A quick fun evening

johnch · 10-23-2006, 06:24 PM

Tonight was fun .
Got to the marsh at 4:15
Snowing or rain , it changed back and forth 4 or 5 times
Walked in about 200 yds to a spot on the creek
Set up my 6 decoys and a wind powered spinning wing decoy
Before I got back to the bank the first ducks were in the decoys
Got to the bank , picked up the shotgun and droped 3 green heads , with 3 shots .

Sent the dog after them
Walked over to the brush blind I have and started to count decoys .
1,2,3,.....9 WTF there are 3 ducks in the decoys
Figured out I had 3 more Mallards in the decoys
Shot my final mallard Green head
The dog finished fetching the mallards and I had a Pintail come in .
Sent the dog for it and shot my 6'th duck as he swam thru the decoys .
A nice drake Woodie
Picked up the decoys and walked back to the truck .
Total time 1 hr and 5 min

Great to be where the ducks want to land

Only bad thing , I found a muskrat run as I was picking up decoys and got a little wet

Johnch

SwampTHING · 10-23-2006, 06:58 PM

Nice!

Im probably hunting pretty much directly north of you. Three of us went out this afternoon. 14greenheads and an inmature pin. We were holding out on our 6 th birds for mountable drake pins.. passed on many many mallards and several teal and woodies. Wiffed on a flock of 3 pins that we had dead too rights.

I have never in my life seen this many pins on 20 years of hunting!

Migrant mallards are showing up in good numbers too! Between 1 and 5 pm has been absolutely incredible in the marsh were hunting,, everyone in there is crushing birds consistantly at those times!

RedBeard5289 · 10-23-2006, 08:42 PM

What a great hunt/story...thanks for sharing Johnch.
Makes me want to call in sick tomorrow and try my luck. ha ha ha

Nothing like being in the right place at the right time.
Sounds like the beginning a great beer commercial...ha ha ha

marty32565 · 10-24-2006, 07:15 AM

MAN U GUYS ARE KILLIN ME!!!!LOL season doesnt even start until Thanksgiving here. they teased us with a SHORT early season just enough to wet your appetite!!THEN you suffer with withdrawls for weeks waiting for the OPENER by the way i am a newbie and have NEVER been involved with ANYTHING so ADDICTING cupped wings feet set there is nothing better than this IF SO DONT tell me about it cause I cant afford another habit ALTHOUGH i hear turkey hunting is addictive as well maybe trade in bass boat for turkey calls this sping--------NAH!!!

bps12 · 10-25-2006, 09:27 AM

Man, what Marty said, our season doesn't start here until Nov. 18 here in Arkansas. Thats a good hunt.CanI come hunt with you, I can hardly wait till opening day.

Goose Spanker · 10-25-2006, 10:08 AM

nice job guys. keep it up

Carpmaster · 10-25-2006, 10:15 AM

That is awesome!!! Wish we were getting into them like that!

fsulaxer18 · 10-25-2006, 11:09 AM

we had only a week resident season for geese and that was in September- the migratory season don't come in till November 15th. I am seeing canadians everywhere now and am just chomping at the bit to get out there and dust a few.

johnch · 10-25-2006, 06:36 PM

Swamp Thing .
I bet I am

I am hunting between Toledo and Port Clinton

About 2 - 3 miles from Magee Marsh / Ottawa National Refuge

canis_lupus · 11-01-2006, 04:55 AM

congrats on the hunt man !!! gotta love those types of days !! and congrats on the pintail !! im startin to think this season is gonna be a great one !! altho the mallard numbers are lacking here ... we have seen pintails, teal, loads of woodies and canadas ... and my cousin killed sum wigeon last weekend ... not very common for my area this time of the year ..... now i have to wait til the 22nd to be out there after em !!!

makin plans on an arkasas trip in the meantime and checkin posts ... keep the stories comin !!!