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Ducks

PostPosted: Thu Oct 16, 2014 4:14 pm
by jarbo03
Headed west to the early zone in KS. Warm with clouds of mosquitoes, but plenty of teal. Taz did great and shooting was good.

2 gwt
4 bwt

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PostPosted: Thu Oct 16, 2014 5:14 pm
by Rick
Excellent.

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PostPosted: Thu Oct 16, 2014 7:09 pm
by jarbo03
Still a ton of blue wings around Rick, kinda surprising.

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PostPosted: Fri Oct 17, 2014 5:42 am
by Rick
Have heard that from several points well north. Being the second such year in a row makes it particularly disconcerting for those of us down here who cherish September teal.

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PostPosted: Fri Oct 17, 2014 6:46 am
by Woody
Nice Job Jarbo!

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PostPosted: Fri Oct 17, 2014 7:00 am
by Deltaman
Glad you got on some birds Jerry, congrats!

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PostPosted: Sat Oct 18, 2014 7:23 am
by jarbo03
Seems a bunch of those teal rode that good north wind out of town yesterday. Didn't see near as many, but was an influx of big ducks showing up, even saw a few mallards.

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PostPosted: Sat Oct 18, 2014 7:23 am
by DeadEye_Dan

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PostPosted: Sat Oct 18, 2014 7:29 am
by jarbo03
10-17-14

Did everything possible wrong today, were hunters in my first two scouted spots 2 hours before sunrise, Finally decided on a spot to walk towards, a great looking teal hole in the reeds. Unfortunately most teal were gone, and the big ducks were wanting the middle of the marsh. Still plenty of opportunities though. Shooting was poor, decision making was even worse, just one of those days!

Jeff
myself

3 bwt

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PostPosted: Sat Oct 18, 2014 7:34 am
by Bad17
That sucks. But at least your hunting.

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PostPosted: Sat Oct 18, 2014 11:18 am
by quackhead
You'll get'em next time tiger

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PostPosted: Sat Oct 18, 2014 2:36 pm
by jarbo03

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PostPosted: Sun Nov 02, 2014 10:52 pm
by jarbo03
11-1-14

Season finally opened locally for ducks and geese. First i remember having ice on the ponds for the opener, 20° with little wind. To start the day, I forgot the goose floaters, a couple flocks short stopped us in the middle of the pond. Ended with 3 geese, no ducks seen.

Dad
Larry

3 geese

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PostPosted: Mon Nov 03, 2014 8:40 am
by Flightstopper
Taz!

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PostPosted: Wed Nov 05, 2014 11:48 pm
by jarbo03
11-5-14

Quick solo hunt, missed another greenhead.

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PostPosted: Sun Nov 09, 2014 10:01 pm
by jarbo03
Can't get pics to load through tapatalk, day ended with 1 greenhead.

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PostPosted: Mon Nov 10, 2014 8:17 am
by Rick
I've had some solo hunts with just one bird taken or none at all that were still pretty sweet. Don't remember any such I really minded. But they eat my lunch when most anyone else who doesn't get to go as much as I do is along.

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PostPosted: Mon Nov 10, 2014 12:27 pm
by jarbo03
I agree Rick. I had a good time hanging out with Taz watching a beautiful sunrise. Getting pics loaded to photobucket, will get some posted soon. Been busy lately.

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PostPosted: Mon Nov 10, 2014 4:22 pm
by jarbo03
11-5-14

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PostPosted: Fri Nov 14, 2014 5:07 pm
by jarbo03
11-12-14
Hit the river with Duckdog and Jager. Did some catch and release hunting today, let a lot go. First snap of cold weather, wind chills were near 0, not used to it yet. Ended the day with 2 greenheads.

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PostPosted: Fri Nov 14, 2014 5:11 pm
by jarbo03
11-14-14

Back to the river with Kevin and Jager. Didn't see near as many birds, but what we saw finished in the pocket. Dogs earned their keep today, 12 deg with a good current made them work. Ended with 10 mallards, 1 gwt.

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PostPosted: Fri Nov 14, 2014 8:45 pm
by Rick
Sweet.

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PostPosted: Fri Nov 14, 2014 8:47 pm
by DeadEye_Dan
awesome

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PostPosted: Fri Nov 14, 2014 9:30 pm
by The Duck Hammer
Good looking pair of dogs.

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PostPosted: Sat Nov 15, 2014 10:11 am
by Olly
Thanks for sharing Jarbo!

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PostPosted: Sun Nov 16, 2014 7:14 pm
by jarbo03
11-15-14

Walked in to the river on a solo hunt. Not many birds flying, cold weather still sucks. 2 mallards on the strap, missed another , and lost a gadwall which dove out in the current to never be seen again. Taz had some great retrieves battling the current.

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PostPosted: Sun Nov 16, 2014 7:20 pm
by jarbo03
11-16-14

Like a dumass, decided to try the river again today. With everything else being froze up, it's my only option. Chilly this morning, remembering when it was 79 deg and I was shooting birds, COLD STILL SUCKS! Even less birds flying today, not sure where they are. 1 greenhead worked the dekes, the few other birds we saw were wanting to land 100 yards downstream in middle of the river. This 30-40 deg below average can suck my balls.

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PostPosted: Sun Nov 23, 2014 4:45 pm
by quackhead
Atleast your not getting a crap ton of snow on top of that lol

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PostPosted: Wed Dec 10, 2014 11:01 pm
by jarbo03
11-26-14

After a slow period, some new birds finally moved back into the area. Was only planning on scouting for the next morning hunt. Rancher told me birds were hitting a small pond way back in the pasture. Took 6 decoys and went to check it out. Kicked up about 50, never had time to put decoys out, soon I had my 5 greenhead on the water before a single retrieve was made.

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PostPosted: Wed Dec 10, 2014 11:09 pm
by jarbo03
11-27-14

Dad, brother, and I went for our annual Thanksgiving hunt. Lots of birds working, but ice forming kept them from finishing. Ended with 2 greenheads.