Posted By:
MUDDOG
Guest
ne texas 12-18-2007 09:48
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Not unless they just got here 12/17/07. I hunt NE Texas and it has been pathetic since the first week or two. As of this past weekend there were no migrants from the snow/ice to the north. Nor were there any in Oklahoma just to the north of E. Texas. I spent 3 days up there last weekend and scouted about 7 different places spread over a large area. There was only about 1/4 the birds we/they had in early season. And I talked to several different hunting groups in the region and everyone had the same results except for 1 person. Those 2 guys shot 9 birds. One thing that caught my eye was this morning driving to work I saw some new ducks on a pond which never holds birds unless a migration is moving through. This tells me there’s a possibility some birds just blew in the past day or 2.
Posted By:
tdutley
Guest
NE TEXAS 12-14-2007 10:12
Cloudy, Occassional Rain Showers – 40-45 Degrees
Has anyone been out in north east texas the last few days. dose anyone have any field reports here. My buddys back home in ne Arkansas are telling me of big numbers of birds hitting that area. I am optomistic that a good percentage of them will come on down. The winter storms in the hartland sure look promising.
Posted By:
brian j. donovan
Field Editor
North Texas 12-11-2007 11:31
Cloudy, Light Rain & Drizzle – 45-50 Degrees
Hunting is picking up across North Texas with a good influx of new birds, including lots of mallards. I’m seeing a fair number of canvasbacks on some of my local ponds now, too.
My group’s recent bag has included mallards, woodies, greenwing teal and some spoonies that found their way down into a flooded timber hole.
There were excellent numbers of birds in the Comanche/Brownwood area late last week, but I do not know if this front has pushed them out.
Posted By:
jedwardson
Web Member
Cross Timbers Region 12-11-2007 08:47
Cloudy, Light Rain & Drizzle – 30-34 Degrees – Open Water
The weekend was slow for us, but the cold front helped us a lot. Hunted yesterday morning (12-10) and finished with 4 limits in a little over an hour. Lots of big ducks down, 19 out of the 20 we shot were gadwall.
Jeremy Edwardson COUNTRY DUCK OUTFITTERS www.HUNTCDO.com 817-219-0237
Posted By:
mmaxwell96
Web Member
Wright Patman / Sulphur River 12-10-2007 15:29
Cloudy, Winds Calm – 60-65 Degrees
After hunting this weekend I can confirm tdutley’s reports about Patman…there are not many birds in the area right now. Maybe this cold front will help.
Posted By:
mmaxwell96
Web Member
Lake Palestine / Neches River 12-10-2007 15:27
Cloudy, Winds Calm – 50-60 Degrees
Scouted Neches River and the Neches side of Lake Palestine last Thursday and Friday morning. Did not see much in the area except for a few groups of birds on Palestine. Did anyone have any luck on Palestine this weekend?
Posted By:
tdutley
Guest
NE TEXAS WRIGHT PATTMAN LAKE 12-06-2007 13:59
Sunny & Clear, Winds Calm – Over 70 Degrees
SCOUTED ON SUNDAY 12/2 AND FOUND THERE WERE NO DUCKS TO BE SEEN ANYWHERE. I RODE THE OPEN WATER, RUNS OFF THE LAKE, SLUES, CREEKS AND NOTHING OF ANY NUMBERS. I AM BEING TOLD THERE ARE DUCKS BEING TAKEN ON MILWOOD LAKE IN ARKANSAS ABOUT 60 MILES FROM HERE, AS WELL AS SOME IN GARLAND CITY ARKANSAS. WE CAN ONLY PRAY FOR COLD WEATHER AND A LITTLE BIT OF RAIN.
WILL KEEP TRYING
Posted By:
willett2006
Guest
Repot from SW MO 12-03-2007 13:08
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Got a call from my dad yesterday after the front blew threw their area and said it was 68 that mornin then was about 30 when he was talkin to me (2 pm) Said he saw steady movement of flocks of geese headed south
This is from the Miss. Flyway and only bout geese but it ought to say somethin for our flyway and ducks as well. Opener ought to be good..hopefully
Posted By:
Kevin-Stallard
Field Editor
Highland 11-27-2007 18:34
Mostly Sunny, No Precipitation – 30-34 Degrees – Open Water
Just wanted to let you guys know there was a major push of snows/blues today southbound. I saw a steady stream of them for two hours straight. I know you guys hunt them in the winter and we get them in the spring on their way back. Good luck.
Posted By:
txaghunter
Web Member
Angleton 11-25-2007 16:11
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Hunted Wed and then Thanksgiving morning after the front blew through. Wed was tough and what we did see was teal and there was not a lot to shoot, got a few birds. Thanksgiving morning was fantastic, hunted alone but had teal and spoons covering me up early so I pass on them to see if big ducks would work in. I ended up at 8am with mallards, pintail, and gadwalls as all the birds decoyed perfectly into a trong north wind. It was well worth the wait and was a great Thanksgiving.
[Edited By txaghunter on 2007-11-25 16:21]
