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re: The golden years for ducks are gone....
Posted on 1/4/18 at 1:20 pm to choupiquesushi
Posted on 1/4/18 at 1:20 pm to choupiquesushi
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choupiquesushi
I bet we know each other. I guided a long time for myself and Doug's.
The guides South of HWY 90 absolutely hunt the same field/blinds too often.
Seems like there is a blind every 40 acres in Thornwell.
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Posted on 1/4/18 at 1:33 pm to loogaroo
loogaroo.. I grew up in acadia parish in my early 50s.
there are way way way more blinds than in 1985... or 1980
there are way way way more blinds than in 1985... or 1980
Posted on 1/4/18 at 1:33 pm to loogaroo
I havent been to our marsh in three years. I went Saturday. It was terrible. One little group of 5 teal, a bunch of high flying blackjacks and one bulletproof mallard drake (no way I missed!).
Skys were empty of those ducks we used to see all morning flying NW to SE.
We are just a little SW of Lake Arthur on the intercoastal.
Skys were empty of those ducks we used to see all morning flying NW to SE.
We are just a little SW of Lake Arthur on the intercoastal.
Posted on 1/4/18 at 1:43 pm to tigerfoot
quote:yep.....
Skys were empty of those ducks we used to see all morning flying NW to SE.
Posted on 1/4/18 at 2:54 pm to tigerfoot
This thread is true to a certain extent, yes duck hunting in LA will probably never be as good as it was 20-30 years ago.
But they are still plenty of spots in South LA that guys kill plenty of ducks and plenty of mallards, pintails, etc.
you just have to be lucky or have the money, connections or both to hunt these spots.
But they are still plenty of spots in South LA that guys kill plenty of ducks and plenty of mallards, pintails, etc.
you just have to be lucky or have the money, connections or both to hunt these spots.
Posted on 1/4/18 at 4:09 pm to Midtiger farm
Even the most high end an exclusive clubs have had a pretty bad year. I know three clubs, two in Southwest Louisiana and one in Northeast along the river that have set record lows this year for number of birds killed.
This post was edited on 1/4/18 at 5:51 pm
Posted on 1/4/18 at 6:00 pm to Midtiger farm
Sky used to be full of high flying North bound ducks coming off the roost in the AM. Geese used to make it up our way around 8AM.
Then you could sit in a rice field and watch it fill up with arctic Mallards (after shooting time) in the evenings.
Doesn't happen anymore. Only good numbers you see are sitting in Lacassine NWR.
Then you could sit in a rice field and watch it fill up with arctic Mallards (after shooting time) in the evenings.
Doesn't happen anymore. Only good numbers you see are sitting in Lacassine NWR.
Posted on 1/4/18 at 6:41 pm to choupiquesushi
Is there anywhere you haven’t hunted or anyone you don’t know when it comes to LA waterfowl
Posted on 1/4/18 at 9:28 pm to 34venture
Ok I’ve read this whole thread. Two thoughts:
1. I hunted in Kennet (sp) MO the weekend it snowed here in BR in December. We didn’t see, shoot at, or kill shite. They were waylaying them before I got there. But it was absolute shite for my hunts. So take heart fellas. It ain’t all trophy pics all the time there either.
2. Wasn’t the board full of threads and posts just last year of the incredible duck hunting La was experiencing? Wasn’t Arky dry and all the birds were down here? I know it’s been a shitty year. I hunted the Marsh Club in Vinton last weekend of the first split. It was bad.
No doubt things have changed since the 70s when I started duck hunting, but I wouldn’t write off the state because of one particularly shitty season
1. I hunted in Kennet (sp) MO the weekend it snowed here in BR in December. We didn’t see, shoot at, or kill shite. They were waylaying them before I got there. But it was absolute shite for my hunts. So take heart fellas. It ain’t all trophy pics all the time there either.
2. Wasn’t the board full of threads and posts just last year of the incredible duck hunting La was experiencing? Wasn’t Arky dry and all the birds were down here? I know it’s been a shitty year. I hunted the Marsh Club in Vinton last weekend of the first split. It was bad.
No doubt things have changed since the 70s when I started duck hunting, but I wouldn’t write off the state because of one particularly shitty season
Posted on 1/5/18 at 6:45 am to tigerinthebueche
Man isn't that place an experience
Posted on 1/5/18 at 7:48 am to Timmayy
Yes, yes it is. It would be even better if the birds cooperated
Posted on 1/5/18 at 7:49 am to loogaroo
I see from the post there are different situations for duck hunting in different areas of the state. I enjoy that. I live in Acadia Parish and can only speak of the hunting in this area and the nearby marshes in the sw part of the state.
