Ducks in Northern Utah?!

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Ducks in Northern Utah?!

Post by camodup » Tue Jan 05, 2010 2:30 pm

Does anyone know if theres anymore ducks left here?! Thanks to the below zero temperatures and lack of snow fall everything has froze up. I cant hunt the river anymore for geese, all the fields are froze and covered in hard crusty snow. All the ponds that i hunt at the start of the season are froze although thats pretty typical. And all the small sloughs and rivers that you can walk and jump shoot on are ever froze!!!! ](*,) And those few places that dont freeze... ever! Dont have a single duck landing on them ever!!! GRRRR!!! It gets so aggravating!! And i thought the opening weekend this year was the start of a great season! Oh well theres always next year :thumb
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Re: Ducks in Northern Utah?!

Post by BIGANTLERGETTER » Sat Jan 16, 2010 9:56 pm

hey bud huntin in Eagle, Colorado this year yeah i know not the premier duck hunting area but we actually had a ton of ducks come through and very little geese but everything is froze here also i hung up the waders a couple weeks ago... didnt get to get out as much as i wished but it was still fun to be out there doin it and not sittin at home but i agree heres to next year... hopefully we will get some better quackin and stackin in
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Re: Ducks in Northern Utah?!

Post by camodup » Sat Jan 16, 2010 10:28 pm

Well we're all done here. Today was the last day of the hunt. Me and my dad went out and dropped a few. But they do have a goose hunt here that runs til the end of march, thank you dnr!!!
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Post by crunch14 » Sat Jan 16, 2010 11:43 pm

You Duck guys ought to head up here. Our waterfowl season startes in October and is just finishing up. From what I understand it's the longest in the country. There are too many areas to list, but might be fun for you all next year.
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Re: Ducks in Northern Utah?!

Post by a_bow_nut » Sun Jan 17, 2010 10:00 pm

Our state also runs the 107 day season on waterfowl. For the most part it depends on when your state decides to open the season.
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Post by camodup » Sun Jan 17, 2010 10:03 pm

Bow Nut, you get many ducks over there in Heber?

I play alot of golf over there and i was wondering that one time when i was back that way
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Re: Ducks in Northern Utah?!

Post by crunch14 » Mon Jan 18, 2010 2:56 am

Oh right on, I didn't know.
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Re: Ducks in Northern Utah?!

Post by camodup » Mon Jan 18, 2010 12:16 pm

Yeah we do have a great season here in Utah, the late goose hunt is aways fun too, they started it last year and im pretty stoked this year since i finally got some good property :-$
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Re: Ducks in Northern Utah?!

Post by a_bow_nut » Wed Jan 20, 2010 2:50 am

We have done well here in the Heber valley over the years. But with all of the building going on over the last few years it's getting tough to pick up a limit these days. Used to love to work our way up and down the river in the late season.
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