4th ANNUAL "GUESS THE DATE THE FIRST DIVER ARRIVES" CONTEST

[Paul26]

4th ANNUAL "GUESS THE DATE THE FIRST DIVER ARRIVES" CONTEST

PM YOUR GUESS OF THE DATE OF THE FIRST DIVER ON THE WHITE OAK RIVER IN SWANSBORO. DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSION IS 28 OCTOBER. SUBMIT A DATE + SPECIES. SUBMISSIONS WILL BE PUBLICIZED HERE SOON THEREAFTER

THE "WINNING DATE" WILL BE THE DAY I SEE DIVERS BEHIND MY PLACE ON THE WHITE OAK. AS ALWAYS: MY GAME, MY RULES. I REMAIN HAPPY FOR YOU IF YOU SEE A DUCK IN A FLOODED SEPTIC FIELD IN SALTER PATH. DOESN'T COUNT...AGAIN. I WILL POST PICS AS PROOF.

WINNER WILL BE ANNOUNCED THE FIRST DAY I SEE ONE AND GET THE PIC.

PAST WORLD CHAMPIONS:
2015- EASTBOUND, 28 OCTOBER
2016- ONWATERILLBE, 5 NOV
2018- Bigh20, 4 Nov

THIS YEAR'S PRIZE: a night on the Town in Swan Quarter with Brett Kavanaugh

[EastBound&Down]

Saw a grebe on farm pond today
Going to be an epic year of ducks this season

[Paul26]

Yup. We’re going to be swatting at them with the butts of our guns after we empty 3 boxes of shells and cry “we are Winchester” to the sky. It truly will be epic.

[HydeMarsh]

This year let us not allow mergansers as ducks. It has to be a Blue bill, ring neck, redhead, can, golden eye, old squaw.

My guess is NOV 15th.

[EastBound&Down]

Heard this morning from a reliable source who was on the water that bills and buffs are just north of us in Virginia. About time for that first push of calander ducks to come through.

[ncbufflehead]

In the past week, I've seen about 50 divers(including scoters and oldsquaw) total.


Saw three bufflehead, four white-wing scoters and about a dozen common scoters today.

[spots_2016]

The only ducks I've seen in my area are teals, wood ducks, and gadwalls I haven't been able to check the place I normally see divers since Florence.

[DuckMauler]

I have been on the water in the Piedmont 3-4 days a week and still have not seen the first migrating duck much less diver and other is November 7th. Really sad what has happened to our duck hunting.