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Post by riverrat77 on Jan 21, 2020 20:33:28 GMT -5
Flat out stink or is it just my area??? I know the weather hasn’t helped one bit but this is the worst season that we’ve ever had. Tons of specks but no migrating honkers.
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Post by duff on Jan 22, 2020 6:17:38 GMT -5
Flat out stink or is it just my area??? I know the weather hasn’t helped one bit but this is the worst season that we’ve ever had. Tons of specks but no migrating honkers. Contemplating selling out...so much hope every year and so little actual hunting |
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Post by greypoupon on Jan 22, 2020 7:49:03 GMT -5
Was definitely a rough year this year. I even built a blind for the john boat and just could never get on birds
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Post by jman46151 on Jan 22, 2020 12:18:30 GMT -5
Yep, definitely an "odd" year
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Post by esshup on Jan 23, 2020 1:40:23 GMT -5
I was at a customers house on a public lake about 1/2 hr before sunset. Had wave after wave of geese fly over not 20 yds. up as they left the open hole in the lake and flew West. They came in groups of 3,5,to 20 birds, and there must have been 200 or more birds total. I just looked, and they are still in season... I think I'll be making a phone call tomorrow, but I gotta check the ice thickness first. I don't want to lose my dog in the lake. If it's thick enough for her to walk on, it may be game on!
If I get a green light, and the ice is thick enough, I may just limit out on the first flight if they take the same route.
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Post by featherduster on Jan 23, 2020 8:28:07 GMT -5
I was at a customers house on a public lake about 1/2 hr before sunset. Had wave after wave of geese fly over not 20 yds. up as they left the open hole in the lake and flew West. They came in groups of 3,5,to 20 birds, and there must have been 200 or more birds total. I just looked, and they are still in season... I think I'll be making a phone call tomorrow, but I gotta check the ice thickness first. I don't want to lose my dog in the lake. If it's thick enough for her to walk on, it may be game on! If I get a green light, and the ice is thick enough, I may just limit out on the first flight if they take the same route. Be careful we don't want to see where a fire department had to rescue another dog that has fallen thru the ice. |
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Post by budd on Jan 23, 2020 16:59:35 GMT -5
Have learned my lesson on thin ice with dogs. Not worth a dog drowning. Take a fishing pole with a big daredevil to retrieve birds.
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Post by ukwil on Jan 23, 2020 17:35:23 GMT -5
Very few birds around our area. Went New Years day and killed some Canadas. Very very few ducks. Buddy just got back from Reelfoot today and same down there. What birds were there refused to leave the refuge.
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Post by esshup on Jan 23, 2020 23:13:44 GMT -5
Agreed!! I almost lost 2 of my Springers in my pond about 2007 or so. They went after 2 live geese in the open water where the aerator was running and couldn't get back up on the ice. Windchill was in the -20 range, temps were below zero. I didn't know they went to the pond, I just let them out to go potty. I grabbed an extension ladder and broke enough ice that they could swim to shore. I almost went swimming after 1 after he went under close to shore - his sister put her paw on his head as they were swimming side by side and he went under and didn't come up right away.
Hustled them into the house, stripped down and threw them in the shower. Took them 20 minutes under the warm water (I was in with them so I could feel the water temp.) to stop shivering.
I didn't get a chance to call him today and doubt I'll have a chance tomorrow. I have a few fishing rods and some large treble hooks, wrap solder around the shank and loop it thru the eye to get more weight to cast with.
I've since moved the winter aerator so it thaws the ice all the way to the shore so that won't happen again.
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Post by hornzilla on Jan 30, 2020 22:50:34 GMT -5
It has been a slow hit and miss season. My son keeps track of bird numbers. He said sunday after we killed the 5 geese that was 67 birds for the season.
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