

Had two decent hunts to kick it off near Delacroix over the weekend, though overall reports were mixed from full limits of mostly teal to 'didn't even think about shooting'. The usual shooting well before legal shooting time while I'm throwing decoys was mostly absent on opening day so that's often a tell-tale of how many birds are around. When the birds are thick, it's a war zone......in the dark. Otherwise, it's quiet like it should be.
Three of us managed to strap 11 on Saturday, a mix of grays, mottelds, a few dosgris, a spoon, and a GW teal. On Sunday, passed on the dosgris and strapped 10 birds, mix of grays, GW and BW teal, and mottleds. Little better shooting each day and we get near a 3-man limit but would have had to be perfect, and also shoot more dosgris.
As a bonus, caught some pretty freshwater cats off the dock at the camp. That combined with a big Tigers win, made for a solid opener weekend. Try them again later this week after calling off Tuesday's hunt with the gale warnings. Good luck and be safe out there
Three of us managed to strap 11 on Saturday, a mix of grays, mottelds, a few dosgris, a spoon, and a GW teal. On Sunday, passed on the dosgris and strapped 10 birds, mix of grays, GW and BW teal, and mottleds. Little better shooting each day and we get near a 3-man limit but would have had to be perfect, and also shoot more dosgris.
As a bonus, caught some pretty freshwater cats off the dock at the camp. That combined with a big Tigers win, made for a solid opener weekend. Try them again later this week after calling off Tuesday's hunt with the gale warnings. Good luck and be safe out there