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unclefish · 11-05-2020, 09:39 AM

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Originally Posted by Rwc

Watched quite a few ducks along the river this past weekend. Your place is coming along very nicely.

Rwc

Thanks. Saw the first mallards of the year last week and a few wood ducks.

You would think my place would have wood ducks galore with the water/trees combination....but for some reason we don't. I've had wood duck boxes out for two breeding seasons and they have gone un-used.

atcfisherman · 11-05-2020, 10:04 AM

Now that is a nice slice of heaven. Love the bass lake.

unclefish · 11-05-2020, 07:57 PM

Looks like more ducks have arrived. Got the drone out to scout and took these. Divers are here pretty good....saw maybe 500 tonight. Saw several groups of of big ducks too.

Front next week should push more down hopefully.

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unclefish · 11-05-2020, 07:59 PM

Took some aerials of the duck pond and barndo.

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bollomb · 11-06-2020, 10:33 AM

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Originally Posted by unclefish

Looks like more ducks have arrived. Got the drone out to scout and took these. Divers are here pretty good....saw maybe 500 tonight. Saw several groups of of big ducks too.

Front next week should push more down hopefully.

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Man beautiful place you have there! Will be following along to see how duck season treats you

unclefish · 11-07-2020, 12:50 AM

Had a visitor yesterday at 11am.

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Moose · 11-07-2020, 06:05 AM

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Originally Posted by unclefish

Had a visitor yesterday at 11am.

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Dang

. That dude ain’t been missing any meals!

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phoneman · 11-07-2020, 06:09 AM

Looks like a little slice of Heaven to me

MarkV · 11-07-2020, 11:09 AM

Just now saw this. This place is awesome. And now you are setting up for ducks! So will the vrbo be available during duck season?

texasdeerhunter · 11-08-2020, 12:16 AM

Looks like a solid mature buck to me, good luck!

unclefish · 11-08-2020, 10:40 PM

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Originally Posted by MarkV

Just now saw this. This place is awesome. And now you are setting up for ducks! So will the vrbo be available during duck season?

Thanks.

To be determined. I might have it available a few select weekends during duck season.

LouisianaExpat · 11-12-2020, 11:28 AM

Wow that looks like a mature buck and great see so many ducks. Love following this thread. Good luck on the season and the continued improvements!

DuramaxDude · 11-12-2020, 11:50 AM

Wow man pretty sweet place

unclefish · 12-11-2020, 10:46 AM

We've duck hunted a few times with lots of divers. The problem is they are mostly the wrong kind.

The majority of birds are bluebills (scaup) so we shoot our bluebill limits of 1 really quickly and have some ringnecks mixed in. They problem is telling them apart on the wing. On a cloudy day they are extremely difficult unless you give them 2 or 3 passes. Even then it's hard.

So we have erred on the side of caution and once we have a scaup limit we usually just watch them pile in the lake and take video.

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unclefish · 12-11-2020, 10:50 AM

Birds rafted up.

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unclefish · 12-11-2020, 10:54 AM

https://youtu.be/kriT8pI07PE

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unclefish · 12-11-2020, 10:56 AM

House is still not finished but we do have power. Should not be long now until move-in.

Chew · 12-11-2020, 10:59 AM

Way to bust 'em! Looks like a little piece of heaven on earth.

Rwc · 12-11-2020, 11:05 AM

You should start seeing better (colored) ducks quickly.

Rwc

DUKFVR · 12-11-2020, 11:46 AM

Congrats My Friend!!

Another good way to tell them is the scaup have a little white patch on wing. Blackjacks are gray on wings.

unclefish · 12-11-2020, 12:13 PM

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Originally Posted by DUKFVR

Congrats My Friend!!

Another good way to tell them is the scaup have a little white patch on wing. Blackjacks are gray on wings.

Thanks David. Yep I've used that before.

We usually can't see the top of the wing til they are by us already.....zoom!!

