re: Thoughts on duck hunting these days

I agree most did not complain about 30 to 40 yard pass shots. The op specifically noted that they wouldn't shoot at ducks unless about to land in the decoys and under thirty yards.

I have honestly been a bit envious of the guys hunting the Louisiana coastal marshes, the North Louisiana rice paddies and swamps with timber. I wasn't being facetious when I said I guess I have it better than I thought I did.


I've been duck hunting for 8 years. all of it in North East Texas small ponds on private land with the exception of 2 paid hunts this season to SD and LA.


For what it's worth other than the primary pond on our lease, my other hunt on private land has been acquired by simply asking the rancher or land owner if I can hunt their place once or twice during a season.