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Scouting Reports
#5271941
08/26/14 01:38 AM
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Joined: Dec 2005
Posts: 54
flyboy
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Just scouted our lease south of I-20 off SH 108. Saw virtually no birds in the fields or on the wires. Were a hundred or so white wings around the tanks. Stayed until it got dark hoping tweed see more flying.
What is everybody else seeing?
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Re: Scouting Reports
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#5271972
08/26/14 01:53 AM
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Joined: Aug 2005
Posts: 966
duckboogieman
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Tracker
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I've only lived here for 10 years but Frisco has fewer birds then I can ever remember...... Shocking really......
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Re: Scouting Reports
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#5272009
08/26/14 02:07 AM
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Joined: Jun 2011
Posts: 629
Astater
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No birds down south of DFW either...may be reeeaal slow this year...
The things we do for ducks... NRA Life Member Arkansas Game and Fish Commission Lifetime License/Member
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Re: Scouting Reports
[Re: flyboy]
#5272022
08/26/14 02:12 AM
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Joined: Jan 2010
Posts: 23,830
beaversnipe
THF Celebrity
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THF Celebrity
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80 to 90% less dove in the last 10 days in N DFW Got one place that had 600 white wings last week, now down to 250
Soo much food everywhere, soo much water...
Weird.
I guess they did not like the 61 degrees in the morning 2 weeks ago... I know thats it!
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Re: Scouting Reports
[Re: flyboy]
#5272034
08/26/14 02:16 AM
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Joined: Jul 2010
Posts: 2,450
Aggieduck
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Veteran Tracker
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I've seen a few at my public spots but not the numbers like last year. One private spot is loaded. Fields are more cotton in my area and lots of ponds have water that were dry last year
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Re: Scouting Reports
[Re: flyboy]
#5272078
08/26/14 02:27 AM
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Joined: Aug 2012
Posts: 3,993
ImTheReasonDovesMourn
Snarky Mark
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Snarky Mark
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I saw more birds today than I've been seeing. I was starting to get discouraged.
Haha yea I polished that thing for hours.
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Re: Scouting Reports
[Re: flyboy]
#5272089
08/26/14 02:31 AM
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Joined: Jun 2010
Posts: 5,594
Featherduster
THF Trophy Hunter
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THF Trophy Hunter
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A few good reports of teal on the prairie.
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Re: Scouting Reports
[Re: flyboy]
#5272145
08/26/14 03:03 AM
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Joined: Nov 2012
Posts: 524
oilag
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Drove into San Antonio from Houston last week. 20 miles east of San Antonio would have given argentina a run for the money. Never seen so many dove. Too bad my lease doesn't look like that. Definitely jealous of the SA folks.
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Re: Scouting Reports
[Re: flyboy]
#5272198
08/26/14 03:39 AM
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Joined: Oct 2013
Posts: 1,850
Merican Duck Hunter
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Found dove about a week or 10 days ago, then they disappeared like everyone is talking about... luckily this afternoon I think I found them again! hopfully they'll stick around these last few days
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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#5272220
08/26/14 03:50 AM
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Joined: Jul 2011
Posts: 749
Homey da Clown
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CTJ
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farmers in two fields( bout 400 acres total) by my property just started cutting the corn today. Birds already swarming in 'em. Gonna be ugly come Monday morn
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Re: Scouting Reports
[Re: flyboy]
#5272384
08/26/14 05:56 AM
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Joined: Jul 2006
Posts: 14,278
Fooshman
THF Celebrity
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Re: Scouting Reports
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#5272412
08/26/14 09:22 AM
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Joined: Aug 2011
Posts: 13,416
jdk1985
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THF Celebrity
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Saw a couple thousand birds in Waco (in town) last Friday. Went out to some of my spots outside of town and saw very few
Instagram @justinkingwoodworking
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[Re: Homey da Clown]
#5273144
08/26/14 06:19 PM
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Joined: Dec 2012
Posts: 158
sling
Woodsman
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Woodsman
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farmers in two fields( bout 400 acres total) by my property just started cutting the corn today. Birds already swarming in 'em. Gonna be ugly come Monday morn I think that's why people are seeing less birds. A lot of the mud hole ponds that were dry the last couple of years have some water, and the farmers just put down a bunch of feed in all of the corn/milo fields...I don't think they've gone anywhere...just scattered. I'm still seeing plenty to get me up early on Monday morning, that's for sure!
