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re: So who is hanging it up for duck season for good?
Posted on 1/2/19 at 12:38 pm to PiyahhBaw
Posted on 1/2/19 at 12:38 pm to PiyahhBaw
I really hope everyone gives up and the lease prices drop.
Then I can have a few spots when the hatch number are up and we dont have conditions up north that we have now.
There a few guys shooting but none dumb enough to post about it unless your a guide.
Then I can have a few spots when the hatch number are up and we dont have conditions up north that we have now.
There a few guys shooting but none dumb enough to post about it unless your a guide.
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Posted on 1/2/19 at 12:55 pm to headedwest21
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Yea they want to ban hunting over crops but there would be a lot of pissed off people down here who hunt over rice.
FFL: Nah, rice is different. It has to be flooded. Corn doesn't need to be flooded.
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The thing I find funniest is they blame DU and USFWS for bad hunting here. It’s not their job to make sure hunting is good in Louisiana. They promote conservation and practice it by creating refuges and paying money for habitat improvement. They support hunting as a factor of conservation. But their goal is to support the species.
FFL: Nah, DU and the Feds are out to screw Louisiana. They built the refuges and plant and flood corn to keep ducks out of Louisiana.
Posted on 1/2/19 at 1:02 pm to Cowboyfan89
We're in a textbook Louisiana El Nino winter, as forecast; it's mild, and it's WET. Our "fronts" come from the west/Pacific and bring westerly/NW winds for a day then back around to easterly.
My hunting has been terrible, I've killed two ducks in the last 4 hunts, under good conditions at that. This time last year, in same location, we had plenty of birds. There are none this year, and don't see them in any of the usual locations on way out (central La ag land).
FFL is going to say "SEE! They've stopped the birds just like that!" but there is no way over the course of ONE year that suddenly habitat changed in such a magnitude to result in this sort of change. It's simply weather; and it's wet up and down the flyway. Birds are cozy where they're at. When's the last time we had a frost?
My hunting has been terrible, I've killed two ducks in the last 4 hunts, under good conditions at that. This time last year, in same location, we had plenty of birds. There are none this year, and don't see them in any of the usual locations on way out (central La ag land).
FFL is going to say "SEE! They've stopped the birds just like that!" but there is no way over the course of ONE year that suddenly habitat changed in such a magnitude to result in this sort of change. It's simply weather; and it's wet up and down the flyway. Birds are cozy where they're at. When's the last time we had a frost?
This post was edited on 1/2/19 at 1:03 pm
Posted on 1/2/19 at 2:24 pm to PiyahhBaw
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By all means, just give up. Need less hunters and pressure anyways.
Yes it's a tough season. Am I hanging it up early? No. I'll be out there grinding away for a few birds while the others give up early and try to enjoy the lack of other hunters in the woods.
Posted on 1/2/19 at 2:54 pm to snapper26
Most of the good stuff has enough $$$ that one poor season isn't going to scare them away.
This season will be forgotten when things improve or maybe not.
We did well sunday but it wasn't extraordinary for the spot. Not sure how to post a pic here, two blinds 4 guns(16 birds) & 3 were less desirables 1spoon 2 scaup.
This season will be forgotten when things improve or maybe not.
We did well sunday but it wasn't extraordinary for the spot. Not sure how to post a pic here, two blinds 4 guns(16 birds) & 3 were less desirables 1spoon 2 scaup.
Posted on 1/2/19 at 3:00 pm to Tigah D
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FFL is going to say "SEE! They've stopped the birds just like that!" but there is no way over the course of ONE year that suddenly habitat changed in such a magnitude to result in this sort of change. It's simply weather; and it's wet up and down the flyway. Birds are cozy where they're at. When's the last time we had a frost?
This
Posted on 1/2/19 at 3:21 pm to PiyahhBaw
I did 20 years ago and have never looked back.
Posted on 1/2/19 at 4:00 pm to PiyahhBaw
I'm not as mad at them as I used to be...
having said that I re-charge my soul just being on the water...
so I'll be out there Friday morning...maybe tomorrow morning...
quack...
having said that I re-charge my soul just being on the water...
so I'll be out there Friday morning...maybe tomorrow morning...
quack...
Posted on 1/2/19 at 4:10 pm to jrodfishin
I'm not giving up, but I'm changing locations. Our rice fields have been terrible up until yesterday when we had a halfway decent hunt. My timber hole filled up with water after all of this rain, so I'll be out there early standing next to a tree. I might not shoot a duck, but I'm pumped as hell to stand in some flooded timber for a change. Just the change of scenery will be worth it for me.
Posted on 1/2/19 at 4:33 pm to classicgold
I'm holding out till the end. First split was crappy and I know the majority of the birds aren't down yet. Killed birds Monday and Tuesday. Saw more yesterday, mostly mallards, recharged my batteries. Now if it would only stop raining.
Posted on 1/2/19 at 5:19 pm to PiyahhBaw
There just doesn’t need to be a split during duck season. Just straight hunting November through the middle of January
Posted on 1/2/19 at 7:42 pm to sta4ever
excuse my ignorance but what is FFL?
Posted on 1/2/19 at 10:09 pm to Stateguy
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excuse my ignorance but what is FFL?
Fussing Fowlers of Louisiana
Posted on 1/2/19 at 10:36 pm to PiyahhBaw
I went to Kansas to get them... Couldn't wait for them to get here 
....and we got em
....and we got em
Posted on 1/3/19 at 8:10 am to Stateguy
Actually its Flyway Federation. And I can see some of these folks here only see one side of the discussion that they perpetuate. It's about WAY more than corn in the Midwest. But that's ok those that need to be educated are slowly getting the information from more than one angle. I actually think I'm gonna be in Houma with them if anyone would like to come by and hear more than just "flooded corn" that seem to reverberate on this page. Southern Outdoor Show. Last weekend in January.
Posted on 1/3/19 at 8:33 am to LSUcdro
quote:trying to convince me wife to move there...
So who is hanging it up for duck season for good?
I went to Kansas to get them... Couldn't wait for them to get here
....and we got em
Posted on 1/3/19 at 8:42 am to Boat Motor Bandit
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It's about WAY more than corn in the Midwest
Actually we all have said this from the beginning but most have gotten banned from their page because we have stated this exact same thing. There is one guy from the group that post all over Facebook and his only comment is “ flooded corn up north”. I have yet to see where they have any other arguments.
Posted on 1/3/19 at 1:46 pm to Boat Motor Bandit
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It's about WAY more than corn in the Midwest.
Yeah...refuges, ice eaters, spinning wing decoys, and bashing DU and Delta.
Did I miss anything?
What are ya'll going to do when you can't get rid of the refuges, banning flooded corn doesn't have the effect that ya'll think it will, and DU is still around after all the blown smoke coming from FFL settles?
Posted on 1/3/19 at 5:09 pm to PiyahhBaw
Me and a buddy both limited out on the SC coast today.
This post was edited on 1/3/19 at 7:33 pm
Posted on 1/3/19 at 7:11 pm to weagle99
I hung it up after opening day
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