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Posted By: andy Guest 08-13-2003 11:51 – – – Hi Rick; Thanks for taking on the field editor job. We needed someone. Anywy…I live in Bennington and most of my hunitng has always been in NYS with a few exceptions. I know the CT river is supposed to be good. Now that I have a boat with a reliable motor, I was thinking about giving it a shot (so to speak). Any recommendations or ideas. From what part of the Ct River Valley do you hail? Appreciate you help. andy Posted By: rhiggers Guest NONE 07-20-2003 21:44 Sunny & Clear, Winds Calm – Over 70 Degrees There’s a great movie out that should be of terrific interst to most of the folks that might check this forum. It’s called “Winged Migration”- it’s a small independent (unfortunately French made)film that really depicts what true athletes the waterfowl we pursue really are.… Continue reading

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Posted By: DUCKMENVT Guest 11-30-2002 20:26 – – – Mark, I typically use about 15-25 whistler decoys and 15-20 mallard/black decoys when hunting from shore blinds. On the big lake we use as many as 200 including bluebill, whistler, mallard, blacks, mergs, brant, geese, scoter and oldsquaw decoys. Some are handmade sleds(silloutte type decoys). Posted By: markchap WFC Sponsor Addison 11-28-2002 17:27 Sunny & Clear, Winds Calm – 10-20 Degrees – Open Water The wistlers were flying up and down the middle of the lake was able to bag A couple of mallards and a few wistlers . those huning L Champlain was currious how many deks you are using I have been using about 10-15 deks ? Posted By: Zeke The Zen Puppy Guest Southeast Colorado 11-25-2002 15:17 Cloudy, Snow Flurries – 30-34 Degrees – Open Water Come on out. Bring lots of shells, though. The third duck split… Continue reading

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Posted By: mspradlin Guest East Creek, Orwell 11-12-2002 11:34 Sunny & Clear, High Winds – 45-50 Degrees Hunted the mouth to East Creek. Shot Greenwings and Mallards. Saw Black ducks but did not shoot any. We also saw some Canada’s but no luck on them. Did not see as many flocks as I thought we would. Overall a good hunt but nothing to write home about. Did see two flocks of divers but they were to far to identify, they looked black and white just skimming over the top of the water. Posted By: Sand Bar 11-12-2002 11:26 – – – There’s a decent amount of divers, with Mallards an blacks around also. Hopefully, the weather will turn cold again to freeze things up. Hey Mspradlin- How did you do hunting around Orwell when you were up here? I used to spend alot o time in that area and it… Continue reading

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Posted By: fshrdan Guest Addison – off lake 10-14-2002 11:25 Sunny & Clear, Winds Calm – 45-50 Degrees The 9th – looked good early with lots of Mallards and Wood Ducks, though once the sun came up things slowed down. Hunted to about noon. We took two woodies; wow am I a bad shot. No teal, lots of geese! Heard the northern part of the lake was hot. Posted By: fshrdan Guest Connecticut River – Bellows Falls 10-08-2002 08:19 Sunny & Clear, Morning Fog – 45-50 Degrees Hunted first light to about 9:30 or so, on Saturday the 5th . We took two woodies and one mallard. There were a fair number of birds around, mostly wood ducks and teal, but lots of pressure. Once the sun came up things settled down and not much was flying. Lots of high flying geese heading south. Tomorrow is the big day on… Continue reading

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Posted By: Craig-Emory Field Editor accomack county 01-05-2013 18:59 Sunny & Clear, Winds Calm – 40-45 Degrees we hunted friday evening. we got a lot of birds up when we went to our blind. blacks, bufflehead, and merganzers. so we thought the shooting would be pretty good. we didn’t get a shot and we didn’t hear any shots that evening. we did see a fair amount of birds, but nothing was interested. acted like they’ve had a lot of presure put on them. didn’t see a goose, dark or light. a lot of brant rafting up. Posted By: Craig-Emory Field Editor accomack county 01-05-2013 18:59 Sunny & Clear, Winds Calm – 40-45 Degrees we hunted friday evening. we got a lot of birds up when we went to our blind. blacks, bufflehead, and merganzers. so we thought the shooting would be pretty good. we didn’t get a shot and we… Continue reading

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Posted By: Craig-Emory Field Editor accomack county 01-02-2012 19:09 Sunny & Clear, High Winds – 40-45 Degrees a lot of birds were moving early this morning. there is a fair amount black ducks, but they either flew high or held tight. the ducks that were moving were bufflehead and merganzers. we shot a drake hooded merganzer, four hen merganzers and two hen buffleheads. we didn’t see many canadians, no snows, and no brant. we didn’t hear many shots this morning. on the way home we saw some mallards and some canadian geese. maybe with the cold weather on the way we will see more birds. Posted By: Tony-Crescenzo Field Editor 12-12-2011 14:20 – Posted By: Tony-Crescenzo Field Editor Chincoteague 12-12-2011 14:18 Cloudy, Winds Calm – 40-45 Degrees Hunted the Queen Sound area on Saturday but scouted from Tom’s Cove to Bogue’s Bay and up north to the MD line. Significant… Continue reading

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Posted By: Drew-Hawkins Field Editor Potomac River 01-29-2011 16:16 Cloudy, Winds Calm – 25-30 Degrees – Ice Hunted the regular season closer today – 5 shooters and great way to end the season. The hunt started late about 8:00 am as we wanted some sun light to navigate the ice, plus the birds had been moving later the past few weeks anyhow. Both puddle ducks and diver were coming in in singles, pairs or in case of the divers small groups of between 3-6. Action was pretty steady the whole time, mostly due to the temps and hunter activity on the river. Geese moved very little preferring to stay way out on the ice. So no geese were taken. a 5 man limt of ducks taken including a black duck and Canvasback limit. Great way to end the season with a toll of cans! Can’t wait till next year. There… Continue reading

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Posted By: Tony-Crescenzo Field Editor Chincoteague/Saxis 12-17-2009 06:54 Mostly Cloudy, No Precipitation – 40-45 Degrees Hunted the Queen Sound area with mixed results. Very few divers in the area compared with this time last year, but Saxis was LOADED with Scoters of all types. They raft approximately 800 yards offshore and can be taken from a boat blind pretty easily. Bufflehead numbers are low, resident mallards are still around but hard to decoy. Hopefully the cold snap will bring more divers to the area. JRAPP: Did NOT get your PM. Email me at tcrescenzo@achievence.com and I’ll send you details about January’s hunts. I have two trips planned and we can always find room for one more. Its a 3 hour drive from DC and splitting a hotel room is about 40 bucks a nite, otherwise its just $$ for beer and meals. The birds have always made it down by… Continue reading