Day 2

Slow and conditions are wet.

mike

64 birds, day 2021

Spring Snow Conservation

My dad left Wednesday morning on his trip to Mound City area to stack the snows. With all the rain and snow melt the place has turned into a mud pit but looks like they are hittin some birds. I’ll post more pictures as I get them.

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believe this is Michael Schutt in picture
somewhere outside of Mound City, MO.

butch-bluesMy Dad (Butch Boivin) with a few blues.

Miller Rd. in the winter

taking a break on miller drain by the hay bridge (where it used to be).

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struggling thru the off season boredom

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Shiawassee Harvest Data 2009

Just got this years harvest data from Vic in St. Charles.

Department of Natural Resources – Wildlife Division

Shiawassee River State Game Area

Zone Effort and Harvest: 09/19/2009 – 12/06/2009

FIELD:      1-5

Hunter    Hours                                                        Ducks        Birds
Trips    Hunted                                                      per Trip     per Trip
Zone          Hunters                            Geese       Ducks    Cripples    % Cripples

1             23          25      86.00         5          35           1          2.44           1           1.6

2             98         118     443.50        23         130           5          3.16           1           1.3

3             71          95     358.00        23         113          15          9.93           1           1.4

4             62          83     324.00        15          98          13         10.32           1           1.4

321   1,211.50        66         376          34          7.14           1           1.4

FIELD:      6-14

Hunter    Hours                                                        Ducks        Birds
Trips    Hunted                                                      per Trip     per Trip
Zone          Hunters                            Geese       Ducks    Cripples    % Cripples

6             65          77     289.00         4          65           4          5.48           0           0.9

7             78          84     319.00         7          60           6          8.22           0           0.8

8             39          43     155.00         2          47           4          7.55           1           1.1

9             81          94     343.00        15         119          12          8.22           1           1.4

10            152         209     781.50        27         260          23          7.42           1           1.4

11            125         154     580.00        15         175          24         11.21           1           1.2

12             63          70     242.50         8          72           1          1.23           1           1.1

13            147         162     617.00        20         117          15          9.87           0           0.8

14             97         101     381.00         4          46           7         12.28           0           0.5

994   3,708.00       102         961          96          8.28           1           1.1

FIELD:     137-150

Hunter    Hours                                                        Ducks        Birds
Trips    Hunted                                                      per Trip     per Trip
Zone          Hunters                            Geese       Ducks    Cripples    % Cripples

137             58          64     222.50         3          70          16         17.98           1           1.1

138              7           7      22.00         0           6           0             0           0           0.9

139             17          19      73.50         0          16           4            20           0           0.8

140             18          18      71.50         3          21           0             0           1           1.3

142             11          11      41.00         0          27           1          3.57           2           2.5

143              7           7      28.00         0           8           2            20           1           1.1

144              7           7      25.00         1          18           6            24           2           2.7

145              7           7      28.00         0           7           2         22.22           1           1.0

146              3           3      11.00         2           1           1            25           0           1.0

147              6           6      28.00         0          24           5         17.24           4           4.0

149              4           4      10.00         0           4           0             0           1           1.0

150              4           4      13.50         0           5           0             0           1           1.2

157     574.00         9         207          37         14.62           1           1.4

FIELD:     15-20

Hunter    Hours                                                        Ducks        Birds
Trips    Hunted                                                      per Trip     per Trip
Zone          Hunters                            Geese       Ducks    Cripples    % Cripples

15             23          23      89.00         0           7           1          12.5           0           0.3

16             55          64     239.50        11          33           7         13.73           0           0.7

17             29          31     111.00         4          24           1          3.45           0           0.9

18             16          16      63.50         0           5           1         16.67           0           0.3

19             12          12      50.50         0           5           0             0           0           0.4

20             22          23      83.00         2          12           6            30           0           0.6

169     636.50        17          86          16         13.45           0           0.6

FIELD:     21-22

Hunter    Hours                                                        Ducks        Birds
Trips    Hunted                                                      per Trip     per Trip
Zone          Hunters                            Geese       Ducks    Cripples    % Cripples

21              9           9      30.00         0           7           2         22.22           0           0.8

22              8           8      32.00         1           1           1         33.33           0           0.2

17      62.00         1           8           3            25           0           0.5

FIELD:     23-28

Hunter    Hours                                                        Ducks        Birds
Trips    Hunted                                                      per Trip     per Trip
Zone          Hunters                            Geese       Ducks    Cripples    % Cripples

23             14          14      37.00         4          11           1          6.25           0           1.1

24             17          17      56.50         0          12           2         14.29           0           0.7

25             39          45     173.00        19          40           3          4.84           0           1.3

26             85         115     443.50        26          86          20         15.15           0           1.0

27             41          46     181.50        12          34           8         14.81           0           1.0

28             27          34     127.00        16          50           8         10.81           1           1.9

271   1,018.50        77         233          42         11.93           0           1.1

FIELD:     29

Hunter    Hours                                                        Ducks        Birds
Trips    Hunted                                                      per Trip     per Trip
Zone          Hunters                            Geese       Ducks    Cripples    % Cripples

