Duck Hunting
Duck Hunting
Hey I have been having some tough luck trying to get some ducks the last couple of weeks.... does anyone know of some places where the hunting has been good? I really would like to get some mallards but I will go for anything!! please get back to me!!! thanks!!!!
Ozzie
"Do what you like. Like what you do."
<><
"Do what you like. Like what you do."
<><
- SmokinAces
- Petty Officer
- Posts: 88
- Joined: Mon Nov 12, 2007 1:38 pm
- Location: Redmond WA
RE:Duck Hunting
I could definately do teal.... just something.... the only place I have been doing well is on the Columbia River... the basin is starting to freeze up so there isnt much out there except for Potholes and Moses Lake
Ozzie
"Do what you like. Like what you do."
<><
"Do what you like. Like what you do."
<><
- crappiemaster
- Lieutenant
- Posts: 216
- Joined: Tue Mar 04, 2008 1:35 pm
- Location: Yakima Valley
RE:Duck Hunting
Up around Brewster on the Columbia should be pretty good right now. I have been jump shooting creeks and irrigation canals and have been doing really well. With the cold snap all of the ponds are locked and even the Yakima River has ice backing up so the birds are going to move out of here. They usually go to the Columbia when it freezes like this so it should be some awesome hunting in the next few days over there. Our birds will move to the Columbia by McNary Dam and that area. Creeks and drainage ditches are the places to hunt right now. Good luck.
RE:Duck Hunting
I have been going to Brewster, cause thats where I usually go when the Basin freezes..... there are a ton of divers up there...... all of the Greater Scaup are in and Redheads are in too......... Some Ringnecks, Goldeneyes, and Bufflehead..... Lots of Canvasback... too bad you can't shoot any... there are some Mallards around up there........ there are not ery many Wigeon which I thought there would be!!!! but there are thousands up there.... its great shooting!!!!! I just wish I would have been able to get some more Mallards this year........
Ozzie
"Do what you like. Like what you do."
<><
"Do what you like. Like what you do."
<><
- crappiemaster
- Lieutenant
- Posts: 216
- Joined: Tue Mar 04, 2008 1:35 pm
- Location: Yakima Valley
RE:Duck Hunting
There are tons of mallards here in the Yakima Valley right now. The ponds and river is still frozen, but the irrigation creeks have tons of birds in them. i am going to Walla Walla Saturday. We have a little spot next to Mill Creek where this old dairy use to be. There is a warm water spring that creates a little back water in this pasture and the owner put a blind for us and it is awesome when the ducks and geese find it. We are hoping this is the weekend! Will post pictures on Sunday.
RE:Duck Hunting
that sounds awesome!!! please do post up some pics!! that would be sweet!!
anyone else doing any good on ducks?
anyone else doing any good on ducks?
Ozzie
"Do what you like. Like what you do."
<><
"Do what you like. Like what you do."
<><
- crappiemaster
- Lieutenant
- Posts: 216
- Joined: Tue Mar 04, 2008 1:35 pm
- Location: Yakima Valley
RE:Duck Hunting
Did not make it to Walla Walla today. We left at 4:30 am because it is a two hour drive and ran into to some freezing rain and had to turn back. Will try again next weekend. We got home and at about 8:00 it was nice and sunny. Should of pushed through the rain, but who knew it was going to clear!
- cole steffens
- Petty Officer
- Posts: 80
- Joined: Sat Apr 28, 2007 3:54 pm
- Location: 7 lakes
RE:Duck Hunting
anybody hunt the westside or does everyone hunt the east side?
if we are good to are lakes and streams they will be good to us
- kavykid2k6
- Warrant Officer
- Posts: 101
- Joined: Sun Apr 20, 2008 5:30 pm
- Location: Arlington,wa
- Contact:
RE:Duck Hunting
i hunt westside, mainly skagit and snohomish delta
Fishing the waters of the stilly, sky and snoho and the lakes of
North Snohomish county-- and my pond
North Snohomish county-- and my pond
- racfish
- Rear Admiral Two Stars
- Posts: 4701
- Joined: Tue Oct 30, 2007 4:11 pm
- Location: Seward Park area
RE:Duck Hunting
I'll be up working in Mt Vernon tomorrow Tuesday.I'll look and see if anything much is happening and report back what I see.Im working at the Hospital area then theres a glass shop there I go to then the Skagit Delta.
