Duck Hunters Thread

[Jxn Vol]

actual tried getting a lease on the obion a month or so ago but it was high and no guaranteed water or anything so we passed

Just heard REDRUM was just bought by a former congressman and a country music singer.

 

[Timbeau2]

Just heard REDRUM was just bought by a former congressman and a country music singer.

Whoah. They've been doing a ton of marketing stuff recently trying to create a strong social media presence. Think they bought some more property last year out around Dburg.

 

[clarksvol00]

The Survivor of the Reelfoot Lake Shootings Tells His Story | Outdoor Life

 

[Jxn Vol]

The Survivor of the Reelfoot Lake Shootings Tells His Story | Outdoor Life

I came in here to post this. It is a very well done article. I am fairly close to some of those involved. I am glad that this information was released.

 

[ButchAintOne]

fincher and Bryan? thought they already had all of hornsbluff leased?

 

[Jxn Vol]

fincher and Bryan? thought they already had all of hornsbluff leased?

They are leasing most of hornsbluff out to some big $ out of Middle TN.

 

[ButchAintOne]

I called about it. had 6 blinds in the range of 25k to 35k. know guys that use to lease it for 2500 to 5

 

[Jxn Vol]

I called about it. had 6 blinds in the range of 25k to 35k. know guys that use to lease it for 2500 to 5

I had the pit for 4 years and one of the timber holes. It’s not worth half of what they are asking. The only good hole left down there is the million dollar field.

 

[Mose Phillip's Watch]

Arkansas duck hunting sucks

Go to Oklahoma the new Arkansas

 

[ButchAintOne]

I've heard the Dodger hole use to be really good. I've actually knocked on Finchers door before asking about some other land of theirs

 

[Jxn Vol]

That bottom has changed in the last 10 years. Million $ field holds all the birds. Lots of spots only kill a fraction of what they used to. But people are still paying top dollar just to have a spot to go.

 

[ButchAintOne]

I've hunted a timber hole just north of hornsbluff a few years ago. they was telling me it use to average over a thousand but was down to 300-400 a year. it was a super slick set up tho. I've called some many people the last few years and the prices are absolutely insane. I tell all my buddies if our pit was in Tennessee it would be triple the price at least

 

[VolNExile]

What’s happening with the decline in numbers? Overhunting? Habitat decline? Serious question.

 

[ButchAintOne]

my thoughts are it's a mixture of changing weather patterns, hunting pressure, and big money farming for ducks

 

[Jxn Vol]

Weather
No till farming
Weather
Northern states funding a lot of wetlands/shoreline projects
Weather
Big money private groups leaving a lot of food and holding large numbers of waterfowl
And lastly weather. 😂


All of these things have created a migration pattern change. Ducks are like programmable robots. If they get reprogrammed it takes a big change to alter their pattern. I pray we get ice age conditions up north sometime soon to shake things up.

 

[ButchAintOne]

I think that they need to do something to move these ducks off refuges once in awhile. Even on moving days they arent showing up. They just hunker down and never leave.

 

[Jxn Vol]

I think that they need to do something to move these ducks off refuges once in awhile. Even on moving days they arent showing up. They just hunker down and never leave.

I somewhat agree. But I have seen them move. The problem is that they move to private farms that leave a ton of standing corn. I’ve had a front row seat watching Fincher farm fill up, and in Halls watching the private farms with food mow down Lake Lauderdale ducks.

 

[ButchAintOne]

I have a timber hole south of lauderdale. it use to average 300. We killed about 30 last year.

 

[Jxn Vol]

I had a spot 10 years ago just north of the million dollar field. We used to kill 500-600. Last year I had it we barely killed 100 with standing corn in the field. All the ducks were going to Million dollar field everyday. They only started using our field the last week of the season when all their food was gone.

 

[ButchAintOne]

Heard a DU podcast yesterday with a Canadian biologist. They was talking about hatch numbers and the water situation in the nesting grounds. He said on a scale of 1 to 10 that it's under a 2.

 

[Mose Phillip's Watch]

Heard a DU podcast yesterday with a Canadian biologist. They was talking about hatch numbers and the water situation in the nesting grounds. He said on a scale of 1 to 10 that it's under a 2.

Yep it's bad


I'm ready for 2 or 3 back to back 30 day seasons to weed out the Havoc duck boat idiots & the big money guys that are farming for ducks

 

[clarksvol00]

Yep it's bad


I'm ready for 2 or 3 back to back 30 day seasons to weed out the Havoc duck boat idiots & the big money guys that are farming for ducks

Looks like I've got a couple of trips coming up that will result in the 900 am, "let's go in and have bloody Mary's," comment everyday.

 

[ButchAintOne]

I've never been through a conservative season but it would probably help. Same dudes say that hunting only accounts for like 1% death of ducks though. 30 day season would get some folks out of the game and open some spots for hardcore hunters with less means

 

[jp1]

I dont really think shortening the season will result in less hunters at all. Duck numbers are definitely in decline though.

 

[Jackcrevol]

Never duck hunted, always wanted too. But not if numbers are in decline.

Arent ducks and geese Federally managed? Seems as migratory birds it would be incumbent on USFWS to manage them properly.