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Waterfowl Hunting
2021 Waterfowl Reports
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Dejavu' again this year always seem the same, this time of season during gun deer everything locks up and then its over up north and the one or 2 remaining open pockets of water or river are loaded with geese and mallard, i did get out on the 19th for my last northern hunt Daisy and I busted sheet ice to get to our spot that the geese kept open, mid morning had to re open hole with motor to break up ice, I had one goldeneye dump in and I dropped it Daisy busted ice and made one of the best retrieves of the season, it was 20 out so i left shortly after that even with vest little girl was very cold. Back home now and most of my smaller ponds are iced over as well, its going to be an intresting end to southern zone, id like to get out 3 more times that would make 30 hunts for me this season.
goodhuntin all and be safe in the cold.
Slept in Monday morning knowing the cold weather would keep the birds grounded. Went out to the river at 10ish only to find it all locked up. Went to the springs nearby and they were to locked up with ice. Scouted most of the day and only found geese where one cannot hunt. Yesterday nothing really thawed out much. Found some mallards in the springs but tough to hunt with out others hunting. Started putting gear away as well in shed. Will still try a few more goose hunts if they start using a few huntable spots.
A ton of water systems froze up with the low temps the past 2 nights, including a couple of larger ones. I scouted today and saw some mallards, 1 drake bluebill, and a pile of geese in areas I could not access. Last night I started putting away a bunch of my gear; pintail dekes, redheads, cans, bluebills, and some mallards. I am going to keep a handful of mallards and a couple of strings of black/white ducks available for the remainder of the season. I may take another road trip to Iowa as my son continues to have a ton of action.
Hundreds of geese were passing over my yard this afternoon heading out to feed. Many of them were well within range. Good thing they don't allow waterfowl hunting from subdivisions as a 12 lb falling feathered projectile striking a house roof would not be a good thing.
Hunted this a.m. on my favorite 3000 acre flowage. Not much workinng. Saw 5 mallards and few buffies. Ice has been forming on ponds and back bays. Did manage to kick up a crippled mallard on the cattail land I hunted. Was the only shot fired. Hunted till 10:00. Scouted the river and found the local mallards all grouped up.
In the evening I dat down by the farms by big LCO. Watched 1000's of geese and hundreds of mallards work the cut corn fields. Plenty of birds just have no field permission.
Back at it tomorrow!??
West central WI, Tundra Swans moving last two days, Sandhill Cranes flocking up yesterday and gone today. Hunted this AM local lake, few flocks of Divers moving around, two mallards seen, all decoy shy, one flock of 20 or so Buffalo head, managed one Goldeneye at the end. Cold windy day.. Season over for me. Good Luck!!
Not happy, heading up to waupaca tonight for the week, id say things done north by weekend IMO, want to try in AM but Im thinking ice will be a issue. big deeper lakes may hold some birds yet but launching is always the problem with the ice.
goodhuntin all and be safe out there.
Doing some lite scouting after work in SE WI this week, and not seeing to much other than a few mallard and geese in random fields and not in high numbers, "hear" decent reports from the bay, but not much else, most of my puddles and ponds I hunt close to home were froze over as of yesterday and with temps well below freezing in the following week, its going to make for an intresting end to a less than stellar season, keep the faith boys.
Goodfhuntin!
well I dont feel to depressed this morning then guys, had same thoughts with the weather coming ducks would too, but not the case, hunted a gorgeous private pond sat am with two good buddys for my 40th bday hoping for some good shooting, but aside from the first 35 minute flight not much to report we downed 1 fat greenhead and 1 hen hooded, had some geese work and dump out in the middle which was odd, overall great comaradere but poor duck numbers.
Hunted last evening at a bagdad public spot close to home with a good buddy for last hour or so, actually saw one flock of geese and a wad of ducks below them, they made a loop and headed east to the big pond. o well maybe next week!
goodhuntin all!
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