best location for duck hunting?

[LabLuvR]

The word here in SC is that every WMA is loaded with birds and water, you guys just ain't fessing up to it. There is a 15 vehicle caravan headed your way first thing in the morning.:D

[RedEyed Duck]

Brink em' on, the public land is all covered up with birds in AR, TN and MS. Or was it all covered up with hunters, I forget which. None the less, come join in on the fun!

[Don Miller]

Santee Cooper, South Carolina would be my first choice. My second choice would be Guntersville, Alabama. My third choice be the Sipsey River, Alabama. I don't know why so many hunters from SC and Bama waste time road tripping to MS and AR when they have such good hunting in their own states. These are the areas I would focus on for next years lease. There is very little hunting pressure and always an abundance mergansers. Hope you boys that live east of the MS Delta don't get angry with me for letting the cat out of the bag. You can't keep it a secret for ever!

[RDB]

Ducks? I once saw some pictures of some ducks ! Aren't they an endangered species or something?

Go figure.

[bigwater]

Mallardhunter what you been smokin? How can you say that if you got ducks in stuguart then you will have dux in Jxn or is that the group of dux that flies off dem rice ponds at daybreak in ark and spends there lunches at the kock of the walk??/

good huntin i hope it ends soon bigstinker

[Duckdawg10]

This year, Bayou Meto is dry!

I dont know what Bayou Meto you are looking at but it is just as wet as the last 5 years.

[mallardhunter]

This year, Bayou Meto is dry!

I dont know what Bayou Meto you are looking at but it is just as wet as the last 5 years.

Well, maybe I'm wrong. Maybe the AGFC web site is lying:
http://www.agfc.com/hunting/20040107_wr.html

Buckingham Flats and Temple Island have water, but, according to their web site and the area manager, Both Upper and Lower Vallier (which make up the bulk of the Meto) are dry (less than 10% flooded). Even Halowell is reported to be only 65% flooded.


Wouldn't be the first time I've been wrong. What part of the Metro are you looking at?

[bush]

Best place for ducks? Consistently? What about the Peabody?
The people that are killing ducks this year are just getting lucky. There are no ducks, other than pockets here and there, that people are killing on a consistent basis. I've talked to hunters that hunt the primest of prime hunting spots in Stutgart to others like myself that hunt the red-headed step child of duck-holes, aka~ public land.

If somebody wants to call me on that, please do. I would love to know where people are going to consistently kill ducks without having to pay an arm & leg for it. And even then there's no guarantee.

But if what you're wanting to do is have some action...duck hunting ain't where it's at. It's in goose hunting and NO ONE is doing it. I've been to places throughout the season & seen a handful of ducks, but seen and/or heard thousands of geese - snows, canadians, & whatever other flavors they come in.

After duck season, I'm heading to the delta with some rags, an electronic caller, my dog, mosquito spray & a 12 pack of beer. I'm going somewhere to kill some geese. I say fuggaduck.

[Duck Sniper]

anywhere else?

[River Rat]

I wouldn't waste my time on the Big G (Lake Guntersville, AL).

We have not had 500 ducks all year and what we did have is gone or is sitting on one of the refuges.

[Jeff]

Now that it's closed in my opinion Venice can't be beat. Haven't hunted any of the other places except for Arkie, MS and TN and Texas, but I know Venice is normally on all the time, from August to April you could kill a limit of m gratoryducks out there.