West TN Duck Reports

[cbhunter]

Tired of getting skunked but I'll be there again in the morning in this heat wave

 

[Bgoodman30]

Just got back from AR. Great hunts 8 mans each morning. Ducks are a just a little dumber over there. Less refuge ducks and pressure is a little more spread out. Heard TN still slow will see about this weekend...

 

[JagwalCrush]

Best day of our season yesterday. Saw lots of ducks and they worked good. Looking for another good time today. Should be another good one with the weather in transition. Gonna get COLD, everyone be safe.

 

[cbhunter]

Skipped the morning hunt yesterday but went in the evening. Super fun hunt but HORRIBLE shooting. Mallards were working but sitting down 50-100 yds out front. Scratched out 1 teal. Even got to shoot into two groups of Canadians

 

[WaterSwatter]

ducks everywhere yesterday at Reelfoot but slower today.

 

[JagwalCrush]

Five of us hunted til 10:00 this morning. Came out with 25. Had mallards, gadwal, pintails, and woodies. Variety bag but it was a blast. Ice eaters running and gonna try it again in the morning.

 

[cbhunter]

Not a bad day for our gar hole. Lots of ducks the last 30 minutes

 

[Smashdn]

Best day of our season yesterday. Saw lots of ducks and they worked good. Looking for another good time today. Should be another good one with the weather in transition. Gonna get COLD, everyone be safe.

ducks everywhere yesterday at Reelfoot but slower today.

My experience as well. Saturday started cloudy and still and then foggy. Teal everywhere and ducks that worked. Worked the call and at times just worked the decoys. We were using lots of subtle motion decoys (swimmers, and new mallard machine) so we had good water movement on the still water. When the wind picked it oddly slowed down a little for us and we really had to work on birds to get the last few for our limits.

Sunday was a completely different day all together. The classic duck weather, clear, cold and windy, proved not to be fruitful. Much fewer ducks in the air. Fewer shots all around us. Ducks wanting to light wide. Scratched out five and called it a day about 10:00 am.

Now the question is, where do/does that many teal go in one afternoon? Did they just hunker down or did they actually migrate out Saturday night on the NW winds and big moon?

There were more mallards seen on Sunday but they didn't want into our spot.

 

[spoonie]

Talked to a buddy at lunch they had 3 specks, flip switched and they hammered the ducks til the end of shooting time, lots of green wings.

 

[WaterSwatter]

18 today at the foot

 

[Displaced_Vol]

Been mostly slow around our stomping grounds. Some guys having more luck but generally slow. This weather hasn't helped much yet but our water is really low and I think that hurts us far more than weather helps. Maybe if we can get a good thaw the last week some will spread out and we may get into a few but expectations are low. Having said that I'll be out there every chance I can from now until the end

 

[JagwalCrush]

Been mostly slow around our stomping grounds. Some guys having more luck but generally slow. This weather hasn't helped much yet but our water is really low and I think that hurts us far more than weather helps. Maybe if we can get a good thaw the last week some will spread out and we may get into a few but expectations are low. Having said that I'll be out there every chance I can from now until the end

I believe the thaw will help a bunch of folks too. We used to always wish for a hard freeze up to make them move but seems now that they just sit tight til the thaw.
Hunted yesterday with a nice open hole and the ones we saw did it right. Just didn't see as many as expected.
Gonna try the afternoon today since the wind is forecasted to increase out of NW.

 

[Bullfrog]

Friday through Monday was pretty good, with Sunday being our big day. I think today will be a banger as well.

 

[Bgoodman30]

My experience as well. Saturday started cloudy and still and then foggy. Teal everywhere and ducks that worked. Worked the call and at times just worked the decoys. We were using lots of subtle motion decoys (swimmers, and new mallard machine) so we had good water movement on the still water. When the wind picked it oddly slowed down a little for us and we really had to work on birds to get the last few for our limits.

Sunday was a completely different day all together. The classic duck weather, clear, cold and windy, proved not to be fruitful. Much fewer ducks in the air. Fewer shots all around us. Ducks wanting to light wide. Scratched out five and called it a day about 10:00 am.

Now the question is, where do/does that many teal go in one afternoon? Did they just hunker down or did they actually migrate out Saturday night on the NW winds and big moon?

There were more mallards seen on Sunday but they didn't want into our spot.

They move at night I believe. Talked to a buddy said had a field full of mallards and pintails. Hunted next morning and was nothing but teal.

 

[Bgoodman30]

Much better in West TN. 6 man Sat and 4 man Sunday. Fewer ducks moving Monday but they worked good. Tons of geese. Saw very few come to roost Saturday afternoon watched hole after we finished. When we came in Sunday field was flat loaded with mallards had dozens swimming in our decoys. I guess they came in the middle of the night?

 

[Bullfrog]

Big day yesterday. I think we have another 1 or maybe 2 this week. Who knows what will happen to finish the year out after that, but it's been a good one.