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The common duck
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02/08/19 01:45 PM
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rickym
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I got to wondering about how the ducks spread across the state during the migration and wanted to get everyone to list what county they hunt in and what duck they saw most this season. For me, it was wood ducks and bw teal in Waller county, and hands down wood ducks in Cass county.
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Re: The common duck
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#7427854
02/08/19 01:47 PM
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cannon88
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Re: The common duck
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02/08/19 03:09 PM
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68A
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Somewhere around clay, archer or Wichita. Probably a break even between widgeon, gw and mallard. Last year was greys and widgeon.
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Re: The common duck
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02/08/19 03:57 PM
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KingHunter17
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My group killed over 50% ringneck this year in DFW area. Hunting tanks mostly.
If the trigger is gold, the birds will fold.
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Re: The common duck
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02/08/19 09:04 PM
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TexasUplander
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Coot.......
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Re: The common duck
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02/08/19 09:28 PM
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Hunt Dog
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Scaup. Scaup, Scaup,and more Scaup. Rains County
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Re: The common duck
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02/09/19 02:41 PM
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Whack n stack
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mallards, pottsboro area.
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Re: The common duck
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02/09/19 04:35 PM
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DUKFVR
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Along SE Tx coast. Killed mostly bluewings ,then gadwalls.
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Re: The common duck
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02/09/19 08:59 PM
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texasdude28
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Gadwalls and ring bills in Hamilton county
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Re: The common duck
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02/09/19 09:19 PM
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Windrider
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Usually it’s widgeon, gadwall, Mallard, ring necks pretty much in that order.
This year Gadwall, gadwall, gadwall,gadwall, mallard
Thought for the day: Ducks were almost hunted to extinction long before camo was invented.
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Re: The common duck
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02/10/19 05:06 AM
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Jiggamitch
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Gadwall and teal. Grayson county.
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Re: The common duck
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02/10/19 03:56 PM
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Mapman
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Teal then gadwall. Colorado county.
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Re: The common duck
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02/11/19 04:11 PM
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I saw a mix of everything between West central Tx and Sulphur Springs and up into Ok. The most definitive difference from last year was I saw way fewer gadwall this year.
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Re: The common duck
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02/11/19 04:35 PM
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PoppinPiggies
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Gadwall and Mallards this year for us in Clay County.
Follow me on instagram @crosstexasoutdoors
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Re: The common duck
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02/12/19 03:30 PM
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Duck_Hunter
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Shot more widgeon this year than any other bird and saw more than I’ve ever seen. Usually it’s gadwall and ringnecks. Didn’t see many gadwalls at all and didn’t see nearly the amount of ringnecks I usually do.
Wise county.
I just turned it on . I was looking bird dogs in the butt this morning.
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Re: The common duck
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02/13/19 04:17 AM
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Sniper John
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I got to wondering about how the ducks spread across the state during the migration and wanted to get everyone to list what county they hunt in and what duck they saw most this season. For me, it was wood ducks and bw teal in Waller county, and hands down wood ducks in Cass county. I ran across the Texas Waterfowl Strategic Plan while looking for where the texas duck stamp fund goes. At the end of this document are graphs by year, species, and region of Texas for duck population surveys done from 1997 to 2011. https://tpwd.texas.gov/publications/pwdpubs/media/pwd_bk_w7000_1691_07_11.pdf#page=41
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Re: The common duck
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02/18/19 11:11 PM
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Borane4
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Fannin Co. Nearly all GWT - 10X all others. Ringnecks a distant 2nd, a handful of gadwall, and a couple mallards. One pintail, a few snows and a few Canadas.
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Re: The common duck
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02/19/19 04:30 PM
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BluTwister
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Only place I hunted in Texas this year was Coleman County. Ringnecks, Ringnecks, Widgeons and a handful of Gadwalls
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Re: The common duck
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02/19/19 04:33 PM
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mdryg1970
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Montague is usually gads, mallards, teal and pintails. This year a few teal and pintails but saw a lot of ringnecks. Oh and the always loved cormorant!
Last edited by mdryg1970; 02/19/19 04:37 PM.
"Hell with them fellas. Buzzards gotta eat, same as worms."
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Re: The common duck
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02/28/19 09:24 PM
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Coastalquacker
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We shot a bunch of bluebills this year. i can't remember shooting more than one or two in a season. On 2 hunts we killed 12, one in Montgomery County we killed 5, and another in Matagorda County we killed 7.
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Re: The common duck
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02/28/19 10:27 PM
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Flashprism
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Corpus Christi
Red Head, Red Head and some pin tails
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