2016 Duck season

F2S · Dec 27, 2016

gtodave said:
you're not the only one. Saw one duck on the Potomac all morning Christmas eve

Rough morning. I was surprised I didn't even see anything flying. I didn't even hear any geese. I figured it would have been a good morning Christmas Eve with the rain. I am going to try to get out again Thursday morning

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F2S · Dec 27, 2016

fabsroman said:
I was out in Frederick last weekend for the Santa Train. Saw two groups of ducks flying along the Monocacy, about 15+ in each group. Saw about 200 geese feeding in a cut cornfield by the Monocacy. That was the morning that was a real mess weather wise with freezing rain, slush, etc. I've seen some migratory geese coming in here and there, but not very much compared to years past.

A buddy of mine that hunts an island on the Potomac has yet to kill a goose or a duck and he and his son hunt every weekend.

Other than seeing 500 geese a couple of weeks ago in a field I hunt, there really hasn't been that many birds around.

I guess that is my silver lining in the cloud since I cannot get out yet and hunt.

Good luck to you guys that are heading out there.

Haha. I feel the same, I've only been able to get out a few times so far. So if no one else seeing much I feel better about it.

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pbharvey · Dec 27, 2016

gtodave said:
you're not the only one. Saw one duck on the Potomac all morning Christmas eve

We went out yesterday and my son managed to call a pair into our decoys and shoot one before I had my gun loaded. :mad54:

Other than those two at first light we saw very few ducks the rest of the day.

metalman3006 · Dec 27, 2016

My buddies went out yesterday, I didn't go but will be going Friday. Lots of mallards just below Denton on the Choptank

556ready · Dec 29, 2016

From this past Saturday

kstone803 · Dec 30, 2016

Nice mixed bag 556ready. We shot 7 buffies this morning and had 2 geese try to land while we were out in the boat getting decoys. Had to go to work so we didn't wait for the late geese to fly. Not a bad Friday morning.

EliteContent · Dec 30, 2016

Duck hunted the Outerbanks this week.

First time for me.

1st day shot out of a Floating Blind, and got me a Hen Red Head, a Long Tail, and a Buffel Head.

2nd day shot out of a regular bling, and got me a Merganser, and a bunch of Buffel Heads.

fabsroman · Dec 30, 2016

EliteContent said:
Duck hunted the Outerbanks this week.

First time for me.

1st day shot out of a Floating Blind, and got me a Hen Red Head, a Long Tail, and a Buffel Head.

2nd day shot out of a regular bling, and got me a Merganser, and a bunch of Buffel Heads.

How is the duck hunting in the Outer Banks? I saw so many duck blinds out on the water when we went fishing down there, that it was amazing. Saw a large island with a large house on it, and it was for a hunting club. If I had to guess, I would guess that waterfowling in the Outer Banks is NICE, but it would be nice to get a first hand report.

EliteContent · Dec 30, 2016

fabsroman said:
How is the duck hunting in the Outer Banks? I saw so many duck blinds out on the water when we went fishing down there, that it was amazing. Saw a large island with a large house on it, and it was for a hunting club. If I had to guess, I would guess that waterfowling in the Outer Banks is NICE, but it would be nice to get a first hand report.

The outfit I used was Outerbanks Waterfowl. The owner Vic Berg his wife Ellen are first class. On the second day, breakfast was cooked for us in the blind.

I know the island you are talking about, and hunted the type of water blind you speak of. The Floating blind was an actual boat that gets converted into a blind, so that was a little different.

As for the hunting. No one in our group of 6 caught their limit. But those that have been going for years before, said that they usually do.

My wife's brother in law and I will probably check out other hunts, but will make this one a yearly staple.

pbharvey · Dec 30, 2016

29 mph wind gusts and whitecaps on the Potomac this morning. Pretty bouncy in the kayak. The upside is that my son has finally come to grips with the seriousness of cold water boating. He said something about how he now knows how duck hunters die when things go bad out on the water.
It was snow flurrying when we left around 10:30.

fabsroman · Dec 30, 2016

pbharvey said:
29 mph wind gusts and whitecaps on the Potomac this morning. Pretty bouncy in the kayak. The upside is that my son has finally come to grips with the seriousness of cold water boating. He said something about how he now knows how duck hunters die when things go bad out on the water.
It was snow flurrying when we left around 10:30.

Be careful out there with winds like this. My buddy died a month ago fishing a tournament on the Potomac. He and 2 others died and another has a long road to recovery. Fish, ducks, deer, etc. aren't worth losing your life over. 20 years ago, a buddy of mine lost his teenage son on the South River when the jon boat capsized and the kid went under the ice.

Mother nature is not very forgiving.

kstone803 · Jan 2, 2017

Sat in the rain on the south river for 6 hours and shot one hooded merganser at 1100. Saw four mallards at 0655 but other than that it was a crap day.

mark71211 · Jan 3, 2017

Hunted down in church hill yesterday and the birds were flying good but noting close. The highlight of the day was when a fox tried and grab one of my duck decoys out of a pond.

kstone803 · Jan 7, 2017

Sat and watched the snow fall for 4 hours today. No birds. But the river around us was a war zone. Those are the worst days.........

F2S · Jan 16, 2017

Went out this morning in Frederick county. Saw about 12 mallards. Had 4 come in we're getting ready to circle then took off. The rest were high tailing it down the river. We saw an eagle circling our marsh, thinking that's why none of the ducks would come in.

Saw about 50 geese, had a group of about a dozen get ready to come in but just circled and left.

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chesapeakeIRON · Jan 16, 2017

F2S said:
Went out this morning in Frederick county. Saw about 12 mallards. Had 4 come in we're getting ready to circle then took off. The rest were high tailing it down the river. We saw an eagle circling our marsh, thinking that's why none of the ducks would come in.

Saw about 50 geese, had a group of about a dozen get ready to come in but just circled and left.

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Sounds like an active, morning did you kill any?

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F2S · Jan 16, 2017

chesapeakeIRON said:
Sounds like an active, morning did you kill any?

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Forgot to mention that. Nope didn't take one shot.

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kstone803 · Jan 17, 2017

Friday I shot one Bluebill and a hen buffie. Saturday we shot 55 snows on the eastern shore. Not a great day but not horrible I guess. Sat all afternoon Saturday for Canadas with no luck. Divers seem to be in pretty thick down here. Hoping to get out Thursday and Friday this week.

engineerbrian · Jan 20, 2017

How about some geese in the duck thread? Had a great time in Chestertown today with friends

JB62 · Jan 20, 2017

From the other day in Queenstown

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