Thread: Duck Hunters

Don't know how many of you get wood ducks but if you're not saving the feathers maybe you could help. For Catskill flies we need Lemon barred wood duck flank feathers

I have went exactly 2 times this year and both times never fired a shot. By this time last year I was actually getting tired of shooting. Worst year that I've ever had in the past 10 years that I've been hunting them.

Originally Posted by Fatman

Don't know how many of you get wood ducks but if you're not saving the feathers maybe you could help. For Catskill flies we need Lemon barred wood duck flank feathers

I will save you some woodduck feathers. We have a never ending supply of woodies in one of our holes. I will try to locate the feathers your are talking about, where on the body are they located? Never really paid attention, always just pulled out feather, cut out meat, and discarded.

If you go down the page in the link it shows where to pull them from. December Fisherman’s Pluck-Wood Duck « Rogue River Salmon Steelhead Board Hope you have good luck and thanks for what ever you can get me, it is appreciated!!!!!!!!

Fatman

This season sucked for a number of reasons. The main being weather, we never got the weather to keep the birds moving. the other is our lease sucked cause the farmer had excuse after excuse why the food was crap this year. Although his hole had some of the best looking corn in the whole bottoms. Had a real good early wood duck and teal season past fall.

Our season was very slow. alot of geese early then nothing divers and puddlers never left canada. we got alot of woodys early in the season (local birds ) I did get 3 goose bands and one redhead band.

I didn't even buy my stamp this year. I usually use the early squirrel season as a reason to get out and scout. I hunt mostly in a swampy area that is surrounded by fields. We never saw the numbers plus all the local birds left early. Then with us never getting the push from up north nothing happened, but now i keep seeing teal and mallards flying everywhere. No answers why just seeing birds at this time of year that i never saw before.