Best Way to Hunt Wood Ducks

Kind of hit or miss. Sometimes a mojo works real good for them. I'd try to find the best spot beforehand, setup with mojo and a couple decoys. After that first flight you could try to stalk them.

We've got some woodies on our place...when we've got water in the sloughs, at least.

We've only got a few locations in the woods that they like to fly into from roost first thing in the morning. Most of them are old logging roads. So, I'll set up in one of those holes with a decoy or two or none, doesn't seem to make that much of a difference. They're coming to those spots anyway.

They usually start flying right at shooting time, but they don't fly for long, 15 mins or so. There is a lot of action, but it's over quick.

You could probably stalk them, if you don't get your limit, but I prefer to just hop in a deer stand immediately after.

Don't over hunt those holes, though. They'll shift their patterns with a quickness.

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What is the regulations in regards to Drakes and hens?

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Ground check 'em.

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Ground check 'em.

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I'm not that worried about GW, but I do try to not break the laws if i can help it.

Even though I will be shooting lead shot, guess you can't help some people.

1.Find where the oak trees are along the creek.

2.Walk in perpendicular to the creek at the oak trees.

3.Get just close enough to see the edge of the water on the opposite side. If there are ripples on the water, step forward and blast away.

4.Back up 50 yards or so and walk to the next oak tree and repeat. It shouldn't be hard to get a quick limit like this.


We used to kill the shite out of them like this around Mansfield.

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about 20 minutes after legal shooting time

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you aren't in prime time until you got fire coming out the barrel

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Do you need decoys?

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Absolutely not. Wood ducks have their minds made up on where they are going. Best thing to do is scout the day before and see where you jump some, then go the next morning and sit under the oak they were by and blast away.

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Put lots of corn on the edge of a flood zone

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Its probably not a good idea to do that number.

i wouldn't use decoys unless you want to set up a jerk string, besides that i would get to short/stubby branches, and when you hear them flying over throw it in , the splash will make it sound like other woodys hitting the bayou and they'll circle back and land. I've killed manyyyyyyy wood ducks

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A good wood duck shoot when absolutely nothing is legal is a thrill....I've heard.

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I must of been by the same camp fire and heard the same story