Where are the Ducks???

wpcexpert · December 17, 2008, 06:17 PM

Just a quick inquiry to all you duck hunters.

What have you been seeing?

Where are they?

Where all is it frozen over up north?

Who's had any luck?

I've been about eight times this year and the total hunts out of our blind has been 12. We've killed 224 ducks in those 12 hunts. About 90% Gadwalls, several Ringnecks, a few Widgeon, a couple Wood Ducks, and a Scaup.

Haven't seen too many Mallards at all. None that would work.

grymster2007 · December 17, 2008, 06:38 PM

I don't hunt ducks, but I drive by the Suisun Marsh a lot and there are thousands of 'em. Looks like there are a couple duck hunting clubs there, but they don't seem to be making a dent in the population.

wpcexpert · December 17, 2008, 06:44 PM

That will be good news to some of my buddies in CA. But I won't be seeing those ducks. Not in my flyway. Thanks for the info, I'll pass it on.

Lavid2002 · December 17, 2008, 06:55 PM

Ive been doin great. Im 5 minutes off on the marsh from Atlantic City, NJ. Every time I go out ive limited out on one species or another. Moulards came late this year but everything else is grand. : D No bands yet this year...I CAN FEEL A MONEY BAND! I want one so bad!

amprecon · December 17, 2008, 06:58 PM

Right here:

http://smt.cast.uark.edu/map.aspx

JonnyReb · December 17, 2008, 07:56 PM

Hey Lavid, whats a money band?

I went on a goose hunt in sept. and one of my Dads birds had a band. He's a beginning waterfowler and got pretty excited about it. I laughed and laughed when he bought a lanyard to string it on. Then he showed me a waterfowling magazine where EVERY single add showing a hunter, showed one with his lanyard weighted down with these tags. Must be a "Badge of honor thing".

Tonight i'm on e-bay and see a guy selling his band for $40.00 + dollars!! Whoa, big money in bands. Is that what you mean by a money band or is there a band return program that pays when a bands recovered? Thanks for the info and btw just curious..J.R.

FrontSight · December 17, 2008, 08:53 PM

I'm hoping to go on Fri in Long Island, NY...wish me luck!!!

wpcexpert · December 17, 2008, 09:03 PM

Scrap...good luck and shoot straight.

JonnyReb...The birds are banded for tracking and study purposes. Only so many are banded each year and released. So killing one with a band is kinda like killing a nice buck or a 10lb largemouth. They are just trophies. Some keep them on their call lanyard.

December 17, 2008, 06:17 PM	#1
wpcexpert Senior Member Join Date: February 28, 2008 Location: Central Arkansas Posts: 791	Where are the Ducks??? Just a quick inquiry to all you duck hunters. What have you been seeing? Where are they? Where all is it frozen over up north? Who's had any luck? I've been about eight times this year and the total hunts out of our blind has been 12. We've killed 224 ducks in those 12 hunts. About 90% Gadwalls, several Ringnecks, a few Widgeon, a couple Wood Ducks, and a Scaup. Haven't seen too many Mallards at all. None that would work. __________________ When once a republic is corrupted, there is no possibility of remedying any of the growing evils but by removing the corruption and restoring its lost principles; every other correction is either useless or a new evil. - Thomas Jefferson

December 17, 2008, 06:38 PM	#2
grymster2007 Senior Member Join Date: May 22, 2007 Location: In the oak studded hills near Napa Posts: 2,203	I don't hunt ducks, but I drive by the Suisun Marsh a lot and there are thousands of 'em. Looks like there are a couple duck hunting clubs there, but they don't seem to be making a dent in the population. __________________ grym

December 17, 2008, 06:44 PM	#3
wpcexpert Senior Member Join Date: February 28, 2008 Location: Central Arkansas Posts: 791	That will be good news to some of my buddies in CA. But I won't be seeing those ducks. Not in my flyway. Thanks for the info, I'll pass it on. __________________ When once a republic is corrupted, there is no possibility of remedying any of the growing evils but by removing the corruption and restoring its lost principles; every other correction is either useless or a new evil. - Thomas Jefferson

December 17, 2008, 06:55 PM	#4
Lavid2002 Senior Member Join Date: April 6, 2007 Posts: 2,568	Killin Ducks! Ive been doin great. Im 5 minutes off on the marsh from Atlantic City, NJ. Every time I go out ive limited out on one species or another. Moulards came late this year but everything else is grand. : D No bands yet this year...I CAN FEEL A MONEY BAND! I want one so bad! __________________ Math>Grammar

December 17, 2008, 08:53 PM	#7
FrontSight Senior Member Join Date: September 9, 2005 Posts: 1,712	I'm hoping to go on Fri in Long Island, NY...wish me luck!!! __________________ To kill something as great as a duck just to smell the gunpowder is a crime against nature. - Alan Liere Democracy is a device that ensures we shall be governed no better than we deserve. - George Bernard Shaw

December 17, 2008, 06:58 PM	#5
amprecon Senior Member Join Date: November 5, 1999 Location: TN Posts: 786	Right here: http://smt.cast.uark.edu/map.aspx

December 17, 2008, 07:56 PM	#6
JonnyReb Senior Member Join Date: December 7, 2008 Location: Central N.C. Posts: 157	Hey Lavid, whats a money band? I went on a goose hunt in sept. and one of my Dads birds had a band. He's a beginning waterfowler and got pretty excited about it. I laughed and laughed when he bought a lanyard to string it on. Then he showed me a waterfowling magazine where EVERY single add showing a hunter, showed one with his lanyard weighted down with these tags. Must be a "Badge of honor thing". Tonight i'm on e-bay and see a guy selling his band for $40.00 + dollars!! Whoa, big money in bands. Is that what you mean by a money band or is there a band return program that pays when a bands recovered? Thanks for the info and btw just curious..J.R.

December 17, 2008, 09:03 PM	#8
wpcexpert Senior Member Join Date: February 28, 2008 Location: Central Arkansas Posts: 791	Scrap...good luck and shoot straight. JonnyReb...The birds are banded for tracking and study purposes. Only so many are banded each year and released. So killing one with a band is kinda like killing a nice buck or a 10lb largemouth. They are just trophies. Some keep them on their call lanyard. __________________ When once a republic is corrupted, there is no possibility of remedying any of the growing evils but by removing the corruption and restoring its lost principles; every other correction is either useless or a new evil. - Thomas Jefferson