@Flightstopper
I grew up in Austin and used to own a home in Pflugerville. Not sure how it is now but I used to launch a canoe underneath the Montopolis bridge on US 183 and go down river about a mile and limit out gadwalls and I'd occasionally get some woodies and teal. It was a really cool river hunt.
@DC727
When you get out of the military and want to move to Texas and are interested in a career in Law Enforcement my Department (TXDPS) is heavily recruiting military veterans. PM if you're interested and this last session of the Texas Legislature saw us get the highest pay increase in DPS history (23%). It would be fairly easy to get a duty station somewhere along the coast.
@Assa-
Here's a few pintail pics for you. I took these pictures the week before opening during the 2011 season. I bought a property that was about a 1/4 mile from the bay and where I took these pics. Duck hunting is my thing and I had no idea this area held this many ducks. Needless to say I was pumped.



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And that clump of mangroves to the left is where my duck blind is located. Other times I just nestle into the mangroves.



The last one was my favorite but not sure how it came out. That day we had probably 30 flights of pintails cup up their wings and decoy 20 yards in front of us. We had our limit in like 20 minutes then just sat back and enjoyed the flights and picked off our redheads and occasional widgeons.