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 Where are all the birds?
#5265270
08/21/14 03:34 PM
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duckboogieman
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Seemed like we had good numbers in NTX until about a week ago. A bit worried about the lack thereof and more weather expected next week..... Maybe I'm looking in the wrong spots.... What's everyone else seeing?
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Re: Where are all the birds?
[Re: duckboogieman]
#5265309
08/21/14 03:55 PM
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beaversnipe
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Seeing less dove but way more whitewings
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Re: Where are all the birds?
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#5265335
08/21/14 04:06 PM
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Homey da Clown
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covered up with dubs..bout 50 teal so far on my 50 acre lake as well
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Re: Where are all the birds?
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#5265371
08/21/14 04:38 PM
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KYBLUEFAN
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Was up the road picking up chicken feed and two separate flocks flew over one being whitewings.
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Re: Where are all the birds?
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08/21/14 04:42 PM
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Gdogg
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They are in the fields eating all this fresh cut corn.
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Re: Where are all the birds?
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#5265473
08/21/14 05:45 PM
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duckboy007
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Working on the lease last weekend I saw fewer doves than I have been. Figured somebody is cutting fields around us. Hope they move back.
My dog snores.
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Re: Where are all the birds?
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08/21/14 07:51 PM
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Jobst
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They are in the fields eating all this fresh cut corn. And milo. Saw a flock flying out of a cut milo field this morning.
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Re: Where are all the birds?
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#5265686
08/21/14 08:02 PM
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Txduckman
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They should be in the fields so they will be very thirsty about 6:30 pm on Sept 1.
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Re: Where are all the birds?
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08/21/14 08:34 PM
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sallysue
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Not seeing the #'s like I did a week ago
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Re: Where are all the birds?
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#5265798
08/21/14 09:05 PM
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sling
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I'm seeing less in the mornings....probably all spread out on the fresh grain fields....but I still see a good number grouping up in the evenings in the same places that they were 2 or 3 weeks ago.
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Re: Where are all the birds?
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#5265968
08/21/14 10:56 PM
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twinbubba
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Not seeing many in the DFW mid-cities area.
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Re: Where are all the birds?
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#5265978
08/21/14 10:59 PM
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Merican Duck Hunter
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seems like this happens every year...
Arise.Kill.Eat -Acts 10:13 I have read a bunch of stuff on the internet about Star Wars but that does not mean I can skin a deer with a light saber.
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Re: Where are all the birds?
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#5265982
08/21/14 11:04 PM
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Buzzsaw
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last weekends storms probably has them freaked out a bit. Frisco , Little Elm is covered up with birds, sunflowers and lots of water. Course can't huntem
Hang in there boys, they'll be back, we need a Hurricane for rain but maybe after September 10...
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Re: Where are all the birds?
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#5266070
08/21/14 11:56 PM
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beaversnipe
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Majority left, wouldn't you?
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Re: Where are all the birds?
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08/22/14 12:22 AM
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reeltexan
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The best hunting sometimes occurs AFTER opening day.
![[Linked Image]](https://i.postimg.cc/KjZZqFj8/point-with-bird.jpg) "If we ever forget that we are One Nation Under God, then we will be a nation gone under." Ronald Reagan
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Re: Where are all the birds?
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08/22/14 12:36 AM
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kdub
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The best hunting sometimes occurs AFTER opening day.
And most people only hunt dove on the opener. 
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Re: Where are all the birds?
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08/22/14 12:37 AM
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reeltexan
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'cuz they don't love it like us.
"If we ever forget that we are One Nation Under God, then we will be a nation gone under." Ronald Reagan
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Re: Where are all the birds?
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08/22/14 12:47 AM
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sling
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The best hunting sometimes occurs AFTER opening day.
Almost always...
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Re: Where are all the birds?
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08/22/14 01:53 AM
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Halfadozen
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Normally have hundreds on my property in the suburbs right now. Nothing. I think the abnormal weather is keeping them north for a bit longer I guess.
Freedom is a fragile thing ...Those who have known freedom, and then lost it, have never known it again.
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Re: Where are all the birds?
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08/22/14 02:08 AM
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sling
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Normally have hundreds on my property in the suburbs right now. Nothing. I think the abnormal weather is keeping them north for a bit longer I guess. They'll have to come through at some point....just need to be hunting when that happens!
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Re: Where are all the birds?
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#5266323
08/22/14 02:21 AM
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Homey da Clown
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Normally have hundreds on my property in the suburbs right now. Nothing. I think the abnormal weather is keeping them north for a bit longer I guess. birds of toady are are local resident birds. Either you got em or you don't come opening day. You won't see a Kansas bird for quite a while.
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Re: Where are all the birds?
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#5266535
08/22/14 05:40 AM
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Fooshman
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Been seeing plenty in both places.
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Re: Where are all the birds?
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08/22/14 01:57 PM
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john paul
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last weekends storms probably has them freaked out a bit. Frisco , Little Elm is covered up with birds, sunflowers and lots of water. Course can't huntem
Hang in there boys, they'll be back, we need a Hurricane for rain but maybe after September 10... Yea that is just what we need, a hurricane!
I'm with GK because I like salty old dudes.
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Re: Where are all the birds?
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#5266786
08/22/14 02:25 PM
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whitewing maniac
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Been seeing bigger numbers down here this week. More flocks flying to the grain feilds during mid afternoon.
LO in Waller where I always hunt first week or so said his live oaks and gravel driveway are full of whitewings.
Pretty sure that is one of many roosting areas there. Ive yet to have a bad hunt there In 10 yrs during the first few days. Mourning dove have thinned out the past few years, In a limit of birds 1 to 3 may be mourners, but thats fine with me, rather have them bigger breasted birds anyways
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Re: Where are all the birds?
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#5266843
08/22/14 03:13 PM
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aggiegadwall
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I've seen a few. That is a few more than a few.
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