2024 junction city, OR. $2500 per gun

Bear Creek Duck Club is approximately a 200 acres parcel, is located about 5 miles southwest of Junction City, OR. Laying in next to the Long Tom River and 15 miles north of Eugene, OR. 100 miles from downtown Portland.  Located 6 miles due north of Fern Ridge Wildlife Management Area, 14 miles due south of Finley NWR. 8 miles west of the Willamette River, there are several active clubs in reasonable proximity, most goose oriented.  It is at the SW corner of the map at intersection of High Pass and Territorial Highway.  We also have about 40 acres , I mile directly North of Fern Ridge Wildlife Refuge and along the Long Tom River. When the rains come, we can post up on that property, but in limited numbers, when it floods, right in the flyway. It is a “hike in” of about ¾ miles, protected waters, great hidey hole when the weather is salty.

This piece at High Pass is planted to corn that will be harvested into sileage. We will have flooded corn stubble, and some standing corn for our blinds when they are done, and this right in the flyway. The rest of the piece will have dryland shooting for geese and ducks. In the past when corn was planted here, the geese and ducks could not leave it alone. We will terrace shallow ponds in the existing drainage in front of the blinds which will lay to the eastern edge of the property. We will have 6 blinds total, plus field shooting, DIY.

We also have a small pond next to the filbert orchard with 2 elevated, dug in blinds, next to the Long Tom River, the ducks love that corner. Filbert orchards attract wood ducks early in the season, we will have some potentially for you to shoot.

Ducks in evidence, Wood Ducks, Mallards, Teal. As season progresses you will see Pintail, Widgeon, more Mallards, and Teal. Geese, all varieties, but a lot of Cacklers for sure. Pass Shooting opportunities exist if you set up next to our pivot, and you can set up laydowns with both field goose and duck decoys as another drainage exists in addition to the one adjacent to the blinds and the standing corn. As mentioned, some sheet water will occur later in the season and flood in some of the open fields, field shooting opportunities for ducks and geese with a laydown blind will be happening with help in the rain department.

We have access to water to pump with so we will have water as the season starts and will be pumped in.

A total of 6, 2 to 3-man blinds will be in place, not everyone is going to have their own blind and we can explain how we set up our hunt system day to day (see below.) Some walking is required from the parking area, but not a huge distance. My experience running duck and upland clubs is that very few times are all members there at once.

We have targeted to sell up to 8 members. Membership includes the below days to shoot as mentioned; guest privileges will be limited, and must be approved before they can be realized on a day-to-day basis.  All shooting will be from the assigned blinds that are open that shoot day.  We have substantial resting and roosting area for the geese, they will use this piece.  $2500 per gun. 

Hunting will be Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday until 1PM. Wednesday, Saturday, Sunday dawn to dusk.  Holidays that we will hunt in addition to regular shoot days include: Thanksgiving and the Friday after, Xmas Day, Dec. 25th, Sunday, January 1st, Monday, January 15th, MLK Day, Monday February 19th President’s Day (if goose season is open,) Goose hunting will proceed at the end of the regular duck season according to the published dates for 3rd season. It will be necessary to email or text us 24 hours in advance of any day you are wanting to hunt, and you need confirmation of that communication from the hunter runner. These days will be amended if needed to improve the hunting experience, based on bird counts, weather and excessive usage. We are trying something different due to the weather patterns and it has been noted that shooting 7 days a week is not always a bad idea.

We will have a sign in board where you can sign in and put your chip on the club map with the blind you will be hunting.

Besides your membership fee, bring 12 to 24 decoys, the more mixed duck types the better.  These ponds only require 2 to 3 dozen decoys per blind, mixed species sets are a plus. 

For more information and membership applications call Jeff Miller 541-490-1300