re: Duck Season in Review

Clyde Tipton doesnt know it yet, but Im bringing him with me.

Decent season, and much better than the last two. First time in my life we've killed more mallards than teal. Fewest gadwalls I've seen in years and not nearly as many spoonies. Can't complain about that!

From what I understand, if you kill one, you will know the difference due to the size of them. Much larger than a lesser scaup. More comparable to a redhead than a scaup with regards to size. I wouldn't know though, because I've only killed the lesser, at least I think.

FWIW, a friend of mine tha fishes TB in the winter said the waterfowl in the area were thick.

I wouldnt doubt it considering the increasingly westward movement of the migration pattern.

See ya next year. Love some hunting new places

hunt66......we hunted off the edge of that 13th green for a few years back in the early 2000's....and people still do from time to time....its a solid area to hunt because of the fertilizers from the course that go in the lake right there grow some awesome different grasses. You can build permanent blinds as long as they are off the bank a good distance not to upset folks living up there or golfers in that area. Just common courtesy. Game Wardens don't bother us much unless we get called in by the locals for chasing down cripples in the boat to finish them off.

Damn all those divers and no ring necks?

I killed a total of 135 out of 12 hunts. That was 85 ring necks and 26 dogris. A whole 9 ducks were big ducks. Season was shittier than last year. Ring necks and dogris were all killed in dularge. Other hunts were in 35 acre crawfish pond in Raceland.

The possession limit went up to 3 days.

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63 Canvas backs

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I remember back in the 80's it was illegal to shoot these (right) , looks like they made a comeback.

Great season in South AR, mostly Mallards, with occ woody in the flooded timber. Acorn crop kept them here in huge numbers, and everyone seemed to limit out daily once Jan hit..Don't know final numbers, but camp blew away old record. Can't wait for next year...