Lreynolds

[quote]I predict this will be the lowest duck survey released by the state in years when it's released later this week. [/quote] I don't think we are going to get the survey completed in SE LA or Catahoula Lake because of weather. We've been delayed getting airborne by fog and dodged storms thus...

There have been a lot of folks posting photos with over-limits of scaup this year. The daily bag limit is 3 so be careful, and know that LE is watching the forums as well. One of my good friends and 3 partners hunted near Delacroix this morning. They all limited on scaup and didn't get another sp...

I never know about totals until I see what the other observer counts and crunch the numbers, but we saw a lot more mallards on the first 11 lines yesterday vs November, and a huge number of birds between Little Pecan and Grand Lake, and north of White Lake. Catahoula Lake wasn't spectacular, but it ...

I'm in the air now. Last week's WMA survey showed a big increase in birds, including big concentrations of birds at the mouth of the river and the highest number at Rockefeller in 15 years. Expectations are high for this survey, but we'll see....

Survey is scheduled for Wednesday, so I would expect data by mid-day Thursday and the full November report by Friday morning. If you are on my electronic distribution list, you'll get all reports as soon as they are complete. If you aren't and want to be, send me an email and I'll add you to the l...

Send me your e-mail address, and I'll add you, and anyone else, to my electronic distribution list....

Dennis Anderson is a long-time waterfowl alarmist. In the mid-80's it was illegal harvest in Louisiana that was driving waterfowl populations down, and he did a big piece that generated enough donations to buy a helicopter and send it to LE in Louisiana to "save the ducks". In the early-90's he wa...

[quote]The head of the watefowl program for the State posts here. Seems like a perfect place to discuss. [/quote] But my posts are about the current research survey effort, and a response to specific related questions, like YOURS or "what for?". Otherwise, thus far it isn't a discussion, but ...

[quote]I was more so talking about big game hunters but either way I love that there are people out there taking the pulse of hunters and paying attention to it[/quote] Ahhhh, OK. You exposed my one-dimensional mind .... This is my first foray outside of waterfowl-hunter surveys. Conceptuall...

[quote]May I make a suggestion? Hunters need to be surveyed on seasons and dates.[/quote] They have been, a number of times. 2005, 2010, 2012, 2013, and 2015. On those surveys, questions on season length, timing, zones, bag limits, etc. have been asked. And what we primarily find is that hunt...