Thorny

[Biggun4214]

Hunting Thorny tomorrow and Wednesday what's the duck numbers like?

 

[MickThompson]

I hunted private close by on Friday and it ought to be good. Had some birds break from forever and a day up.

 

[Bgoodman30]

Hunting Thorny tomorrow and Wednesday what's the duck numbers like?

Which pool?

 

[Bgoodman30]

Not sure on numbers but area reports were really bad today. Several I talked to called it a season today said ducks left. This is not uncommon for the area when there is rising backwaters. The White lake area bottoms get its water last after the obion upstream crests and starts falling out. The ducks will be back but may not be until wed or later when they follow water downstream. Hopefully if the TC pool you're are hunting is holding birds and they haven't been pressured all weekend may be good.

 

[Biggun4214]

Which pool?

6

 

[MickThompson]

How'd y'all do?

 

[Biggun4214]

Tuesday we had 15 teal, 3 spoonies, and a greenhead.
Wednesday 4 teal, a last minute greenhead a a very long drive home.
Tennessee is not the state to duck hunt all day then drive almost end to end (390 miles).
Lots of high fliers going north.

 

[Biggun4214]

If we're drawn again, probably do the Friday-Sunday and leave by noon. No more last day all day hunts.

 

[TheLBLman]

Tennessee is not the state to duck hunt all day then drive almost end to end (390 miles).

TN is a sho-nuff long state.
When you're in Kingsport, you're closer to Toronto, Canada than to Memphis, TN.

 

[MickThompson]

Tuesday we had 15 teal, 3 spoonies, and a greenhead.
Wednesday 4 teal, a last minute greenhead a a very long drive home.
Tennessee is not the state to duck hunt all day then drive almost end to end (390 miles).
Lots of high fliers going north.

Nice pile of good eaters!

 

[Kritter Gitter]

Tuesday we had 15 teal, 3 spoonies, and a greenhead.
Wednesday 4 teal, a last minute greenhead a a very long drive home.
Tennessee is not the state to duck hunt all day then drive almost end to end (390 miles).
Lots of high fliers going north.

We did that the other weekend. Aint much fun, especially when your hunt wasnt that good! (our hunt was very poor)

 

[Bgoodman30]

Had TC6 for youth hunt ran nice roost out. Had a few teal close calls early but kids not ready. One of only days you can hunt sunset and almost zero came to roost. No shots fired. Slowest youth hunt I've ever seen. Par for course this season glad it's over…

 

[Hawk]

Had TC6 for youth hunt ran nice roost out. Had a few teal close calls early but kids not ready. One of only days you can hunt sunset and almost zero came to roost. No shots fired. Slowest youth hunt I've ever seen. Par for course this season glad it's over…

Traveling I-155 North of Thorny you.could see over 100 acres of water on private ground above the pools that no one was hunting and it was covered with ducks. Most likely the ones you jumped.

 

[TheLBLman]

Traveling I-155 North of Thorny you.could see over 100 acres of water on private ground above the pools that no one was hunting and it was covered with ducks.

The increase in private lands catering to duck habitat & duck hunting have somewhat become defacto waterfowl "refuges"?

I think this is overall more good than bad, while it can both concentrate as well as spread the ducks, depending on the day, water levels, etc.?

Many days it does end up more "bad" for the public land waterfowlers, but every hunter on private is also one less on public. With all the waterfowl "crops" being placed or left on private grounds now, isn't this good long-term for waterfowl populations?

 

[Hawk]

The increase in private lands catering to duck habitat & duck hunting have somewhat become defacto waterfowl "refuges"?

I think this is overall more good than bad, while it can both concentrate as well as spread the ducks, depending on the day, water levels, etc.?

Many days it does end up more "bad" for the public land waterfowlers, but every hunter on private is also one less on public. With all the waterfowl "crops" being placed or left on private grounds now, isn't this good long-term for waterfowl populations?

I agree with what you say but that water was due to recent rain and will be gone when the Obion falls. Had regular duck season been open there would have been someone trying to kill those ducks. Me!

 

[tickweed]

I agree with what you say but that water was due to recent rain and will be gone when the Obion falls. Had regular duck season been open there would have been someone trying to kill those ducks. Me!

I agree with hawk. Just rainwater.

 

[Bgoodman30]

Traveling I-155 North of Thorny you.could see over 100 acres of water on private ground above the pools that no one was hunting and it was covered with ducks. Most likely the ones you jumped.

Probably I think there was a concentration north of us. Most likely the roost we ran out bounced to another concentration and never left.

 

[Bgoodman30]

The increase in private lands catering to duck habitat & duck hunting have somewhat become defacto waterfowl "refuges"?

I think this is overall more good than bad, while it can both concentrate as well as spread the ducks, depending on the day, water levels, etc.?

Many days it does end up more "bad" for the public land waterfowlers, but every hunter on private is also one less on public. With all the waterfowl "crops" being placed or left on private grounds now, isn't this good long-term for waterfowl populations?

More water and crops always a good thing for waterfowl. On a normal year between the ducks and snows lots of standing food gets eaten out and ducks bounce around. This year the numbers were so low most every field I have been too has tons of food left.

 

[Bgoodman30]

Had TC6 for youth hunt ran nice roost out. Had a few teal close calls early but kids not ready. One of only days you can hunt sunset and almost zero came to roost. No shots fired. Slowest youth hunt I've ever seen. Par for course this season glad it's over…

Oh I forgot to mention we left our empty jet sled on the levee when we went to lunch and came back and it was gone... Stole...

Just par for the course this season..

 

[Hawk]

Oh I forgot to mention we left our empty jet sled on the levee when we went to lunch and came back and it was gone... Stole...

Just par for the course this season..

You must of left it in view of the gravel road @ lunch. Lots of Rif Raf ride that road. Notice any dumped tires where you parked.