Ducks

[Cody Gruchow]

being out goose hunting in between a big marsh a decent size pond and a small pond i got to see my fair share of ducks in the morning and afternoons. piles upon piles of wood ducks, makes me excited for duck season. it was even better news for my boss to hear because he takes his nephew out for youth day and his nephew only got to shoot a shovler last year, even though he had a blast doing it he wants to get him some more shooting. anyone else seeing good duck numbers???

[Tyler Rother]

Lots of woodies and a few teal and mixed mallards where I hunt. Geese in the AM. Scouting makes me so damn anxious!

[fubar]

pile of ducks hunting in nodak but didnt see to many goose hunting by bemidji in the oat fields.

[Cody Gruchow]

seen tons of ducks this morning. landing in the goose decoys left and right. had it been duck season our limits would of been filled within the first hour.  so its looking good for the youth season this year.

[springlake]

saw a ton of wooducks mallards and teal on the river, put out a bunch of wooduck houses last summer and it looks like they worked. couple more weeks and its hammer time!

[Flyway Customs]

still shot some woodducks and teal up north by brandon last weekend but for the amount of diver ducks that are around wow, they should be around the metro in about a week with the warm up thats coming it could take longer.

[Go Big Red!]

The past weeks north near Squaw Lake were VERY slow this year.  Way toooooooo many calm, sunny days and not enough crappy weather.  Fall has been weird again weather wise, but we still can hunt after the deer is in the freezer.

[prosupermag]

Last weekends duck hunt


My first Canvasback

[snow]

Dang nice bull can! Is he going on the wall?

[Go Big Red!]

Anyone have duck reports or updates?  We're heading out Sunday AM in the Maple Grove and Rogers area.

[kenhuntin]

I saw a buddy today that hunts near Albertville and he claimed he had 200 mallards come in last Sunday. This year should be awesome when the weather turns bad as the birds will be right in front of the front and we have no Ice yet.

[Go Big Red!]

Went out and scouted tonight for tomorrow.   Did see a few ducks on the water we will shoot so keep your fingers crossed.

[Cody Gruchow]

not seeing anything for ducks or geese lately.

[Go Big Red!]

No ducks fell from the sky today.  SO disappointed.  Tons of geese flying to and from the cut corn fields.

 Where is the cold, rainy, miserable weather that I need for a good duck season?   

[shanee]

if you find some ducks keep it to yourself or I am sure you will have half the duck hunters in MN hunting beside you next time you go out. Where is the cold weather?

[snow]

Not much goin on here in central Mn,BUT I spent the last 4 days in SoDak and I'm here to tell ya the migration is on BIG time,all field hunting,the fields are flooded to almost lake size,even divers were found in flooded corn and bean fields,no way to drive to'em,you either hump it in or have a wheeler to drive back in,snowgeese were rolling in all weekend by the 1000's,dark geese were few and still north.

[prosupermag]

Slow weekend here in south west MN saw a few geese and 2 small flocks of mallards  but nothing within range and  to answer your question snow the can was nice but just not quite nice enough to put on the wall

[Go Big Red!]

I think the flyway keeps pushing further west every year.  Still have time and we always have late goose season to shoot.

[Tyler Rother]

I'm with ya on that Red.

I think the farmers need to stop plowing over the pot holes that once filled Minnesota.

Every time after a big rain on a cut/plowed field you can see where they once were.

The DNR can't seem to control it, nor can the Government.

Maybe us hunters need to make a stand in congress to see things through about conservation.

I would love to see the Ducks and Geese as to what they were in my Grandpas stories.

I did hear my first flock of Bills fly overhead Saturday morning although. Amazing!

DH

[snow]

Our season runs until the end of november,we have cold weather coming in this weekend,hang in there guys,Lac Qui Parle has 45k of EPP geese alot more on the way,the crops are coming down as well,mallards will follow,head west soon guys.Heading back out to SoDak this week,I'll make a pass around Lac Qui Parle and let ya know whats up.

[HD]

Well, I pulled my dek's today out of my pond....
There was a good 1/2 to 1/4 inch of ice on it, so, I guess I'm done for the year.


Hunter

[snow]

The best is yet to come,BIG northen birds guys~ 11/2009~The Palmer crew~

[HD]

I haven't been seeing many ducks around my neck of the woods......

But, that looks like a fun shoot!

[snow]

Hunter`

Unless you travel west you won't see birds like this,western Mn can be very productive late season if you do your homework,these birds were taken w/o a spread in a open pocket of water in standing corn,two robo ducks did the job.

[snow]

Here is another shot,only fitting as well to finish the hunt~

[HD]

Yea.....I use to travel to Nodak every year and whack my fill of ducks and geese.

But, funds being low, and the hunting buddy's that say "I'm in" and when it comes time to go, they say "I'm out" , put a major damper on my traveling west. I do miss those days!

[PJ Maguire]

I have to agree with Snow. Thanksgiving weekend could be killer if the forecast holds. Late season goose hunting could be excellent when all the new birds show up. The calendar migrants are here. We just need the ice push birds in the state.

[Cody Gruchow]

well im going in the morning so ill let everyone know how it goes.

[snow]

No ducks sunday morning~ BUT new honkers in my area.good to see.

[Cody Gruchow]

had only 3 ducks come in this morning and shot all 3. drake mallards, not all that big