2016-2017 Waterfowl Reports

Got invited to sit on an X this morning before work. Even had some wind first thing and not one bird even gave us a look. Several thousand were in the field last night and they could care less about us. I'm at work now, but last I heard the guys hadn't shot anything still.

 

Didn't have time for the decoys this morning but we tried doing some pass shooting/ jumping small flocks. Found three feeds, got permission on first and the whole group got up as we were still walking out from the truck. Next group was about a 100 next to a berm that would have been a fun sneak just to see them that close. Just couldn't track down a landowner. Third group could have got permission on but didn't even try as the whole group was out in the middle of the field with no hills. Ended up pass shooting a single is all but it was an absolute beauty of a adult. Trying the decoys on my pasture pond on Monday morning. Forecast shows pretty windy but I'm hoping it stays around 15. Hoping some tired migrators want a drink mid morning after fighting the wind.

 

We did pretty good yesterday shooting 22. Saw a good amount of birds for the area I hunt and a fair amount of juvies.

 

Anyone else hunting snows on here? Not much going on these days.

 

I need to make it back down to the basins after the masses leave one of these years again. It's been 10 years since I've hunted down there. Hard to drive 6 hours though when I can drive 45 minutes to two different areas.