When youre up to your rear end in alligators,its hard to remember that the initial plan was to drain the swamp.
- cole steffens
- Petty Officer
- Posts: 80
- Joined: Sat Apr 28, 2007 3:54 pm
- Location: 7 lakes
RE:Duck Hunting
same here ive done pretty well this season on ducks & snow geesekavykid2k6 wrote:i hunt westside, mainly skagit and snohomish delta
if we are good to are lakes and streams they will be good to us
- kavykid2k6
- Warrant Officer
- Posts: 101
- Joined: Sun Apr 20, 2008 5:30 pm
- Location: Arlington,wa
- Contact:
RE:Duck Hunting
i have done okay this year, alot of small ducks, no real fat northerns yet.
i havent got sqwat for snow geese this year, watched some dumb@$$ shoot a swan, i promptly informed the gamey's
i havent got sqwat for snow geese this year, watched some dumb@$$ shoot a swan, i promptly informed the gamey's
Fishing the waters of the stilly, sky and snoho and the lakes of
North Snohomish county-- and my pond
North Snohomish county-- and my pond
RE:Duck Hunting
how can people be so stupid to mistake a Swan for a Snow goose.... the swans are like 4 times as big!!!!! that kind of stuff just pisses me off!!!!! people need to know what they are shooting before they shoot!!!! otherwise we are going to start losing our priviledges as hunters!!!!!kavykid2k6 wrote:watched some dumb@$$ shoot a swan, i promptly informed the gamey's
Ozzie
"Do what you like. Like what you do."
<><
"Do what you like. Like what you do."
<><
- swedefish4life1
- Admiral
- Posts: 1715
- Joined: Tue Nov 25, 2008 11:14 pm
- Contact:
RE:Duck Hunting
Opening day Deer hunting in Eastern Wa#-o We had to spray paint the cattle= (Cows) in Bright Orange for all those Seattle top end hunters that shot 3 or 4 every opener! :colors:
Loved my Uncle when he would show up kill side with a 10 gauge and 454 Casull and ask how would you want those cut???
I mean Your Truck?:cheers: :colors:
Loved my Uncle when he would show up kill side with a 10 gauge and 454 Casull and ask how would you want those cut???
I mean Your Truck?:cheers: :colors:
RE:Duck Hunting
Swedefish.... those kind of things are just unbelieveable how people can be so stupid to mistake things like that!!! you just shake your head and wonder what the heck they are thinking!!!!!
Ozzie
"Do what you like. Like what you do."
<><
"Do what you like. Like what you do."
<><
- swedefish4life1
- Admiral
- Posts: 1715
- Joined: Tue Nov 25, 2008 11:14 pm
- Contact:
RE:Duck Hunting
Kept me active:cheers: I was always lean on good sparring partners!:bball:
RE:Duck Hunting
well I guess that is one way of looking at things!!!! I just dont want a couple people to do dumb things and ruin the priviledges that the rest of us work really hard to have....
Ozzie
"Do what you like. Like what you do."
<><
"Do what you like. Like what you do."
<><
RE:Duck Hunting
I've been hunting King County (south) and this year we have had a merganser, shovellers, mallards, wigeons, speckle front geese, and one flock of Canada's, but thats it. I've seen no teal, no snow geese, and very few canadas (like I mentioned). Kinda bummed, but I think this saturday I'm going to give it the old college try down at my tried and true lake in Orting. (pierce county)
- crappiemaster
- Lieutenant
- Posts: 216
- Joined: Tue Mar 04, 2008 1:35 pm
- Location: Yakima Valley
RE:Duck Hunting
Went scouting on the Columbia down below Paterson. There are thousands of ducks and geese down there. The sky was black with ducks over a corn field just before dark. Seems that a huges waves of waterfowl has pushed to this area during the cold snap. I will be hunting down here until the end of the season.