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huntin fool · #1 12-23-2009, 01:40 PM

Was just on another forum..saw some people complaining about how the ducks aren't migrating like the used too..

I think, that yes, there a few that don't migrate down, but I think this year is just off because of all the water.

What do yall think?

eman · #2 12-23-2009, 01:46 PM

Years ago the ducks had to migrate down here because all the water up north was frozen. Now that folks have learned to recirculate the water in the ponds they don't freeze up. that and more planting is being done to keep the ducks up north.
In other words . Shortstopping

LaAngler · #3 12-23-2009, 02:02 PM

when i first started duck hunting I remember needing to bring 2 boxes of shells and emptying my gun as fast as i could load it. picking out greenheads and sprigs

Wag · #4 12-23-2009, 02:17 PM

My opinion is that yes.....the migration have changed and are changing....I been hunting for over 45 years and have seen a lot of changes....I remember when the limit of ducks where 2 because the populations where way down......and there were more mallards wintering in Louisiana then than there is now....the mallard migration is starting to remind me of the canadian geese migration to Louisiana...in time mallard's migrating to Louisiana will be few and far between...lot to do with north farmers realizing there is money in duck hunting, keeping water from freezing, and the CRP and WRP programs which has established new areas for ducks.

all star rod · #5 12-23-2009, 02:23 PM

Seems in LA you have the haves and have nots......I know a few folks that hunt in the marsh in Pecan Island that are killing limits just about every hunt (3-4 days per week). I hunt a rice field blind in Kaplan. Seems after the first week of the season (once the teal thin out) we only kill on a day that a front is moving thru like tomorrow (THURS) morning. I talk with several others that hunt in rice fields in SW LA and and the marsh. Seems these days in SW LA to kill ducks day in and day out you have to hunt in the Marsh! Just my 2 cents!

huntin fool · #6 12-23-2009, 02:26 PM

I had an old feller down my road tell me....

Drought years=hunt river
Flood years= hunt feilds and marsh.

Looks like this year that fact is proving..no ducks on river..

SULPHITE · #7 12-23-2009, 02:27 PM

saw 3 birds in cameron this morning...3 birds...

Shawn Braquet · #8 12-23-2009, 02:35 PM

I know my marsh in vinton has never been this bad. My uncles are going and not even getting a duck to decoy. Even during first split this was happening. They are not even jumping birds while running the marsh after the hunts.

huntin fool · #9 12-23-2009, 02:42 PM

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Originally Posted by Shawn Braquet

I know my marsh in vinton has never been this bad. My uncles are going and not even getting a duck to decoy. Even during first split this was happening. They are not even jumping birds while running the marsh after the hunts.

thats alright..we gunna get em tomorrow!

i hope..

yak'em-n-stack'em · #10 12-23-2009, 02:47 PM

There are no ducks in little chenier. No ducks in marksville. No ducks on the calcasieu in kinder. No ducks in cocodrie. No ducks in the ricefields from welsh to mamou. There are no ducks this year. It's very discouraging.

yellalilyslicker · #11 12-23-2009, 02:51 PM

Grew up hunting rice fields and never had trouble killing ducks and geese until the last few years, like ASR said it has to be a good day for ducks to kill limits now. In the 70's and 80's we were having to run the ducks and geese off everyday just to get the rice crop planted. Anybody else remember those days that a waterleveled rice field would be covered from one end to the other AFTER THE SEASON CLOSED?

yak'em-n-stack'em · #12 12-23-2009, 02:54 PM

I remember those days from the mid 90s. I used to go and before I had a shotgun I would shoot them with a Benjamin pellet rifle

all star rod · #13 12-23-2009, 03:36 PM

Hunted in Kaplan this morning and we got one snow goose and lost a teal. Tomorrow should be good! Cannot believe there are no ducks in Grand Cheiner since ya'll are not too far from Pecan Island.
My father in law is spoiled......If they have to shoot teal in Pecan Island at his buddies lease he is

They usually shoot their 2 mottle ducks and 10 greys! Must be nice! However, this is weird, he has almost 2 sections with 4 blinds on it and really only 1 blind is killing and another one is average. The other 2 are not that good....well 2-4 birds per 2 hunters total.

huntin fool · #14 12-23-2009, 03:50 PM

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Originally Posted by all star rod

Hunted in Kaplan this morning and we got one snow goose and lost a teal. Tomorrow should be good! Cannot believe there are no ducks in Grand Cheiner since ya'll are not too far from Pecan Island.
My father in law is spoiled......If they have to shoot teal in Pecan Island at his buddies lease he is

They usually shoot their 2 mottle ducks and 10 greys! Must be nice! However, this is weird, he has almost 2 sections with 4 blinds on it and really only 1 blind is killing and another one is average. The other 2 are not that good....well 2-4 birds per 2 hunters total.

Tomorrow if its not on...I know a few spots to go crawl some geese off the hyway...Anybody wanna join?? I can't promise we walk away...but i can promise some geese..

SULPHITE · #15 12-23-2009, 04:55 PM

i don't know...it was quite depressing this morning...

Shawn Braquet · #16 12-23-2009, 04:58 PM

i don't know about the high temp for tommorrow being at 6 am that can't be good

huntin fool · #17 12-23-2009, 05:06 PM

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Originally Posted by Shawn Braquet

i don't know about the high temp for tommorrow being at 6 am that can't be good

It suppsoed to be dropping all day?

Deadly D · #18 12-23-2009, 05:17 PM

We are still doing pretty good down in our marsh. Last 2 days been seeing alot of mallards and pintail coming down. I think alot of our problem is the north states use to not hunt ducks very much and seen how much revenew that it brought in and went all out and got land flooded for miles up there and is holding a big % of our birds. All the sugar cane around here has screwed alot of our habitat up to no end. There is nothing around here thats eats cane. Yak my buddies down the road from you are having some pretty good days on teal and greys.