Posted By: Castille-Hebert Guest SW La. 01-23-2008 06:31 Cloudy, Light Rain & Drizzle – 45-50 Degrees I think the issue about splits is that the ducks have started a somewhat change in migratory patterns. More and more birds are staying North of us because of the availability of open water and food. Less hardy birds such as Teal and greys move down early in October and stay. These birds provide us with good shooting in the first split and by the time the second split arrives these birds are blind shy. I think we might need to rethink our hunting strategy for future seasons and maybe start some such of resting areas close to our hunting blinds that would allow the birds to filter in and out of these areas offering us ample shooting. Saw a show last week where an Arkansas hunter had done the exact thing and was… Continue reading

Posted By: cajunsorc Guest 01-10-2008 14:16 – – – Cajunlab– there are a number of factors that explain why the ducks are not here in masses like old times. The most (in my opinion) important is that there is more rice being farmed in Arkansas now than ever before and this year in Louisiana will have the fewest acerage in rice in history. All of the La. farmers are farming sugar cane or not farming at all and leaving their fields dry all winter instead of flooding them for agricultural purposes. Some have even converted to crawfish and place propane cannons in the field to keep the birds out. This all results in less area for the birds and therefore fewer birds. Posted By: cajunlab Guest 01-10-2008 13:34 – – – We may have thousands rafted up in the Gulf, but if we had the push of 100,000,000 ducks (all… Continue reading

Posted By: Castille-Hebert Guest Sw La. 01-03-2008 08:55 Sunny & Clear, Winds Calm – 35-40 Degrees With all of the cold weather we have just about hung it up. Absolutely no birds. I haven’t hunted since last Thursday. We just aren’t getting birds pushed down when these cold fronts come through. As one of my hunting buddies stated, Stick a fork in it because it’s DONE! Posted By: cajunsorc Guest pine island 12-28-2007 11:39 – – – Our hunting has been terrible at best. the full moon had all of our birds moving at night and we have been averaging 4 birds a day until today. We sat out the lightning in the truck and got to the blind at 10 to 7. the gwt ate us up and we finished out the 18 bird limit at 845 with a pintail and 4 mallards. Hoping to get em in the… Continue reading

Posted By: NELA hunter Web Member 12-15-2007 07:42 – – – I don’t think I would matter when u come but i would pick tha days by the weather Are u gona be hunting on tha lake if so where Posted By: Union BA Guest 12-14-2007 11:00 – – – NELA, Good to here that you got into some mallards before the split. You guys should have some decent hunts as the season opens back up. We’re just about froze to the bottom third of MO. I’m trying to decide between coming the first week of Jan from 31st-4th or from 10th-15. Does it matter when you go? Posted By: NELA hunter Web Member saline lake 12-13-2007 08:29 – – – I hunt on saline lake an we havent done good at all mostly woodys an teal but did kill 12 green heads last day be for tha split i… Continue reading

Posted By: Gumbo Web Member 12-06-2007 21:25 – – – Thank you cajunsorc for the info on the Redbone Calls website. Great instruction. Have you used a Redbone call? What do they cost? Any recommendation on a specific call that they build? I have Chiene Caille and RNT speck calls, but the sounds from that Redbone on the website are awesome. By the way, where do you hunt. I hunt Morse and Gueydan area. Posted By: cajunsorc Guest 12-06-2007 13:53 – – – Hey enticer–Forget the hens–Lets book a hunt to canada for 3 to 4 days and kill 7 Pintail a day–and they get to shoot 5 specks a day too! Posted By: Duck enticer Guest 12-06-2007 11:35 – – – About the Hens….. It depends where you hunt, and what you are hunting for. Up north where there are more Mallards this might be feasible. Arkansas and some… Continue reading

Posted By: sktduck Web Member 12-02-2007 15:58 – – – heard anything out of venice? Posted By: La Redleg Web Member NW La 11-30-2007 10:43 – – – We had some success over the 4 day Thanksgiving weekend. We killed 3 man limits all 4 days. Out of 72 birds killed, 25 mallards, a few pintails, gadwals, teal and even a couple accidental smileys. This is the first season in about 5 or 6 years that we have killed this many ducks this early in the season. Hope it continues Posted By: cajunlab Guest clayton, LA 11-30-2007 00:25 Sunny & Clear, Winds Calm – 50-60 Degrees The greys have moved in finally!!!! Hundreds of them on the lake. Mallards showing up slowly. Awesome wood duck hunting. Posted By: Duck enticer Guest SW. LA 11-28-2007 16:10 – – – Did pretty good this last Saturday. 24th of November. We finally got… Continue reading

Posted By: hstep WFC Sponsor North Toledo Bend 11-24-2007 15:37 – – – Opening weekend we had a fair number of birds, Greys, Widgeon,Red heads and a few cans, The following week was alittle slower with mostly spoonies and teal, however we went on wednsday and smoked the bluebils but on Friday didnt even see one. Most of the ducks we had moved out, but we havent seen anything like what we had last year at this time. Hopefully the ducks we had at the opener was just a teaser and the real push is on the way. Tried Pirates Cove this morning and never fired a shot. Seen a total of about 50 birds. Good luck Posted By: Duck enticer Guest SW. LA 11-21-2007 20:01 Sunny & Clear, Winds Calm – Over 70 Degrees Got after them pretty good this morning. We have perfected the art of Gadwall Slaying!… Continue reading

Posted By: Gumbo Web Member Morse 11-15-2007 13:20 Mostly Cloudy, No Precipitation – 60-65 Degrees Hunted alone this morning. 4 GWT, 1 BWT and 1 spoonie by 6:15 a.m. Problem is that there was not much activity after 6:15 a.m. Would have thought there would be more birds moving given the frontal passage and strong winds. Posted By: cajunsorc Guest Pine Island 11-15-2007 12:49 Sunny & Clear, High Winds – 50-60 Degrees Not quite what I expected for a post front day. Had some new mallards and greys–no gwt to speak of and a surprise herd of ringnecks. 3 guns-16 ducks and did not see a goose! Does anyone know where the specks went? Posted By: Duck enticer Guest SW. LA 11-14-2007 08:30 Sunny & Clear, Winds Calm – Over 70 Degrees Did really good this past weekend. Saturday 4 hunters: 24 birds on the water by 7:00 A.M. Greys,… Continue reading