Posted By:
DKA
Web Member
Juvenile hunts. Reelfoot 02-05-2010 08:17
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Anyone with juveniles that would like to hunt Reelfoot next weekend, send me a pm. Got the pit for statewide this weekend if anyone is interested, next to Reelfoot.
Posted By:
Thomas-Quinlen
Field Editor
Bayou DeView 01-23-2010 19:08
Mostly Cloudy, No Precipitation – 40-45 Degrees
Dec. 15 – ice was gone, but overcast. Ducks migrating, not many down low. Shot our limits, though, by 10:00.
Dec. 22 – still cloudy, still tons of water. Ducks are spooky. Shot some early, then tapered off.
Posted By:
Thomas-Quinlen
Field Editor
Nowhere 01-13-2010 08:25
Arctic Blast – 10-20 Degrees – Ice
WTH?! Where is global-warming when you need it? Temps are supposed to get up into the 50’s this week, so maybe there will be some water to hunt over this weekend.
Posted By:
Thomas-Quinlen
Field Editor
Several 12-31-2009 12:02
Sunny & Clear, Winds Calm – 35-40 Degrees
Been a while, so I’ll tell you what you already know – there’s a pot-load of water. Water, water, everywhere and the ducks are spread to match.
The Loosahatchie river bottoms, north of Bartlett, TN, are all flooded and should have ducks, but there are too many places for the little feathery bastages to go.
Around the Bayou DeView, there are ducks, but again, they have their choice of places to go, and lots of places that are normally wade-able, are not. A boat with an old-school Tree-Loc is necessary equipment right now. And make sure your decoy lines are long and your weights tied on tight.
With ducks having the opportunity to be picky, clean your decoys up, pay attention to your spread, think about your calling, shoot straight, and be willing to relocate.
Monday, January 4, should be an interesting day – if you have access to moving water, it should be a good day. It will be sunny, fields will likely freeze over, and northern ducks should be pushing in.
Good luck!
[Edited By Thomas-Quinlen on 2009-12-31 12:03]
Posted By:
Thomas-Quinlen
Field Editor
Didn’t go 12-15-2009 12:53
Cloudy, Occassional Rain Showers – 40-45 Degrees
Weather was crap for hunting. Ducks are still around, but overcast meant it was hard to hide, and it was sometimes rainy. Reports were of some shooting but not much.
Posted By:
Thomas-Quinlen
Field Editor
Bayou DeView 12-07-2009 17:05
Mostly Sunny, No Precipitation – 30-34 Degrees – Open Water
Youth hunt was Dec. 5-6 in Arkansas.
Sat. morning was 24 degrees. Loads of ducks feeding all night under the full moon. Clear skies. Ducks were not moving much once dawn came around, but we worked a number of gadwalls and mallards. Lots of new mallards have moved in.
Sun. morning was slightly warmer, with a south wind, but it was overcast. The overcast meant less night feeding and more daylight flying, but it also meant the ducks could see everything clearly. We worked good numbers of ducks within 40-50 yards, but only a few groups inside 40 yards.
Pray the ducks hang aroudn for a week and we goet some sunny weather next weekend.
Posted By:
DKA
Web Member
Reelfoot 12-07-2009 15:29
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Worst opening weekend I can remember. had tons of ducks on the refuge Fri. eve. Moon came out and they left. We got 2 and some of the best blinds didn’t do any better. Next time.
Posted By:
DKA
Web Member
Reelfoot 12-04-2009 08:41
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Here’s hoping everyone has a good opening weekend. Headed to the lake this aft. Seeing a few groups of migrator geese, not so many ducks. Mostly divers.
Posted By:
Thomas-Quinlen
Field Editor
Bayou DeView 11-23-2009 23:42
Sunny & Clear, Winds Calm – 50-60 Degrees
Wind was from the northeast, shifting to the east. Three of us limited out, but 12 of our 18 ducks were teal. We even shot a blue-wing and saw a couple more blue-wings.
I have NEVER shot a blue-wing during the regular season, and only seen one once in my life. This indicates to me that we’re WAY early in the migration – hope the cold moves some birds down, because there weren’t many birds overall.
Posted By:
DKA
Web Member
Reelfoot 10-12-2009 15:24
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Hope some of you got tomake the Waterfowl Festival this past weekend at Samburg. Great attendance, good times.
