Would this coming Tuesday or Wednesday (maybe Thurs) be better for duck hunting?

Sunny trumps cloudy any day. Cloudy with rain can be good, but plain old cloudy generally sucks balls.

Depends on where you are hunting.

Its more about wind and sunshine than anything. People associate it being cloudy and cold with good duck hunting. But its not because its cloudy and cold its because this means there is a cold front coming through and likely a north wind which brings in ducks.

Best time to hunt is Sunny (so ducks can see the decoys clearly, and there is a reflection which makes it harder to see you) and a strong North wind.

If you see a front coming through the day of or day after there should be ducks. On the second day following a front they usually start to clear out.

Unless you are hunting a field that the ducks happen to be resting and feeding in at the time.

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Depends on where you are hunting

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On a creek in the section where a pipeline runs throught it and it opens ups good bit. Saw a ton of wood ducks on it while I was hog hunting. Plan on just throwing some decoys out and see how we do.

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Its more about wind and sunshine than anything.

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Sounds like Wednesday might be pretty good then.

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Your exactly right.......unless your blind faces due north!

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If the blind is in a field where you have open water and a decoy spread on both sides it doesn't matter.

If you are hunting in a pothole this is a big deal because ducks will come in against the win on their final pass which causes them to come in over your back and you are in the flight path of the ducks between them and the decoys.

Also causes a problem because when you pull up to shoot you are shooting at their arse and you don't get that wide open belly shot when they flare.

Also, I got a pop up blind, but I was planning on just being camoed out and laying in some brush.