Posted By: ABest Web Member N.D. 10-22-2011 22:17 Mostly Sunny, No Precipitation – 45-50 Degrees Spent the last week out in N.D.. Seems that there are plenty of birds around. How ever there is also plenty of water. They have many choices. We had 2 days of really good,1 dayof so so, and 1 day not so good and 1 day of being out all day to get the limit. Have been going out to N.D. for 30+ years and saw water where I have never seen water B-4. I got a good tan as weather was sunny and mild every day. Had a little skim ice on 2 mournings. All and all a very good hunt. Also seems that every truck out scouting was from Wis. Posted By: pluckaduck Field Editor ND 10-22-2011 20:17 – – – Traveled to Minot then north on 83 and east on 5 back… Continue reading

Posted By: mallarddux Web Member east/central 10-19-2011 09:24 – – – just finished our annual trip up north – first of all, thank you nd for all you have to offer and to all our friends who make it possible! plenty of birds and enough water to keep you scouting all day. no migration yet to speak of, but certainly enough ducks to give us three great hunts. may be awesome the next couple of weeks when the push gets going. also, need to get out and walk or use a 4 wheeler in some areas as some normal roads are surrounded by wetlands. good luck to all! already looking forward to next year. get ’em! Posted By: pluckaduck Field Editor ND 10-18-2011 22:25 – – – Went up in the hills tonight. I had heard the lakes up there were empt, but there are good numbers of birds scattered… Continue reading

Posted By: jayvachal Web Member 10-15-2011 10:23 – – – This is the first time I’ve used my subscription. What exactly am I getting cause from what I can find on the site thus far it’s next to nothing. I hunt ND and MN… Posted By: DU870 Web Member 10-14-2011 09:44 – – – My dad and 2 of his retired buddies are heading up to ND this Saturday for thier first ever trip to ND. They are planning on hunting the Crosby area. Any info that I can pass along to them would be greatly appreciated. Thanks! Posted By: pluckaduck Field Editor ND 10-13-2011 23:14 – – – Tough conditions and scarce birds led to hard scouting tonight. Fields are soft, be careful. Hunt in morning should be a slam dunk on mallards but I will be teaching. Some geese flying high and south. Getting a little colder Posted… Continue reading

Posted By: mallarddux Web Member central 10-08-2011 19:29 – – – heading up next weekend for the annual trip – have heard lots of water and crops coming off – scout as usual. will try to post after we get up. get ’em! Posted By: ABest Web Member 10-08-2011 17:15 – – – Pluckaduck I am glad you are giveing out the info, read your posts daily. Will be out there soon. Just wondering if you may have noticed a down turn in out of state hunters this year cause of the economy?? Posted By: HonkerHotline Web Member North Central 10-08-2011 15:38 Sunny & Clear, High Winds – 60-65 Degrees Pluck, Late report from 10.1 – 10.3. Had decent success field hunting for Honkers and Mallards. Put on a ton of miles and knocked on many doors to obtain permission, etc. With the warm weather it seemed like the birds… Continue reading

Posted By: pluckaduck Field Editor ND 09-30-2011 22:26 – – – Went south tonight looking for cranes and such. After much looking, I found a good group of them to hunt in the morning with a few ducks and dark geese sprinkled in. There seems to be less ducks south but also the first occurence with a non-resident. While Magoo(my pup) and I were walking in a field, I noticed a truck sitting on the prairie trail where we came in on. I did my business, loaded up and tried to drive out. Well the trail was blocked with water on both sides. I drove right up to the truck and the guys just looked at me. I got out of the truck and he yelled, Your’e in my field. I said what are you talking about, its not posted so anyone can hunt it. He said, I have been… Continue reading

Posted By: pluckaduck Field Editor ND 09-23-2011 14:34 – – – It will mark the first in 20 some years I will not be after waterfowl opening day, as Shadow is fighting for his life and I owe it to him to be right at his side as he would be for me! If I have not got to your messages, sorry and please shoot me another one as I have been in Wisconsin and will get after them next week. Take care and hug those hounds. Posted By: callmaster64 Web Member ND 09-22-2011 20:18 – – – Just checking to see how the waterfowl season is lookin to the north. Hopefully coming up the 1st or 2nd week in october. Hope you all have a great season. Sent you a pm pluckaduck Posted By: webmaster root ND 09-20-2011 14:26 – – – RS — Try areas between Goodrich and… Continue reading

Posted By: Rick-Nelson Field Editor 03-23-2011 20:56 Arctic Blast – 10-20 Degrees – Ice Well, contrary to my last post, signs of winter were everywhere today. Another major winter storm pounded North Dakota yesterday with new snow accumulations up to 16 inches in some parts of the state. Not sure what we got here but prediction was for 6-10 and I am betting we got the 10 inches. If the five hours of shoveling I did yesterday and today was any indication. And while I was shoveling last night I heard numerous flocks of geese GOING SOUTH and this afternoon I watched hundreds more doing the same thing. Mighty depressing even though I know it is temporary. Fields are covered again in snow deep enough to make feeding difficult. For waterfowl, the condition of our state’s wetlands is going to be exceptional given all the moisture. We should see excellent… Continue reading

Posted By: jefbet03 Field Editor 11-17-2010 10:06 – – – Stumper, Thanks a lot for the great post. It is post like these that give us guys down south great insight as what to expect or hope for. Good luck to you guys up there. JB Posted By: stumper Web Member Sargent County 11-17-2010 00:29 Sunny & Clear, Winds Calm – 35-40 Degrees Just returned home from several days hunting the fields for mallards between Lidgerwood and Oakes and I must say these were probably the best conditions for hunting I have seen in my 10 years of hunting this area. The birds were very plentiful and limits were had by all over 3 great days of hunting. Mallards were mainly northern birds of good size, colorful plumage and heavy layers of fat. Birds responded pretty well to the dekes, though we found minimal spreads to be most effective. Migration… Continue reading