Teal Sightings

[all star rod]

Marsh89 if you are near 699, 700 or Dennis rd you are north of kaplan...correct?

[specktator]

Originally Posted by all star rod

Marsh89 if you are near 699, 700 or Dennis rd you are north of kaplan...correct?

Yes

[all star rod]

Originally Posted by specktator

Yes

That is around the house / refuge where all those geese hang out..

[MarshRat89]

Originally Posted by all star rod

That is around the house / refuge where all those geese hang out..

Exactly, where those geese hang out are about a 1/2 mile to the north of us. It's my understanding that property is no longer a refuge though.

[all star rod]

Originally Posted by MarshRat89

Exactly, where those geese hang out are about a 1/2 mile to the north of us. It's my understanding that property is no longer a refuge though.

I think that is correct but I never see anyone hunting it.

[MarshRat89]

Originally Posted by all star rod

I think that is correct but I never see anyone hunting it.

They still stay thick in there for sure. My dad just picked up some property adjacent to there. I think we should well there.

[bgizzle]

Originally Posted by all star rod

I think that is correct but I never see anyone hunting it.

I used to hunt the blind on 699 past Leroy. Used to smack teal. My grandpaw used to hunt adjacent to the old refuge. They called it the airstrip. Seth abshire used to farm it. My grandparents used to own Cajun seafood on verot and he would supply them with crawfish and let my gpaw hunt there in the back. Used to do very well as a kid on big ducks. Now, well a few yrs ago when I hunted it before Seth lost it. We killed teal but no big ducks to speak of. Geese were really good in second split. Had to put 200 decoys out everyday though and hunt levy

[Oops!]

Originally Posted by MarshRat89

Exactly, where those geese hang out are about a 1/2 mile to the north of us. It's my understanding that property is no longer a refuge though.

A guy I worked with owns that refuge. That little house is his grandmothers house. She passed away a few years ago. They are putting it back into a refuge. It works on 7 year cycles. Should be back this year or next.

[MarshRat89]

Originally Posted by Oops!

A guy I worked with owns that refuge. That little house is his grandmothers house. She passed away a few years ago. They are putting it back into a refuge. It works on 7 year cycles. Should be back this year or next.

I can't decide whether that is a good thing or not. It's sometimes hard to pull birds off once they started piling up in that field. They can see that big flock for miles.

[duck enticer]

Originally Posted by Oops!

A guy I worked with owns that refuge. That little house is his grandmothers house. She passed away a few years ago. They are putting it back into a refuge. It works on 7 year cycles. Should be back this year or next.

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I think those refuges are a great thing. At the minimum they keep birds in the area. If we didn't have the refuge the birds would be shot out of the area and the hunting would be even more sporadic than it is.

The guy that set up the Vincent refuge is working on setting some more up and I can't see that as a bad thing as much pressure as their is.