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Whistling tree ducks
Posted on 4/24/19 at 11:46 am
Posted on 4/24/19 at 11:46 am
Are these becoming a nuisance? They are running off the mallards that have been on my pond. Seems like there are more and more of them every year.
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Posted on 4/24/19 at 11:50 am to Duffnshank
I stopped by my moms house yesterday and she had 5 just walking around in her yard. The closest pond is about a 1/4 mile away.
Posted on 4/24/19 at 11:58 am to Duffnshank
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Are these becoming a nuisance?
Yes they are. They worked their way up from the border and are taking over our ponds!
Posted on 4/24/19 at 12:01 pm to aTmTexas Dillo
Pond down the road had 50 plus walking around it. They were flying through my yard yesterday. I think they're pretty cool, and tasty too
Posted on 4/24/19 at 12:03 pm to Duffnshank
Fight back. They taste great
Posted on 4/24/19 at 12:04 pm to aTmTexas Dillo
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They worked their way up from the border and are taking over our ponds!
Need a taller wall at the border.
With a bunch of coonasses with shotguns on it.
Posted on 4/24/19 at 12:05 pm to Duffnshank
Black bellied whistling ducks are naturally expanding their range in the Southeast. They are cavity nesters, so do compete with wood ducks for nesting sites, but there's no need to discourage them or chase them off. Just one more species of duck out there dabbling around.
This post was edited on 4/24/19 at 12:54 pm
Posted on 4/24/19 at 12:07 pm to kook
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tasty too
They eat good? Is there a limit or season on them?
Posted on 4/24/19 at 12:26 pm to Duffnshank
Seems like they migrate before big duck season begins. Will we ever have a whistling duck season similar to an early teal season?
Posted on 4/24/19 at 12:33 pm to Duffnshank
the corn and heated ponds have them moving north
Posted on 4/24/19 at 12:45 pm to Duffnshank
Every day around dusk without fail about a dozen groups of 5-10 fly low over my house towards the bayou. For the longest time in had no clue what they were.
Posted on 4/24/19 at 12:48 pm to Ron Cheramie
I spoke to one of the LDWF waterfowl biologists last year about the potential of an early season for them. He explained to me they wouldn't do it because people would mistakenly shoot more mottled ducks. I thought that reasoning was a lame excuse. In my opinion it is much more difficult to tell the difference between a woody or teal hauling a** past you at daylight compared to being able to differentiate a whistler from just about any other type of bird.
Posted on 4/24/19 at 1:07 pm to bullred84
I could kill 50 a day at my house and use 25 shells doing it. Damn things are everywhere
Posted on 4/24/19 at 1:13 pm to Duffnshank
Time to put up nets and make Mexico pay for them.
Posted on 4/24/19 at 1:22 pm to Duffnshank
They are thick on the golf courses up here in NE Houston. However we only get a handful during regular duck season where we hunt in Winnie/Anahuac since they generally bug out at the first cold front. If it is a warm October we generally light them up on opening weekend since they are dumber than a box of rocks. They also taste awesome. Probably my favorite eating duck.
Posted on 4/24/19 at 1:32 pm to Manchac Man
I wish you could shoot them early. Last teal season, they were all over the place.
Posted on 4/24/19 at 1:36 pm to Datfish
Best gumbo on earth. Hell to pick. You gotta skin em, got bid arse leg qrtrs
Posted on 4/24/19 at 1:43 pm to Duffnshank
weird....my in laws live in a swampy area near the pearl river basin and this is the first year I've seen them at their place. They're all over their neighborhood.
Posted on 4/24/19 at 1:45 pm to Duffnshank
if you want to see whistlers go to audubon park
Posted on 4/24/19 at 2:01 pm to Duffnshank
We had a pond behind our last house and we had tons. I enjoyed them. They were pretty friendly. They do make quite a lot of noise though.
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