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Duck Hunt Questions
Lived in LA for the last 3 years (my wife of 20 years said she been in Tennessee long enough, she is from BR). Fished PBF for years and had Duck Leases in Brinkley and McDougal Arkansas for 12 years. Hunted 55 days every year. Lost my dog and gave it up for the last 6 years. Ready to pull my trigger again. I totally understand the difference here versus farther North as it relates to the types of ducks I should expect to see and hunt. My questions: Typically when do you start seeing the big ducks (Mallards) in SE LA (Ramah area)? Also having hunted Hackberry in 2001, is that still an area that holds bigger ducks late in the year?
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Thanks for the feedback Meaux!
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I've killed many of mallards in the Ramah area over the years, especially when I was at LSU. You won't see a good bit of big ducks in that area till it get's really cold. The last really good year was when it froze over around 1998-99.
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Agreed!! Mallards (in large numbers) don't come this far south like they once did. They stay just below the freeze line. I know some of you guys will disagree but that's because you aren't old enough to have seen the number of mallards that we once had every year in south louisiana.
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Awesome Josh, hope it gets cold sooner than later this year!
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I know a few people that hunt in the vicinity and they really don't start shooting a lot of mallards until around Christmas.
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We are seeing mallards in the central part of the state around the VB marsh already its typically second split before they start showing up. Lots of greys right now though.
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We are killing 1-2 mallards/hunt in PI right now. Hopefully they start showing up in bigger numbers. Haven't killed one grey yet. Weird.
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Duck Butter, let me know how your trip goes. I will be honest, I hunted my farm in Brinkley Arkansas for 7 years starting 1995 and I was convinced by 2000 I had to go further north so I got a farm in McDougal Arkansas (when I walked across the road I was in Missouri) right on the state line just out of Corning and it was on. However I still believe they make it down here and now that I have the bug again, i'm committed to LA. If we have a so called winter this year, I think they will be here!
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My trip will go like this - I will likely only get to hunt 3 or so mornings before the wife gives me 'the look' and then we will have to drive all over the country to go and visit her 5000 relatives instead of them coming to see us |
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ImageUploadedByTapatalk1384982225.514905.jpgmallards yesterday
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That is a mixed bag man with that catfish What is the story? |
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It's tied to his feeding decoys, gives the spread some movement
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Mallards usually don't get thick in the basin until around the 1st of January.
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I that thing we run jug lines in the main canal on the way out of the marsh.
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