Late season waterfowl reports

5amhunt · Dec 21, 2014

Moco - was out on McKee Saturday saw 4 groups of 4 the earliest around 7 the last around 830. No high flying groups like i saw during the second split. The ponds were iced out was still able to decoy two sets but before they landed both groups were shot at by people WAY out of range and they peeled off. I guess that's just public land at its best. Any other reports out there??

iggy · Dec 21, 2014

5amhunt said:
Moco - was out on McKee Saturday saw 4 groups of 4 the earliest around 7 the last around 830. No high flying groups like i saw during the second split. The ponds were iced out was still able to decoy two sets but before they landed both groups were shot at by people WAY out of range and they peeled off. I guess that's just public land at its best. Any other reports out there??

We went out Friday and had some large groups of geese show interest but nothing decoyed in. We were hunting over water and there was a guy in a nearby field. He had one set come in and he shot and crippled one. It flew to about 100 yards from our spread and then attracted a few stragglers to that area. We ended up going after the cripple but it flew off.
About an hour later we see the guy walking the water's edge looking for the bird. A small group started to circle an flew over the guy. When they went over him the were on their way down to us but still about 4-500 feet up. So the guy pops off three rounds, flares the geese, and then walks off. The worst part was that if he had shot one it would have landed in the middle of the creek and he would have had no way to get it. Its not just the public land....

I think we need some more cold.

Marshmallow · Dec 21, 2014

Been seeing geese numbering in the thousands. And enough ducks to keep it fun. Northern Calvert on the pax.

kstone803 · Dec 22, 2014

Saw over 1,000 canadas Saturday and probably 10,000 snows on the eastern shore. Shot 2 short of a 5 man limit. A lot of birds staying high and circling then breaking off the decoys. Wary birds for sure. Saw a lot of ducks too but nothing came in.

joemac · Dec 22, 2014

Saw more ducks than I've ever seen rafted up on the Potomac south of the lower 301 bridge. Thousands easily.

Derwood · Dec 22, 2014

On the lower Potomac in St. Mary's there are lots of divers hanging out on the big water and lots of geese in fields. I haven't seen any puddle ducks--they don't seem to come until it's been super cold up north for a for a few weeks.

fabsroman · Dec 22, 2014

kstone803 said:
Saw over 1,000 canadas Saturday and probably 10,000 snows on the eastern shore. Shot 2 short of a 5 man limit. A lot of birds staying high and circling then breaking off the decoys. Wary birds for sure. Saw a lot of ducks too but nothing came in.

So you shot a 4 man limit. lol

kstone803 · Dec 23, 2014

fabsroman said:
So you shot a 4 man limit. lol

Basically

We quit at 11, just couldn't get anything to commit for those last 2 birds.

Marshmallow · Dec 23, 2014

kstone803 said:
Basically We quit at 11, just couldn't get anything to commit for those last 2 birds.

Did you end up getting a lease?

kstone803 · Dec 23, 2014

Marshmallow said:
Did you end up getting a lease?

Unfortunately not yet. Piggybacking on a buddys lease when he has open spots for now. Good spot but its a haul from home. Still trying to find something local.

iggy · Dec 23, 2014

Derwood said:
On the lower Potomac in St. Mary's there are lots of divers hanging out on the big water and lots of geese in fields. I haven't seen any puddle ducks--they don't seem to come until it's been super cold up north for a for a few weeks.

What is funny is that we saw bunches of mallards and black ducks during the early splits. They either all got shot or moved on already

mark71211 · Jan 4, 2015

So Any new reports? I'm planning in going Tuesday morning outside of chestertown to hunt geese and maybe a duck or two if I'm lucky. Are they flying good down around there? I was down there a little over a week ago but it was so foggy we did not see them till they were right on top of us and they were barely making any noise.

PJDiesel · Jan 4, 2015

We're hunting Earleville, yesterday was the first "good" day in 2 weeks. Between blue bird /mile high flying days and simply NOTHING flying days, it's been pretty bad lately. Guys in another pit about 400 yards from us sky busted all morning, some shooting around us but, for down there.... not much.

We killed 6 yesterday, had a lot of groups take second looks and then bug out.

I'm thinking you're gonna see birds. That upper eastern shore is hot, there's days when they're seeing (literally) tens of thousands in a morning.

We hunted the Grove Point public land last year a few times, this is basically across the Sassafras from Betterton. VERY hot spot for Canadas.

metalman3006 · Jan 4, 2015

Went out Thursday morning at our place outside of Denton on the Choptank and got the only two mallards that came close and didn't see many others, while leaving we did see some woodies. My buddies went to our spot in the swamp by Blackwater Saturday(I've been sick) and limited out on Teal, gadwalls, widgeon, and mallards. They saw lots of ducks.

itsslow98 · Jan 4, 2015

We killed two geese saturday morning in baltimore county off harford road. Saw a lot more flying towards the south but managed to get a group of 3 and a single to come in close enough to shoot. We may have jumped the gun on the group of 3 because we didn't think they were gonna commit to land. It was a fun day none the less. We deer hunted until 8:15am then set up the spread which worked out perfectly.

mark71211 · Jan 7, 2015

Went out yesterday and only saw a few snow geese flying around. I guess that Canada geese did not like the snow or cold. There was a pond on the farm that had about 150 geese on it but they never left and I'm not one to bust then up and start shooting at them.

Chris0nllyn · Jan 7, 2015

I've been wanting to go out lately, but haven't had the chance.

Hoping to get out there soon, but from what I've heard, it's been spotty so far (depending where you are).

Derwood · Jan 7, 2015

What do you guys think this colder weather, particularly the extremely cold weather north, means for birds getting down here? I'm heading out on Saturday either way, just curious what people think. I've only been duck hunting for five seasons but it always seems there isn't much action until we get a big cold blast like this.

kstone803 · Jan 8, 2015

Derwood said:
What do you guys think this colder weather, particularly the extremely cold weather north, means for birds getting down here? I'm heading out on Saturday either way, just curious what people think. I've only been duck hunting for five seasons but it always seems there isn't much action until we get a big cold blast like this.

Should move new birds down. We're going out to chase snows on Sat. So I'll let you know.

mark71211 · Jan 8, 2015

Derwood said:
What do you guys think this colder weather, particularly the extremely cold weather north, means for birds getting down here? I'm heading out on Saturday either way, just curious what people think. I've only been duck hunting for five seasons but it always seems there isn't much action until we get a big cold blast like this.

I remember the 09/10 waterfowl season where it stayed cold for awhile that the ponds, rivers, and a lot of the bay frozen up. When that happens if you don't have any open water then the ducks go father south, like they did that year.

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