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11-27-2006, 06:05 PM
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King Salmon
Join Date: Nov 2005
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Roosters and Green Heads (more pics added)
Our hopes were high, and the weather looked good in anticipation of a three day excursion to E. Oregon. We spent Friday looking for elk, but to no avail. We figured we could spend the remainder of the weekend chasing elk, and come up empty until the snow piles up, or hunt pheasants and ducks in the lowlands near the Snake River. We chose the latter.
Although we didn't shoot limits of ducks, we had a great time. Sunday, just after setting up on the Snake, we brought in a flock of 20 mallards into the decoys. Witnessing that by itself made the entire weekend worth it for me.
To add to our fun, we picked up a six month old GSP from an extended family member while over there. That cute little bugger will prove to be an excellent hunting partner to my black Lab, Sadie.
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11-27-2006, 06:13 PM
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Ifish Nate
Join Date: Dec 2004
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Re: Roosters and Green Heads
Cool!  We used to hunt over that way as a kid, but I've been to lazy as an adult to drive that far! 
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11-27-2006, 06:31 PM
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King Salmon
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Re: Roosters and Green Heads
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Originally Posted by Hawk
Cool! We used to hunt over that way as a kid, but I've been to lazy as an adult to drive that far! |
Tell me about it, the snow and a gaggle of people coming home from grandma's house made our 5-6 hour trip more like 8 last night...whew!
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11-27-2006, 06:36 PM
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Ifish Nate
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Tigard
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Re: Roosters and Green Heads
We used to elk hunt out of Halfway. Beautiful country and used to do very well over there. When we got bored we'd go jump chukars down south of town. But it was like an 8 hour drive and my tush was killin' me by the time we got there! 
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11-27-2006, 08:51 PM
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Ifish Nate
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Tualatin
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Re: Roosters and Green Heads
Another dog???
Geoff
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11-28-2006, 08:06 AM
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King Salmon
Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: Beaverton,OR
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Re: Roosters and Green Heads
I love it! Nothing like a few bonus birds!
Very diverse hunting over there....ya can pick a limit of curly tails, huns, chukar, and rings all in the same day. How was the river???...pretty blown out?.....or just flowing good?
I don't think I could resist tossing a bass rod around a little too.
Hunt'nFish
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11-28-2006, 08:08 AM
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King Salmon
Join Date: Nov 2005
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Re: Roosters and Green Heads
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Originally Posted by MarshBum
Another dog???
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Yes, another dog, but not mine. Grant, Shawn's father-in-law, has been arranging the pick up for a while. Shawn is part-owner, or at least he was until she took a dump in the house. Then, Shawn's wife immediately took the dog over to Grant's. I shouldn't laugh, but that's life with a puppy.
It will be great for upland hunting to have a pointer!
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11-28-2006, 08:10 AM
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King Salmon
Join Date: Nov 2005
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Re: Roosters and Green Heads
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Originally Posted by Hunt'nFish
I love it! Nothing like a few bonus birds!
Very diverse hunting over there....ya can pick a limit of curly tails, huns, chukar, and rings all in the same day. How was the river???...pretty blown out?.....or just flowing good?
I don't think I could resist tossing a bass rod around a little too.
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Hunt, we came close to getting some honkers too.
The river was flowing perfectly, not too high, not too low. Just in time for a wave of fresh northern birds for this weekend!!!
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11-28-2006, 08:42 AM
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King Salmon
Join Date: Nov 2003
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Re: Roosters and Green Heads
Great hunting out that way.
I want to try and get over there late this week and weekend. Will be the first time I have managed a trip into the Eastern portion of the state since my
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11-28-2006, 08:46 AM
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Ifish Nate
Join Date: Nov 2001
Location: Vancouver, WA
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Re: Roosters and Green Heads
Awesome pics, looks like fun. Congrats. Doc
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11-28-2006, 12:10 PM
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Sturgeon
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: on the X
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Re: Roosters and Green Heads
I'll never forget the first time I took a greenhead and cockbird in one days hunt...I was 13....thanks for the memory!!!
Jon
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11-28-2006, 12:35 PM
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King Salmon
Join Date: Nov 2005
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Re: Roosters and Green Heads
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Originally Posted by waterfowlin101
I'll never forget the first time I took a greenhead and cockbird in one days hunt...I was 13....thanks for the memory!!!
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Welcome!! We took those greenheads and some of the pheasants not more than 300 yards from one another, right on the Snake. We'd switch back and forth between ducks and upland birds if the ducks were not in the air (stashing our upland gear in the bushes while we were duck hunting, and vice-versa).
My trigger finger will be itchy until the weekend again. The area should be full of fresh (hopefully hungry) northern birds.
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11-28-2006, 03:11 PM
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King Salmon
Join Date: Nov 2005
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Re: Roosters and Green Heads
More pics:
Here's a shot of the field behind where we set up for ducks, there is a bunch of honkers out there waiting for us...
As previously mentioned, we saw no elk, but we saw probably 50 head of deer (no pics, sorry, including a nice 4 point), and these antelope who just played around in this field while we watched from the road:
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12-01-2006, 05:36 PM
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Tuna!
Join Date: May 2004
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Re: Roosters and Green Heads
Nice Job Guys!
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12-01-2006, 05:40 PM
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King Salmon
Join Date: Nov 2005
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Re: Roosters and Green Heads (more pics added)
Nice job 
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