12 Feb Early duck searching need reasonable to close on coastal bays
North and Mid-Coast (Clatsop, Tillamook and Lincoln counties)
A mix of ducks (mainly wigeon, pintails, mallards and divers) needs to be found in bigger north and mid-coast estuaries, for instance the decreased Columbia lake and Tillamook, Nestucca, Nehalem, Siletz, Alsea, and Siuslaw Bays. In recent years, the quantities of ducks on these estuaries is often higher earlier inside month, specially teal, with data diminishing by December. But numbers and circulation changes on a yearly basis and success could be good during these locations into January.
Making use of the onset of storms happens the best waterfowl looking on coastline. Stormy temperatures moves birds off the bays and into more protected oceans where they could be hunted better. But when there is excessively water, birds move into agricultural places that searching cover tends to be limited or nonexistent. Another excellent time to hunt the coast try during cool means whenever some inland waters include ice-covered.
Goose hunters, don't forget to buy their annual NW goose permit. Goose looking should be close all across the north shore during the Sep goose period as production of regional geese (westerns) ended up being good once again this present year. Migratory geese should be for sale in high data for hunters throughout the standard NW Permit Goose times. On the mid-coast, possibilities for goose hunting tend to be simply for the estuaries or personal farming land.