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Post by treetop on Mar 12, 2022 7:16:24 GMT -5
Every spring I get ducks that land on my pond this morning I’ve got 22 of them they may stay a day or a week sometimes it’s 2 or 3 weeks, I almost always have 4 to 6 that stay here 2 weeks or longer.
I must be a resting waiting area for them before they fly north more not sure what kind they are they seem to be eating weeds off the bottom of the pond they dive under and pop up a few feet away. I’ve tried to get closer to get a photo but they bust out of here the second they see me but 3 or 4 hours later they come back
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Post by esshup on Mar 12, 2022 9:10:59 GMT -5
What color are they? Body/head.... Break out the optics and look! LOL
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Post by marshallco on Mar 12, 2022 21:10:13 GMT -5
It’s funny, but I normally see more ducks, and more uncommon ducks in the spring by far. Last weekend, I saw a bunch on a pond south of Culver, not sure what all they were at 60 MPH. But I know I don’t see them in November-December. A friend said there were canvasbacks on that pond, but I’m a shoot first - identify it later kind of guy. Who knows.
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Post by treetop on Mar 13, 2022 9:33:47 GMT -5
It’s funny, but I normally see more ducks, and more uncommon ducks in the spring by far. Last weekend, I saw a bunch on a pond south of Culver, not sure what all they were at 60 MPH. But I know I don’t see them in November-December. A friend said there were canvasbacks on that pond, but I’m a shoot first - identify it later kind of guy. Who knows. My ponds is that way I’ll have ducks here all spring and maybe I will see one or two in the fall |
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Post by treetop on Mar 13, 2022 9:47:06 GMT -5
What color are they? Body/head.... Break out the optics and look! LOL I get a lot of mallards some wood ducks I believe the other ones are teal and wigeon but I’m not sure |
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Post by titanium700 on Mar 13, 2022 21:04:21 GMT -5
I get geese on my big pond…….they come approximately a week after season closes and leave about a week before it begins again……
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Post by sculver7 on Mar 14, 2022 10:31:21 GMT -5
Always seems to be late winter/early spring when I see the most waterfowl. Hardly ever see any good numbers during season.
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Post by treetop on Mar 14, 2022 13:39:11 GMT -5
We have more than enough geese around here ducks are low numbers but you see them
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Post by esshup on Mar 14, 2022 23:21:26 GMT -5
Last week for 3 days in a row I had to run a dozen honkers off of the pond.
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Post by treetop on Mar 15, 2022 5:50:02 GMT -5
Last week for 3 days in a row I had to run a dozen honkers off of the pond. I’ve given them a warning shot off the deck a few times this year |
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Post by esshup on Mar 15, 2022 12:51:28 GMT -5
I really, really like the can that I have on the .22LR that I put together to specifically shoot the Aguilar 60g Sub Sonic bullets. The only real noise that it makes is the bullet hitting the water. That is WAY louder than the gun.
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Post by duff on Mar 16, 2022 13:16:09 GMT -5
Spring migration is always much better than fall. The males are full plummed and the trip north seems more concentrated.
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Post by esshup on Mar 16, 2022 13:38:07 GMT -5
Spring migration is always much better than fall. The males are full plummed and the trip north seems more concentrated. Aren't the males full plumed in the Fall too? I thought they only molted once a year. |
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Post by duff on Mar 16, 2022 13:50:40 GMT -5
Spring migration is always much better than fall. The males are full plummed and the trip north seems more concentrated. Aren't the males full plumed in the Fall too? I thought they only molted once a year. Not always completely. Teal and shovelers are notoriously poorly feathered unless you get them late. |
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Post by treetop on Mar 23, 2022 9:23:19 GMT -5
Has anyone seen snows over my way before Fort Wayne
I swear they are on my pond I’ve never seen a snow around here before I’m not 100% they are but looking at them with glass they sure look it
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Post by titanium700 on Mar 23, 2022 9:30:00 GMT -5
I’ve seen/heard more snows this year than years past.
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Post by budd on Mar 23, 2022 14:49:18 GMT -5
Starting to hear some Canadians but no ducks yet. I got 4 new duck boxes that I need to get out this week around my ponds.
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Post by duff on Mar 23, 2022 16:30:36 GMT -5
Has anyone seen snows over my way before Fort Wayne I swear they are on my pond I’ve never seen a snow around here before I’m not 100% they are but looking at them with glass they sure look it There are snows in that area every so often. Old shootsa410 missed a flock by Summit lake 10+ years ago. Lots of specklebelly geese using western Indiana and hear of a few around Indy every so often. If they are white with black wing tips they are snows. Other white birds are bigger and they would be swans or pelicans. There have been a lot of white pelicans in the area recently |
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Some Ducks
Mar 23, 2022 17:32:29 GMT -5
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Post by treetop on Mar 23, 2022 17:32:29 GMT -5
They are snows I got a good look at them tonight I just happened to come home earlier today to drop a trailer and seen them on the pond.
I honestly don’t ever remember seeing them around here but I’m not a big waterfowl hunter either, snows are one of the few I’ve hunted went out by mound city I believe is the name it’s a big flyway stop over for ducks geese swans.
They tell me at any given time that over a million birds could be resting there during migration it’s something to see we drove around the area looking at them.
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Post by duff on Mar 23, 2022 17:53:14 GMT -5
They are snows I got a good look at them tonight I just happened to come home earlier today to drop a trailer and seen them on the pond. I honestly don’t ever remember seeing them around here but I’m not a big waterfowl hunter either, snows are one of the few I’ve hunted went out by mound city I believe is the name it’s a big flyway stop over for ducks geese swans. They tell me at any given time that over a million birds could be resting there during migration it’s something to see we drove around the area looking at them. Yep...lots of snows over there. I hunted near Carlisle Lake in south central IL. Each time I had never seen as many geese. |
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