Posted By:
srdc/caller
Guest
Pierce Ranch/Wharton/El Campo area 11-21-2008 11:17
Sunny & Clear, Winds Calm – 50-60 Degrees
6 of us hunted with WS Sherrill at the Pierce Ranch for three days this week. He has lots of pumped water and rice so he has the birds. No weather at all, pure bluebird golf weather. Limited on ducks every day. Only tried the geese one day..all our specks and 2 snows. His Phone # 979 532 1789, bookings are way down due to economy, lots of young snows, but you still need wind and clouds!! good hunting!!!
Posted By:
tylersmcdaniel
Guest
near the Trinity River in north Texas 11-19-2008 22:15
Sunny & Clear, Winds Calm – Over 70 Degrees
I knew what I was getting in for…wood ducks. I just love’m. Great looking and great tasting.
They started coming to roost about 20 minutes before sunset. I got my 2 bird limit pretty quickly. The birds just kept coming in. It was nice watching all the activity. I was wading out to the middle of this 100 yard long/10 foot wide slough to grab my ducks and the birds didn’t mind me. They kept on coming in.
I had a feeling I was in for it though. I knew it was going to be too deep to get my ducks. I wasn’t about to let two prized beauties like that go to waste so I stripped down and went for a swim. Thank the good Lord it wasn’t January or it would have been more uncomfortable than it already was. That’s the second time I’ve had to do that in my life and I’m sure it won’t be the last. I absolutely hate losing a duck.
I did see a few hooded mergansers. The were perfect specimens. I like to look at them but they aren’t worth a darn for eating so I pass on them. I was surprised to see diving ducks up in a slough like that. I have noticed that with hoodeds’ from time to time. That’s unlike what I’ve observed from other diver ducks.
Posted By:
Muddy Bud
Guest
Zapata, Texas 11-17-2008 20:46
Sunny & Clear, Winds Calm – 45-50 Degrees
Got a break from work this morning and got a chance to run and check out Falcon Lake this morning. While observing from the bank I ran in to a local game warden and asked him about duck hunting on the lake. He told me hunting pressure down here was extremely light. He also stated that the duck numbers are realy high and I believe him. From the bank we saw huge morning flights of teal, pintails and gadwalls. Wave after wave of ducks flying in from North to South. I might bring my boat down here when I come back and hunt the second split before going back home.
Posted By:
dwilliams3
Web Member
11-15-2008 11:15
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They do the late season hunting about half way between Waco and Dallas.
It’s done in Winter wheat fields.
The vast majority of these bitds arrive after Christmas thru January.
There is very little hunting pressure in the area and the birds really ‘settle’ in.
The even do cow boarding, which is a blast.
Look under goose hunting at this site for information.
http://www.hunting-in-texas.com/hot.htm
[Edited By dwilliams3 on 2008-11-15 11:18]
Posted By:
Muddy Bud
Guest
11-14-2008 07:31
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dwill, I think you said most of their special conserv. hunting was done i Central Texas. Where about in Central Texas do they offer there late season hunting, when I asked my guide about their goose hunting he metioned the Bay City area and Waller County Texas. I have hunted around the katy area on a couple of occassions in the past 2 years with 2 different outfitters one of whom of which is very well known but I wont mention there name. Any way The first time I was there in 2006 on a two day hunt we shot seven geese, the next year with a different outfitter also a 2 day hunt we saw thousands of geese but we only shot 4 on a flurry sky bust. We shoot more geese than that down here in South Texas on a morning hunt. But if you say Central Texas conservation order hunting is better then I sure would like to look in to it. How have ya’ll done on past hunts to this area?
Posted By:
dwilliams3
Web Member
11-13-2008 13:59
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Muddy, you need to give 1A’s goose hunting a shot. It’s the real deal. Especially in the extended season.
http://www.hunting-in-texas.com/hot.htm
[Edited By dwilliams3 on 2008-11-13 14:02]
Posted By:
Muddy Bud
Guest
Port Bay Near Rock Port 11-13-2008 10:33
Sunny & Clear, High Winds – 60-65 Degrees
On Sunday morning my son and I hunted the south end of port bay and shot our limits in a couple of hours. Blue bills and Red heads being the majority of ducks coming in. We did shoot a few teal and two pinnys. The big bulk of divers that usually hangs around have not arrived in full yet. But the geese are increasingly making themselves more present. I will have try and hit them when I get back in. Right now I am working down in Zapata County and driving down the ranch road to the rig I passed several stock tanks that are just covered in ducks. They were not here two weeks ago. Man I wish I had permition to hunt one of these tanks.
Posted By:
Muddy Bud
Guest
Choke Canyon Res. 11-13-2008 10:19
Cloudy, Winds Calm – 50-60 Degrees
Sorry I couldnt get my report in earlier but I just moved into a new house and my computer is not set up yet, so I had to wait til I got back to work. As stated in my last post a couple of weeks ago I finally made my hunt on Choke With 1A guide service on the 7th of Nov. I was outstanding. we had four hunters and 4 limits with in 1 hr. after the first shot was fired. We had a real cornacopia bag. 1 woodie, teal, widgeon, gadwall, and a couple of blue bills. Our guide Shannon Dubois with 1A really does his home work. As a matter of fact he’s made Choke his home for next three months. There were other hunters on the lake but I didnt hear them shoot as much as we did. If you are planning a trip to Choke and have never been there, I recomened the boys @ 1A they have years of experience on the lake and they know where the ducks are. The lake can get pretty dangerous when the winds kick up and there are thousands of submerged stumps and timber through out the lake. The hunting is great, the dog work is good and you can even bring your own dog if he is well mannered. Oh. yeah and the prices are very reasonable.
Posted By:
dwilliams3
Web Member
Northwest of Waco 11-13-2008 09:33
Mostly Cloudy, No Precipitation – 40-45 Degrees
Did a little tank jumping this morning just outside of Valley Mills. The gadwalls and mallards have arrived!
Only jumped 5 tanks but probably saw 300 ducks. We’ll decoy-hunt them next week.
[Edited By dwilliams3 on 2008-11-13 09:33]
Posted By:
tylersmcdaniel
Guest
Ray Roberts 11-12-2008 16:54
Cloudy, Occassional Rain Showers – 60-65 Degrees
Hunted Ray Bob yesterday morning. It’s was absolutely pathetic. That will be my last hunt there. I’ve hunted there over the years and it just seems to get worse and worse.
We saw literaly maybe 3 small groups of ducks flying way off in the distance. We had one group decoy and they turned out to be all shovelers. It was my bud’s first hunt and he at least got his first bird, but it had to be a shoveler hen. That sums up the days hunt.
They should change the name of Ray Roberts to the Dead Sea.
