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Black Bellied Whistling Ducks

Posted on 9/26/26 at 2:56 am
Posted by GO TIGERS GO
Member since Sep 2007
1033 posts
Posted on 9/26/26 at 2:56 am
Who’s all hunting the new season 03 Oct. where are you at?
Posted by LSUballs
Member since Feb 2008
40524 posts
Posted on 9/26/26 at 6:02 am to
Probably posting up on Hole 3. A 528yd par 5.
Posted by SGrem
Alvin TX
Member since Sep 2026
12 posts
Posted on 9/26/26 at 7:45 am to
Best eating duck on the planet! I take the time to get the legs and thighs on these jokers. Only true herbivore duck.

I guide duck hunts on the Texas Middle Gulf Coast and we have a few areas certain times of the season we can get these guys down. They are a nice bonus to a coastal diver hunt.
Posted by duckblind56
South of Ellick
Member since Sep 2023
6133 posts
Posted on 9/26/26 at 7:50 am to
Hopefully there are still enough around by then. We had tons of them hanging around all summer but I've been seeing less and less the last few weeks.
Posted by highcotton2
Alabama
Member since Feb 2010
10720 posts
Posted on 9/26/26 at 6:31 pm to
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Only true herbivore duck.


No duck is a true herbivore I don’t think. Whitetail deer have even been observed eating fish.
Posted by ThrowITdeep
South Louisiana
Member since Sep 2023
524 posts
Posted on 9/27/26 at 6:55 am to
Could limit out in the backyard. Not sure where they are on public lands
Posted by SOLA
There
Member since Mar 2014
3846 posts
Posted on 9/27/26 at 7:23 am to
Don’t think I am. Should’ve started the season earlier. Shooting time starting at sunrise isn’t gonna help either
Posted by Koolazzkat
Behind the Tupelo gum tree
Member since May 2021
4055 posts
Posted on 9/27/26 at 7:43 am to
You can find them at Maurepas Swamp WMA. I see them every October during squirrel hunts on the French Settlement tract, just follow the power line from the parking lot/self clearing station.
Posted by ThrowITdeep
South Louisiana
Member since Sep 2023
524 posts
Posted on 9/27/26 at 8:04 am to
Thank you sir… I just might try this
Posted by VernonPLSUfan
Leesville, La.
Member since Sep 2007
18035 posts
Posted on 9/27/26 at 8:55 am to
I went teal hunting three times and never fired a shot. Think I'll pass.
Posted by CHEDBALLZ
South Central LA
Member since Dec 2009
23397 posts
Posted on 9/27/26 at 12:32 pm to
My neighbors been feeding them. One day best he could count was 94 in his back yard. Ill probably post up next to his beer fridge with my pellet rifle.

Posted by CitizenK
BR
Member since Aug 2019
16731 posts
Posted on 9/27/26 at 1:39 pm to
quote:

Best eating duck on the planet! I take the time to get the legs and thighs on these jokers. Only true herbivore duck.


Lots of pin feathers so need to skin them is the only minus. Shot a few in the late 90's but hunting a marsh surrounded by rice fields, while hunting Illinois Plant (west side of Lacassine Bayou) of Lacassane Company. Not much sport since it's like shooting flying chickens. Equal in taste to good mallard, teal or woodduck.

Who eat divers?
Posted by Spankum
The Sip
Member since Jan 2007
63644 posts
Posted on 9/28/26 at 4:16 pm to
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Who eat divers?


My personal policy is, if I shoot it, then I am going to eat it.
Posted by CitizenK
BR
Member since Aug 2019
16731 posts
Posted on 9/28/26 at 5:09 pm to
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My personal policy is, if I shoot it, then I am going to eat it.


Why I never shoot them
Posted by Speckhunter2012
Lake Charles
Member since Dec 2012
9013 posts
Posted on 9/28/26 at 6:32 pm to
quote:

quote:
My personal policy is, if I shoot it, then I am going to eat it.


Why I never shoot them


I was in the decoys of the rice field last year. I was training one of my Goldens that is more of a pet than a soldier hunter but still want them to retrieve. Anyway, 5 Mergansers came low across the water and landed not that far away. That fish-grabbing bill is unmistakable.
I could have gotten several in one shot but let them fly away. Not even for training purposes.

I will be there this weekend for the Whistlers, if they are still around.
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