Why the ducks didn't reach Louisiana.

[AubreyLaHaye458]

Can't say I have, considering I've been into the gulf a total of 1 time in my life


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[MarshRat89]

Originally Posted by AubreyLaHaye458

Can't say I have, considering I've been into the gulf a total of 1 time in my life


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Lol They Do the same thing on bays and big lakes.

[AubreyLaHaye458]

Originally Posted by MarshRat89

Lol They Do the same thing on bays and big lakes.

Well I've seen em in Toledo Bend. But that's about it. Hasn't spent all that much time in the saltwater.


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[Clampy]

I've seen thousands on big lake and in cocodrie just rafted up. Insane how many birds they had just chillin.


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[Dogface]

Originally Posted by Clampy

I've seen thousands on big lake and in cocodrie just rafted up. Insane how many birds they had just chillin.


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Yep, and on calm days thousands raft up in the gulf. I think that's one reason most have better hunting on big south wind days.

[bgizzle]

Originally Posted by Dogface

Yep, and on calm days thousands raft up in the gulf. I think that's one reason most have better hunting on big south wind days.

That's the exact reason we do. I think when the newer birds get shot up the go to the coast. Then south wind pushes them back . We shoot em they leave and coma back next southwind


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[mallarddecoyryt]

Guys you do realize that between all the refuges in SW Louisiana and White lake that doesn't get hunted there is enough land to hold all the birds. Sabine is 124,000 acres you can only hunt on 24,000, Camron Prairie 25,000 only lottery on 3 days a week, Lacassine 30,000 only hunt on 10,000, Rockafella 130,000 you can't hunt. White Lake has at least 20,000 that doesn't get hunted. So that's a lot of land to hold birds. Just that there is so much pressure they we find safe heaven.

[Dogface]

Originally Posted by mallarddecoyryt

Guys you do realize that between all the refuges in SW Louisiana and White lake that doesn't get hunted there is enough land to hold all the birds. Sabine is 124,000 acres you can only hunt on 24,000, Camron Prairie 25,000 only lottery on 3 days a week, Lacassine 30,000 only hunt on 10,000, Rockafella 130,000 you can't hunt. White Lake has at least 20,000 that doesn't get hunted. So that's a lot of land to hold birds. Just that there is so much pressure they we find safe heaven.

Totally agree but a lot raft up off shore and in big bays and lakes also.

[mallarddecoyryt]

I agree they will find a safe place is all I'm saying!!!!!!!

[Dogface]

Originally Posted by mallarddecoyryt

I agree they will find a safe place is all I'm saying!!!!!!!

Yea, we are saying the same thing. Some will still say "they just showed up in Louisiana" but I think they been surviving the hunting season and now are moving off of their safe havens.

[simplepeddler]

I have seen mallards rafted up in Main Pass!

[huntin fool]

Ran the marsh all this weekend. Looks like Argentina right now... But they never reached LA...

[southLA]

We've got thousands of pintail and a couple hundred mallards. Pintail showed up a week before season ended. Mallards showed up Monday

[bjhooper82]

Took a little trip to gueydan today and the specks, mallards and pintail were every frickin where right off the road!!

[Dogface]

Originally Posted by bjhooper82

Took a little trip to gueydan today and the specks, mallards and pintail were every frickin where right off the road!!

No pressure= lots of ducks

[MarshRat89]

Originally Posted by Dogface

No pressure= lots of ducks

So I have a question. Why was it the last two weeks of the season everyone was smashing ducks? Was there just so many ducks down then that there was not enough room on the refuges, bays, lakes, and gulf? I too have seen how ducks raft to get away from the pressure so I agree with you there. But I don't think all the birds we are seeing now have been here all along just hiding out.


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[AubreyLaHaye458]

Originally Posted by MarshRat89

So I have a question. Why was it the last two weeks of the season everyone was smashing ducks? Was there just so many ducks down then that there was not enough room on the refuges, bays, lakes, and gulf? I too have seen how ducks raft to get away from the pressure so I agree with you there. But I don't think all the birds we are seeing now have been here all along just hiding out.


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This.


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[bgizzle]

Originally Posted by MarshRat89

So I have a question. Why was it the last two weeks of the season everyone was smashing ducks? Was there just so many ducks down then that there was not enough room on the refuges, bays, lakes, and gulf? I too have seen how ducks raft to get away from the pressure so I agree with you there. But I don't think all the birds we are seeing now have been here all along just hiding out.


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I concur


"Go ahead, share your opinion! I won't cry"

[Dogface]

Originally Posted by MarshRat89

So I have a question. Why was it the last two weeks of the season everyone was smashing ducks? Was there just so many ducks down then that there was not enough room on the refuges, bays, lakes, and gulf? I too have seen how ducks raft to get away from the pressure so I agree with you there. But I don't think all the birds we are seeing now have been here all along just hiding out.


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Well, not everyone was smashing ducks the last 2 weeks. Some guys said they had the worst hunting of the year the last week of the season, some had the best hunting of the year. And I'm not saying a lot of ducks didn't come down late with the very cold weather we have had but I am saying that during a normal season the ducks will find ways to survive and then "show up" after the season due to the lack of pressure. This is the coldest weather we have had in 10+ years so its not a typical year. I don't think the Feds will ever let our season go into Feb and I would like to see it run later in the coastal zone. I would like to see it open the weekend before thanksgiving and run till the end of Jan. Also, I think having 3 zones in a state this size is rediculous. Just my opinion.

[Jrchip1]

This year was better than most for me / Pecan Island.