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Duck hunting report Lake Arthur area?
Posted on 1/16/22 at 1:45 pm
Posted on 1/16/22 at 1:45 pm
Anyone have an update on duck reports in the lake Arthur area?
Has the cold weather pushed any down?
Has the cold weather pushed any down?
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Posted on 1/16/22 at 7:22 pm to SouthLa.Tiger
If any came down, they damn sure didn't stop in cenla. So the 3rd split for the west zone hasn't produced, worst duck season I've ever experienced.
Today is the first time I've seen ducks rafted in the ponds along I-49 south of Elec....looked like scaup.
Today is the first time I've seen ducks rafted in the ponds along I-49 south of Elec....looked like scaup.
Posted on 1/16/22 at 10:35 pm to SouthLa.Tiger
I'll be there Friday. Going to be cold. Was in Elton last week for work and didn't see a bird.
Posted on 1/17/22 at 9:33 am to ForLSU56
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If any came down, they damn sure didn't stop in cenla.
They were here they just got too smart.
Posted on 1/17/22 at 9:38 am to BorrisMart
Pond shy birds errywhere Sunday morning. I did manage to get my one sprig to go with my stack of spoons. I had way too much meat for the poppers I was making, so the leftover breasts went into the air fryer plain. They were damn good. I may stop hating on those things.
Posted on 1/17/22 at 9:44 am to SouthLa.Tiger
No idea about LA, however the MS Delta just got a good push of fresh birds!
Posted on 1/17/22 at 1:04 pm to Insurancerebel
The last 5 years have been brutal!!
Prior to 5 years ago the sky would be littered with ducks/geese every hunt around White lake.
Something changed. Either less birds, migration pattern changed or combination of the two.
It’s terrible!
This is Louisiana; “Sportsman Paradise”
Prior to 5 years ago the sky would be littered with ducks/geese every hunt around White lake.
Something changed. Either less birds, migration pattern changed or combination of the two.
It’s terrible!
This is Louisiana; “Sportsman Paradise”
Posted on 1/17/22 at 4:51 pm to AlxTgr
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Pond shy birds errywhere Sunday morning. I did manage to get my one sprig to go with my stack of spoons. I had way too much meat for the poppers I was making, so the leftover breasts went into the air fryer plain. They were damn good. I may stop hating on those things.
What general area you talking about Alex? Ag/pond fields off of i49 south or north of Alex? The Lake had a ton of big ducks when it was hot af, but hardly any wanted to decoy. Didn't help that there were tons of people in blinds everywhere. It was pass shot kind of days for the most part. Had some big ducks decoy on other occasions in a different blind. I want to save and buy or rent some ag fields somewhere near Jonesville, Concordia parish, North of Port Barre, or Columbia, but I am a ways away from doing/affording that.
I should have been born into a farming family.This post was edited on 1/17/22 at 4:53 pm
Posted on 1/17/22 at 5:12 pm to SouthLa.Tiger
Hunted there two days before the front, one teal in two days.
The birds in SWLA seem extremely decoy call and pond shy. Have to get shifty to kill what ducks are there.
Our lease had the most ducks Saturday. This front seemed to make duck numbers worse, I don’t know how.
The birds in SWLA seem extremely decoy call and pond shy. Have to get shifty to kill what ducks are there.
Our lease had the most ducks Saturday. This front seemed to make duck numbers worse, I don’t know how.
Posted on 1/17/22 at 7:26 pm to greenhead11
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Our lease had the most ducks Saturday. This front seemed to make duck numbers worse, I don’t know how.
Ours too. Maybe open season earlier?
Posted on 1/18/22 at 2:44 am to BorrisMart
quote:Between Bunkie and Gator Grounds.
What general area you talking about Alex?
Posted on 1/18/22 at 9:23 am to AlxTgr
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Between Bunkie and Gator Grounds.
Gotcha. That is a traditionally good area.
