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Geo, the photo of the moose in the field looks like a painting. Sounds like a great trip. Gil

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I took my Ithy 'doodle gun' out today, but on the way to the woodcock covert, I passed through a pheasant field. I threw some B&P #6 in my pocket just in case...


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Doodle gun is still doing its job. I think I need to take the Husky hammer gun out for some roosters friday...


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Yes you do and good job with the doodle gun

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Wish I had some pretty pictures.

Dismal waterfowl scouting trip east of Jamestown this PM. Loaded up dog, binoculars, my 12 ga Western Field 30", and drove about 50 miles. I glassed seven of my old favorite diving duck lakes, some several miles long, and looked at about 50 smaller semipermanent wetlands while looking for a migrant Great White (Tundra Swan). Did not see any divers or swans. No geese seen. An isolated bay of one large lake had about 10k Mallards concentrated well off shore. Saw one skittish flock of 25 in one small basin, and a handful of Gadwall in another. Maybe a dozen Ruddy Ducks and a few Pied-billed Grebes rounded out the aquatic birds. The lakes are suffering from extremely high water levels and there are almost no submerged plants. Since water levels got so high, all the lakes have fish populations and have been heavily used by White Pelicans, Double-crested Cormorants, Western Grebes, gulls, and other carnivores since the mid-90's, but I saw none today. Most of these lakes were once full of sago pondweed, principal food of swans and Canvasbacks and nursery for shrimp and other invertebrates eaten by migrant Lesser Scaup and many other ducks. All that remains now are a few clumps of Water Milfoil weighted down with algae in the muddy, nutrient rich water. I suspect the glyphosates and other herbicides killed the aquatic plants. The wet meadows surrounding nearly all wetlands in this area are regularly sprayed with the same chemicals used to kill both broadleaf and grassy weeds and this wetland zone has all but disappeared, replaced by bare soil or dead crop residue from previous growing seasons. They will be sprayed with pre-emerge formulas this coming spring. The meadows are the first to receive runoff water from the cropped uplands and are important feeding areas for our breeding waterbirds as well. Next trip will be in more hilly country west of town, but Im afraid conditions will be no better, as most of the hayland and pastures have been converted to bean and corn fields.

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Yesterday, I saw a surprisingly large number of mallards and other "big ducks" in central and western Nebraska. Not many in eastern Nebraska or Iowa however. Not sure that counts for much, but I did not expect to see that many that early or that far west.


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I feel like I'm neglecting my doubles because this Ithaca seems to be working well for me this year. I hope I don't get shunned...


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Naw, not shunned; thin ice though maybe...Geo

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Hey all, well went out today solo, just me and Raina. Managed to get one, but did see more than in past hunts (good sign!). Problem was, they were spooky today, just wouldn't hold point for long. Raina did well, so not her fault. Got pretty windy, so we cut the day short. Just happy to get one.

I used my 12b Coggie Konor today



And......Raina!



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My new to me lightweight Churchill has been introduced to the northern woods this year, and has been a delight to carry. It has replaced my BSS-sidelock as my new bird gun.
Karl

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