They follow the shape of the lake and bank when they reach our blind cause its at the corner of an "L". We usually see the underside of the wing when they bank into us and see the top of the wing after they level out and haul *****.

Then on top of that we have shot each out of the same group so they intermingle....maybe we should just water swat them after they land and ID them.

unclefish · 12-11-2020, 04:02 PM

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Originally Posted by Rwc

You should start seeing better (colored) ducks quickly.

Rwc

That would be nice. We have some puddle ducks around....they just aren't honed in on the lake.

Did see a redhead last week on our lake. Would be nice to get some Cans on occasion too.

unclefish · 01-10-2021, 09:51 PM

Tried to kill a few ducks in the snow this morning but it was slow. We found them laid up on another part of the lake as we were leaving.

Sure was a pretty morning though.

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DUKFVR · 01-10-2021, 09:54 PM

Love the pics Steve! See the barndo is coming along in the last pic!

cantexduck · 01-10-2021, 10:33 PM

Buy some mallards this year and raise them on the pond. They should return each year hopefully bringing some birds with them. Or start Corning the heck out of the lake after season to get some birds coming, maybe they will remember it next year.

camoclad · 01-10-2021, 10:38 PM

Ah yes, one of my favorite threads in all of TBH. Living well!!!

buckerup · 01-12-2021, 12:05 AM

Awesome thread! Thanks for taking the time to share.

Biggs · 01-12-2021, 10:40 AM

I look forward to renting for a weekend if you get to that point!

chaseh · 01-13-2021, 04:25 PM

I drive by your place on a regular basis; I have a buddy further down 434 with the silo in his back yard. I saw when your property went up for sale, and I was glad they didn't divide it up any smaller. They used to run a duck lease out of there that was word of mouth. I seem to recall hearing of a lost gun that was never recovered after a capsized kayak trip.

Its awesome to see what you've done for your fishery and I hope the small mouth turn out well! Its amazing to see how the birds have managed to transfer fish amongst the adjacent pits, so maybe your neighbors will end up with a few as well (hopefully not too many!). Most of those pits seem to fluctuate together, I always assumed it was due to the shallow water table.

The place is really turning out nice!

12-11-2020, 10:56 AM	#267
unclefish Pope & Young Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Katy, TX Hunt In: Central TX, Elk in NM	House is still not finished but we do have power. Should not be long now until move-in. Last edited by unclefish; 12-11-2020 at 11:03 AM.

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11-05-2020, 10:04 AM	#252
atcfisherman Four Point Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Baytown, Texas Hunt In: South East Texas	Now that is a nice slice of heaven. Love the bass lake.

11-05-2020, 07:57 PM	#253
unclefish Pope & Young Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Katy, TX Hunt In: Central TX, Elk in NM	Looks like more ducks have arrived. Got the drone out to scout and took these. Divers are here pretty good....saw maybe 500 tonight. Saw several groups of of big ducks too. Front next week should push more down hopefully. Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G930A using Tapatalk

11-05-2020, 07:59 PM	#254
unclefish Pope & Young Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Katy, TX Hunt In: Central TX, Elk in NM	Took some aerials of the duck pond and barndo. Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G930A using Tapatalk

11-07-2020, 12:50 AM	#256
unclefish Pope & Young Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Katy, TX Hunt In: Central TX, Elk in NM	Had a visitor yesterday at 11am. Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G930A using Tapatalk

11-07-2020, 06:09 AM	#258
phoneman Ten Point Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: weatherford,, Tx Hunt In: Lipan, Tx	Looks like a little slice of Heaven to me

11-07-2020, 11:09 AM	#259
MarkV Pope & Young Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Franklin	Just now saw this. This place is awesome. And now you are setting up for ducks! So will the vrbo be available during duck season?

11-08-2020, 12:16 AM	#260
texasdeerhunter Ten Point Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Lufkin Hunt In: East Texas	Looks like a solid mature buck to me, good luck!

11-12-2020, 11:28 AM	#262
LouisianaExpat Spike Join Date: Jul 2020	Wow that looks like a mature buck and great see so many ducks. Love following this thread. Good luck on the season and the continued improvements!

