TX Game Wardens find Duck Hunters in possession of 3X legal daily limit

By Joe Ashley
Published: Feb. 2, 2025 at 8:11 PM CST|Updated: 20 hours ago
WACO, Texas (KWTX) - The Texas Game Wardens in Bosque and Hamilton counties found a group of hunters from Louisiana in possession of three times the legal daily limit of ducks.

On Jan. 25, the Texas Game Wardens said they heard gunfire as they were patrolling the Brazos River in Bosque County.

While patrolling, authorities say they checked multiple boats and one duck hunter but found no violations.

Later that morning, authorities say they heard gunfire coming from the same area as before and used a satellite mapping program to help pinpoint several private lakes in the area where the gunfire may have come from.

Near the entrance of one of the locations, authorities say they found a man in camouflage leaving an equipment shed.

The man, according to authorities, seemed evasive and was urgently texting someone.

After speaking with the man, he took authorities to a nearby duck blind where three hunters were packing up their gear, according to authorities.

The hunters, according to authorities, gave conflicting stories about their group size.


As one of the wardens interviewed the hunters, a separate warden inspected a pile of ducks on the other side of the riverbank.

While checking the ducks, authorities say the warden found a fourth person dressed in camouflage behind a dam with a stringer of ducks he was trying to hide.

The fourth hunter did not have a valid hunting license and went over two fences to hide 16 ducks, according to authorities.

A further investigation found multiple violations from the group.

Wardens, according to authorities, found additional ducks, about 250 shotgun shells and hulls with prohibited lead shot.

The hunters admitted to using leftover shot from dove season knowing it was illegal for waterfowl hunting, authorities say.

Authorities say they determined four people were hunting with only three having valid hunting licenses, four shotguns were used with some loaded with lead shot and 54 ducks were illegally harvested.

The 54 ducks are three times the daily legal limit of six per licensed hunter.


Three of the hunters, residents of Louisiana, admitted they were aware they had exceeded their daily limit but didn’t want to stop because they claimed it was more ducks than they had seen all season in Texas or Louisiana, according to authorities.

Wardens issued citations for exceeding bag limit, hunting without a valid license and using lead shot for waterfowl, authorities say.

The group was also charged civil restitution for the illegally taken ducks with fines and restitution for the group totaling over $7,000.

Dumbasses.

Fess up. Which of y'all was it?

Duck hunters BUSTED