Seabass77
10-16-2008, 10:29 PM
Spent 5 days in ND chasing the ducks around. Birds where spooky to say the least and the 4.5 inches of rain in the last week scattered the birds in sheet water across the region.
Success was hit and miss for us, with good luck one day and a rain out the next.
On the second to last day of the trip, we hit the mother load. We saw birds dumping into what we thought was a small slough, we tracked down the land owner and secured permission for the next morning.
We walked about 300 yards through a muddy bean field and then walked along a shelter belt to the area we were going to hunt. As we got closer and closer, it got louder and louder and we knew we were in for a good hunt.
Turns out, the birds where holding in standing water in an uncut bean field, adjacent to a large patch of tall cattails. We were able to hunt the water by simply standing in the cattails and we had a ball!
Here is my brother and I with a 3 man limit of mallards, gadwall, widgeon, teal, and a pintail. My buddy Shea took the picture.
http://i401.photobucket.com/albums/pp99/joesebesta/Joe_John_Ducks_ND.jpg
Here is a close up of the birds
http://i401.photobucket.com/albums/pp99/joesebesta/ND_Ducks.jpg
Success was hit and miss for us, with good luck one day and a rain out the next.
On the second to last day of the trip, we hit the mother load. We saw birds dumping into what we thought was a small slough, we tracked down the land owner and secured permission for the next morning.
We walked about 300 yards through a muddy bean field and then walked along a shelter belt to the area we were going to hunt. As we got closer and closer, it got louder and louder and we knew we were in for a good hunt.
Turns out, the birds where holding in standing water in an uncut bean field, adjacent to a large patch of tall cattails. We were able to hunt the water by simply standing in the cattails and we had a ball!
Here is my brother and I with a 3 man limit of mallards, gadwall, widgeon, teal, and a pintail. My buddy Shea took the picture.
http://i401.photobucket.com/albums/pp99/joesebesta/Joe_John_Ducks_ND.jpg
Here is a close up of the birds
http://i401.photobucket.com/albums/pp99/joesebesta/ND_Ducks.jpg