Lower Oahe Waterfowl Hunting Areas
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2011-12 Lower Oahe Waterfowl Report
For the week oF February 6, 2012
MAIL SHACK CREEK AREA
Pages 6 and 7 of the 2011 Lower Oahe Waterfowl Hunting Guide.
Birds continue to be in the area with a few hunters using the pits. The geese have continued to fly out over and into some of the fields in the private and walk-in areas this past weekend giving some good opportunities for hunters willing to carry some decoys into the fields or waiting in the fence-lines for a pass shooting opportunity.
OKOBOJO / COW CREEK AREA
Pages 8 and 9 of the 2011 Lower Oahe Waterfowl Hunting Guide.
No reports from the pass shooters that were in the canal this past week and weekend. The birds that have been coming out over the area have been higher with the low to no wind conditions. The registration fields in this area continue to be good on some days with birds feeding in a few of the registration fields giving the hunters an opportunity to harvest some birds.
SHEEHAN WATERFOWL HUNTING AREA
Pages 10 and 11 of the 2011 Lower Oahe Waterfowl Hunting Guide.
The decoy-only registration fields were good this past week, with the weekend being tougher for some. With the foggy conditions and close to a full moon the birds in the area were not always cooperating. Last week there was a decent flight of birds in the mornings giving some of the hunters a chance to harvest birds before noon while other areas the hunters had to wait until the afternoon flight. No reports from the solid and striped green areas east of Grey Goose Road.
PEORIA FLATS / NYSTROM BAY AREA
Pages 12 and 13 of the 2011 Lower Oahe Waterfowl Hunting Guide.
No reports this week from the hunters in the area.
STANLEY COUNTY WATERFOWL AREA
Pages 14 and 15 of the 2011 Lower Oahe Waterfowl Hunting Guide.
This area had a few groups setting out decoys this past week and weekend with success coming to several of them. There were not as many birds going out this way last week as what had been the week before however the birds that are in the area were decoying for some of the groups.
SUMMARY
With the waterfowl season ending at sunset on Friday February 10th this will be the last waterfowl report for the 2011-2012 season. The weather continues to play a key role on success for all of the areas, with hunting during the full moon phase making it tough. The Mail Shack area continues to see hunters and birds using the area, with success for the pass-shooters in this area along with the Okobojo / Cow Creek area depending upon winds. The decoy-only registration fields in the Okobojo / Cow Creek area along with the Sheehan unit were good last week, with the full moon starting to play a role on the time the birds will fly and success this past weekend. The Stanley County area has had several groups of hunters setting out decoys and reporting back on success with some groups doing well while others were able to get a few birds into their decoys.