Agricultural practices have a lot to do with birds feeding and resting. Unfortunately ducks add no value to that . Crawfish ponds are not duck friendly. Carbide guns are used to keep the Geese away and that greatly affects ducks also. Geese can tear up a crawfish pond overnight. Rice farmers that don't use fields for crawfish started plowing the vegation over and use herbicides to kill all vegetation for the winter , no food for geese. I'm not blaming the farmers. Geese can be pretty destructive.
As far as the commercial hunters, they have pretty much driven the few ducks we had left out. This includes both rice fields and marshes . Too much pressure seems to be a common factor in most of the posts on here .
Agricultural practices have a lot to do with birds feeding and resting. Unfortunately ducks add no value to that . Crawfish ponds are not duck friendly. Carbide guns are used to keep the Geese away and that greatly affects ducks also. Geese can tear up a crawfish pond overnight. Rice farmers that don't use fields for crawfish started plowing the vegation over and use herbicides to kill all vegetation for the winter , no food for geese. I'm not blaming the farmers. Geese can be pretty destructive.
As far as the commercial hunters, they have pretty much driven the few ducks we had left out. This includes both rice fields and marshes . Too much pressure seems to be a common factor in most of the posts on here .
Posted on 1/5/18 at 7:52 am to cattleman
quote:
I see from the post there are different situations for duck hunting in different areas of the state. I enjoy that. I live in Acadia Parish and can only speak of the hunting in this area and the nearby marshes in the sw part of the state.
Agricultural practices have a lot to do with birds feeding and resting. Unfortunately ducks add no value to that . Crawfish ponds are not duck friendly. Carbide guns are used to keep the Geese away and that greatly affects ducks also. Geese can tear up a crawfish pond overnight. Rice farmers that don't use fields for crawfish started plowing the vegation over and use herbicides to kill all vegetation for the winter , no food for geese. I'm not blaming the farmers. Geese can be pretty destructive.
As far as the commercial hunters, they have pretty much driven the few ducks we had left out. This includes both rice fields and marshes . Too much pressure seems to be a common factor in most of the posts on here .
whenever I have been involved with commercial hunting we greatly limited our pressure...... maybe that's why I don't do it anymore
Posted on 1/5/18 at 7:55 am to 34venture
quote:
Is there anywhere you haven’t hunted or anyone you don’t know when it comes to LA waterfowl
Ive made hunts in about 45 of our parishes..
never hunted at marsh club or cherry ridge - actually I've made very very few hunts at commercial places - but I have been to many....... a few folks pick my brain each year about habitat.. legality ect.....I know the rules inside and out...and how zealous a motivated fed can be.
This post was edited on 1/5/18 at 7:59 am
Posted on 1/5/18 at 7:59 am to choupiquesushi
There are some upstanding commercial operations . Please don't get me wrong but the ones that have come in lately have a different mindset. Get what you can today. I have used commercial outfits in the past and there are some top notch guys out there .
Posted on 1/5/18 at 7:59 am to 34venture
Word. Dude is by far the "mouth of the south" on this board. Dude probably assisted with the screen writing for "National Treasure" with how he tries to keep the majority of his posts cryptic and edgy.
Posted on 1/5/18 at 8:01 am to DennisReynolds
quote:I'll put my knowledge and experience against your whiny arse any time bro.
The golden years for ducks are gone....
Word. Dude is by far the "mouth of the south" on this board. Dude probably assisted with the screen writing for "National Treasure" with how he tries to keep the majority of his posts cryptic and edgy.
Posted on 1/5/18 at 8:03 am to cattleman
quote:one thing I have seen in acadia, vermillion and Jeff Davis.. is.. say mr thib has 800 acres and puts in 8 blinds at 7.5k a pop.. Mr smith splits a blind with 4 other people..... someone in that group is hunting and traversing to that blind pretty much every day..... the traversing can push as many birds out as the hunting..... that is not how it was done years ago... .but.. if mr smith gives up his blind... there is another person waiting to take it the next year... i clearly remember a 550 acre tract next to ours in jeff davis having only 2 blinds and only being hunted 2-3 days a week....
ears for ducks are gone....
There are some upstanding commercial operations . Please don't get me wrong but the ones that have come in lately have a different mindset. Get what you can today. I have used commercial outfits in the past and there are some top notch guys out there .
This post was edited on 1/5/18 at 8:06 am
Posted on 1/5/18 at 8:09 am to choupiquesushi
Posted on 1/5/18 at 8:23 am to choupiquesushi
Exactly .
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