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Posted on 11/10/25 at 1:17 pm to OGhunter777
95% of ducks we saw this weekend were BWT.
Not sure what is going on, but we went from no teal during teal season to the most teal I have ever seen in SELA from (October 15-current).
Few divers hanging by lakes that came into marsh for easy pickings.
Very very few greys, which is saddening.
Not sure what is going on, but we went from no teal during teal season to the most teal I have ever seen in SELA from (October 15-current).
Few divers hanging by lakes that came into marsh for easy pickings.
Very very few greys, which is saddening.
Posted on 11/11/25 at 8:35 am to SilverPoon985
Not in Louisiana but in east Georgia this front moved in a BUNCH of ringnecks, redheads, blue bills and cans! I checked a couple of "refuge" ponds that cant be hunted yesterday around 2 and they were LOADED with diving ducks and a few gadwall and mallards.....diving ducks are the mainstay in this area. Enjoyed watching 'em even if they can't be hunted where they were....
Posted on 11/11/25 at 2:05 pm to AwgustaDawg
I went fishing last Saturday and Sunday in the Biloxi marsh and saw some big flocks of teal.
Didn’t see any big ducks.
Didn’t see any big ducks.
Posted on 11/11/25 at 6:06 pm to SilverPoon985
Took lil SI out for youth weekend, BWT and bunch of whistlers. Only big ducks we saw were high flying pintails. Tide was real low this weekend, could have been be a factor.
Posted on 11/13/25 at 3:46 am to StrikeIndicator
Geese finally showed up in big numbers yesterday, still not many mallards.
Posted on 11/13/25 at 8:10 am to GeeMan
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Gueydan area has almost nothing
Must not be on X baw. We were loaded last weekend
Posted on 11/13/25 at 9:42 am to Kvothe
Are we going to get a waterfowl survey report released before opening weekend this year?
Last year it was uploaded on November 8th....
Last year it was uploaded on November 8th....
Posted on 11/13/25 at 10:01 am to lsugolfredman
They did the survey this week. I'm sure the numbers will be out tomorrow.
Posted on 11/13/25 at 11:39 am to OGhunter777
It’ll be bullshite numbers to pump up our tires.
Posted on 11/13/25 at 11:50 am to OGhunter777
Jumped up about 500 gadwall, teal and mallards today out of an empty catfish pond
Got my heart racing and finger twitching
Got my heart racing and finger twitching
Posted on 11/13/25 at 11:56 am to Motorboat
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True, but hunting is not the reason. It's habitat, habitat, habitat, and weather.
Nobody leaves their rice, beans and corn stubble standing through winter anymore and flood the fields.
Also in the delta areas of Ms, Louisiana, Arkansas the land used to be more rolling and not perfectly flat with ponds and low areas all over that flooded in winter. So much land forming of farmland for proper drainage of irrigation has eliminated those natural duck habitats
Posted on 11/13/25 at 12:49 pm to deltaland
100,000 acs of rice stubble in SW La left for crawfish but then they run the ducks out every morning 
Would like to see if there’s correlation between irrigation and drop in wintering birds (precession leveled fields).
Would like to see if there’s correlation between irrigation and drop in wintering birds (precession leveled fields).
Posted on 11/13/25 at 1:04 pm to KemoSabe65
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Would like to see if there’s correlation between irrigation and drop in wintering birds (precession leveled fields).
You can see it with your own eyes. Used to drive down past all the rice fields and spot teal dabbling from the highway. When is the last time you've seen that?
Posted on 11/13/25 at 2:03 pm to Motorboat
I should’ve been clearer, anything holding water in S La is 95% being crawfished too. We know fishing and cane down here have been detrimental to duck hunting.
Most of the dirt in NE La has been precision leveled and irrigated. That dirt will not hold water for any length of time baring an epic ark flood. Where do the birds hold when there’s no water in the historical brakes? Handy brake is 1.25 miles as the crow flies from our place and probably bone dry.
Would bet Molicy unit doesn’t have much water now either. You’re not holding birds without a ton of water and no harassment daily.
Most of the dirt in NE La has been precision leveled and irrigated. That dirt will not hold water for any length of time baring an epic ark flood. Where do the birds hold when there’s no water in the historical brakes? Handy brake is 1.25 miles as the crow flies from our place and probably bone dry.
Would bet Molicy unit doesn’t have much water now either. You’re not holding birds without a ton of water and no harassment daily.
Posted on 11/13/25 at 2:27 pm to KemoSabe65
And crawfish water is mostly junk for ducks, much too deep for productive feeding, not to mention the boats.
Posted on 11/13/25 at 3:38 pm to Tigah D
I'm ready!
Posted on 11/13/25 at 3:43 pm to Tigah D
While our farmer does raise crawfish, none of the ponds are fished until well after the season.
Posted on 11/14/25 at 5:35 am to KemoSabe65
Crawfish guys do and on every other field the hunters are doing it. Atvs run them out in the morning, hunters in the blind until 10. Birds no longer stay in the field during the day. Extreme competition for what should be waterfall habitat. Hunting pressure is the killer.
Posted on 12/4/25 at 11:45 pm to DeltaDoc
I have a pic from a field, just need to figure out how to post it.
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