Posted By: bsballdreamer Guest shore 12-19-2006 08:45 Sunny & Clear, Winds Calm – 45-50 Degrees hunted a pond today and was surprised to see the number of big ducks around. a lots of mallards and black ducks and about 50 canadians. we also got to see the shuttle launch up close and personal about 7am. rough roads lead to smooth people Posted By: ejpantalone Guest Centreville Maryland 12-18-2006 09:38 Cloudy, Heavy Fog – 40-45 Degrees Bismuth kills like lead.. maybe better, December 3, 2006 By MrHappyDuck from Eastern Shore, Maryland “I gave away 8 boxes of Hevi-shot after one day of duck hunting with Bismuth. You don’t need any “follow-up” shots when using Bismuth. If you hit your duck or goose it’s dead before it hits the water (or ground.) Even professional guides are amazed at how quickly Bismuth kills waterfowl, no more wounding or crippling birds for me. I’ll… Continue reading

Posted By: dukscout Guest Upper Potomac-Virginia Shore 12-04-2006 12:28 Sunny & Clear, High Winds – 40-45 Degrees Hunted the River Saturday Morning-did not see Duck One. Very unusual. I figure the birds must have been at 2000 ft. going SE at 75 mph. Anybody hunt the afternoon? Posted By: klucas WFC Sponsor Surry County 12-04-2006 09:00 Sunny & Clear, Winds Calm – 50-60 Degrees Went on Saterday Dec 2. Saw teal, wood ducks, mallards, and black ducks. Got 4 mallards but saw more. I beleive the migration has begun! Looked like migrators because they did not have much fat reserve. Posted By: Drew-Hawkins Field Editor Potomac River – NVA 12-02-2006 13:18 Sunny & Clear, Winds Calm – 40-45 Degrees Went out this a.m. General Consensus is this: Puddle Ducks: Doesn’t appear that any large numbers of birds came in on the front. Had a pair of drake mallards commit and… Continue reading

Posted By: Kenneth-Burnett Guest James River 11-04-2006 15:41 Mostly Sunny, No Precipitation – 60-65 Degrees Went fishing down near Curles Neck. Geese all over the river. The boys that hunt down that way will have plenty of birds. Also did not see a single duck. Stripers and catfish were snapping. Posted By: Drew-Hawkins Field Editor Potomac River – NVA 10-31-2006 22:09 Sunny & Clear, Winds Calm – 60-65 Degrees Pre-Season Report Did some work on the blinds this past weekend and saw some very promising things. Very good numbers of Ruddy ducks. The most I’ve seen in about three years. Also saw a small group of Readheads! So the divers are on the move, no bluebills yet but they’ll be here soon. Canada geese number also look real good as well – at least as far as the residents are concerned. Only big ducks spotted were 5 woodies. But I’ve… Continue reading

Posted By: Drew-Hawkins Field Editor 10-06-2006 15:05 – Posted By: Drew-Hawkins Field Editor Potomac River – NVA – Various Areas 10-06-2006 14:53 Cloudy, Light Rain & Drizzle – 50-60 Degrees Haven’t made it out yet personally – Will get out tomorrow a.m. But have gotten reports from several others. So here it goes for the 06 – 07 season… The name of the game is the Woody!!! Wood duck numbers are good with a lot of hunter taking their limits shortly after lega l both yesterday and today. One group had their three man limit by 7:30!! They saw 50+ woodducks. But no Teal! Overall all of the other action is local Mallards with a few pockets of Sprig, Widgeon and some teal. Hopefully this big blow doesn’t push out what we have, or if it does bring in some new birds. So my advice is to get to your… Continue reading

Posted By: JH2Os Guest North of Leesburg 02-06-2006 10:30 Cloudy, Light Rain & Drizzle – 45-50 Degrees Report for Feb 4th. Best goose day of the late season. Limited out by 10AM and would have been done sooner if I could have shot better. First flock of 6 at 7:45; took one Second flock of 2 at 8:20; doubled Third flock of 9:20; took one Fourth flock at 9:55; took the last of my limit Had 10-12 additional bigger flocks get close but would not decoy. The four flocks above came in perfectly. The most geese I have seen in this area in a long time. I only put about about 20 decoys – far fewer than I usually hunt with. A dozen big shells and 8 or so silhouettes. Will try to sneak out during the week and then hit the last Saturday. Posted By: Richard-Nunnally Web Member 01-31-2006… Continue reading

Posted By: mwingfield Supporting Member South of Charlottesville 01-18-2006 11:02 Sunny & Clear, Winds Calm – 40-45 Degrees Goose hunted 1/16 on my hot spot; many geese came by but turned out of range. I moved the blind and rearranged the decoys. The next group came in, 3 shots one bird. I normally do better than that. Sam my lab worked well on the one. Posted By: mwingfield Supporting Member South of Charlottesville 01-18-2006 10:57 Sunny & Clear, High Winds – 40-45 Degrees Goose hunted, or tried on 1/14, no movement into my hot spot. [Edited By mwingfield on 2006-01-18 10:58] Posted By: Bluebill Buster Web Member N.Va – Potomac 01-17-2006 15:50 Sunny & Clear, Winds Calm – 40-45 Degrees Wood ducks are back again. Had a group of 5 swing into the dekes at first light Monday. Our group killed a drake and a hen. Shot two other birds… Continue reading

Posted By: mwingfield Supporting Member Charlottesville 01-09-2006 11:43 – – 40-45 Degrees Goose hunted 1/7/06 in my hot spot on the X. Set up before sunup, but the first group came in at 8:00. Last year the first group would come in @ 7:10 every day. I am working with my lab, Sam and this is his first year hunting in the field. I took one bird from the first group, working with Sam. He did well on the retrieve, used hand singles once. The next group came in at 8:15, took one bird, Sam did great. Being by myself I picked up the decoys. At 9:00 aprox. 125 geese came in, saw me and turned and landed near the pond, I must have seen close to 200 geese on Saturday, all by myself. [Edited By mwingfield on 2006-01-09 11:48] Posted By: Drew-Hawkins Field Editor Creek off Potomac – 1/7/06… Continue reading

Posted By: Drew-Hawkins Field Editor Potomac River N. VA 01-02-2006 12:37 Cloudy, Occassional Rain Showers – 35-40 Degrees Went out this a.m. with a couple of friends and had a good hunt with the divers. Saw good number of bluebills and buffleheads & hairy heads. The divers are very skittish after getting hammered the past couple of weeks. Also observed a high fying flock on Cans. One interesting note saw no more than 20 – 25 puddle ducKs! They are virtually non-existant right now. This was also the case with another group we spoke with. We need some weather to move big birds birds down. Ended thre day with 1- goose, 6 black heads, 1-Spoonie, 1-bufflehead. Not a bad hunt on birds that have been under a good deal of pressure. Posted By: Drew-Hawkins Field Editor Potomac River Creek – NVA 01-01-2006 22:00 – – – Went out on Friday… Continue reading