Clovergulch Mixed bag

[guest]

Sheesh what's going on this year. Got a few spoon bills over the years but last two times out one per trip.
Night flight tonight, produced a mixed bag of Widgeon, Mallards, Pins and Real nice drake Spoon bill . Birds are in nice winter plumage now, great for any one looking for a mount. Even a Hen mallard with a band , be interesting where she's from .
Get out there boys and girls
CT

[lorneparker1]

You got pics of the drake bootlip? Ive never killed one that looked decent and would love to see a pic!

[guest]

LP I don't do pics on here, to much hassle. Very cool plumage my first in years.

CT

[lorneparker1]

can you email it?

lorneparker1@hotmail.com

[Beaves84]

Sounds like a great night, I wish I could get home early enough for a night flight

[kyleklassen]

LP I don't do pics on here, to much hassle. Very cool plumage my first in years.

CTyou have an avatar pic

[itsy bitsy xj]

Where in Cloverdale are you at?

[guest]

Right smack dab in da middle of it.

[itsy bitsy xj]

So south of hwy 10 or north of Fraser hwy? Just wondering cause I'd like to try and know a few people out that way but I wanna try and not waste my time too much

[guest]

PM sent your way, good luck out there though, less and less available lands to hunt, flight path changes, the Anti movement. not good for us locals wanting to hunt. Try out the Valley, Chillawack or Abby

[guest]

Beautiful sunny day ... no wind .... no rain ..... hardly a day for ducks ..... seasons end coming in a number of days ..... It was a great day with another MIXED BAG of Birds, The Widgeon decoyed the best out of Pins, Mallards and Widgeons.

Looking around its hard to say that given the urban sprawl all our days gone by and past hunts appear to be numbered ....... could be our last year with our little club of over 50 years. Sad really. Many walk by our Private Property signs, No Trespassing signs, Hunting club members only signs ...... to walk the farm roadways and dykes, yet they are the complainers when we pull birds out of the sky ...... call cops on us, call and complain to the city ....... and one day will bring the closure to us and our heritage. Sure hope to get out again later this week, before its closed ... maybe for good.

Until that sad day comes, I search for more farmers willing to take on a hunter or two, to try to be able to go for the nice walk, shotgun and friends nearby, hoping to keep our tradition of Lower Mainland Waterfowling alive. Its been fun.

CT

[guest]

Well I guess I'll call this past duck season a wrap, hardly a thing flying today. Lots of wigeon landing nearby field . Not interested in a few deeks compared to thousands nearby. In years gone by the Surpintine flyway to Mud Bay used to have a lot of fowl, hunters ......used to hear banging almost every day or night flight. Not any more. This helped to keep many birds in the air flying. With our cramped urban sprawl, looks like there's not a lot of land up for us Lower Mainlanders to hunt fowl over. Getting less and less. Sure hope to get another chance on the geese later this season. Could be our last season in our small club ...... Thanks to the antis and the urban sprawl ....... It's been fun and hope to hunt the ol Clovergulch again next year, over fifty years of hunting these same parcels of land ...... Sure hope to for a number more too.

[Beaves84]

Curly top here's to another season past a day as you said hopes to many more..

Hopefully one day the antis & the ignorant leave what's left to those who want to enjoy the last urban hunting available in what used to be the quaint town of Cloverdale, where hunting has been common place longer than their "urban oasis". I'm just starting out waterfowl hunting in last two seasons but for as long as I have lived here I have known and accepted hunting happens on my back door.