11-12-2020, 11:50 AM	#263
DuramaxDude Ten Point Join Date: Oct 2013 Hunt In: Tom Green Co., Coke Co., Oldham Co., and any other place I get a chance to.	Wow man pretty sweet place

12-11-2020, 10:46 AM	#264
unclefish Pope & Young Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Katy, TX Hunt In: Central TX, Elk in NM	We've duck hunted a few times with lots of divers. The problem is they are mostly the wrong kind. The majority of birds are bluebills (scaup) so we shoot our bluebill limits of 1 really quickly and have some ringnecks mixed in. They problem is telling them apart on the wing. On a cloudy day they are extremely difficult unless you give them 2 or 3 passes. Even then it's hard. So we have erred on the side of caution and once we have a scaup limit we usually just watch them pile in the lake and take video. Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G930A using Tapatalk

12-11-2020, 10:50 AM	#265
unclefish Pope & Young Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Katy, TX Hunt In: Central TX, Elk in NM	Birds rafted up. Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G930A using Tapatalk

12-11-2020, 10:54 AM	#266
unclefish Pope & Young Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Katy, TX Hunt In: Central TX, Elk in NM	https://youtu.be/kriT8pI07PE Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G930A using Tapatalk

12-11-2020, 10:59 AM	#268
Chew Pope & Young Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Kingwood, TX Hunt In: Leon County	Way to bust 'em! Looks like a little piece of heaven on earth.

12-11-2020, 11:05 AM	#269
Rwc Pope & Young Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Crawford, Texas	You should start seeing better (colored) ducks quickly. Rwc

12-11-2020, 11:46 AM	#270
DUKFVR Pope & Young Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Sorry Azz Houston	Congrats My Friend!! Another good way to tell them is the scaup have a little white patch on wing. Blackjacks are gray on wings.

01-10-2021, 09:51 PM	#273
unclefish Pope & Young Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Katy, TX Hunt In: Central TX, Elk in NM	Tried to kill a few ducks in the snow this morning but it was slow. We found them laid up on another part of the lake as we were leaving. Sure was a pretty morning though. Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G930A using Tapatalk

01-10-2021, 09:54 PM	#274
DUKFVR Pope & Young Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Sorry Azz Houston	Love the pics Steve! See the barndo is coming along in the last pic!

01-10-2021, 10:33 PM	#275
cantexduck Pope & Young Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Florence,Texas/ Willamson Hunt In: all over central Texas	Buy some mallards this year and raise them on the pond. They should return each year hopefully bringing some birds with them. Or start Corning the heck out of the lake after season to get some birds coming, maybe they will remember it next year.

01-10-2021, 10:38 PM	#276
camoclad Ten Point Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: fort worth Hunt In: central tx	Ah yes, one of my favorite threads in all of TBH. Living well!!!

01-12-2021, 12:05 AM	#277
buckerup Ten Point Join Date: Feb 2015 Location: Cypress Tx Hunt In: Gouldbusk, Texas. Coleman County	Awesome thread! Thanks for taking the time to share.

01-12-2021, 10:40 AM	#278
Biggs Pope & Young Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Temple	I look forward to renting for a weekend if you get to that point!

01-13-2021, 04:25 PM	#279
chaseh Nubbin' Buck Join Date: Mar 2016	I drive by your place on a regular basis; I have a buddy further down 434 with the silo in his back yard. I saw when your property went up for sale, and I was glad they didn't divide it up any smaller. They used to run a duck lease out of there that was word of mouth. I seem to recall hearing of a lost gun that was never recovered after a capsized kayak trip. Its awesome to see what you've done for your fishery and I hope the small mouth turn out well! Its amazing to see how the birds have managed to transfer fish amongst the adjacent pits, so maybe your neighbors will end up with a few as well (hopefully not too many!). Most of those pits seem to fluctuate together, I always assumed it was due to the shallow water table. The place is really turning out nice!