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January Duck Survey
Posted on 1/17/20 at 6:15 pm
Posted on 1/17/20 at 6:15 pm
Did they do the January duck survey yet?
Posted on 1/17/20 at 7:05 pm to Wilson
I haven’t looked into it but saw a shitload of ducks this morning on our place in NELA while deer hunting. I have been so uninterested in shooting ducks the last 2 seasons because the green was few and far in between. After what I saw this morning though, my brothers and I will probably shoot some bird. Sunday AM. I’m being serious when I say I saw more mallards this morning than I have any other morning in the last 2 seasons
Posted on 1/17/20 at 7:39 pm to Dale Doubak
Haven’t seen green but once this year in La and on a trip to Amarillo
Posted on 1/17/20 at 8:02 pm to Dale Doubak
I went to Collinston near Monroe last weekend and shot at a merganser at 70 yards on the water just to say I shot. Hunted till noon sat and Sunday.
I grew up late 70s-80s hunting ducks, and we were discussing how back then you literally could look up anytime during the day and see flight birds by the thousands. Something has to give. It is obvious there are not as many birds. Reason? I have no idea
I grew up late 70s-80s hunting ducks, and we were discussing how back then you literally could look up anytime during the day and see flight birds by the thousands. Something has to give. It is obvious there are not as many birds. Reason? I have no idea
Posted on 1/17/20 at 8:34 pm to Wilson
Awful damned terrible in Avoyelles.
Buncha Snow Geese invading the local fields now, tho...
Buncha Snow Geese invading the local fields now, tho...
Posted on 1/17/20 at 9:32 pm to Wilson
The folks I know that have great duck holes that grip and grin on Instagram have been radio silent this week as far as posts...and I know they are hunting. These are places that always have birds. That speaks volumes to me.
Posted on 1/17/20 at 9:42 pm to LSU Neil
It’s simple... Duck numbers aren’t what they used to be and it wouldn’t surprise me one bit if DU inflated the numbers on their breeding counts.
Posted on 1/17/20 at 9:56 pm to TheGhostOfBigLee
DU and Delta both inflate their number counts and anyone would doesn’t believe that is blissfully ignorant.
Sat on the Delta board for 8 years and every year the Dr from LSU who works up in Canada and is the president of Delta would come out and say there was “record production of ducks”... yet somehow the majority of hunters continued to see less birds year after year. It took me 8 years but I finally caught on to the bullshite.
Sat on the Delta board for 8 years and every year the Dr from LSU who works up in Canada and is the president of Delta would come out and say there was “record production of ducks”... yet somehow the majority of hunters continued to see less birds year after year. It took me 8 years but I finally caught on to the bullshite.
Posted on 1/17/20 at 10:20 pm to eyepooted
Magazines and Merchandise ain’t gonna buy itself Baw.
Posted on 1/18/20 at 8:25 am to KemoSabe65
Got the report last night. It’s abysmal.
About 1.3 million ducks in the state about 300,000 in all of SELA only 145,000 grays. It’s a depressing number statewide.
About 1.3 million ducks in the state about 300,000 in all of SELA only 145,000 grays. It’s a depressing number statewide.
Posted on 1/18/20 at 9:41 am to Da Hammer
I have made one trip down to my buddies house boat in Venice this year. It isn't even worth the drive it seems. You will have one good day here and there but not like it was when we started hunting down there even 6 or 8 years ago...
Posted on 1/18/20 at 11:44 am to DuckedOff29
I’ve hunted Venice for the last 40 years. I’ve never seen anything like the last two years. I’m at my deer camp last weekend of duck season it’s absolutely not worth the trip right now. Our average this year has been 2.1 ducks/hunt. Over the previous 6 duck years averaged 5.8. Its a bummer
Posted on 1/18/20 at 6:11 pm to Da Hammer
I've spent the last ten years managing my family farm for duck hunting, and have been able to increase my personal annual harvest numbers from 300 in 2014 to just over 500 birds this year on 44ish hunts/year. Four years ago, we released Rouen ducks on our 12 acre swimming pond, and that year we had teal, mottles, and mallards on the pond for the first time ever instead of straight ringnecks. We don't shoot the birds on the pond, and our production has increased steadily ever since the introduction of farm ducks. This year, I've had two scratches while my lease blinds have had only one. There were many times in the past that we would have dead periods where no ducks would be seen for a week at a time. All this to say that safe holding ponds are more important than most realize.
Finally, I couldn't believe how loud the surface drives were when I hunted the Wax for the opener. Anyone that hunts the marsh should be very concerned that noise pollution is directly related to negative production trends. There is simply nothing remotely as loud in the rice fields that ducks associate with hunters/pressure.
My two cents...
Finally, I couldn't believe how loud the surface drives were when I hunted the Wax for the opener. Anyone that hunts the marsh should be very concerned that noise pollution is directly related to negative production trends. There is simply nothing remotely as loud in the rice fields that ducks associate with hunters/pressure.
My two cents...
Posted on 1/18/20 at 8:48 pm to flamot1
Do the Rouen ducks survive without any intervention? Predators dont wipe them out?
Posted on 1/18/20 at 9:52 pm to CrawKing
Predators are a problem. I've had to replace them every year, but I think this year's bird may make it. They haven't picked up the habit of roosting on the levee. $10/ea shipped to my door, and I buy 10 each year. Raising these ducklings has really given me an appreciation of how much food ducks require. They absolutely plow through food and water until I release them. I'll supplement feed for some period after they are released. Eventually, they post up at the fish feeder waiting on the timer.
Posted on 1/19/20 at 8:19 am to eyepooted
I agree, what is crazy is there is no oversight at all when it comes to the duck counts.
The less and less ducks each yr phenomenon is slowly climbing northward with guys in Missouri starting to notice it.
That is North of The Great Net Line.
Seriously though DU be lying its arse off.
The less and less ducks each yr phenomenon is slowly climbing northward with guys in Missouri starting to notice it.
That is North of The Great Net Line.
Seriously though DU be lying its arse off.
Posted on 1/19/20 at 10:46 am to GREENHEAD22
The state and feds don’t go by DU or deltas counts fellas. Also when you factor that 500k acres that were prime duck habitat 40-50 years ago are now barely marginal or crawfish or non duck habitat now.
You have what we have now. Combined w ag changes up and down the fly way.
When people in KS and NE are hammering ducks in Jan. We in trouble. And it ain’t the heated ponds....spot in NE is .650 miles from any heated pond
My contact in ks was killing ducks in dry fields that were resting / roosting on a reservoir
And nobody wants to blame increased mechanized human traffic
Ducks come down w fronts and then vanish quickly - they didn’t do that years ago
You have what we have now. Combined w ag changes up and down the fly way.
When people in KS and NE are hammering ducks in Jan. We in trouble. And it ain’t the heated ponds....spot in NE is .650 miles from any heated pond
My contact in ks was killing ducks in dry fields that were resting / roosting on a reservoir
And nobody wants to blame increased mechanized human traffic
Ducks come down w fronts and then vanish quickly - they didn’t do that years ago
This post was edited on 1/19/20 at 10:48 am
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