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re: The golden years for ducks are gone....
Posted on 1/6/18 at 1:18 pm to Midtiger farm
Posted on 1/6/18 at 1:18 pm to Midtiger farm
Has anyone else being seeing a record number of Pintail this year? Every hunt we will shoot our 1 per person then work groups all day. Any idea why they decided to drop the limit?
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Posted on 1/6/18 at 1:26 pm to Drunken Crawfish
We had a ton of Pintails first split. I heard it was going back to 2 next season.
Posted on 1/6/18 at 1:34 pm to cattleman
SW LA is having a dismal year. I made a trip passing through Elton, Kinder, South LC, Grand Lake, Little and Grand Chenier, across and back up through Cameron and Hackberry. It was the least amount of birds I had ever seen. Little to no birds visible in the fields, marshes, flying, or on open water. Just dismal.
My brother in law hunts somewhere around Morgan City apparently it isn’t much better there either.
I have friends that are slaughtering the birds in OK and North Texas just like it used to be here.
My brother in law hunts somewhere around Morgan City apparently it isn’t much better there either.
I have friends that are slaughtering the birds in OK and North Texas just like it used to be here.
Posted on 1/6/18 at 2:09 pm to Drunken Crawfish
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Has anyone else being seeing a record number of Pintail this year? Every hunt we will shoot our 1 per person then work groups all day. Any idea why they decided to drop the limit?
Not seeing any more Han during previous 5-6 years
Dropped because of fly way population numbers
Posted on 1/6/18 at 2:12 pm to JakeMik
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Sat on catahoula lake this evening, literally seen thousands of ducks.
Some of the most dismal reports of the day are from cataboula. Unless you like divers....
Posted on 1/6/18 at 4:18 pm to Drunken Crawfish
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Has anyone else being seeing a record number of Pintail this year? Every hunt we will shoot our 1 per person then work groups all day
Yes, reminds me of the golden years when they were a 10pt bird. Damn you Larry Reynolds! Huge drop in greys, huge increase in scaup and pins, relying heavily on teal for numbers.
Posted on 1/7/18 at 12:27 am to Capt ST
I am jealous of you old school hunters who got to shoot 10 pintail and greys in a hunt. My grandfather told me tons of stories of days where they would shoot 10 birds a person and somehow they always need up shooting a mallard hen as the last bird. Must have been luck 
I actually think the 6 bird limit is perfect. I just wish they would reassess the species limits
I actually think the 6 bird limit is perfect. I just wish they would reassess the species limits
Posted on 1/7/18 at 4:40 am to stewie
In Vermilion Parish sugarcane has definitely been a factor in decreased waterfowl habitat. Not the entire parish but some large areas that used to hold thousands of waterfowl for the winter have been put into sugarcane the last 3 years . Not blaming anyone for that but it has made a huge difference in the area on ducks and geese .
Posted on 1/7/18 at 9:33 am to cattleman
Conversion of land to cattle also hurst
Posted on 1/7/18 at 10:01 am to choupiquesushi
The most consistent and best piece of property I have ever hunted was a flooded cow pasture
But yea most people don't flood there cow pastures.
But yea most people don't flood there cow pastures.
Posted on 1/7/18 at 10:10 am to GREENHEAD22
If there was leftover feed . Dat ain't 100 % legal
Posted on 1/7/18 at 10:13 am to choupiquesushi
Nope, it was just perfectly situated, if you guided for doug like I think you said you know the field I am talking about.
Posted on 1/7/18 at 11:53 am to GREENHEAD22
I never guided for Doug. But I know he area you are talking about then
Posted on 1/21/18 at 12:59 pm to Jonrubberman
After this past week I would like to take back anything bad I may have said about duck hunting in this thread.
Posted on 1/21/18 at 3:29 pm to 34venture
We smashed too 
Posted on 1/21/18 at 4:26 pm to 34venture
They did really well on marsh lease this weekend too. Weeks of no mud motors running around probably is the reason.
Posted on 1/21/18 at 4:39 pm to Capt ST
I killed my limits for 2 days in Gueydan last week. Pintails, greenheads, teal. Me & 2 buddies got 13 birds it today in tensas for my last hunt of yr...mallards, woodies, blue bill, & teal. Saw tons of birds all week, good way to end the season.
Posted on 1/22/18 at 12:32 pm to Duckhammer_77
In closing, I think it's important to add the Louisiana duck season opens a month too early.
Posted on 1/22/18 at 1:03 pm to Jonrubberman
quote:and the feds have made it close at the latest the last weekend in January for eons.... except for 3 and 30 era...
In closing, I think it's important to add the Louisiana duck season opens a month too early.
Posted on 1/22/18 at 5:29 pm to Duckhammer_77
The last two weekends we smashed limits but we are hunting along the river in S. Delta. Ducks did not arrive there until the big freeze just before new years and still not big numbers until MLK day. The usual routine the last 3-4 years is the ducks don't get there until the late season (janurary).
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