was by far the best day of waterfowling this year. Getting out there before shooting hours was a bit of a challenge due to the single digit weather we had all week creating 5 to 6 inches of solid ice, but with a few days of ice breaking prior to Saturday, we got out there quite easily. There is much to be said about Express Duck Boats with keel guards. We were the only hunters out for the morning hunt and did very well. That was until another group set up mid-day on Little Clam Island to have the time of their lives. Rumor has it, they killed 40 ducks and geese in 3 hours. Every time we looked we saw birds dropping like stones. Good Job… Continue reading

Posted By: jerseywaterfowler Guest Milford,Ct 12-28-2002 15:35 Mostly Sunny, No Precipitation – 30-34 Degrees – Open Water Nutmeg state hunters.Was up at my in-laws for a couple of days for Christmas,always love dinner with anti-hunters(How could you kill a inoccent animal). Any way took my two boys over to court? street in Milford. Just looking around for ducks and hunters. Did not see any ducks and only on hunter on the far side side of neills island. My two boys loved collecting the empty shotgun shells,they call it tresure hunting. Is one alowed to hunt the shore line in that area? Mabey next year might get a non-resident tag just wondering if one can hunt their. Looks like you can place decoys in the water by your feet and hope. Thank you for any help.J/W Posted By: Dave-Proulx WFC Sponsor Farmington River 12-28-2002 11:00 Mostly Sunny, No Precipitation – 30-34… Continue reading

Posted By: DukDad Guest Guilford Salt Marsh 12-17-2002 11:00 Cloudy, Light Rain & Drizzle – 40-45 Degrees I set out in my canoe for an afternoon hunt all by my lonesome and finally popped my cherry. Not by harvesting some exotic wild life but by taking my first post Labor Day swim (with all my gear of course). How refreshing to back stroke through the swamp in December all the time remembering what Screaming Teal had told me just before I left, “Don’t stand up in the canoe, it might tip over”. Some things you just have to learn on your own I guess. After my workout I decided to resume my quest for the Little Black Ducks that had been buzzing me the whole time I was fishing for my fowling piece. With piece once again in hand (more literally than figuratively) I crept though the mud to their… Continue reading

Posted By: DukDad Guest Leetes Island 11-26-2002 11:35 Sunny & Clear, Winds Calm – 35-40 Degrees Opening Day South Zone; Screaming Teal made me proud today. First by being semi coherent when I went to pick him up at 0530 and secondly by sending the lone Blackie we had in range to Allah. I spent one other outing with the Mallard Man where we angered his dog by making all sorts of noise without seeing anything splash. Tud Posted By: Mike-Kapp WFC Sponsor Nehantic State Forest 11-23-2002 19:16 Cloudy, High Winds – 35-40 Degrees Went deer hunting today. First time I have had a chance to go out this year with changing jobs and moving. SHOULD HAVE GONE DUCK HUNTING – WHAT WAS I THINKING. Got skunked. Ducks were flying and sitting on the small lakes with the high wind. The local geese were being driven off of their normal… Continue reading

Posted By: Hugh-Carney Field Editor N/A 11-01-2002 15:19 – – – Do any of you guys know if your state keeps largest waterfowl records like most states keep fish and deer records? If you could let me know It’d be a big help. Right now Wa. State has no criteria and keeps no records. I am attempting to get this record keeping started. Thanks in advance Hugh Carney – Wa. field editor Posted By: CWBYUP Guest AP Zone 10-31-2002 07:19 – – – Hello Everyone, Make sure all you trick or treaters get home early don’t eat to much candy tonight for tomorrow is opening morning for AP geese.Get to bed early and shoo’em up. Let us know how you did. Good luck and safe hunting. Posted By: hogman Guest L.I.sound 10-21-2002 19:37 Sunny & Clear, High Winds – 40-45 Degrees Dukdad, I stood in my driveway until the neighbors… Continue reading

Posted By: DukDad Guest Chester 10-10-2002 09:27 – – 45-50 Degrees Opening Day Duck We arrived at our favorite opening day pond where we came upon the disturbing sight of a hastily constructed camp site strewn with empty whisky bottles and discarded petroleum jelly cans. Amongst the debris we find Mallard Man and Richie all smiles and ready for action. The woodies came in early 20-30 strong. We capped like mad and two full boxes of shells later the score was two drakes. As we milled around examining the sights of our fowling pieces and arguing about which eye to close (right, left, or both) when you aim, a group of 15 Canadas came in cupped and committed right into our laps. Another two boxes of shells let go and we drop four of the geese. All in all a great day. Posted By: Dave-Proulx WFC Sponsor Litchfield County 10-09-2002… Continue reading

Posted By: whiskey216 Guest LI Sound 01-22-2002 08:04 Cloudy, Accumulating Snow – 30-34 Degrees – Open Water For all of Connecticut waterfowlers that read this article, words cannot describe the experience that I had on closing day, but I will try. I can use words like painful(slipping and falling on to aqua man’s bowlight taking out 1 or 2 ribs on the left side), cold(12 hours sitting on a boulder), calm(waterskiiers would have been impressed), exciting(more ducks and geese flying out of range that ever before unfortunately no swans or pigeons), interesting conversation (the birth of Aqua Man). While stting out there for countless painful hours I had time to reflect on how great it was to be there with duckdad and Aqua Man. I also thought how great it was that the government gives us until April 15th to file our tax returns. Hey Mallardman, are you getting a… Continue reading