Waterfowlers

newguy · Oct 23, 2020

Good luck to all the duck and goose hunters tomorrow. We finally got everything in order and will be on the delta in the morning. Things usually don’t turn on for us until December so not overly optimistic for tomorrow but looking forward to it anyway. I will let you know how it goes, would love to hear how everyone else does.

Mark

Bucksprig · Oct 24, 2020

newguy said:
Good luck to all the duck and goose hunters tomorrow. We finally got everything in order and will be on the delta in the morning. Things usually don’t turn on for us until December so not overly optimistic for tomorrow but looking forward to it anyway. I will let you know how it goes, would love to hear how everyone else does.

Mark

Went out to the grizz this morning. Seemed to be pretty slow for the opener, my brother and I ended up with 6 birds.

newguy · Oct 24, 2020

We ended up seeing a lot more birds than I was expecting. Due to the fact that they wouldn’t finish and we couldn’t shoot we only ended up with two though. It was still fun to be back out there.

Mark

eelgrass · Nov 4, 2020

Our Aleutian goose season opens Saturday. We had a lot of birds a week ago but I think they moved on south. All the fields are dry and brown. We have 9 ducks so far.

eelgrass · Nov 7, 2020

Three of us got 22 Aleutian geese today. Humboldt Co.

huntindad4 · Nov 8, 2020

eelgrass said:
Three of us got 22 Aleutian geese today. Humboldt Co.

Right on Eel!

Me and my youngest son got 19 and 9 ducks.

newguy · Nov 8, 2020

Right on, glad to see you guys got some good action. I have shut it down till at least thanksgiving.
Mark.

eelgrass · Nov 8, 2020

These are the ones I had to take home...lol. Nah, they will be good.

huntindad4 · Nov 8, 2020

eelgrass said:
These are the ones I had to take home...lol. Nah, they will be good.

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We actually enjoy waterfowl, aleutians are one of my favorite. Weird I know. Even the wife and kids all love em.

Sitting in a layout blind now killing more. We have 5 aleutians 1 snow and 2 honkers so far for me and my son.

eelgrass · Nov 8, 2020

huntindad4 said:
We actually enjoy waterfowl, aleutians are one of my favorite. Weird I know. Even the wife and kids all love em.

Sitting in a layout blind now killing more. We have 5 aleutians 1 snow and 2 honkers so far for me and my son.

I chased too many cripples yesterday so this old man took today off. I can't jump up out of the layout blind like I used to. LOL!

Get'em Bill!

huntindad4 · Nov 8, 2020

eelgrass said:
I chased too many cripples yesterday so this old man took today off. I can't jump up out of the layout blind like I used to. LOL!

Get'em Bill!

I can understand that. At 50 with a bad back its getting harder...

huntindad4 · Nov 8, 2020

Ended the day with 10 Aleutians 2 honkers and 1 snow goose.

X7ahunter · Nov 9, 2020

I am not crazy about the taste of big honkers but really enjoyed the Aleutians I've had.

Been a pretty fair season so far. 25 ducks and 5 geese, mostly mallards.

huntindad4 · Nov 9, 2020

I agree big honkers are not great. Best we have found for them is in a gravy in the crock pot, then poured over wild rice.

ART_SKYD · Nov 9, 2020

Any of you ever hunted the late season snow goose hunt in the northeastern zone? Curious on how that hunt is I know there can be a lot of birds around.

jester · Nov 10, 2020

I still unable to get out.. hopefully a few weeks.. I have been also drawing great reservations at top refuges along with my blind..a few top number 5 or better at sac, Delavan and little dry creek..
Jester

twdjr · Nov 10, 2020

Nice hunts!

Bossbrott · Nov 11, 2020

Only stepped foot on one refuge this season, Modoc, and had a great time.
Been hitting the blind a few times with good success on the specs/honks.
Haven't even shot at a duck from the blind yet, which is strange.

X7ahunter · Nov 11, 2020

ART_SKYD said:
Any of you ever hunted the late season snow goose hunt in the northeastern zone? Curious on how that hunt is I know there can be a lot of birds around.
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I hunt both late shoots every year.

If you access to private ground in the Honey Lake Valley or Modoc county, you can do good.

cacklercrazy · Nov 12, 2020

eelgrass said:
Our Aleutian goose season opens Saturday. We had a lot of birds a week ago but I think they moved on south. All the fields are dry and brown. We have 9 ducks so far.

I know your pain. We used to kill 300 to 500 a year,but delta boys are feeding them corn now and holding them for the season. Also to much Orchards in modesto area.