duck hunting

[Guest]

anyone seen any ducks?anyone going saturday?

 

[rsimms]

I'm going Friday (in Alabama). Haven't scouted... but received official "count" from flyover on Guntersville (as of 11/20)

Total ducks 44,952

Dabblers 40,226

Mallards- 1092
Blacks 29
Gadwall 38183
Wigeon 125
GW teal 70
BW teal 41
Shoveler 650
pintail 25
woodies 11
Divers 4701
scaup 10
ringneck 4675
bufflehead 12
hooded mergansers 25

81802 coots

Canada Geese 308

 

[Hagen]

We will be going to Alabama on Friday as well.

 

[churly]

rsimms - 11/21/2007 6:46 PM

I'm going Friday (in Alabama). Haven't scouted... but received official "count" from flyover on Guntersville (as of 11/20)

Total ducks 44,952

Dabblers 40,226

Mallards- 1092
Blacks 29
Gadwall 38183
Wigeon 125
GW teal 70
BW teal 41
Shoveler 650
pintail 25
woodies 11
Divers 4701
scaup 10
ringneck 4675
bufflehead 12
hooded mergansers 25

81802 coots

Canada Geese 308

Holly Crap! Those numbers are good right? Good luck to you all!

 

[Guest]

Richard, are there any canvas backs left in the world?

 

[SpurHunter]

Doc1 - 11/21/2007 7:51 PM Richard, are there any canvas backs left in the world?

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Yea Doc, I was wondering myself where the numbers are this year. I do know the last couple years have been the best in many many years around here for Cans...I hope I can get one this year!</p>

 

[Dixie Boy]

Well theres two less. I managed to get two last year. What I want to know is how in the #$@* they get those #'s. Do they count every duck??emoCrazy I mean come on!

 

[Guest]

great numbers.hope they are in tn.good luck to everyone.

 

[toph20guru]

yes sir we will be on the water saturday morning, they a few ducks around point park , they wont let you hunt it cause its in the city lol

 

[Guest]

What about those ponds over on amnicola hwy?

 

[hoggerhead]

cant hunt there either doc, i wish you could though. My buddy went scouting this morning at the chick and he saw a bunch of coot but hardly any mallards. We will see come saturday though. I will be shooting his old shotgun, so hopefully it will do me right till i can get a new one.

 

[rsimms]

churly - 11/21/2007 7:36 PM

rsimms - 11/21/2007 6:46 PM

I'm going Friday (in Alabama). Haven't scouted... but received official "count" from flyover on Guntersville (as of 11/20)

Total ducks 44,952

Dabblers 40,226

Mallards- 1092
Blacks 29
Gadwall 38183
Wigeon 125
GW teal 70
BW teal 41
Shoveler 650
pintail 25
woodies 11
Divers 4701
scaup 10
ringneck 4675
bufflehead 12
hooded mergansers 25

81802 coots

Canada Geese 308

Holly Crap! Those numbers are good right? Good luck to you all!

Yes, those gadwall numbers are two to three times higher than normal at this time of year. I don't get overly excited about grand totals however. It's like seeing fish on a depth finder when you're fishing... having 40,000 in the area is very different from "puttin' 'em in the livewell." Of course I do normally prefer to "shoot & release." emoLaugh

Doc, canvasbacks are very few and far between. I think I've seen maybe a dozen around here in the last few years. Of course I always see them when the season on them is closed.