Migration This Weekend

TheDuckSlayer · 11-23-2011, 06:59 AM

Looks like we will have below freezing temps and 20 to 30 mph winds sat and sunday.. anyone think that might be a pushday

bullcan · 11-23-2011, 07:01 AM

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Originally Posted by TheDuckSlayer

Looks like we will have below freezing temps and 20 to 30 mph winds sat and sunday.. anyone think that might be a pushday

I am planning to go out Sunday.

Richard Hedd · 11-23-2011, 07:07 AM

Thanksgiving weekend always brings a migration of skybusting idiots to public marshes. Load up.

DUJmontchal · 11-23-2011, 08:19 AM

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Originally Posted by TheDuckSlayer

Looks like we will have below freezing temps and 20 to 30 mph winds sat and sunday.. anyone think that might be a pushday

Lets hope the push comes during the week so we don't have all the skybusters around.

IowaFowlFever · 11-23-2011, 08:43 AM

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Originally Posted by Richard Hedd

Thanksgiving weekend always brings a migration of skybusting idiots to public marshes. Load up.

If you are able to hunt Thanksgiving day it is amazing. Only day of the year that you won't have competition in Green Island!

sm monster lander · 11-23-2011, 09:05 AM

We are trying to figure out a place to go tomorrow and I'm going to try to get out again saturday so i'm hoping for a good push of birds.

IAMallardchaser · 11-23-2011, 09:53 AM

Better hope for a reverse migration because the ducks are in Missouri now. These were taken over the weekend in northern Missouri.

bullcan · 11-23-2011, 09:56 AM

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Originally Posted by IAMallardchaser

Better hope for a reverse migration because the ducks are in Missouri now. These were taken over the weekend in northern Missouri.

We shot 2 pinnies, 5 mallards, and 5 GWT drakes on Sunday. Monday was a bust with only 3 drake GWT though.

altrocker1 · 11-23-2011, 10:25 AM

currently ducks are strung out clear from north dakota, south dakota, down through iowa and into missouri. at this point, with the weather it looks like steady movement for the rest of the season. whether or not there will be big "pushes" is hard to say. there is usually a big one at the tail end of the migration, and that usually happens around the first week of december. i'm hoping for some good shoots when i get back.

if there is a push...i hope it happens tuesday

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speaking of which, anyone wanna hunt tuesday?

bullcan · 11-23-2011, 10:30 AM

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Originally Posted by altrocker1

currently ducks are strung out clear from north dakota, south dakota, down through iowa and into missouri. at this point, with the weather it looks like steady movement for the rest of the season. whether or not there will be big "pushes" is hard to say. there is usually a big one at the tail end of the migration, and that usually happens around the first week of december. i'm hoping for some good shoots when i get back.

if there is a push...i hope it happens tuesday

...

speaking of which, anyone wanna hunt tuesday?

I have vacation today, then I have tomorrow and Friday off. I have to work Saturday, and then I have the next six days off. I plan to hunt as much as I can and make a run out to the big river sometime next week.

Waverunner · 11-23-2011, 10:32 AM

We need something we hunted til 10 today and seen 3 ducks all before shooting time.

IAtaxidermist · 11-23-2011, 10:51 AM

Isn't squat for non-mallards on NE Iowa marshes right now. After last weeks slaughter the new mallards are already wise/refuge smart. I wish a blizzard to Minnesota otherwise pretty sure we'll be covered up after season with mallards. Not that, that would be new.

bustinbeaks · 11-23-2011, 11:22 AM

Yah right. Best flight days in the last 5 years down here have been on some form of South wind.

11-23-2011, 06:59 AM	#1
TheDuckSlayer Scouting Machine Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Waukee/Ames, Iowa Posts: 2,080 Thanked: 79 times	Migration This Weekend Looks like we will have below freezing temps and 20 to 30 mph winds sat and sunday.. anyone think that might be a pushday

11-23-2011, 07:07 AM	#3
Richard Hedd Pintail Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: East Coast of IA Posts: 253 Thanked: 49 times	Re: Migration This Weekend Thanksgiving weekend always brings a migration of skybusting idiots to public marshes. Load up.

11-23-2011, 09:05 AM	#6
sm monster lander Bluewing Teal Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Ankeny Posts: 17 Thanked: 1 time	Re: Migration This Weekend We are trying to figure out a place to go tomorrow and I'm going to try to get out again saturday so i'm hoping for a good push of birds.

11-23-2011, 09:53 AM	#7
IAMallardchaser Pintail Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: Muscatine Posts: 320 Thanked: 76 times	Re: Migration This Weekend Better hope for a reverse migration because the ducks are in Missouri now. These were taken over the weekend in northern Missouri. Attached Thumbnails

11-23-2011, 10:25 AM	#9
altrocker1 IAW Top Shot Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: ankeny Posts: 1,637 Thanked: 153 times	Re: Migration This Weekend currently ducks are strung out clear from north dakota, south dakota, down through iowa and into missouri. at this point, with the weather it looks like steady movement for the rest of the season. whether or not there will be big "pushes" is hard to say. there is usually a big one at the tail end of the migration, and that usually happens around the first week of december. i'm hoping for some good shoots when i get back. if there is a push...i hope it happens tuesday ... speaking of which, anyone wanna hunt tuesday?

11-23-2011, 10:32 AM	#11
Waverunner Pintail Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: Cedar county Posts: 337 Thanked: 31 times	Re: Migration This Weekend We need something we hunted til 10 today and seen 3 ducks all before shooting time.

11-23-2011, 10:51 AM	#12
IAtaxidermist Big Pimpin Baby Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Waterloo IA Posts: 3,370 Thanked: 300 times	Re: Migration This Weekend Isn't squat for non-mallards on NE Iowa marshes right now. After last weeks slaughter the new mallards are already wise/refuge smart. I wish a blizzard to Minnesota otherwise pretty sure we'll be covered up after season with mallards. Not that, that would be new.

11-23-2011, 11:22 AM	#13
bustinbeaks Canvasback Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: East sider Posts: 396 Thanked: 4 times	Re: Migration This Weekend Yah right. Best flight days in the last 5 years down here have been on some form of South wind.

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