Public lands hunting is hard. Most hunters know this and you can ask those hunters what the most difficult game on public land is – ducks. Some may say deer but I think that’s just because the opportunities to hunt big game on public lands is much more limited and restricted, at least around these parts.
Nope, its ducks. Scouting, big lakes, access, fighting for good spots, decoy layout’s …….not getting in the line of fire of other hunters, it all makes for a tough hunt. That doesn’t even take into account the most important factor of all. Texas is at the bottom of the US. Ok now that that’s established please consider the following migration routs.
http://www.birdnature.com/allflyways.html
As you can see, by the time most ducks get to Texas they have seen a lot of decoys and heard a lot of duck calls not to mention most have probably been shot at a time or two. They get hard to hunt needless to say. Even after all the scouting and early morning hikes sometimes you just cant convince the ducks to decoy for you. What I saw this morning confirmed that. We had a great decoy spread and a perfect location but I swear, every time the ducks came over and gave our spread a look, they went the exact opposite way. Never mind a call; they’ll just turn the afterburners on. I’m not a pro duck hunter by anybody’s standards, but a weekend like this one really wears you out.
I can’t leave this post without a couple of positives. First, time in the field with good friends is always worth it (check out Rob’s last post). Second, I’m still amazed at God’s handy work. I just can’t get over that. Last, well I’m out of points…...
Wouldn't you want some of this if you were a duck?
1 comments:
That is a good lookin' spread!
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