AThe lease I got in on in PI (North side about a few miles West of rollover) is basically over grown. We have like 500 acres with only 1 pond which has zero feed in it and a small pot hole that holds teal at times that are hunt able. The other 2 - 3 blinds have Sylvania or is covered up in saw grass. I should of did more research on my end before I got in but you live and learn. They will need to drain it or burn it. I do hear more shooting to the East of us but not really a lot. My last few reports have been hunts at my rice field spot SW of Kaplan. Yesterday 2 of us shot 5 in SW Kaplan.

Miller/Green property?


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Miller...

Been a tough few days west of 27 for most

We are about to have some intense cold that stays for a long time we shall see what happens.

Yep, if they don’t show up this week with the cold weather and ice and snow to the north of us then us duck hunters are in serious trouble.

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I bet I didn?t see 30 ducks on my lease Fri morning. Shot 4. Sucks to say, but I think this is my last year paying for a duck lease.

Same as Rene, I lease some property right around him and it isn?t properly maintained for the price we pay. I had to pay a marsh cutting service to come clear holes for me to actually have somewhere to hunt.


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Hunted SW Kaplan this morning and shot 1. I bet i did not see 50 ducks and that is even the high flying ones. Did not hear much shooting in the area.

The PI lease shot 5 this morning.

Bad reports again today even with the front coming in. I'm ready for a cold one in the am

Hopefully this isn’t the new norm for duck hunting in our area. The past few years we could blame high water in the marsh and warm temps all season long. Not so this year. We have no excuses. I know things go in cycles but I’m starting to think that they don’t come here anymore. Gray ducks were our bread and butter for years and I don’t think we have killed 20 Grays this year. Hope I’m wrong about this!! East side of Pecan Is.

We are hunting between PI and White Lake. Our season has been bad. I hear some shooting east of us. The last 2 hunts have resulted in 1 bird each hunt. This is the same lease where limit days were expected. We are fighting salvania and I am thinking that may be the problem. I am told that freezing weather kills it. Does anyone know if this is true?

We had 4 scaup yesterday W of 27. Like above didn't see 20 ducks other than scaup. Talked to the next blind and they also had 4 scaup/ringnecks. Pond has plenty of feed just no big ducks. We didn't see a teal and haven't in the last several hunts.

We blamed salvinia the past few years also, this year no salvinia and still no ducks. Not sure about the freeze killing it.

You?re not the only one, very discouraging . And also frustrating,




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I?ve been thinking the same, water levels good, weather is better than the past 2 seasons. But no ducks, just leaves me scratching my head


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I don?t think it?s weather, water levels or salvania. It?s the fact that all along the flyway duck hunting is becoming much more popular and they are developing more habitat favorable for ducks so they have a place to hunt them too. And the hunting pressure down here is flat out insane. I think duck hunting and goose hunting in south LA is not going to get any better at all. I think it?s just going to get worse every year. May have some years better than others to keep the hope alive, but gonna be an overall downward trend. Especially if every single water hole is being leased up and they have zero refuge

Totally agree with all of the above, especially the pressure in south La. it’s insane.

Entire pond was frozen today we did our best to break it up but did not fire a shot in johnson bayou.

The refuges we do have are loaded. Like you said, too much pressure along entire flyway. They're here, you just don't see em. They're not leaving to feed until sunset, and they're back in White Lake and Lacassine before shooting time. Can't have a blind on every 100 acres down here and expect to kill. Arkansas is just as bad, and Missouri will be the same way soon.

Not to mention if they fly 100 yards over most blinds and potholes they will have 12-15 shots rang out at em.

Folks is desperate for facebook pics. Dey NEED dead ducks to take pics of beyond all costs. Workin ducks into the decoys?? Ain't nobody got time for dat!!

Lot of truth to what you say.

Hearing good marsh reports last 2 days outta PI gettum while you can

Heard limits going back down to 3. A lot of those $5000-$10000 duck blinds will be empty if that happens.


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Went this AM. Didn't fire a shot. I know one $10,000 spot that will be available next year.

Damn man. I was pumped up to get out to my lease this weekend after that cold spell. Looks like it'll be a waste of time.

Been last 2 days. Killed 0 today and only a few yesterday.


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Been hearing those same rumblings...along with a 45 day season. Kinda seems inevitable with all these poor reports throughout the state...even after a 5 day artic front. Take the money we spend down here and book a 3 day hunt in Missouri.

Water was even lower today. Only the back 4 feet of your boat was in the water. 25 feet before you hit the boat ditch out of the lake, was mud no water.


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Amen bring it on

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Hunted our lease on the east side of pecan is. 4 teal, saw very few.

You need to be heading up to Oklahoma now!!

I hunted my blind at Pecan Island this morning. I missed one BW teal. Has not been hunted in a week. I picked up my decoys and boat and will not return this season unless a major change occurs. That makes 2 teal in 3 hunts. After a week of hard freezes, no birds. I am at a complete and total loss as to why.

Why would limits go back down to 3?? The yearly overall count has been over the long term AVG for years.

Not here! I've hunted when we had that 3 duck limit. Saw far more birds back then as compared to today. We just don't have the ducks down here anymore. Somehow we need to re-establish historical migration patterns in order to have more ducks. We have less ducks, specks and snows in our marshes and rice fields than ever before.
I just hope its not too late for LA to regain what was once ours.

7 teal in PI this morning. There were not a lot of ducks flying.

Thurs afternoon SW Kaplan 2 SPECS, 4 teal and 2 hollywoods..

I?m so fed up with duck hunting right now, I?m scared to go. If I went up there and didn?t smash them I would probably sell all my stuff and give it up!


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The 3 Duck limit wouldn’t matter. Can’t get 1 a person much less 3. Total bs they gonna leave it 6. Numbers good they just not in La.

Hunted this morning until 10:30 shot two ducks. Almost no birds left on my lease in johnson bayou

If you believe the state duck count then they ARE in Louisiana. If they are here then the hunting pressure has them rafted up in the reserves/preserves and big bodies of water where they feel safe. Years ago Phil Robertson said something to the effect that if we don?t allow lottery or youth hunts on reserves/preserves 3 days per week we will ruin our hunting. Looks like he was right. I think 75% of our problem is hunting pressure.

Phil has a thousand acres flooded. I wonder if he practices what he preaches and only hunts 3 days a wee

I can’t answer that question but 1,000 acres is a drop in the bucket compared to what the state has that cannot be hunted. And Phil was saying to hunt the areas that have no hunting now to move the birds around. I think you misunderstood. He was advocating hunting in what are now no hunting areas.

Agree dogface

My bad..... yes, I agree.

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I made an afternoon trip today and only saw a 15 - 20 ducks total. I think I’m done for the season. It’s not worth my time and gas to go look at an empty sky.

Didn't fire a shot this morning in johnson bayou

I had a pretty good hunt SW Kaplan...12 ducks and 3 geese.

My PI lease - 2 ducks this morning.

Heck Yea. Might as well run em out the state completely. If anyone can hold blame of the state of the duck hunting here in LA its Phil and his duck dynasty crew.

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If you think Duck TV, all of it in general, has hurt Louisiana hunting you are dreaming. DU has had way more impact on the northern states getting into the duck hunting business. I do not hold any one thing responsible for what we have had to our hunting in Louisiana. But I darn well can blame that hunting ducks in general has lead to its own demise in Louisiana. This is a great sport to build friendships and family together. It was just a matter of time before others got into it. I can say that hunting pressure is number one, no till farming, and legalized baiting is whats hurting the most. It will never return to how it use to be in Louisiana, this is one part of life that will never repeat itself in my opinion.