Yall run into game wardens???? I hunt 25-30 days a season almost all entirely on public land within a 2hr drive of dfw and I can count on 1 hand how many times I've been checked by a warden in the last 20 years.

Why does that not surprise me.

Just depends where you go. I see GWs regularly at some places, and never see them at other places.

Hey you mind droppin me a PM of those GW free places?

JK I'm no outlaw

Lake X.

Pretty rare I see green jeans. Once every 5/6 years I’d say. They go for low hanging fruit. Boat ramp with most trucks etc

There is a Facebook lake page. People are showing the ramps and parking lots completely full. And lots of pics of some nice bass being caught. I guess I didn't realize the popularity and demand fishing a new lake would bring. I can only imagine what kind of [censored] show it will be come duck season.

We have property a few miles away from it and I’ve seen hundreds of boats coming and going since it opened and I followed a convoy of 6 boats this morning from east of Texarkana and they all turned off to the lake with Tennessee tags. I bet it’s a complete chit show trying to launch and load a boat on it.

The fisherman are gonna get mad, because the duck hunters will get there first and fill up the parking lot.

Yep, then the fisherman will come and fish in the middle of their dekes.

Well, I will admit, I'm tempted to talk up another lake to get people off of mine. I guess it's kinda like nuclear détente, mutually assured destruction. Still, I wonder if...

Glad to have another public land option and hopefully it’ll help take some pressure off the other public lakes I hunt and fish on!

Yep I agree.They can go hunt Ralph Hall when it opens too in a pontoon boat or whatever. Keep the pressure off public I hunt Way too many groups, and some showing up at 5:30am and setting up close when we get in at 1 am. It's frustrating at times

Sure would like to see the boat ramp this morning. Lol

Wonder how many rainbow teal got shot this morning. Probably more than BWT

My place is 5 miles away as the crow flys……love it, more waterfowl for me. It’s only going to attract more waterfowl to the area.

Y'all notice the AHP page does NOT mention Early Teal as being open? Only North Zone Duck... I wonder how many tickets were written.

That's wild! I bet that caught some off guard incorrectly assuming Teal season was listed as legal game same as the other lakes in the APH book. Can't shoot any bonus snipe during waterfowl season either. But you can shoot Rail come waterfowl season.

I texted the GW and asked, I'll let you guys know what he says. I suspect it is not legal because it does not say you can hunt early teal, but I also suspect it might be an oversight and accidently left out. Not sure what the rational would be to not allow it.

You of all people I would have expected to understand what was happening here.

I have scouted 7 different lakes for teal, that lake is not one of them. I try to avoid the crowds, like 2fly I expected it to be a zoo.

Just messin with you Guy. I have an idea for a fun game. Lets all try to guess the 7 lakes and you tell us when one of us get's it right.

As long as yall don't name one of my lakes I'm all for it. Just send a list of the seven lakes and where you are hunting and I'll let you know if they are on my list...

I rode that entire hunting zone area in my boat and it’s too deep. They can hunt it all they want and keep the crowds away from lakes I hunt. Good luck

Thanks for contacting us!



Per the Bois d'Arc Lake PHL Unit Map, see 602.cdr (texas.gov), waterfowl can be taken during the North Zone Duck and Eastern Zone Goose seasons. This unit does not have a September Teal Only Season. We’ve included information about the North Zone Duck season below as a reference:

Fannin County - 2024-25 Duck Season - Species Info Migratory Game Bird Endorsement, HIP Certification & Federal Duck Stamp Required

North Zone -Zone Map

Regular Season:

Nov. 9 - Dec. 1, 2024
Dec. 7, 2024 - Jan. 26, 2025

Duck Daily Bag Limit with Gun: 6 in the aggregate. Includes mergansers.

No more than:

5 mallards (only two may be hens)
3 wood ducks
2 redheads
2 canvasback
1 scaup
1 pintail
1 "dusky" duck (mottled duck, Mexican-like duck, black duck and their hybrids are closed the first five days of the season in each zone)
All other species not listed: 6

Possession Limit with Gun: Three times the daily bag limit



Thank you kindly,



Texas Parks and Wildlife

On a side note Ralph hall lake should be open in a few years. I assume there will be some hunting opportunity on that lake.

Looks like there is another north east texas lake in the making. Marvin Nichols reservoir at 70k acres. Granted it's not suppose to be completed till 2050

https://www.star-telegram.com/news/local/article293102284.html