Quitting time
 

My buddy likes to stop hunting at his place at 8AM to let them rest.
Does anyone else subscribe to this theory?
It's his place so I abide by his wishes limit or no limit but I think that he is being over cautious. There are lots of gray ducks and pintails that fly by his blind from 9-11 AM. I would have no problem quitting by 11 or even 10 but 8 seems too early to me.

What is he hunting marsh or ag fields?


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Sorry but that is stupid. Your hunting migratory bird. They're not going to be here long, shoot them while you can.

you can ask micha and salteredneck on here that 2 years ago i was hunting til noon, cause them bastards flew like crazy from 11:30 to about 12 and get my limit almost every time.

Time
 

In the opinion of an old hunter of rice fields, myself, I think you're safe with noon. The ducks on a normal day come in at night to eat. The WORST time to hunt is late afternoon if you don't want to screw up your place. Let the other places hunt; they'll push em to you. Happened to me many times. ;)

I have no problem waiting til 10 on a slow day...by then I'm too hungry...them birds will fly midday

Yeah 10 or 11 no problem. I've hunted till noon before

Not unusual for me to get out the duck blind at 9 or 10 then hunt geese on another field till 1. I find the geese work bettere then anyway.

I find the birds in the marshes we hunt work far better late in the morning about 9-noon. Especially on a sunny day.

Less pressure they sort of settle down. Same thing with the geese once all the duck hunters get out and they stop getting sky busted they respond alot better


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If it is just one blind in the area it wouldn't hurt but not everyday. We hunt 6 blinds in our marsh every day so we stop hunting at 9:30. Too much pressure you wont hold any birds so they wont come to rest there. We hold a lot of birds so more keep coming. You can go back out after lunch to fix up the blind and ducks will be every where.