Duck hunting the coast help.

[Statton48]

I started a thread looking for a cabin but can't decide where to go. I'm roughly 3.5hrs from Sabine lake. I don't know squat about the coast at all. Where Togo, what is private, what is huntsble, etc etc....if someone could just give me a general idea of where to look or scout, or even a boat ramp I would be greatly appreciated!!!! We don't mind driving roughly 5hrs....I'm in Longview area. Also, not looking for your honey hole or secret spots, just a place where I could start the coastal duck hunting journey. I have a mud boat that's fairly big also....don't mind running it a long ways. Any help would be appreciated. Also, if anyone wants to tag along and help a few newbies on the coast out that would be awesome. Steak dinner is on me

[b.latiolais]

Your best bet is JD Murphee Big Hill and Salt Bayou units. Public hunting but be ready for lots of people.

https://tpwd.texas.gov/huntwild/hunt/wma/find_a_wma/list/?id=40&section=directions

This assuming you wanted to hunt somewhere near the Sabine Lake Area.

[Grady_jones]

south louisiana has good public duck hunting. longview is kind of far though. i go to venice and dulac/dularge, when i want to hunt public costal land.

[SoTXAg06]

We look for wadeable areas. Generally that means a sandy bottom where we are so you aren’t fighting walking in silt. Try to find a spot that you can back up to some grass or mangroves for some cover. Throw out decoys and have fun. Other than that, it’s finding where the ducks are.


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[S-3 Ranch]

I would head for the sea drift, tivolie area , Guadalupe delta

[hopedale]

Not sure if you saw this thread, but something to consider getting in on -

http://discussions.texasbowhunter.com/forums/showthread.php?t=665317

I've yet to hunt the Texas coast, but figured I could meet some new duck hunters and learn the rules of hunting the coast.

[Statton48]

Thanks everyone for the P.Ms and the responses. Much appreciated

[ultralite09]

If you drive a little longer to Port O Connor/Seadrift area, it's all easy hunting. Especially if you have a dog. Coastal hunting seems a lot easier than what we deal with up here in North Texas.

You can pretty much drive around and find a raft of birds close by, set up on the bank and throw some dekes out and kill birds.


If you're looking to shoot more than a limit of redheads, loaf your boat as light as you can and run back in the marshes and find where the puddlers want to be.

"Guides" will be running their airboats all morning to kick up birds for their clients so sometimes you can benefit from that as well.

If you go down that way, launch at froggys and go pretty much anywhere from there

[eastxhunter]

Ducks errywhere

[Statton48]

If you drive a little longer to Port O Connor/Seadrift area, it's all easy hunting. Especially if you have a dog. Coastal hunting seems a lot easier than what we deal with up here in North Texas.

You can pretty much drive around and find a raft of birds close by, set up on the bank and throw some dekes out and kill birds.


If you're looking to shoot more than a limit of redheads, loaf your boat as light as you can and run back in the marshes and find where the puddlers want to be.

"Guides" will be running their airboats all morning to kick up birds for their clients so sometimes you can benefit from that as well.

If you go down that way, launch at froggys and go pretty much anywhere from there

Thanks for the info buddy, exactly kind of info I was looking for.

[Cullstuff]

What if you drove 5 hrs north? May have bettter options

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