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re: Do ducks really come down when a cold front passes?
Posted on 1/10/24 at 11:22 am to TigerDeacon
Posted on 1/10/24 at 11:22 am to TigerDeacon
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That was the greatest for 12 year old me. Ice on my parent's pond got thick enough to walk on.
Who down voted this?
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Posted on 1/10/24 at 11:26 am to TigerDeacon
Cereal down voter this morning
Posted on 1/10/24 at 11:45 am to Spankum
Recently Cohen wildlife lab has put GPS Backpacks on Mallards and they can track their travel by the hour. Last year during the "Polar Vortex" at Xmas they put great attention into tracking those birds. They were surprised to find that the vast majority, nearly all of those birds stayed local and just made more of an effort to find open water in the area before resorting south. Often times the reason for shooting more birds initially on a freeze out is that the normal dabbling areas where birds are "hiding" get frozen out, then those birds have to venture out to new areas to find feed and open water. New areas=dumb ducks, the ducks don't know where all the blinds are, where the stale decoys are, and have less options for available water and feed(CALORIES!), making them more committal and risky. With those factors they seem to get into places that they don't normally frequent, even if its just 4-5 miles away from their usual "hiding/rest" spot.
I've hunted the continental freeze line and traveled with the birds up and down the continent. You would be surprised at how minimally short term weather changes truly impact their "push" them south.
I've hunted the continental freeze line and traveled with the birds up and down the continent. You would be surprised at how minimally short term weather changes truly impact their "push" them south.
This post was edited on 1/10/24 at 11:47 am
Posted on 1/10/24 at 12:18 pm to TigerDeacon
quote:Keep your shirt on, gramps.
TigerDeacon
Posted on 1/10/24 at 2:27 pm to aTmTexas Dillo
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Are there ducks in the rice fields anymore?
We hunted the marsh below lake charles a few days ago and there were ducks in the marsh. However, we drove through rice fields on the way to the marsh and there was not a duck in sight. Saw a lot of sandhill cranes in pastures, too.
Posted on 1/10/24 at 2:53 pm to Spankum
Where I'm at in nea is supposed to get 3-11 inches of snow depending on which forecast you check.
From Saturday afternoon until the next Sunday we will be above freezing for a few hours one day. 3 days of single digit lows will freeze all but the best moving water.
From Saturday afternoon until the next Sunday we will be above freezing for a few hours one day. 3 days of single digit lows will freeze all but the best moving water.
Posted on 1/10/24 at 2:58 pm to Spankum
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sandhill cranes in pastures, too.
going to need a season in a few years if they keep showing up like this and increasing numbers
Posted on 1/10/24 at 2:59 pm to aTmTexas Dillo
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Are there ducks in the rice fields anymore?
Why wouldn't there be?
Posted on 1/10/24 at 3:48 pm to smoked hog
Smoked Hog; I will be hunting in this area from Thursday to Monday am. I need to get back to middle Tenn on Monday for a work thing on Tuesday. Struggling to find accurate weather reports. Do you think that will be possible? My buddy also neeeds to get back to Little Rock airport that day. We have debated about leaving Sunday afternoon if that would help. Mostly worried about getting thru Wynne and over the bridge at Memphis
Posted on 1/10/24 at 3:53 pm to Midtiger farm
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going to need a season in a few years if they keep showing up like this and increasing numbers
Lottery that will cost hundreds of dollars followed by landowners making thousands for access/guides...no thanks.
Seriously though, I doubt we ever see one since that would require federal approval, and we can't even get them to approve shooting whistling ducks or woodies during early teal...and there's way more whistling ducks in this state than cranes...
Posted on 1/10/24 at 4:33 pm to southside
quote:Uh, how do I get this data? Asking for a friend
Cohen wildlife lab has put GPS Backpacks on Mallards and they can track their travel by the hour.
Posted on 1/10/24 at 4:47 pm to Spankum
Until they hit the nets
Posted on 1/10/24 at 5:00 pm to DanielBooned
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. Do you think that will be possible? My buddy also neeeds to get back to Little Rock airport that day.
Honestly I think you should be fine. Snow means slow but it's not bad to drive on. Hwy 67 and I 55 should be cleared quickly. As far as most accurate forecast follow ryan Vaughn with kait8. He normally is pretty spot on.
Where exactly are you hunting? I might be able to give you a better prognosis
Posted on 1/10/24 at 5:27 pm to smoked hog
I'd suggest everybody just go to work and not hunt monday Tuesday. No ducks in Louisiana and too cold.
Posted on 1/10/24 at 5:38 pm to arczr2
Posted on 1/10/24 at 7:24 pm to arczr2
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I'd suggest everybody just go to work and not hunt monday Tuesday. No ducks in Louisiana and too cold.
This is it!
Posted on 1/10/24 at 7:58 pm to arczr2
quote:We do better when there's lots of blinds hunting.
I'd suggest everybody just go to work and not hunt monday Tuesday
Posted on 1/10/24 at 8:09 pm to Spankum
I always found ducks to move ahead of the front.
Posted on 1/10/24 at 9:33 pm to Spankum
I find it’s always better a couple days after a really hard front like the one that is coming. I never had good luck the day after the front passes. The second or third day is usually on fire.
Posted on 1/10/24 at 9:36 pm to Spankum
I think they do in the early season even with smaller fronts. Late season, not as much, unless some really cold conditions force em to move.
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