Waterfowl 18'/19'

[Okie4570]

Spent a few hours this afternoon/evening looking for birds close to Salt Plains, it's pretty bleak up there. We glassed the lake about the time of that beautiful sunset and there couldn't have been more than a few hundred ducks and geese on the water. We saw no cranes, not even any flying back to the lake. I do know they've been killed cranes west of there though.

 

[ElkStalkR]

Spent a few hours this afternoon/evening looking for birds close to Salt Plains, it's pretty bleak up there. We glassed the lake about the time of that beautiful sunset and there couldn't have been more than a few hundred ducks and geese on the water. We saw no cranes, not even any flying back to the lake. I do know they've been killed cranes west of there though.

Wonder if a lot have already gone past us?!

 

[Okie4570]

Wonder if a lot have already gone past us?!

Ducks and geese are still north and way north. Cranes I'm not sure.

 

[ElkStalkR]

Ducks and geese are still north and way north. Cranes I'm not sure.

Must be in Kansas cuz they ain’t killing anything but mallards and Canadas around here right now. Which is typical for this time of year.

But it has been strange here. Have seen some birds around we typically don’t see this late.

 

[ElkStalkR]

My Crane hunt got moved into southern Kansas, which sucks cuz now I gotta blow another $200 on hotel and non-rez license. But the guide simply said there are no cranes in northern Oklahoma currently. He sent me the numbers. Salt Plains currently has 5k sandhills and they should be sitting near 100k sandhills. He said they've been doing very well across the border. Definitely a lot of birds holding in Kansas and I'm sure cranes aren't the only species up there.

 

[Okie4570]

My Crane hunt got moved into southern Kansas, which sucks cuz now I gotta blow another $200 on hotel and non-rez license. But the guide simply said there are no cranes in northern Oklahoma currently. He sent me the numbers. Salt Plains currently has 5k sandhills and they should be sitting near 100k sandhills. He said they've been doing very well across the border. Definitely a lot of birds holding in Kansas and I'm sure cranes aren't the only species up there.

Glad he's on birds, but yeah sucks to have to rearrange things. Salt Plains bird numbers are about a bleak as I've ever seen it, ever.

 

[Lakenut]

Drove back from visiting family in Nebraska. Tons of geese in North Kansas and southern Nebraska. Tons of ducks and geese from about Salina to the toll booth south of whichita. South of that and things got sparse.

 

[Okie4570]

Drove back from visiting family in Nebraska. Tons of geese in North Kansas and southern Nebraska. Tons of ducks and geese from about Salina to the toll booth south of whichita. South of that and things got sparse.

Agreed, we're still shooting a few every morning, we've not shot a limit since the second half started.

 

[MrShooter]

There’s a mess of Sandhills roosting near the red river though...

 

[Okie4570]

There’s a mess of Sandhills roosting near the red river though...

Saw quite a few today, roosting in the river and then to wheat fields to feed.