WOOF...

[Bgoodman30]

I decided this year to take a season off from a duck lease for the first time since 06 and It looks like I haven't missed a thing... Yikes

 

[WilcoKen]

I decided this year to take a season off from a duck lease for the first time since 06 and It looks like I haven't missed a thing... Yikes

I am right there with you. Glad I did it. May hunt a hard cold front if and when that happens.

 

[Bgoodman30]

I am right there with you. Glad I did it. May hunt a hard cold front if and when that happens.

Hope 24 is a better year....

 

[spoonie]

I decided the same and can't be happier I did with the results I'm hearing from my crew, I still have a couple weeks in January I plan to hunt but none of the usual take off from work all season hunt 50 days or so….. instead I've opted to take 3 weeks off in early summer to saltwater fish in the gulf

 

[Bgoodman30]

I decided the same and can't be happier I did with the results I'm hearing from my crew, I still have a couple weeks in January I plan to hunt but none of the usual take off from work all season hunt 50 days or so….. instead I've opted to take 3 weeks off in early summer to saltwater fish in the gulf

Nice. Yep duck lease only looking to be worth it if you can pay half and start hunting in January... Taking off in the summer usually cost me more money in lost opportunities but I still take my share.. I love fishing in the gulf I have a CC boat in Orange beach and sometimes Its hard to find a crew to go out. Holla..

 

[Dodge Man]

I decided this year to take a season off from a duck lease for the first time since 06 and It looks like I haven't missed a thing... Yikes

I have a great private blind that cost me nothing to hunt and several other options and I have not hunted a single day this year. It is awful so far.

 

[Dodge Man]

Hope 24 is a better year....

People have been saying that for the past few years and every year it gets noticeably worse.

 

[tickweed]

Im hardcore. Sold my spot. Not hating l did it so much now.

 

[Bgoodman30]

People have been saying that for the past few years and every year it gets noticeably worse.

I hope its just cycle. Just no consistency. The year before last was a bang up season.. Last year after the Christmas storm I thought it was going to be lights out and then the weather went to crap again... We had a ton more water 3 seasons ago and before.. Ducks got to have water..

I feel sorry for my dog he's doing a lot of moping..

 

[Boll Weevil]

I'm not a duck hunter so know nothing about it but do check in here to look at pics, pass the time when I'm bored, etc. Other than weather sounds like the hunting has gotten worse over the years vs. improved. I've also heard numbers of duck hunters appear to be increasing so maybe the pressure and competition have something to with it?

Any thoughts?

 

[hillbillyfab]

Never duck hunted a day, but I absolutely love seeing the pictures from all the hunters. I know I'll eventually give in and go on a hunt, but for now I just spectate.

 

[Bgoodman30]

I'm not a duck hunter so know nothing about it but do check in here to look at pics, pass the time when I'm bored, etc. Other than weather sounds like the hunting has gotten worse over the years vs. improved. I've also heard numbers of duck hunters appear to be increasing so maybe the pressure and competition have something to with it?

Any thoughts?

Yes for sure when the ducks are here. The duck numbers in TN are abysmal. Ducks need water first and foremost and when its cold and frozen up they need high calorie food. The MS is at 4 feet and Obion is .1 that means a lot of dry duck holes.. We need strong regular artic storm fronts to keep the birds moving south and we have had almost none of that...

 

[Don'tDrinkTinks]

I'm only hunting thaws. I MIGHT hunt 4 days this year and I'm ok with it.

 

[yellalinehunter]

I'm not a duck hunter so know nothing about it but do check in here to look at pics, pass the time when I'm bored, etc. Other than weather sounds like the hunting has gotten worse over the years vs. improved. I've also heard numbers of duck hunters appear to be increasing so maybe the pressure and competition have something to with it?

Any thoughts?

All the above! Lol

 

[yellalinehunter]

Yes for sure when the ducks are here. The duck numbers in TN are abysmal. Ducks need water first and foremost and when its cold and frozen up they need high calorie food. The MS is at 4 feet and Obion is .1 that means a lot of dry duck holes.. We need strong regular artic storm fronts to keep the birds moving south and we have had almost none of that...

Lack of water also concentrates hunters to available water. So more pressure and less places to go and spread out

 

[Bgoodman30]

Lack of water also concentrates hunters to available water. So more pressure and less places to go and spread out

Concentrates ducks too in safe places and without water and extreme need to feed they won't spread out...

 

[younggun308]

Past several times it's gotten to be a frigid morning (for around here, 24 degrees fits the bill), I notice it's no cooler all the way up to Prairie Canada.

 

[Bgoodman30]

Past several times it's gotten to be a frigid morning (for around here, 24 degrees fits the bill), I notice it's no cooler all the way up to Prairie Canada.

Yep their weather is not much cooler than ours. They should be subzero lows by now and northern MO should be frozen or freezing now but they have highs in the 50's next week....

 

[UT-longbeard]

Our blind sat empty today. Not worth the drive for the expected outcome.

 

[RUGER]

Im hardcore. Sold my spot. Not hating l did it so much now.

The one I hunted with you last year??

 

[RUGER]

Hunted Gooch yesterday and if you combine the ducks and geese we saw you MIGHT get up to 50. Never picked my gun up.
Sitting here waiting for Man now.

 

[Iglow]

Monday is gonna be the day and we're gonna be there.

 

[poorhunter]

I've said it before…the best advice for an average southern duck hunter is to spend all the money normally spent on the south on a week long hunt in North Dakota or Canada. When I first went to North Dakota in 1995 or so I quit hunting Indiana and spent my time and money where the hunting was good. I know if everyone did this it would be a circus but if you can get in on it up there it's way way worth it.

 

[drake799]

I told my group the other day I've never been so glad to have not drawn a blind in my life. I don't get to hunt much anyway but I'd really be sour if I'd sweated out in the heat working on a blind or used up my priority points on anything so far. Maybe it'll change though

 

[Dodge Man]

I'm only hunting thaws. I MIGHT hunt 4 days this year and I'm ok with it.

If you are wanting on a hard freeze you might hunt Zero days this season.

 

[Andy S.]

I'm just an observer during duck season, but I did read today where MDFWP released their December waterfowl survey this week showing the lowest estimates since 2007 when their modern surveys began.

 

[Bgoodman30]

I'm just an observer during duck season, but I did read today where MDFWP released their December waterfowl survey this week showing the lowest estimates since 2007 when their modern surveys began.

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Some good news with higher than average counts north of St Louis. Of course due to not migrating south timely. If the weather doesn't change drastically this could be one of the worse seasons in recent history..

 

[MickThompson]

Some good news with higher than average counts north of St Louis. Of course due to not migrating south timely. If the weather doesn't change drastically this could be one of the worse seasons in recent history..

Following closely on the heels of all the other worse seasons in recent history that seem to be piling up lately

 

[Hduke86]

I took a year off about 5-6 years ago……. And still haven't picked it back up

 

[Levee Jumper]

It truly is terrible right now. Maybe it will make about half of everybody sell their stuff and take up golf.