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Wood Ducks

Posted on 12/15/12 at 7:47 am
Posted by DownSouthTiger
downsouth
Member since Jan 2005
2548 posts
Posted on 12/15/12 at 7:47 am
Have y'all been having a ridiculous amount of wood ducks this year. My property is mostly oak woods and we have small canal runs through it kind of like a ditch that acorns drop into, really big crop this year. I can always sit on the canal and get a limit but this year they are flying from our one little crawfish pond and neighbors ponds by the thousands each morning. They roost on our property and fly back into atchafalaya basin in the morning. I have been going with my 5 and 7 year old and standing in an open pasture without even hiding and getting a limit every time I go. I usually mostly deer hunt but this year I can get a limit so easy I am doing a little more duck hunting I even got time to go get in deer stand after. In 5 trips I have 5 limits of woodies took me 5 min,5 min, 7 min, 7 min an 10 minutes to get limit. Been unreal.
Posted by stewie
Member since Jan 2006
3948 posts
Posted on 12/15/12 at 8:16 am to
Enjoy it while it last...they'll get a clue and either switch flight patterns or leave that area to roost in another if you hunt them too hard.

They're an absolute plast though. Sometimes, it'll take me damn near a box of shells to get a limit they way they fly.
Posted by AlxTgr
Kyre Banorg
Member since Oct 2003
81590 posts
Posted on 12/15/12 at 8:21 am to
Drought means more wherever you have water plus oaks, but I have seen them land on dry land for water oaks before
Posted by lsufan112001
sportsmans paradise
Member since Oct 2006
10687 posts
Posted on 12/15/12 at 8:23 am to
one of the prettiest animals in the wild.
Posted by AlxTgr
Kyre Banorg
Member since Oct 2003
81590 posts
Posted on 12/15/12 at 8:40 am to
And better eating than just about any other duck. Probably my #1
Posted by i10Duck
mobile
Member since Nov 2008
1548 posts
Posted on 12/15/12 at 8:50 am to
Mandarin wood duck is the prettiest duck out there
Posted by lsufan112001
sportsmans paradise
Member since Oct 2006
10687 posts
Posted on 12/15/12 at 8:57 am to
it'd still take the woody.

best eating one i've ever had, and i'm not a duck hunter.
Posted by KingRanch
The Ranch
Member since Mar 2012
61590 posts
Posted on 12/15/12 at 9:32 am to
Wood ducks will change their pattern in a hurry, get them while it lasts
Posted by DownSouthTiger
downsouth
Member since Jan 2005
2548 posts
Posted on 12/15/12 at 9:48 am to
I been getting them since opening day but only once a week or once every other week so they haven't spooked yet. And yeah they are good to eat I cooked 6 of them in a black iron pot for thanksgiving. Going to stuff and grill the next batch. I usually pick the warm mornings I don't feel like sitting in the deer stand.
Posted by KingRanch
The Ranch
Member since Mar 2012
61590 posts
Posted on 12/15/12 at 9:50 am to
That's the way to do it

Posted by Dissident Aggressor
Member since Aug 2011
3743 posts
Posted on 12/15/12 at 10:48 am to
I like to stuff them woodreauxs with boudin...
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