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re: Anybody killing ducks consistently and where?
Posted on 1/10/26 at 9:17 pm to Outdoorreb
Posted on 1/10/26 at 9:17 pm to Outdoorreb
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no wood ducks
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Posted on 1/10/26 at 9:38 pm to slidingstop
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Those birds aren't going any further than they have to to find feed, open water, and peace (as in not getting shot at). You can blame the weather, farming practices, DU, or "rich" people. But the fact is, the ducks no longer fly the same routes to the lower 48. Nor do they fly as far. That aint Canada's fault. And I doubt they are killing so many ducks that it's having an impact on numbers reaching the states.
I pheasant hunted in South Dakota three winters ago. There was a large lake, small ponds and the Missouri River fairly close by. We were there in latest November to early December. There were ducks and geese everywhere. Those ducks never fly south anymore or no further south than Nebraska.
Posted on 1/10/26 at 11:50 pm to Theduckhunter
I’m in Idaho.
Yes I much rather hunt geese. I’m an old timer, ive killed ducks in all flyways in my career. I love shooting ducks do not get me wrong, but there is absolutely nothing better than shooting honkers. Breaking down pigs and killing them feet down in the decoys, there’s nothing better.
Yes I much rather hunt geese. I’m an old timer, ive killed ducks in all flyways in my career. I love shooting ducks do not get me wrong, but there is absolutely nothing better than shooting honkers. Breaking down pigs and killing them feet down in the decoys, there’s nothing better.
Posted on 1/11/26 at 1:51 am to slidingstop
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I have no love for Canada, but I don't think they play any part in the US's duck hunting woes. Those birds aren't going any further than they have to to find feed, open water, and peace (as in not getting shot at). You can blame the weather, farming practices, DU, or "rich" people. But the fact is, the ducks no longer fly the same routes to the lower 48. Nor do they fly as far. That aint Canada's fault. And I doubt they are killing so many ducks that its having an impact on numbers reaching the states
I completely agree. I hear some completely outlandish sounding theories at my duck camp!
Posted on 1/11/26 at 1:50 pm to SmoothBox
Duck hunted again this morning. 34 mallards, 1 green wing teal, and 2 honkers by 9:03
Posted on 1/11/26 at 10:35 pm to Theduckhunter
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LINK
Ended up with a 4 man of mallards. Should have been done shooting before 8am if we had the wind we were supposed to have according to NOAH and shot 1 hen that nobody shot at when a pair came in. Could have shot some wood ducks to make a 6 bird limit, but I didn’t want to shoot them,
Posted on 1/12/26 at 11:14 am to SmackoverHawg
SWLA here. We scared up 9 woodies, 1 GWT and a lost red head. Hard to believe that was the best weekend we've have had this year.
Posted on 1/12/26 at 11:24 am to Outdoorreb
I think it’s naive to say it isn’t affecting it somewhat. They are killing a lot of juvy birds, and what people don’t realize is they are shooting into groups of 100s of ducks: there is no telling what they are crippling much less educating when they do.
Posted on 1/12/26 at 12:31 pm to Outdoorreb
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don’t think this was even mentioned in this thread. When I said we will collect DNA samples of trapped mallards, this is what we will be looking at. If you ask me, it should be banned. We talk about the genetic side effects, but what about the possible diseases and parasites. I would assume these ducks aren’t tested like a poultry house is for the food industry.
100% should be banned and the penalties should be harsh enough prevent it. Whether or not it's causing some of the issues we are seeing doesn't matter. It's a bad practice and nothing good can come from it. Go ahead and improve habitat, flood whatever and do what you can to entice ducks to your property, but screwing with the genetics that have evolved over millions of years is a no go. In addition to the problems you mention above, the native population has built up natural resistance to diseases and parasites that the farm raised ones don't have. Diluting the gene pool is just asking for issues.
Slept in this am. 8 gadwall, 2 wigeon and 3 woodies yesterday. Saw very few mallards. Should've had a few but got greedy and tried to get them down in the decoys for some young'uns hunting with us.
Posted on 1/12/26 at 8:39 pm to DuckSausage
I heard that on 610 and the rice deal is bullshite. It isn’t that they don’t like the rice, it just isn’t there. Some farmers in Texas and Central LA (Monterey Deer Park?) are growing some hybrid seed production. The majority of the field is a sterile line that must be pollinated by wind from a small strip of normal rice. The overall yields are terribly low and given normal harvest losses, left over grain for wildlife is almost non existent.
Posted on 1/12/26 at 9:10 pm to Nome tiger
Anyone actually post their bird numbers for the year so far
Posted on 1/13/26 at 1:24 pm to Kvothe
156 in NE Ark over 21 days.
12-13 in west TN over probably 10 hunts
12-13 in west TN over probably 10 hunts
Posted on 1/13/26 at 2:25 pm to Kvothe
211 total ducks in 18 hunts in the MS Delta
128 mallards
49 gadwall
15 teal
18 woodies
1 shoveler
128 mallards
49 gadwall
15 teal
18 woodies
1 shoveler
Posted on 1/13/26 at 3:00 pm to Nome tiger
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Central LA (Monterey Deer Park?)
They don't grow hybrid seed rice here anymore and haven't in a few years
and what you are talking about is very very minimal acres and has no affect on ducks
Posted on 1/13/26 at 3:13 pm to Midtiger farm
What kind of rice was he talking about?
Posted on 1/13/26 at 3:31 pm to Kvothe
quote:no actual numbers but I’d estimate we have killed about 100 out of our blind. Mainly because my son and buddies went a bunch and usually have 4-8
Anyone actually post their bird numbers for the year so far
If I had to guess
65 teal
35 spoon
8 grey
2 widgeon
1 mallard
5 ring necks
Have killed like 22 speck so that has been nice.
Yes. That is not so hot. But according to many it is in line with a lot around us.
Posted on 1/13/26 at 3:54 pm to Outdoorreb
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What kind of rice was he talking about?
Hybrid
Posted on 1/13/26 at 5:06 pm to Midtiger farm
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Hybrid
Yea, we got that part. I guess there is only 1 variety of hybrid rice in the Southeast.
What he described sounded like, a seed company is trying to develop a new GMO variety of rice that hasn’t been approved by the USDA and is still in the non-biased trial part or the company is leasing land for the Regulated trials
Edit: it could be that they have to Destroy the seed that was left in the field so the seed can’t sprout next season. The “sterile” part could be buffers around the perimeter or that is used for “checks” to make sure the seeds are planted in the correct locations.
This post was edited on 1/13/26 at 5:19 pm
Posted on 1/13/26 at 7:46 pm to SmackoverHawg
My dad and his crew over the weekend in Johnson Bayou had a 5 man limit each day. They did split up 2/3 to hunt 2 different holes.
About 60%greys and the other 40% were blue wings.
Lucky bastards.
About 60%greys and the other 40% were blue wings.
Lucky bastards.
Posted on 1/13/26 at 9:39 pm to Outdoorreb
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I guess there is only 1 variety of hybrid rice in the Southeast.
There is only one company that sells hybrid rice in the US
They sell different varieties but they are all produced the same way
He was somewhat correctly describing how they create hybrids
You have to have a male/ female sterile line so it can’t self pollinate
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develop a new GMO variety of rice
There is no gmo rice in the US and probably won’t be for a very long time if ever
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