Anyone else having trouble with the ducks this year?

[redfishted]

Pretty good here for the second year in a row, lots of water and lots of acorns, kind of changed up here three years ago, our wood ducks are in odd places and we are killing mallards and pintails in our wood duck holes.

[Razrbk89]

Pretty good here for the second year in a row, lots of water and lots of acorns, kind of changed up here three years ago, our wood ducks are in odd places and we are killing mallards and pintails in our wood duck holes.

Pintails in the woods??

[redfishted]

Pintails in the woods??

Yep, last 3 years we've had quite a few, and some teal as well.

[Razrbk89]

Yep, last 3 years we've had quite a few, and some teal as well.

Fairly common to work teal in the woods. A pintail actually working into the woods is super rare. I've never seen one do it in my life. That's cool

[redfishted]

Fairly common to work teal in the woods. A pintail actually working into the woods is super rare. I've never seen one do it in my life. That's cool

Three years ago I mounted the first pintail drake I shot out of this hole, it's family land and I had hunted here all my life and never even seen one. We have killed quite a few each of the last two years. Before 2012 if we shot more than 2 or 3 mallards a hunt we were lucky, last few years our 5 mallards are usually the first ducks to hit the water.

[Razrbk89]

Three years ago I mounted the first pintail drake I shot out of this hole, it's family land and I had hunted here all my life and never even seen one. We have killed quite a few each of the last two years. Before 2012 if we shot more than 2 or 3 mallards a hunt we were lucky, last few years our 5 mallards are usually the first ducks to hit the water.

That's so strange. What is the hole like?

[marshhunter]

Just wrapped up a week in and around Cedar Creek lake. 3 one bird days and one 4 bird day, between 3-4 of us each day. One day we had plenty of opportunities. But ive been hunting HARD this year, and scouting, and when I find birds, it seems things change in a matter of a day or two. I mostly hunt lakes within 1 hr of DFW.

Did you used to be on 2cool as plgorman??

[Dakota7493]

A buddy and me have been out twice and shot 6 first time and 3 the next. This was before the split though too. Looking at going again Monday. Temps have been all over the map and there's a ton of water for them to be on. Been a tough year to say the least.

[wlgorman]

Did you used to be on 2cool as plgorman??

Yep, sure did!

[marshhunter]

Yep, sure did!

Awesome! Didn't you go to one of the sporting clays shoots? How things been?

[Kmart49]

It's been junky up here. First really good hunt was a couple days ago. Killed 13 limits of mallards in the woods FINALLY. Now they're mostly gone again. Going up to Pocahontas this weekend to the inlaws. BIL has been doing decent up there so we're gonna go a time or two.

You can shoot gadwalls and teals and other junk, but there's not many birds down according to AGFC aerial survey the other day. I think it said like 60% of normal and only like 1/2 ducks. Water is high, temps are high. No ducks, but really no surprise! Tooooooo warm.

Yep, the most recent AGFC report wasn't very exciting however it is to be expected with the warm temps. Never fails that you'll have water finally and yet no birds. I'll be in Wynne, Christmas through New Years but the forecast doesn't look to be changing much.

[PigPen21]

If only my neighbors would let me hunt their pond lol and those ain't decoys

[wlgorman]

I hunted something like that yesterday in Corsicana. Saw about 50 birds on it the day before. Thought "man this is going to be lights-out". Then morning came, and they landed in the middle of the 15 acre pond and never moved.

[b.latiolais]

What ducks???

[wlgorman]

Awesome! Didn't you go to one of the sporting clays shoots? How things been?

Yeah man I sure did. I had my dog there when he was a pup. Been good. Moved up to DFW in 2010. Changed careers. Had a couple kids. Just need to find some birds now and life will be complete.