29             40          42     144.00         2          30           6         15.79           0           0.8

42     144.00         2          30           6         15.79           0           0.8

FIELD:     30-38

Hunter    Hours                                                        Ducks        Birds
Trips    Hunted                                                      per Trip     per Trip
Zone          Hunters                            Geese       Ducks    Cripples    % Cripples

30             14          14      55.00         5          15           1          4.76           1           1.4

31             24          29     113.00         4          34           4          9.52           1           1.3

32             11          12      46.00         1          11           0             0           0           1.0

33             87         107     396.00        21         135          16           9.3           1           1.5

34            164         211     755.50        46         247          18          5.79           1           1.4

35             77          83     326.00        15         138          14          8.38           1           1.8

36             66          74     294.00        25         143           7             4           1           2.3

37            106         154     599.50        29         265          10          3.29           1           1.9

38             51          54     216.50         6          81           1          1.14           1           1.6

738   2,801.50       152       1,069          71           5.5           1           1.7

FIELD:     39-48

Hunter    Hours                                                        Ducks        Birds
Trips    Hunted                                                      per Trip     per Trip
Zone          Hunters                            Geese       Ducks    Cripples    % Cripples

39             58          61     266.50        10          94          13         11.11           1           1.7

40             57          59     231.50        20          86          11           9.4           1           1.8

41            115         132     554.00        29         215          20          7.58           1           1.8

42            170         216     864.50        44         332          35          8.52           1           1.7

43             93         108     433.00        26         175          16          7.37           1           1.9

44             99         113     451.00        26         216          23          8.68           1           2.1

45             65          72     291.00         8          89          23         19.17           1           1.3

46            116         144     513.50        29         168          24         10.86           1           1.4

47             41          42     182.00         8          13           3          12.5           0           0.5

48             68          84     307.00         3         109          16          12.5           1           1.3

1,031   4,094.00       203       1,497         184          9.77           1           1.6

FIELD:     49-52

Hunter    Hours                                                        Ducks        Birds
Trips    Hunted                                                      per Trip     per Trip
Zone          Hunters                            Geese       Ducks    Cripples    % Cripples

49             57          66     244.50         6          83          19         17.59           1           1.3

50              6           6      16.00         2           5           2         22.22           0           1.2

51              8           8      25.50         1          18           3         13.64           2           2.4

52              7           7      30.50         1           7           2            20           1           1.1

87     316.50        10         113          26         17.45           1           1.4

FIELD:     55-60

Hunter    Hours                                                        Ducks        Birds
Trips    Hunted                                                      per Trip     per Trip
Zone          Hunters                            Geese       Ducks    Cripples    % Cripples

55            118         151     561.00         3          88          11         10.78           0           0.6

56             66          70     246.50         1          25           4         13.33           0           0.4

57            191         223     864.00        18         265          32         10.16           1           1.3

58            185         204     766.00        14         172          24         11.43           0           0.9

59            184         235     904.00        35         479          43          7.72           2           2.2

60            197         234     902.50        35         344          57         13.07           1           1.6

1,117   4,244.00       106       1,373         171         10.36           1           1.3

FIELD:     61-66

Hunter    Hours                                                        Ducks        Birds
Trips    Hunted                                                      per Trip     per Trip
Zone          Hunters                            Geese       Ducks    Cripples    % Cripples

61             57          64     236.00         0          69          11         13.75           1           1.1

62            127         143     533.50        13         138          11          6.79           1           1.1

63            128         138     539.50         2         185          19          9.22           1           1.4

64            155         177     675.50        19         311          31          8.59           1           1.9

65            144         186     659.00        11         344          26          6.82           1           1.9

66            160         202     760.50        19         354          28          6.98           1           1.8

910   3,404.00        64       1,401         126          7.92           1           1.6

FIELD:     67-76

Hunter    Hours                                                        Ducks        Birds
Trips    Hunted                                                      per Trip     per Trip
Zone          Hunters                            Geese       Ducks    Cripples    % Cripples

67             40          59     197.00         4          63           4          5.63           1           1.1

68              3           3      12.00         0           0           0             0           0           0.0

69              6           6      26.00         1           5           0             0           0           1.0

71              7           7      19.00         0          12           0             0           1           1.7

72              4           4      10.00         0           3           0             0           0           0.8

74              4           4      15.00         0          10           0             0           2           2.5

75              3           3       9.00         0           0           0             0           0           0.0

76              3           3       5.50         0           5           0             0           1           1.7

89     293.50         5          98           4          3.74           1           1.2

FIELD:     77-117

Hunter    Hours                                                        Ducks        Birds
Trips    Hunted                                                      per Trip     per Trip
Zone          Hunters                            Geese       Ducks    Cripples    % Cripples

100              8           8       3.00         2           3           5            50           0           0.6

101              1           1       2.00         0           0           0             0           0           0.0

103              6           6      23.00         0           3           0             0           0           0.5

104              5           5      24.00         0          14           0             0           2           2.8

105              7           7      28.00         0          15           0             0           2           2.1

106              2           2       8.00         0           0           2           100           0           0.0

