???? Man you lost? Rockefeller is in Cameron. lmao!

talking bout Rockefeller buddy, not kisatchie

lol, I guess it would pay to finish reading your entire comment, the first time I read it I didnt see a thing about yall talking about Rockefeller.

There are def some people that shoot woodies out there with a lanyard slap full of Duck Commander calls..

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Agreed.

Well that's usually the starting point for people around here that have just started duck hunting. I would like to know what projects have been done for ducks out there though???

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what are they conserving since not near the amount of ducks come down.

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Before I begin to answer this question in gonna need you to do a little reading on your own. Meaux posted a map of DU projects in the state not too far back and I listed them early on.


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DU and CCA are on the same page in my book. you can scream and holler all you want

I'ma go ahead and hunt the "DU project" at sabine and when I get caught i'ma just tell em I saw a map on the internet that said I could hunt it lol.

^^^!!!

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Just because it's a DU project doesn't mean it's huntable. DU isn't a duck blind leasing agency. It's a conservation organization. Didn't think I'd have to spell that out for ya


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Just goin by what the map says man.

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Funny, we're killing around twice the amount of ducks we were 15 years ago. But the ducks don't migrate down anymore. You know why they killed so may ducks in "the good ole days"? They had areas to rest birds. Now with every section of the Marshes and fields leased up the birds have no choice but to raft up on large lakes and bays. They find ways to adapt to the pressure.
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you kill all those grey ducks with that snow goose call?

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Shhhhhhhj. Trade secret.


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Show me on the map where it says "hunting areas" or anything of the sort


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Read the map close. "I didn't think I'd have to spell it out for ya"

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Good u finally see it.

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The Sabine DU project, at least the one I know of, is not within the huntable area on the refuge. The map is misleading in that regard, and I believe is not suggesting that all DU projects on public land are huntable, merely that they were completed on public lands that are at least in some form or fashion open to hunting.

Thanks for clarifying that Smalls.

Well, unless Larry is lying, we had 2 million more birds in November 2014 than we had in Nov 2004. I don't know how good Larry's eye sight is, but I would assume good enough to not overestimate by 2 million.

So, yeah, there's that....

The terraces over around Green's Lake are the DU project. For some reason everyone got big on terraces, and very few of them ever amounted to much. I'm not as familiar with those as I am with some of the other DU terrace projects, but the ones I am familiar with were mildly successful. The area between the terraces did seem to become some what more shallow and less turbid, but no real development of SAVs to speak of. A few areas developed on some, but other than that, nothing. Its been a few years since I've been around some though. Mottled ducks seemed to like them though. Jumped a few off of terraces nesting in the marsh hay that had been planted.

Oh I'm aware. I just think some aren't.

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Ive seen and killed more birds in the last two years than any other I have hunted. I'm not that old but I started when I was 7 so I hope that counts for something. But the last two winters were probably the coldest I remember as well. As good as the hunting was, the amount of birds in VBay, Marsh Island, Rockefeller, mind blowing. One morning I drove from the 4 mile to the point and didn't go 30 seconds without scaring up another flock. My brother flys over Marsh Island every day and he said every lake was black with birds. The sanctuaries were packed to the gills. I have to think that hunting pressure plays a bigger role in the mix than everyone would like to admit. High dollar leases are high dollar because they usually don't have 3 other blinds in gun range. Just because there aren't birds where you are hunting doesn't mean there aren't birds down here.

Louisiana has been third in rice production behind Arkansas and California, during my lifetime anyway. Over the years Arkansas has substantially increased its amount of acreage while Louisiana's decreased but that has nothing to do with DU. They could spend their entire budget creating and preserving wetlands in Louisiana but the ducks are never going to see it if they are fat and happy in Arkansas, especially during a mild winter. The last two winters where pretty chilly and I'd classify my last two hunting seasons a excellent to exceptional.

The problem isn't DU. The problem is there are too many hogs for the trough. Organizations like the CCA and DU survive because their members donate. More members means more money. Their survival is dependent upon getting more people to hunt and fish. There all ready too many as it is, thats why I don't have any desire to support either. I realize my point of view is completely selfish but I am not into community hunting and fishing. I am content to be an a$$hole.

Y'all make my head hurt.

This pretty much covers it all.....Top Dawg and Aubrey, yall can PM each other if you want to keep on going. LOL

Not testing your knowledge or questioning anything, I'm just curious if you have a link to those coastal marsh projects or maybe where they are working at specifically

Do you know where the DU project at Sabine is? Or what it is specifically

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That's for the spoonies.


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According to the DU website, yes I know where it's at.

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I tried to find it, help me out here .

It's west of burton ditch. The terraces

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I had some work sheets at one point. I'll working on getting a link tomorrow.


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Thanks


And thanks

30 and 3 or bust.

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I didn't read non of this but figured you guys needed an update

I'm stumped? I even googled it. I went to school in Kaplan, you're gonna have to help me out.

30 day season. 3 duck limit.


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Ah ha. I think I'd rather go bass fishing.


Here's a question for those of you who keep up with all this $hit. Why is the limit on Specklebelly's only 2? Seems like there are a hell of a lot of them for it to be so low. I know they are really only in this fly way does that have something to do with it?

Perfectly fine with me. Keeps the pressure lower. In regards to the speck limits

I disagree. Specks are going to want plowed ground or very little water 7 out of 10 times. I don't see all the duck hunters dropping their water for an extra goose or two. 3 specks would be nice. I pretty much set up just for geese, when its just me and a partner sometimes we are done 10 min after we started.

Dont quote me on this but I believe there was some discussion prior to this season on bringing it up to 3, but it didnt pass.

Sometimes you eat the bar, sometimes the bar eats you.

True or False:

Louisiana harvests more ducks annually than all of Canada?

Go...

Because our greedy, crooked commission would rather go against the ppl of our state. Arkansas and Missouri will both have 3 speck limits this year. And actually California winters tons of specks and their seasons and limits are VERY liberal. On ducks also.

California

Louisiana, looks like we smoke down about 1,000,000 more birds than the Canadians.
2012-2013 Season
Louisiana about 2.3million
Canada about 1 million

But I don't have much faith in the Canada vs La numbers or any harvest data for that matter.

If I read the harvest data correctly:
1-Louisiana
2-California
3-Arkansas
4-Texas

Source:
https://www.fws.gov/migratorybirds/p...and2013-14.pdf