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Post by Jamie Brooks 1John5:13 on Jul 18, 2013 20:04:18 GMT -5
I was reading the Wisconsin DNR page for waterfowl. They quoted Hunters who did not scout prior to hunting harvested an
average of 4.8 ducks per season, those who scouted once harvested 7.1 ducks, those who scouted twice harvested 8.1, and those who scouted 3 or more trips harvested 14.7 ducks.
What exactly does one scout for when scouting duck locations? ...besides ducks ...or are they talking about looking for where they are?
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Post by scott on Jul 19, 2013 6:48:50 GMT -5
Not real sure about ducks since there aren't many to be found around where I live; but for geese, my buddies and I like to find where they are staying during the day and then sit in wait for them to fly off to go feed. We then locate the field that they are feeding in and get permission to hunt it. The next day we get there a hour or so before the time the geese flew the evening before and set up our spread and brush in layouts, and wait for them to fly. Normally they will fly to the same field as they did the night before if they didn't get bumpped off the night before. This tactic works quite well in the early season when only a few fields have been taken off and there are a limited amount of places for them to get some grub. In the late season we just try to intercept them in fields nearby where they are roosting during the day, as they go out to feed in the morning and afternoon if feeding twice when its cold out.
I would assume that ducks are patternable similar to geese as well as other animals, in that they have certian tendencies to follow the same pattern day in and day out until disrupted. That being said if you find the ducks and figure out their pattern from roost to feed you can catch them as they go to and from and set up on them. If you can pattern a few different groups then you could hunt one group and scout the others then switch to hunting one of the others while scouting the rest and giving the group that you hunted first time to repattern so you can hunt them agian at a later date. So as far as what to look for, I would say find the ducks, where they fly from and fly to, as well as what kind of feed they are eating, then try to intercept them in their feeding pattern; this is how I would go about it from a first time hunting standpoint.
Scott
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Post by Jamie Brooks 1John5:13 on Jul 19, 2013 9:45:52 GMT -5
Not real sure about ducks since there aren't many to be found around where I live; but for geese, my buddies and I like to find where they are staying during the day and then sit in wait for them to fly off to go feed. We then locate the field that they are feeding in and get permission to hunt it. The next day we get there a hour or so before the time the geese flew the evening before and set up our spread and brush in layouts, and wait for them to fly. Normally they will fly to the same field as they did the night before if they didn't get bumpped off the night before. This tactic works quite well in the early season when only a few fields have been taken off and there are a limited amount of places for them to get some grub. In the late season we just try to intercept them in fields nearby where they are roosting during the day, as they go out to feed in the morning and afternoon if feeding twice when its cold out. I would assume that ducks are patternable similar to geese as well as other animals, in that they have certian tendencies to follow the same pattern day in and day out until disrupted. That being said if you find the ducks and figure out their pattern from roost to feed you can catch them as they go to and from and set up on them. If you can pattern a few different groups then you could hunt one group and scout the others then switch to hunting one of the others while scouting the rest and giving the group that you hunted first time to repattern so you can hunt them agian at a later date. So as far as what to look for, I would say find the ducks, where they fly from and fly to, as well as what kind of feed they are eating, then try to intercept them in their feeding pattern; this is how I would go about it from a first time hunting standpoint. Scott Thanks Scott! Sure sounds like a good plan for the geese. When I went rabbit hunting last year in New Castle, several geese flocks flew over. There's a big pond near by this property. I don't know anything else about them. I'm planning to go back there early goose season this year. The property is leases for deer season. |
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Post by duff on Jul 20, 2013 18:03:32 GMT -5
Find da birds no luck involved when it comes to consistently killing birds
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