Originally Posted by reefman (Post 349787)

we have absolutely no feed...mostly mud flats! However, when you guys started shootin up front the birds started filtering in for more open water. Ducks just rest and stage on our marshes which means no early morning shootin...we have to wait a while.
Chris, you guys have all the feed in the world in those front marshes...i'm with you...can't understand why they left that area.
Like to take you out to hunt our area one weekend..show you a different marsh than what you guys hunt..even if we don't shoot we'll have a great time! Gonna need about 3" of rain really hard getting around out there now.....

Originally Posted by DUCKGOGETTER (Post 349738)

Well first let me start off by saying i'm not sure what happened with all the ducks that were in our marsh in grand chenier since saturday. Hunted yesterday with my dad and seen maybe a total of 300 ducks all morning in our area, but still got alot of pooldoo. We ended the day with 4 birds--2 redheads and 2 teal it was like a ghost town around my blind. Didn't jump up but maybe a handful of ducks on our way out from our marsh or the flooded pasture on the other side. We need a weather change bad imo, and things will get back to normal. Second thing and it really makes me sick to my stomach thinking about it. This year we bought 3 dz brand new greenhead gear decoys, and rigged them texas style. We put them out saturday morning, and didn't go back til yesterday so these decoys sat out for a day and a half. Well some low life pos stole a dozen and a half of them. Never had a theft problem out there so this is a real shock to me. Looked in the all the ponds surrounding us thinking that maybe by some freak of nature the strong south wind we had sunday pushed them somewhere else. I work really hard to buy nice stuff to try and enjoy it and bring others to help enjoy it with me. Some people need to get off thier *** and get their own stuff and stop trying to ruin other peoples time with this childish stuff. What i really don't understand is that the boat, motor and everything else was right there and all they took was decoys. Now i have to go and spend more money that i worked for to buy more decoys cause someone is too lazy to get their own. Sorry for the long read just really needed to vent.

Originally Posted by gottogo49 (Post 349797)

yeah, some little slimes stole one of the batteries and a 5 gallon can of gasoline out of my boat while it was parked in my yard the other night. Mad and sad at the same time. Vengence is mine says the lord but i'm glad i didn't catch them in the act, i might have done something that i would regret later. It only stuff, but it was my stuff.

Originally Posted by bgizzle (Post 349812)

go check out the refuge i went with binoculars sunday and just sat in the boat launch sunday and watched em pour in. They know where they r safe

Originally Posted by bgizzle (Post 349818)

if you watched em the pintail and mallards that fly high they were headed south to the gulf/refuge... I hunt behind booths grocery we border miami

Originally Posted by Reefman (Post 349787)

We have absolutely NO feed...mostly mud flats! However, when you guys started shootin up front the birds started filtering in for more open water. Ducks just rest and stage on our marshes which means no early morning shootin...we have to wait a while.
Chris, you guys have all the feed in the world in those front marshes...I'm with you...can't understand why they left that area.
Like to take you out to hunt our area one weekend..show you a different marsh than what you guys hunt..even if we don't shoot we'll have a great time! Gonna need about 3" of rain really hard getting around out there now.....

Originally Posted by bgizzle (Post 349843)

Mixture of both I think... Water and northern fronts is what we need bottom line

Originally Posted by duck butter (Post 349846)

no offense guys but come on, duck season has been open for four days and already the excuses are pouring out:p no water, southeast wind, full moon, refuges, what else?

You guys should feel lucky there is a drought statewide or else the birds would be in north louisiana, now they are forced to come down to the marsh to find water. Still have 56 more days to go:)

Originally Posted by rodbender (Post 349831)

first, i feel your pain. The start to my year wasn't god either. I think the warm weather has pushed the birdsback up alittle. I live in lacassine and have noticed large groups flying north. Have spoken to a relative in alexandria. He stated there are birds in every hole holding water there. So i think when the weather becomes more consistant hunts will improve. If you need help with pooldo eradication i will gladly assist.

Originally Posted by Duck Butter (Post 349846)

No offense guys but come on, duck season has been open for FOUR days and already the excuses are pouring out:p No water, southeast wind, full moon, refuges, what else?

You guys should feel lucky there is a drought statewide or else the birds would be in north Louisiana, now they are forced to come down to the marsh to find water. Still have 56 more days to go:)

Originally Posted by DUCKGOGETTER (Post 349847)

man you like to stir the pot!!! I like

Originally Posted by SULPHITE (Post 349853)

I guess if you would have seen the clouds of ducks on the lease friday you would've been a bit :pissed:...

I know its just frustrating.