lookin for any info about huntin ducks near montesano, im a noob this year but eager to learn.

I freelance hunt the chehalis valley. A lot. Answer these questions:

Do you have a boat you feel safe shooting out of, that you can hide?

Do you have decoys?

Do you have chest waders?

Are you friends with any farmers?

That is where you start, it can get way more complicated from there.

Years ago we used to go down to the Ocean spray cranberry plant that faces the salt water, there is a smaller strip of grass that splits the plant with the water. We had a blast. You have to time it just right though, on high tide the dog can retrieve but on low tide you don't want your dog going into that muddy tide bank, my dog went for a retrieve and nearly sank. When we went there were hundreds maybe thousands of ducks. It was the funnest hunt I ever went on, the ducks were mud ducks and tasted like shiat but it was fun.

i dont have a dog or a boat.. is there any place to go pond jumpin?. i have decoys, and im getting pretty good at calling, so thats not a problem.

You'll have to find your own pond-jumpin spots. Those are pretty hard to come by and to tell where any of them are would be counter productive. I don't typically jump-shoot, so for the most part I let my timbered holes, and beaver ponds fill up with ducks, so that I can loft the birds before light and set up for a short hour or two long hunt on them.

wow. i found myself a little honey hole today.. close to home. limits on mallards, teal, and my first pin-tail im proud of myself. haha

Congrats!!! I love pintails.

Way to go! It is nice to find those kind of places. Now figure out how to keep ducks in there, and keep it secret and you will be set.

Did you take a picture?

hunter- I was down there yesterday for work and scouted around quite a bit. found some fields today with quite a few ducks. too bad i didnt have time to head out and set up the decoys.
if you are ever looking for a partner to hunt down there let me know.