Posted on 1/18/22 at 9:26 am to BorrisMart
If you look on a map, you can see a string of rice fields from north to south and beyond us, so there's lots of area for ducks, and you can see the geese fly back and forth from probably Bain's to the fields south east of Bunkie.
Posted on 1/18/22 at 3:51 pm to AlxTgr
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If you look on a map, you can see a string of rice fields from north to south and beyond us, so there's lots of area for ducks, and you can see the geese fly back and forth from probably Bain's to the fields south east of Bunkie.
I've hunted that stretch of farms down closer to highway 190 near Palmetto and that was some fun hunting. I have some family friends in Alex that hunt near cheneyville and bunkie. I mostly stay on the Lake or rivers/swampyness around it. One day I'll hunt near there. Figure eventually I can come across a buddy or a lease. IDK about now, but that area down near Port Barre was like paradise 8 years ago.
Posted on 1/19/22 at 6:34 am to BorrisMart
No ducks shot 2 coots and 1 merganser south of there last weekend. Waste of time all season. Would look else where birds gone/not in area all season. Nets have been up all year at Arkansas/Louisiana line. Tough
This post was edited on 1/19/22 at 7:11 am
Posted on 1/19/22 at 11:23 am to arczr2
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Duck hunting report Lake Arthur area
Anything in the Mallard Bay area? Its been super shitty last few years.
Posted on 1/19/22 at 3:18 pm to CouldCareLess
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Anything in the Mallard Bay area? Its been super shitty last few years.
You talking about the South La one? I have no idea but it speaks volumes about the "decrease" in birds (at least in birds being shot) that that part of coastal area was named "Mallard Bay." I hope they're getting them, but it makes me so sad thinking about the old days from when I was a kid and seeing pictures from before I was born of cajun baws (and North/CenLa baws) with a dock covered in dabbler ducks.
ETA: @arczr2. You are probably right to look elsewhere. It's a pipe dream to buy some swampy land or some old ag land one day close to a river to duck and deer hunt, but probably will never happen. I just thank the Lord I was around to hunt Catahoula back in the day when it was really popping off.
This post was edited on 1/19/22 at 3:25 pm
Posted on 1/19/22 at 4:39 pm to BorrisMart
Lol I was joking have had phenomenal season. Lots of ducks just have to know where to go..All been public Swla.
Posted on 1/19/22 at 5:33 pm to BorrisMart
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You are probably right to look elsewhere. It's a pipe dream to buy some swampy land or some old ag land one day close to a river to duck and deer hunt, but probably will never happen. I just thank the Lord I was around to hunt Catahoula back in the day when it was really popping off.
I'm one of those guys who used to hunt the marshes south of Lake Charles. Johnson Bayou and then Big Pasture, we used to slay the ducks. It wasn't uncommon to limit and to limit with a healthy dose of mallards. Are there any mallards in SWLa now?
Posted on 1/19/22 at 5:52 pm to arczr2
Ahhh well I'm glad to hear you're killing birds. I just get annoyed/sad at the pictures of the old days from La (esp down south) where they just had piles of big ducks.
@Dillo I have no idea. I bet there are mallards around. Saw a lot on Catahoula as well as sprigs but they were so decoy and call shy and were way too pressured they weren't making more than two rounds around the blind before dipping back to the off limits "duck lake" on the refuge.
That is why I can't wait to get a boat, I can finally really hunt some public land and learn the rivers and areas better and try to find some good spots.
ETA: hoping this cold front pushes some new birds in and I get a chance to go.
@Dillo I have no idea. I bet there are mallards around. Saw a lot on Catahoula as well as sprigs but they were so decoy and call shy and were way too pressured they weren't making more than two rounds around the blind before dipping back to the off limits "duck lake" on the refuge.
That is why I can't wait to get a boat, I can finally really hunt some public land and learn the rivers and areas better and try to find some good spots.
ETA: hoping this cold front pushes some new birds in and I get a chance to go.
This post was edited on 1/19/22 at 5:53 pm
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