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Re: Scouting Reports
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#5273311
08/26/14 07:53 PM
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Joined: Nov 2011
Posts: 119
RebelRouser
Woodsman
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Woodsman
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No birds anywhere! Might as well not go...
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Re: Scouting Reports
[Re: flyboy]
#5273314
08/26/14 07:55 PM
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Joined: Nov 2011
Posts: 119
RebelRouser
Woodsman
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Woodsman
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Sorry couldn't resist. Our spot is looking as good as ever. Lots flying this year. Opener is always great. Slows down a bunch but it's always fun on a bucket with buddies regardless.
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Re: Scouting Reports
[Re: flyboy]
#5273837
08/27/14 01:24 AM
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Joined: Apr 2009
Posts: 5,564
Slow Drifter
THF Trophy Hunter
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THF Trophy Hunter
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Harvested 600 acres of milo on three fields a few weeks ago on the Brazos and no birds yet. Drove through the place Sunday (granted, it was mid-day) and kicked up one flight of about a dozen. This is in Falls County. LOTS of whitewings in Waco....once you get South of Loop 340 they shut off like a faucet.
"I have no idea what WW-III will be fought with, but WW-IV will be fought with sticks and stones." A. Einstein
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Re: Scouting Reports
[Re: flyboy]
#5273963
08/27/14 02:24 AM
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Joined: Dec 2010
Posts: 1,699
Lotto
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Pro Tracker
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Good off my back porch.
Last edited by Lotto; 08/27/14 02:27 AM.
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Re: Scouting Reports
[Re: flyboy]
#5273993
08/27/14 02:34 AM
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Joined: Jul 2009
Posts: 1,491
Jacob645
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Pro Tracker
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I scouted this past weekend. Only saw 20 dove and 10 blue wing teal.
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Re: Scouting Reports
[Re: flyboy]
#5274054
08/27/14 03:02 AM
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Joined: Sep 2011
Posts: 163
FishStickMan
Woodsman
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Woodsman
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Saw about a zillion white wings driving through Wharton on 59 at 5:45 tonight. Holy crap there were a lot of doves. It was hard to drive and not watch the birds...
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Re: Scouting Reports
[Re: flyboy]
#5274470
08/27/14 02:01 PM
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Joined: Aug 2011
Posts: 17
TXRanger
Light Foot
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Light Foot
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OK in the AM, better in the evenings in Young Co.(Not great).Still way dry here, need rain. Also pollen and ragweed is bad. Visiting hunters remember to get your allergy meds if you need em.
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Re: Scouting Reports
[Re: flyboy]
#5274478
08/27/14 02:03 PM
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Joined: Dec 2013
Posts: 132
Adam O
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Woodsman
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Did a little fishing in a local Frisco pond last night around 7:30pm. Saw several groups of 15-20. Big ole fat ones.
Adam...KCCO
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Re: Scouting Reports
[Re: Lotto]
#5275165
08/27/14 08:40 PM
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Joined: Dec 2005
Posts: 54
flyboy
OP
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OP
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Love this pic... but isn't baiting illegal?
Or are those naturally scattered sunflower seeds?
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Re: Scouting Reports
[Re: flyboy]
#5275790
08/28/14 02:41 AM
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Joined: Dec 2010
Posts: 1,699
Lotto
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Pro Tracker
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Those are my wifes pet dove...............
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Re: Scouting Reports
[Re: Lotto]
#5275870
08/28/14 03:15 AM
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Joined: Oct 2012
Posts: 29,672
Sneaky
THF Celebrity
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THF Celebrity
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Those are my wifes pet dove...............
I'm working on making a few pets around the house, myself.
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Re: Scouting Reports
[Re: flyboy]
#5275892
08/28/14 03:29 AM
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Joined: Dec 2012
Posts: 9
DblTbl72
Green Horn
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Green Horn
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Scouted two different fields tonight. Both were fair at best. Both in Hunt county. Might be better in the am but not much tonight.
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