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[Gunorea]

Let's make a Wister thread to share any thoughts or ideas you have about the place and it's surroundings. Here's somethings that I know about the place that I will share;You can have 4 adult hunters per blind or 4 adult hunters plus 2 junior hunters.Blinds with water on both sides usually do better than with only one side that is ponded.You can usually get on through the sweat line there, lot's of blinds.Ressie help a lot.Remember to bring your Deet.Let's the birds work down to about 40 yrds or closer instead of trying to sky bust them when they are 70 or more yards up.

[meatgetter]

Here's something that I know...All the ducks were shot on opening day.

[Gunorea]

My hunting party and myself are heading back out there tomorrow. We got a ressie and plan on getting some mallards & more pintails. The forecast is for some windy weather. Oh yeah!

[Moonclip]

The restaurants in Niland close early or aren't open at all so plan ahead. Or you will be traveling to Calipatria to eat possibly. The Chinese food at the donut shop there is good but is only served at certain times and days.

[Gunorea]

Wednesday 10-28 duck hunt;Our hunting party had a nice morning shoot, we knock out 8 ducks and might have gotten a goose if my gun didn't jam. We had everything set up just right and had ducks landing in our dekes just a little before shoot time. Our afternoon blind wasn't great at all. We had more tullies than water, so not much shooting was happening. We managed to get two more pintails for a total of 10 ducks.We did get our first mallard of the season in the morning.Well I got lucky and did get another low number ressie for next Wednesday and may have an open spot in the blind for somebody if they would like to join us.

[meatgetter]

Nice work on the mallard and sprig.I hunted yesterday at SJ and it was great for about 5 minutes, then dead. And I mean really dead.I would usually take you up on that card next Wednesday, but this thing called work kinda gets in the way.....If you need a blind partner later in the year (especially on a Saturday), I'm really good at carrying decoys.

[Gunorea]

Hey MG what blind area were you in, the A's, B's or Walker's, etc.?

[meatgetter]

hunted in the E's with a pretty good card.the birds were thick 5 minutes before shoot time. fly-bys, landing in the pond, etc. it was a sight to see.but... shoot time hit and they all left... i missed 2 easy birds and didn't get another good chance.

[Yateswell]

Wednesday 10-28 duck hunt;Our hunting party had a nice morning shoot, we knock out 8 ducks and might have gotten a goose if my gun didn't jam. We had everything set up just right and had ducks landing in our dekes just a little before shoot time. Our afternoon blind wasn't great at all. We had more tullies than water, so not much shooting was happening. We managed to get two more pintails for a total of 10 ducks.We did get our first mallard of the season in the morning.Well I got lucky and did get another low number ressie for next Wednesday and may have an open spot in the blind for somebody if they would like to join us.

Here is what we got in the morningShe did all the foot work.Thanks Gunorea for the great hunt, let's do it again soon.  1.jpg   38.3K   23 downloads  2.jpg   25.62K   18 downloads

[fishandhunt4ever]

I hunted there Wednesday, too. My buddy and sweatlined it, and we were the second card that got pulled. I forgot my waders and murphy's law we were got the island blind in B marsh. The water really wasn't that cold. We left with no ducks...We did limit on snipe though. For the morning we maybe saw a total of 20-25 ducks fly by, but they were too high to shoot at.

[Gunorea]

Just be lucky you didn't get the blind that is all the all in the water in the B pond. But dang you got lucky as hell getting pulled out of the bucket second. Most of the time we are just lucky enough to either get the X blind or somewhere in the Walkers.

[fishandhunt4ever]

We did get the blind all the way in the water... It was recommended to us by Tom. We were too excited to realize where it was. I had to roll up my pants and take off my boots and tread through the water bare foot. Luckily I had some towels to dry off right away. I did slip and eat it so I was soaked and the wind wasn't helping out. Hey for duck hunting, anything.

[Yateswell]

The restaurants in Niland close early or aren't open at all so plan ahead. Or you will be traveling to Calipatria to eat possibly. The Chinese food at the donut shop there is good but is only served at certain times and days.

And make sure you have both state and federal duck stamp on you hunting license, must have BOTH to hunt Wister

[Gunorea]

Looks like I got another full blind going out to Wister this Wednesday. If anybody's plans change I'll let you guys know.

[Gunorea]

Looks like I better start packing up for the trip and head down the mt. to go pick everybody up. Forget work go duck hunting on a Wednesday.

[meatgetter]

Agree. But I'll work tomorrow and take off sometime in December or January when the birds are here.

[Gunorea]

Don't let the lack of birds stop you from going hunting. Looks like one of my hunting buddies finally got a ressie for Wister this Wednesday and I got one for Sunday. So I plan on being down there all week. Lot's of room for activities down there.

[Owen]

What is a Wister? I couldnt seem to find it on google search. Is some sort of duck I am assuming? Or abbreviation...lol sorry cuz I am a begginer at hunting. Barely got my hunting license/shotgun this year

[ShooterJohn]

Google "wister duck hunting" and you will find it.

[Owen]

oh wow, so thats wister...thanks John. i think i actually went there over the weekend, had no idea it was called wister. my uncles took me. actually only saw 3 ducks total. we went there to hunt coots and moorhens.

[Gunorea]

Who goes to just hunt coots?

[Gunorea]

But anyway, my bro & I are at Wister just about every weekend. Yes it takes some money to go out there every weekend but not all that much. We've learned to cut a lot of expenses to the bear minium. Such as not buying bottled water and just filling up a 5 gallon igloo from the water store. No need to go out for every meal, we can boil water for soups and warm up can goods for dinner also eat samwiches for lunch. The main expense is diesel to & from Colton down to Wister.We usually have room for one or two more hunters in the truck. So what I am getting at is that if you would like to join us on a weekend hunt down to Wister and ride along just send me a PM with a phone number and we can talk.

[meatgetter]

I will be a Wister this weekend.Look for me in a black Nissan Xterra with obligatory Ducks Unlimited sticker on bottom left corner of back window.Also, at the check station, I'll be the tall, young, lanky dude.

[Gunorea]

Hey MG wish I had seen your post before I took off down there or I would have tried to come by and said hi to ya. Our little hunting party of 3 did okay this past weekend for not having and ressies. We managed to get 20 ducks. 9 Spoonies4 Pintails2 Widgoens2 GWT2 Merganers1 Cimm TealAs always we should have had more but we were happy with what we got.

[Yateswell]

Great, it all happened while I wasn't there, you're killing me...

[Gunorea]

Yep, the ducks were just not down there that weekend that we went on. That following Wednesday they killed them big time. And Saturday was pretty good. Sunday probably would have been better if more hunters would have stayed to hunt.

[meatgetter]

Myself and a buddy took 10 ducks saturday.All quality too.It was fun.

[Gunorea]

Alright that's what I like to hear. Are you going again this weekend? I should be down there both days this weekend.

[meatgetter]

I have parties to attend (girlfriend's birthday) both nights this weekend, so I won't make it down to Wister. I'm going to try to hit SJ for a quickie off the sweatline.

[Gunorea]

Had another good time this past weekend at Wister. Our hunting party of 4 got 17 ducks on Saturday and 3 of us stayed for Sunday and got another 4. Here's some pics of them all right before we cleaned them.