DComeaux wrote:Yesterday, and today in particular, had quite a few blinds with us on the SW coast wondering where birds had run off to. Likes like Bunkie has a few.
Ericdc wrote:I think by mid January a lot of reverse migration is happening. Lack of food or low water in coastal marshes makes them head back into ag country and even all the way back up here and into Arkansas
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DComeaux wrote: It's like we've overstayed our welcome. It also seems to dim the memory of the awesome hunts we've made early on. Seems we never finish on top, just tired and going through the motions.
DComeaux wrote:Ericdc wrote:I think by mid January a lot of reverse migration is happening. Lack of food or low water in coastal marshes makes them head back into ag country and even all the way back up here and into Arkansas
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I agree with you on this, and it wouldn't of hurt my feelings one bit if the coastal season would have closed two weeks ago. I've said that often in years past, and as I did yesterday in the blind.
Ericdc wrote:Yea 2 of my guys put a pretty good whooping on them this morning. I just didn’t feel up to an icy 200 mile round trip.
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Darren wrote:Was passed along the Jan 18, 2018 survey that LDWF just compiled, though looks like it has some areas not yet completely surveyed.
Few interesting observations:
The estimate of 3.07 million ducks on this survey is essentially the same as December’s estimate of 3.02 million. It is 50% higher than last January’s estimate of 2.05 million, 17% higher than the most recent 5-year average of 2.61 million, and slightly higher than the long-term average of 2.98 million.
To no one's surprise The largest concentrations of ducks in SW LA were seen in the marsh between Little Pecan Lake and Grand Lake....... Man do they have it goin' on down that way at the LPI club
Snow geese in SW LA were observed on the mudflat extending one hundred or more yards beyond the typical shoreline out into the Gulf of Mexico.
Those increases were countered mostly by a large decline in ring-necked ducks (797,000 to 334,000, mostly in SE LA)
Where would ringers leave to? Know that pins and BW's head south to central america, etc. but what do the ringnecks do if and when they leave here in such harsh weather?
As most of us suspect down in my SE la stompin grounds, puddlers and divers alike are piled up on coastal lakes and bays, likely using the ponds primarily at night, grrrrr.
.....a large number of gadwalls were noted on the open water of Lake Borgne between transect lines 25 and 26 in SE LA.
Deltaman wrote:Darren wrote:Was passed along the Jan 18, 2018 survey that LDWF just compiled, though looks like it has some areas not yet completely surveyed.
Few interesting observations:
The estimate of 3.07 million ducks on this survey is essentially the same as December’s estimate of 3.02 million. It is 50% higher than last January’s estimate of 2.05 million, 17% higher than the most recent 5-year average of 2.61 million, and slightly higher than the long-term average of 2.98 million.
To no one's surprise The largest concentrations of ducks in SW LA were seen in the marsh between Little Pecan Lake and Grand Lake....... Man do they have it goin' on down that way at the LPI club
Snow geese in SW LA were observed on the mudflat extending one hundred or more yards beyond the typical shoreline out into the Gulf of Mexico.
Those increases were countered mostly by a large decline in ring-necked ducks (797,000 to 334,000, mostly in SE LA)
Where would ringers leave to? Know that pins and BW's head south to central america, etc. but what do the ringnecks do if and when they leave here in such harsh weather?
As most of us suspect down in my SE la stompin grounds, puddlers and divers alike are piled up on coastal lakes and bays, likely using the ponds primarily at night, grrrrr.
.....a large number of gadwalls were noted on the open water of Lake Borgne between transect lines 25 and 26 in SE LA.
Wow, never realized how many more ducks SW LA got in comparison to SE LA..................no wonder Rick left OH for the boot heel of LA!
Ericdc wrote:I’d try em tomorrow, supposed to clear out pretty early and big wind.
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Rick wrote:Don't know about there, but it would be a mistake to not hunt rain in our rice. Flight too often ends when it does...
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