First Split
 

There are almost no reports these days on websites or Facebook due to fear that someone will take your spot which I absolutely get.

So in general I will say in my experience the leases I hunt do not have the birds we normally have for this time of year. We are still shooting some and the hunts haven't been horrible but the amount of birds is WAY down from the last few years.

I am hoping the cold weather expected during the split will bring our birds on down, it was close to 70 degrees in parts of Kansas yesterday.

What are you guys seeing, thoughts? All of my leases are west of highway 27 in the marsh.

In GC teal is the only duck working. If ya wanted to hold out for big ducks you would come back empty.....Kinda scary...no greys, a few smart pintail, no widgeon, mallards are a thing of the past down there....

In pecan Island when we do shoot teal are mostly it. Had a decent hunt FRI (10 mostly teal) and 8 SAT (all teal) 2 hunters both days. Not seeing many big ducks. My lease SW of Kaplan is the worse it has been in like 10 years. Nothing flying at all.

In the Marksville area we killed limits opening day, but haven't come close to scratching a limit since. Killed 6 with 4 hunters on Friday and couldn't make ourselves go the rest of this past weekend.

No one even went to my place in PI this weekend. That's how bad it's been. 5-7 ducks a hunt lately. Just not worth the ride from Lafayette.

I hunted my blind south of White Lake Monday morning. We shot 1 bw teal. I have never seen it worse.


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Thank God we aren't the only ones. Worst season first split I have ever seen. I thought last yr was bad.
It just keeps getting worse as the years go. Where are the ducks??


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Slow hunting for me..... Opening weekend was great then it came to a stop.

Few birds a hunt. Very few teal. If I had 3 or 4 teal to mix in with my 3 or 4 big ducks, I would be happy.

One of my blinds didn?t fire a shot Friday.

We had two good hunts to close the split back here in TX. But odd thing is haven't seen any teal! Also not a single grey, and those normally combine for 75% of our kills.

Lots of cans. Some pins, and buffle and mergansers.https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...8c08671a12.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...2e4f85feca.jpg

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My buddy in TX said this is worst duck season they've had in quite some time. Lots of pintails but they can only shoot one per man. Fortunately, they're covered up in geese so that's all they've been hunting.

Worst first split we've ever had since I started keeping count. Teal season was also the lowest count in 12 years hunting same lease.

Roll Tide :spineyes::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

Geaux Tiggers....

We comin
We comin
And we ain't backing down

7 in a row

:rotfl::rotfl:

Last year was by far worst year I've had since moving to TX 15 years ago.

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Fired 1 shot opening morning then had to get pulled out of the marsh after breaking down. Hadn't been back since. As of today, my boat is still in the shop. The crappy reports kind of make me feel better. I agree with specktator, though. It's not worth the drive from Lafayette for what little birds they do have.

Hunting east side of pecan island. Worst season ever! We not only aren’t killing many we aren’t even seeing them. Killing about 1/4 the number we usually kill.

Hunting south of Welsh, year 3. We've killed a total of 5 ducks, way down from last season.

Your lease is usually lights out from the reports I have always seen you post. That isn't a good sign.

It used to be really good but has been going down hill over the last 3-4 seasons ... have had seasons where 750-800 birds killed but the last few havent come close to that and I'm not sure what it is

When Big C ain't posting up mallards and teal beat downs, we can all be assured that our season is gonna be rather slow. Our marsh is freshwater and primarily a big duck haven. Nope-not this year. Few good hunts like others and I just ain't motivated. Looks like the split will have great weather----for what? When the birds come down, they won't stay, which will in turn lead to a spotty second split opener. Maybe limits. Then if the weather warms up again, we all gonna be looking at the same empty skies this season.

When its 45* degrees in St. Paul with no frozen lakes I'm surprised we have any ducks! Global warming anyone?

Glass half empty? Lol

If any of you guys in southwest louisana give up the lease after this year. Let me know Please.
Can pm me on here.
One man's trash is another man's treasure.

Big-C aint posting because he has only hunted the first two days and have not been back since.Did well opening weekend and have been smashing the specklebellies,just haven't posted those hunts because its not my blind,

Man you never have bad days. You are either catching or killing limits daily.

Hunted today my blind SW kaplan by my self. Trying to get my new lab pup up to speed by hunting her as much as possible. 2 teal, 1 woodie, 1 scaup and 2 ring necks. Trophy hunt with the way things have been...lol

Was wondering how y'all were doing. Our greenwings just started to show up a little the last 2-3 days.

Man, it hasn?t been that good. We are killing a bunch of ringnecks this year to offset the other ducks we normally kill. Specks are sparse, but the ones that are there just come to die. Guess it can?t be banner every year, but damn, it?s nice when it is! We have been seeing a fair amount of green wings. I️ wouldn?t say any record numbers, but the teal are helping us out, too.

Yup, beginning to look that way!

only made 2 marsh trips, 1st trip (opening day)- 2 grays & 2 teal, 2nd trip- 2 teal, 2 blackjacks, 2 grays). rice fields haven't been any better for ducks but have been dropping spec limits regularly so it's not a total bust.

Well, I’m kinda glad the 1st split is over. Although we had some good hunts it was below average to say the least. Even when we killed limits we were seeing very few birds and if it wasn’t for teal we would have been in trouble. Let’s hope the 2nd split is better.

Killed 2 man limit in Pecan Island Sat. all BWT could had 4 man if had more guns..... and slept in Sun. morning bc fog was so bad ...i think full moon pushed a bucha teal on our place bc there was a ton for the first hour of shooting time Sat morning. Hopefully 2nd split is better.

Shot 4 GWT Saturday am. Had a bunch in the decoys but people across the lake shot a tad before LST and they took off. Not bad for a new spot, first GWT I've shot in two years I think. Skunked in the fog Sunday! To warm. https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...7f47a63cad.jpg

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Shot a few geese and 2 teal on Sunday morning. Left at 930 to head to the saints game. Not many ducks flying S of Kaplan

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Shot 9 Sunday after the fog lifted four were scaup, two guns. Hoping for a better second split.

Our Sunday
 

Our Sunday after the fog lifted.Three guns.

Big C and Lil c wackin and stackin!! Nice job again sir

I find there are a lot of Scaup / black jacks this year. I normally do not shoot that trash but as slow as it has been I will shoot them.

Trash? Whatever. Guess you pass on spoonbill too? This ain?t Arkansas.

Yes trash, yes pass on spoonbill too

I'll take a spoonbill. But scaup are gross. Killed some Saturday and they smelled like they just came from spicers lol.

Had some scaup for dinner tonight, not bad.

You put them in a Seafood gumbo?? :rotfl:

Over rice and gravy son.

just curious. Was that what you ordered for your birthday supper??

Happy Birthday!!

Robbie aka Big Hutch

I cook them scaup in a gravy too. Never had anyone tell me that it tasted like scaup.

lol actually it was. My wife made a funny face but she cooked it for me. Good stuff....

Man, you put enough cream cheese and bacon on it and i'll eat just about anything.

He bout dat global warming now? Can I knee jerk too and call it global freezing?

It's a well known fact that when you cook for people they will not tell you the truth. Dey gonna tell you dat your nasty scaup is good even though it's gross. I'm probably the only Ahhss whole in the whole world dat will tell your gross scaup is gross.