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Team Schmo
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Joined: Sun Sep 08, 2013 8:05 pm Posts: 814 Location: Montana
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 Very cold and plenty of birds yet
Morning threw mid day with the wind temps were 25 to 35 below but did not affect the birds at all.. Thank god it's supposed to warm up the rest of the week...
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Mon Dec 23, 2013 9:04 pm |
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CJB
MMT Elite Member
Joined: Tue Sep 13, 2011 11:46 am Posts: 5216 Location: Across the Bayou, LA
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 Re: Very cold and plenty of birds yet
Y'all can have it
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Mon Dec 23, 2013 10:32 pm |
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msm8281
MMT Elite Member
Joined: Fri Oct 09, 2009 1:50 pm Posts: 9673 Location: New Iberia, La.
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Mon Dec 23, 2013 10:38 pm |
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Team Schmo
MMT F.E.
Joined: Sun Sep 08, 2013 8:05 pm Posts: 814 Location: Montana
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 Re: Very cold and plenty of birds yet
_________________ You can't fix stupid
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MNGunner
MMT 1000 Club
Joined: Mon Jan 09, 2012 8:56 pm Posts: 2623 Location: Minnesota
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 Re: Very cold and plenty of birds yet
Montana's duck season is still open??? Buzz Killington was shooting them in Ontario weeks after ours closed too.
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Tue Dec 24, 2013 8:30 am |
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Trousertrout
MMT 1000 Club
Joined: Tue Oct 18, 2011 3:18 pm Posts: 1060 Location: Ohio-The land of few ducks
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 Re: Very cold and plenty of birds yet
Ours ends Jan 12th. Our split was 30 days
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ak
MMT F.E.
Joined: Tue Oct 23, 2012 11:09 am Posts: 897 Location: MATAGETDOWN, TX
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 Re: Very cold and plenty of birds yet
Them birds are scared to come south i guess
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Tue Dec 24, 2013 3:04 pm |
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cupped up
MMT 1000 Club
Joined: Tue Jun 05, 2012 7:25 pm Posts: 4205 Location: St. Amant, LA
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Tue Dec 24, 2013 4:09 pm |
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odass
MMT 1000 Club
Joined: Tue Aug 02, 2011 5:30 pm Posts: 1928
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Tue Dec 24, 2013 4:12 pm |
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Team Schmo
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Joined: Sun Sep 08, 2013 8:05 pm Posts: 814 Location: Montana
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 Re: Very cold and plenty of birds yet
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Tue Dec 24, 2013 5:54 pm |
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riverratdm84
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Joined: Fri Jul 30, 2010 3:15 pm Posts: 701 Location: pella, ia
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 Re: Very cold and plenty of birds yet
With the cold weather we thought we would hammer the ducks at the end of the season everything was froze up and hardly any ducks. Two weeks later we got 8 inches of snow and everything is still froze and you cant keep the ducks out of our geese spreads now that you cant shoot em. I dont know what makes em show up.
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Tue Dec 24, 2013 6:12 pm |
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Swamp Wader
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Joined: Tue Jan 13, 2009 6:16 pm Posts: 217
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 Re: Very cold and plenty of birds yet
They must have plenty to eat. What are they eating? 
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Wed Dec 25, 2013 5:24 am |
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MNGunner
MMT 1000 Club
Joined: Mon Jan 09, 2012 8:56 pm Posts: 2623 Location: Minnesota
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riverratdm84
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Joined: Fri Jul 30, 2010 3:15 pm Posts: 701 Location: pella, ia
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 Re: Very cold and plenty of birds yet
In iowa our season is sep 21-25. Oct 19-dec 12. Your north season is open later than us. I swear our dnr are idiots.
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MNGunner
MMT 1000 Club
Joined: Mon Jan 09, 2012 8:56 pm Posts: 2623 Location: Minnesota
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Wed Dec 25, 2013 9:59 am |
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Swamp Wader
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Joined: Tue Jan 13, 2009 6:16 pm Posts: 217
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 Re: Very cold and plenty of birds yet
Snowcones?
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Trousertrout
MMT 1000 Club
Joined: Tue Oct 18, 2011 3:18 pm Posts: 1060 Location: Ohio-The land of few ducks
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 Re: Very cold and plenty of birds yet
Schmo, the last 5 years or so I have been putting a plain white sock on than stuffing 3 hand warmers in a wool sock by the toes. It has been a godsend. Also when field hunting I got those gerber lay down bling heaters. They work off a rechargeable battery. They are able to to 120 degrees for 4 hours I think
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Wed Dec 25, 2013 3:26 pm |
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Team Schmo
MMT F.E.
Joined: Sun Sep 08, 2013 8:05 pm Posts: 814 Location: Montana
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 Re: Very cold and plenty of birds yet
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Wed Dec 25, 2013 4:34 pm |
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Team Schmo
MMT F.E.
Joined: Sun Sep 08, 2013 8:05 pm Posts: 814 Location: Montana
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 Re: Very cold and plenty of birds yet
_________________ You can't fix stupid
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Wed Dec 25, 2013 4:36 pm |
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chocolate head
MMT Pro Member
Joined: Mon Oct 12, 2009 12:48 pm Posts: 414 Location: Baton Rouge, LA
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 Re: Very cold and plenty of birds yet
What water is still open in -25? Shouldn't the feed be a few feet under snow?
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Trousertrout
MMT 1000 Club
Joined: Tue Oct 18, 2011 3:18 pm Posts: 1060 Location: Ohio-The land of few ducks
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 Re: Very cold and plenty of birds yet
They are digging by me to find the corn. Geese will lay down to melt spots in the snow. I think there body temp is really high. No matter how cold it gets by me there are a few springs that stay open. Mallards and Gads will stay outside of warm water discharges and gorge on minnows on lake Erie. There is 1000 puddlers by me that are holding in a sewage treatment plant, feasting on my fecal matter. There is a field by me that if you hit it right when there is a big snowfall and the cows come out and dump right after it the mallards and blacks will swarm in to eat the grain out of there crap. It amazes me how resourceful these birds can be
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OwenDickeson
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Joined: Wed Mar 11, 2009 12:45 pm Posts: 9869
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 Re: Very cold and plenty of birds yet
I love how people will turn their noses up at spoonbills and such, but pretty much all ducks at some point have loafed in sewer ponds, and literally eaten shit. 
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Wed Dec 25, 2013 9:33 pm |
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Team Schmo
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Joined: Sun Sep 08, 2013 8:05 pm Posts: 814 Location: Montana
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 Re: Very cold and plenty of birds yet
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Wed Dec 25, 2013 9:52 pm |
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Team Schmo
MMT F.E.
Joined: Sun Sep 08, 2013 8:05 pm Posts: 814 Location: Montana
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 Re: Very cold and plenty of birds yet
_________________ You can't fix stupid
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Wed Dec 25, 2013 9:55 pm |
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Team Schmo
MMT F.E.
Joined: Sun Sep 08, 2013 8:05 pm Posts: 814 Location: Montana
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quackadikt
MMT Member
Joined: Fri Oct 16, 2009 2:43 am Posts: 31 Location: las cruces, nm
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 Re: Very cold and plenty of birds yet
Nothing wrong with mallards and geese. I'm hoping to kill the same this weekend. Haven't been able to hunt since Dec. 7th and I'm about to go nuts. What part of MT do you live in?
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