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I got a blind between Lecompte and Cheneyville this year for the first time. Haven't seen a duck but hoping some will be stirring with the other farms shooting.

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Hunt a lot up in that direction, and can't tell you how many opener eve's we've seen nothing while putting out decoys then stacked them the next day. It could suck, or it could be good, you just have to go, especially so on openers.

It's likely there are birds around and someone's primo habitat is feeding them, and they'll get stirred up. Good luck !

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Best opener in years. It gave me hope again.

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Agreed. It showed that some legit early weather can, in fact, still move birds down to us without short stopping in the ever-growing collection of primo habitat above us. Plenty still stop off, but not all apparently.

Need some more fronts.

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In my research it seems like there is no longer a Honda pioneer 1000.

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They sell the heck out of them, of course they exist. Love mine, a 2023.

Had a 2016 Sportsman 227, solid boat, well thought out. Have had couple others in between and now have a 247, which feels like a whole lot more boat than simply 2-2.5 ft difference in length. Its good bit heavier for sure.

Really can't go wrong with that 227 though, good luck.

Some friends go here regularly and rave about it, they have birds right now for sure.

Pintail Hunting Club, Garwood, TX

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rice spotty but can be decent when weather cooperates. Marsh usually more reliable but is also a totally different experience that all LA hunters should do once.

Reminder that LDWF's official position was those cats dont exist in Louisiana for many many years, until the police were called out to shoot one out of someone's tree near Shreveport in Nov 2008.

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I always felt the same way, till I got some first hand information from a dove hunting outfit in south america. They only use beretta gas guns. According to them, the benellis are less reliable and wear out quicker than the berettas do.

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Wasn't speaking to longevity, but rather how much breakdown do I have to do when I'm coming in from a rainy duck hunt. Fooling with a big cleaning job is the last thing you want to do at that time. There are way more parts to the gas guns......I know, have hunted them for many many seasons and got bit by not getting to the nitty gritty that then rusted.

I dont think Argentina holds a gas-gun only operation as a whole, after all the Benelli Cordoba was built on that style of hunting, most of us will never fire that volume of rounds, and dang sure not duck hunting.

Hearing of some in SE La that were here one day, then gone after that moon and front...typical.

So just gonna be hot, and hope the shorter days and Missouri pressure moves them south. Looking promising for a front late next weekend or so, which could bring birds in, or push out what you have.

I'm very heavily involved on the environmental planning/permitting side of these all over the country with all the names you know, and many you don't, pretty dang fascinating. The scale of $$ thrown at them to get up and going is astonishing.

A source within one of the largest players once threw out the following:

One of these new buildings pays for itself within 1 month of coming online.

yowza