Rolled out of Chattanooga yesterday afternoon. I have no time frame to be back, so we’ll see. Headed to North NE now, about to come into Omaha.

Wish me luck. Supposed to be lots of Green, Widgeons and Srigs

Good luck. Post some pictures.

GOOD LUCK and safe travels. PICS!

Good Luck, wear em out!

Sounds like a fun trip. Post up pics and keep pushing the ducks south

Made it yesterday afternoon and did some scouting. Found several hundred mallards and pintails in a tiny creek/ditch. The majority of birds are in flowing water here, at least the big ducks. With the cold and snow around, it’s going to get really good the next couple days.

I’m going to a big marsh a couple hundred yards upwind of where the bulk were yesterday. I’m afraid they’re roosting in this flowing water and I don’t want to blow them out the first morning. The marsh I’m going to still had several dozen mallards on it, along with GW’s.

Snow all around. Missed me to the south overnight. I’m in North Central NE. 22 degrees and north winds. Feeling good about it.

Nice.

Killed a good limit this morning. Not exactly what I wanted but had a hard time getting where I needed to be. Scratched out 2 Greenheads, 3 BW and a Widgeon.

Tomorrow is looking great now that I know where to be. Hundreds of Mallards, along with everything else is using this little flowing ditch.

Pics may have to wait until I get home unless someone wants to post for me?

BW= blue wing teal. If so, congratulations! Have duck hunted 25 years and haven't killed one except in the September early season. A western freelance trip is on my bucket list.

I'm really curious if this is the correct answer??? I'm gonna guess no, but I'm a rookie! Congrats regardless! Sounds like a blast!!!

Yes gotta be. I’ve killed em here in the first part of the regular season. Never a fully plumed though. Gotta wait till March and April for that 😁

Noice!!!! I thought, from the sounds of things from experienced hunters, that those jokers couldn't live below about 60 degrees.

Public land I assume? Sounds like a cool trip

Sorry, pics are somewhat out of order. Shot a Prairie Chicken this afternoon for the first time. Could’ve shot a pile if I had wanted to walk them up, but it’s cold af.

Tomorrow will be the first sunny day. All water that isn’t moving is locked up from here to the Pole.

Looking forward to another cold, but great day with my buddy Cash. Pretty good 3rd birthday trip for him.

Forgot to add....saw 3 bucks over 150” today and one mega giant world class magazine whitetail. 190-200”. The oldest buck I’ve ever seen. Had to been close to 400lbs.

The giant was a 1/2 mile south of the house I’m renting hanging out with 5 bucks from 130-160” and some does.

Looks like an awesome trip!

Looks like the 3 are actually hen gadwalls and not blue wings at all! Either way nice hunt!

Solo, what are the rules in Nebraska? can you hunt private land as long as its not "posted" or are you on public land? and are you solo or hunting with someone? didn't know since it looks like someone took the pic of you and the dog with the birds!

Yea I see three hen gads as well

Sorry, yes Gadwalls.. Killed a couple more today as well, along with Widgeon and GW for another limit. The Greenwings showed up by the hundreds today. Again I had a hard time getting setup how I needed. This area has a huge aquifer underneath and water is everywhere. Makes getting around very difficult.

I’m hunting a 4500 acre tract by myself and with the rancher. This place was built as a Pintail nesting ground 40 years ago by DU. Almost all of it is prairie grass type water. Good thing is though birds are thick! Thousands of ducks headed south today.

8 degrees this morning and super clear. Watched satellites pass by like they could be reached. . Wind was little and switched from N to W. Missed out on a massive group of mallards that landed in my dekes before shooting light. Sucks only got 1 when it was time. The rest of the morning was spent killing 1 or 2 at a time.

I also want to talk about my dog Cash. It’s been miserably cold. Iced out, snowed on and beat by the wind. Again miserable AF. If your like me, your dog only sees this type of weather maybe once a year or so. He’s done awesome with some precautions along the way. First, he’s in excellent health and condition which I believe has helped. The first morning he wore his vest as we were in so much water and Sub freezing temps. He developed a slight chaffe under his front legs. I’ve addressed that and corrected the vest by trimming. He’s grown a bit since last season... Next is food. I think a quality dog food is critical, along with a bit more food than normal. Today was colder temps but less wind and I knew we wouldn’t e in so much water as the first day, so no vest. Cash did great again. I’m guess I’m saying this because of how blessed I am to have this dog and companion. He has in absolutely invaluable for this type of hunting. When the prairie grass is over your head, your not finding your birds. Ive yet to loose a bird because of him and he has made some incredible retrieves!

About to do some scouting for tomorrow. The hard water is thawing out today in the sun and warmer temps, gotta switch it up.