DuckSouth.com

While the season has been OK to above average for before Christmas hunting as far as numbers are concerned (I mainly hunt with my nine year old and a buddy or two of his), our percentage of mallards in the bag are way down. Is it just that they are not around, has my place just become Gadwall U, or is the food in these brakes different from last season? What kind of percentages are yall getting? What type habitat are you hunting? Here are our numbers and % to date:

private land / Delta
Hunting Cypress / Tupelo Gum Brakes
6 hunts
AVG. 3-4 people per hunt
78 total ducks harvested
Mallards harvested = 10
Wigeon harvested = 14
Wood Ducks = 4
Gadwalls = 50

15 hunts: 80 ducks

40 mallards
20 teal
3 Pintails
10 Gads
7 Spoonies
1 band

17 hunts = 190 ducks

Delta
Private Fields

9 pintail
54 mallards
91 teal 1 BWT
17 gadwall
2 widgeon
17 spoonies

Four hunts.
Nine hunter days.
One shot fired, one Canada goose bagged.
I have not personally taken off my safety.

Count your blessings boys.

(exiled) mottlet

Honesty is hard to come by in this place but I think I just saw some. I also have not killed many. 6 hunts and 3 birds. Oh and one crow.

5 Hunts, 3 people per hunt. (heart attack in Oct., just glad to be here)
(all public land)
30 Mallards ( 1 band)
10 Teal
4 Wood Ducks
5 Black Jacks

7 hunts

AVG 3 hunters

50 ducks total,

greenheads 10
suzy's 2
Gads 13
hooters 7
teal 3
red head 1
wood ducks 4


i know that doesn't add up to fifty, i just eralized that i didn't post everyones kills for some hunts.. i just posted the total killed, and then wrote down what i killed.. but fifty total...

several good hunts and a few bad.

Avg 4 person hunt

8 hunts

71 ducks

35 Gadwalls

5 greenies

8 wigeons

6-suzie

11 woodies

3 coot

1 redhead

1 canvas

1 banded suzie


and partridge in a pear tree

12 hunts......


4 skunks


10 mallards


4 gadwalls


6 specks

I don't have the raw numbers up here with me, but I can tell you we are shooting 85% gads, 10% widgeon, and 5% mallards. I am just not seeing many mallards this year like we did by this time last year. I will NOT turn my nose up at a greyduck, though!

5 hunts

3 people 2 of the hunts
2 people 3 0f the hunts

45 total ducks

22 mallards(16 greens,6 hens)1 band
12 gadwalls
7 teal
4 woodies

since teal season we've kilt 200 ducks on the button..

too many hunts to count already..

these are my estimates..

we had a good early teal season.. took right at 50 bwt.. taken another 5-10 g.w.t since the start of the big duck season.

prolly another 60 or so bootlips.. its been a long strange trip..

blubills. around 50 or so...

thats approx 175-180 teal, shovs and scaulp..

the other 20 or so ducks have been greys, woodies and maybe 5 or 6 mallards..

the donkey is in full effect.. keep on hunting boys.. and merry x-mas to all..

8 hunts, 3 people per hunt.

84 Gadwall
29 Mallards
6 Teal
5 Woods
2 Widgeon

12 hunts

total of 115 ducks

Average of 4 hunters per hunt

65 mallards (1 banded)

20 wood ducks

18 gadwalls

8 teal

1 beautiful black duck

3 coots

had some good hunts and hopefully will have some more before seasons end.

Hey, Guys - indulge me on this one. Lets factor in our hunting conditions...

Lets do it like this: on first line of your post indicate majority of ducks killed on "public" or "private land". On the the second line of your post indicate "delta" or "non-delta" for geographic location.

Here I go:

all public land
non delta

9 hunts: 20 ducks

13 woodducks
4 mallards
1 widgeon
2 ringnecks

If you already posted, please edit and add this information. I want to see how this really breaks down.