107              3           3       7.00         0           0           0             0           0           0.0

108              7           7      12.00         0           0           0             0           0           0.0

109              3           3       9.00         0           3           1            25           1           1.0

112              7           7      25.00         1           8           0             0           1           1.3

115              5           5      20.00         0          12           0             0           2           2.4

116              7           7      27.00         2          17           2          9.52           2           2.7

77            141         191     713.00         6         173          38         17.51           0           0.9

78             39          42     161.50         1          35           6         14.29           0           0.9

79             53          59     207.50         6          51          15         20.83           0           1.0

80             41          43     137.00         0          47           8         14.55           1           1.1

81             32          33     131.50         2          24           6         18.75           0           0.8

82             24          24      78.50         3          20           4         14.81           0           1.0

83             31          33     120.00         0          34           7         17.07           1           1.0

84             26          26      83.00         0          34           4         10.53           1           1.3

85             18          18      68.50         1          42          10         18.87           2           2.4

86             26          26     104.50         0          28           7            20           1           1.1

87             20          20      56.00         0          19           4         17.39           1           1.0

88             12          12      42.00         1          18           3         13.64           1           1.6

89             21          21      74.50         0          25           8         24.24           1           1.2

90             14          14      50.50         0          16           6         27.27           1           1.1

91             14          14      46.50         0           9           2         18.18           0           0.6

92             12          12      48.00         0          12           4            25           1           1.0

93             10          10      28.00         0           7           1          12.5           0           0.7

94              7           7      26.00         0          13           4         23.53           1           1.9

95              7           7      25.00         0          15           1          6.25           2           2.1

96             11          11      44.00         0          18           5         21.74           1           1.6

97              9           9      36.00         0          27           4          12.9           3           3.0

98              5           5      20.00         0           1           0             0           0           0.2

99              1           1       3.00         0           0           0             0           0           0.0

699   2,492.50        25         743         157         16.97           1           1.1

FIELD:     A ONLY

Hunter    Hours                                                        Ducks        Birds
Trips    Hunted                                                      per Trip     per Trip
Zone          Hunters                            Geese       Ducks    Cripples    % Cripples

A             33          52     159.50         7          14           2           8.7           0           0.4

52     159.50         7          14           2           8.7           0           0.4

ALL FIELDS:               6,694   25,160.0       846       8,209         975          9.72           1           1.4
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Harvest Counts By Species

Canada Goose:               846             Wigeon:                      175
Mallard:                  5,351             Scaup:                        30

Black Duck:                 345             Ring Neck:                   119

G.W. Teal:                  944             Bufflehead:                   25
B.W. Teal:                   71             Redhead:                      58

Wood Duck:                  553             Merganser:                    33

Shoveler:                    32             Other duck:                  171
Pintail:                    299             Other Game:                    3

Geese Shot and                              Ducks Shot and
Not Found:                  104             Not Found:                   871

Just when you think your day is going bad…..

think of this guys day.

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12′ V-bottom FOR SALE

I’m selling one of my light shiawassee dike rigs. This is a little 12′ v-bottom that is outfitted to pull dikes on shiawassee state game area. I fabricated an inside the boat winch mount that pulls directly through the hull. It comes with a trailer and early 80’s (82′ i think) evinrude 9.9hp. This boat runs. I used it a couple times this year and had no issues. This boat would make a great starter boat for the flats.

Included in sale of boat are:

  • 12′ V-bottom with winch mount. (no winch included)
  • Early 80’s Evinrude 9.9hp
  • Trailer (trailer is in excellent condition)
  • WINCH IS NOT INCLUDED (just the mounting system and guides are)

*note: tiller handle was cracked previous to me owning it but it was welded and works perfectly fine. I tried to take a picture of the welded area but it didn’t turn out great.

Any questions, feel free to call 989-574-7557 ask for Dan.

PRICE $1,000

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Delta Waterfowl – Traveling decoy “Bob” has arrived.

I’ve been anticipating this decoy for a few weeks now. I received him in the mail today and looking forward to hunting over Bob saturday morning. I have a good feeling that bob is gonna see a lot of dikes this weekend. I’ll burn a set of camera batteries of Bob at work and make a pretty big post this upcoming week. Check back.

Delta Waterfowl Traveling Decoy - "Bob"

Delta Waterfowl Traveling Decoy - "Bob"

Shiawassee Mallards

I know I’ve been neglecting the site lately….sorry for this. I’ve been swamped at work and have not hunted much at all. Here’s a picture from this week though….there is still a few birds around,  you just need to be in the right fields. :)

Butch and the Brickel brothers

Butch and the Brickel brothers

Another photo

I forgot that I had snapped this shot just outside of Grand Forks on way out to Nodak this year. I noticed a strange plane lifting off the air base as we were passing by so i stuck my camera out the window and guessed on where it was overhead. Pretty cool watching a Predator Drone lift off and maneuver around knowing there was a guy somewhere remotely controlling it.

Predator Drone over Grand Forks

Predator Drone over Grand Forks

Predator Drone over Grand Forks

Predator Drone over Grand Forks