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Hey guys, I need some help for duck hunting this year. I'm torn between putting my focus on big branch or Biloxi marsh. I have a 14 ft flat boat with a 8hp motor that only pushes about 12 mph so I'm worried that Biloxi WMA is a little too far of a ride. Big branch is close and much easier to hunt for me but I hunted 2 times last year without killing a single duck and I have yet to find a good review for hunting big branch. Any tips or thoughts? I also have a kayak that I could use and I do plan on scouting In the near future but I'm looking to find te right WMA to scout. What do you guys think?
July 31, 2012 at 12:01am
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Posted July 31, 2012 at 9:59am
Ducks

Biloxi M - no doubt.

I started hunting there back in 2000 with a 16hp Go Devil and couldn't go much faster than you - it took a long time, but we just hunted long to make it worth it. Bring the fishing pole too!

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Posted July 31, 2012 at 10:15am
biloxi

Yea all we have is a 23hp longtail on a 1648 ft semi v aluminum boat. It isnt a speed animal but it does about 20 mph. Ive hunted everyhwere even all the way by lake eugine well above goose flat which is 21 mile run it just takes a while. The ducks are concentrated in biloxi you have to find them...dont let 100 ducks get you excited you need to jump 500 out of a spot before the season and you should be able to hunt that spot almost alll season.

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ShootEmLow Profile Photo
Posted July 31, 2012 at 12:02pm
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Dh7777 - that is a long run in a GD! It's worth it out there, though! Good luck this year.

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Posted July 31, 2012 at 1:34pm
ducks

Yea thats a long way i know ive ran 1 hr 10 min one way before lol but that was only scouting after season i may make some hunts that far but i usually only run 45 mins to my normal spot up bayou muscellini

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Posted July 31, 2012 at 3:33pm
Pearl river wma

Don't forget pearl river wma, can get crowded but it's better than big branch and you will save some money in gas, don't get me wrong, Biloxi is where you wanna be if you hunt public but can be expensive

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JIMMY W Profile Photo
Posted July 31, 2012 at 6:07pm
Public

Big Branch or Biloxi marsh!

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That guy in the white boots Profile Photo
Posted July 31, 2012 at 6:07pm
slow boats

I learned hunting with an 8hp mudboat (put-put) launching in Larose and going to PAC, that a slow boat is safer in the dark, and it gave my brother and I time to feather our birds on the trip back. Make sure to leave the head and wings on though.

duckhunter7777 Profile Photo
Posted July 31, 2012 at 8:18pm
Duck bOat

Nah the god evil burns 5 gallons in 6hr running 3/4 throttle

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Wet-N-nAStY Profile Photo
Posted August 01, 2012 at 9:11am
cant wait

i have been hunting biloxi, pearl, and big branch for 3 years with my 14 flat with a 9.9 i run about 1 hour and 15 mins in hopedale to get to my holes but it is worth it, when i dont have the time you can kill a limit of ducks in the pearl if you are will to wait till 830 when all the sky busters pack up and go home but you have to be will to wait and work. Big branch does alright on a very quick hunt early in the season but after that you will need a pigroue! good luck hunting! and you can kill ducks in biloxi marsh in the first cut and go back in there its not as long of a run! you will kill several ducks but usually not a limit. i have only limited out one time in the first cut. I try to hunt there about 20 times a year and i live 10 mins from big branch

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Posted August 07, 2012 at 11:03am
Biloxi and big Branch

Have hunted both for a fue years. If you can hunt on weekdays go to Big Branch when its open during the week less people out there and on good weather days wasting time otherwise. Biloxi is much better though it is a longer boat ride. But you dont have to go out till after first light most on the best hunts i have out there a drive around till i see ducks in a pond go in and set up they always come back.

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