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re: Do ducks really come down when a cold front passes?
Posted on 1/11/24 at 6:22 am to Jeebus
Posted on 1/11/24 at 6:22 am to Jeebus
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I find it’s always better a couple days after a really hard front like the one that is coming. I never had good luck the day after the front passes. The second or third day is usually on fire.
Don’t know unless you go. I think it really depends on the area. For these hard late season cold fronts, our place in the marsh probably won’t produce anything at all. The crawfish ponds I hunt will usually do much better.
Last year when we had the hard front before Christmas I debated going out. I realized I would regret it if I didn’t, so I ended up going and saw more ducks than I’ve seen in Louisiana in a long time. Granted, it was a lot of spoonies and teal, but I got my limit of mallards and grays. The 2nd day was a whole lot slower… just depends on the area I guess.
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Posted on 1/11/24 at 11:34 am to Spankum
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I would like to believe this, but in all honesty, I have never seen a marked difference. I thought I was through hunting for the season, but this polar vortex ext to arrive on Monday is damn tempting.
In my experience the further south you are the more impact it has but it is rarely a situation where birds suddenly show up out of nowhere. I hunted Washington State for a couple of seasons and it wasn't noticeable as much as it is in Georgia because the area is ALWAYS covered up with birds, the difference is if they are stale or not. Fresh birds are certainly "easier" to decoy...but they get stale fast in an area that holds LOTS of birds. We do not have many of those areas in Georgia so it takes them a little longer to get stale.
I have hit it just right when a front was certainly pushing birds and it definitely makes a difference. 2 times in 40+ years come to mind clearly, sometime in the early 80's we had a front that dumped snow all over the Atlantic Flyway to parts of North Florida. Sub zero temps in Atlanta. Hunted Lake Seminole the day it was happening and puddle ducks, not common on Seminole then, were EVERYWHERE and you could not beat them out of the decoys. The other time was in New Mexico 6? years ago...again, deep snow cover and ice to El Pason nearly....we had 24 inches of snow. Spent three days camped out in a Tahoe and hunted every day and SLAYED mallards and pintail and snow and Canada geese....birds in the decoys ALL day....from shooting light to shooting light...and all night migrating birds overhead. It was almost eery how desparate those birds were to get into the decoys and get some rest. They certainly weren't feeding because they weren't around long enough and there ain't near enough food in the area. They just KEPT coming.
Posted on 1/11/24 at 11:30 pm to Spankum
Well, I decided to book a hunt on Monday. That is the day before it really gets Cole in the area that I will be hunting. Temp will be 45 degrees and dropping all day. It certainly won’t be a bluebird day!
Posted on 1/11/24 at 11:43 pm to Spankum
I’m headed to the camp Weds- Friday. Called up the family to coordinate taking lil strike to practice those days.
Posted on 1/12/24 at 9:17 am to Spankum
We used to have good hunts on the south wind days a day or two before the front. 65-75 degrees and ducks were everywhere with the southwind blowing 15-20mph. Flight after flight heading south, along with geese. They don't do that anymore and if I don't kill anything in the next 5 days, I'm giving it up. Been duck hunting for over 55 years and never seen it this bad. And we have had some decent weather to boot.
Posted on 1/12/24 at 7:07 pm to VernonPLSUfan
Past couple years it the marsh we’ve had excellent hunts the first south wind day after a cold snap
Posted on 1/12/24 at 8:31 pm to Spankum
Farming and conservation practices in the Midwest designed to hold the ducks as long as possible are doing just that.
Posted on 1/13/24 at 5:29 am to Beessnax
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Years ago they used to, big time
This. Now every new neighborhood adds a retention pond and gives them lots of options. Need a big arse front to drive them this far south “ahead of the front”
Posted on 1/13/24 at 8:46 am to VernonPLSUfan
46 years and each of the last 5 years I've made fewer and fewer hunts. Mainly only with folks I really wanna hunt with at places I really wanna hunt. But it's not the rabid fascination it had been for years - especially when quail started vanishing. I'll still walk 4 hours behind dogs looking for quail we don't find - but heading out at O dark thirty to see 1/25th if not less than the ducks I used to see - nope.
Still gonna make my pre-woodcock hunt woodie swats with regularity. Like this am.
now this weather did do the woodcock and snipe wonders.
Still gonna make my pre-woodcock hunt woodie swats with regularity. Like this am.
now this weather did do the woodcock and snipe wonders.
Posted on 1/13/24 at 10:40 am to Spankum
So what’s the verdict? All this arctic cold and wind and frontal movement ought to bring about change. I’m genuinely curious as I’m at the house awaiting visitors. Thx. Just blink twice I don’t want to broadcast intel.
Posted on 1/13/24 at 10:52 am to White Bear
Nothing yet on the Trinity in ETX or central LA.
Posted on 1/13/24 at 10:58 am to White Bear
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So what’s the verdict?
Same old same old north of Monroe. Limit of woodies and few hooded mechanisms. On the brightside the dog didn't die of coldness.
Posted on 1/13/24 at 11:05 am to LSUballs
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few hooded mechanisms.
Nice
Posted on 1/13/24 at 11:09 am to LSUballs
Woodsland was dead this morning but we did shoot a banded Pintail.
Posted on 1/13/24 at 12:41 pm to Spankum
Earlier in the year the birds move better with the front. Later in the (now) I don't see much difference. We hunt Eagle Lake area in Texas.
In general we see the effects (if any) a day or two after a front. Birds come in on the wind after the front goes through.
In general we see the effects (if any) a day or two after a front. Birds come in on the wind after the front goes through.
Posted on 1/13/24 at 12:55 pm to GREENHEAD22
We saw new ducks.
Posted on 1/13/24 at 8:17 pm to AlxTgr
We didn't see shite but one little bunch of pintails.
Posted on 1/14/24 at 4:17 am to VernonPLSUfan
I can't go tomorrow and our ponds will freeze over after that, so this morning is my last hunt for a bit. I have high hopes. The ducks we saw were different. Much larger groups and flying a different path than earlier.
Posted on 1/14/24 at 10:00 am to AlxTgr
Less today than yesterday, we are in between birds.
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