No one else worried about the effects this storm will have on hunting season?

i think people have more important things to worry about than if the ducks will be where they need to be, it is an uncontrollable situation, you have to take it how it comes, ducks will do what ducks will do, can't control mother nature, if you are just looking for an opinion or trying to make conversation, here is my two cents,


the storm will put water where water may or may not need to go, ducks will definitely have some places to roost, storm will also wash away some valuable coastline, if you are hunting the open waters i am sure the water will recede come time to go duck hunting,

with that being said, even though it isn't a big storm, hopefully everyone will be ok, hopefully no loss of life and minimal property damage, good luck to you and everyone else

there is more to life than duck hunting...except when I'm duck hunting!!!

Well I figured since this is a sportsman site, that I could generate conversation about how the storm will affect wildlife and coastline. Go figure.

Hate to say it delacroix is goin to get ripped..Hopedale will probably come out untouched..

There are times when you need to put things like duck hunting and selfishness on the back burner for the greater good of humanity.

Guys. Let's give Jacamo a little break and stop bashing him. All he asked was what effect did we think the storm would have on duck hunting. He didn't talk bad about LSU, the Saints, your favorite retriever, your wife/girlfriend, or introduce your wife to your girlfriend.

Many times thinking about duck hunting whether past, present, or future is what keeps us all RELATIVELY SANE. That is what this site is for. With an approaching storm what we need is prayer and a healthy diversion to keep us from thinking the worse.

P. S. I think some of the foraging areas may not be that good in the Mississippi Delta area as a result of the saltwater intrusion. Ducks may move further west after a few days but ducks coming from the north won't know that the grass wasn't there until they've been down for a few days. I think you should be able to do well hunting around the fronts.


Just my opinion.

Well said, and an astute observation

Im nervous about this season too. I'm sitting in metry riding out Isaac and I can't stop thinking about the season being ruined. I've heard mixed reviews and a lot of negativity.
My theory is that freshly migrated birds don't know that grass has died here. I will still be hunting opening teal weekend both days. Isaac can shove it.

Yall and makin me laugh..... Its a hurricane (and i use that term loosely).. we have been through dozens, we will come out like we always do... and there is NOTHING more important than duck season... you cant control this storm BUT you can control where you hunt because of it!! LOL

As far as duck season goes... i thnk they had a banner year in the marsh after Katrina.... maybe it will be the same this yr! I hunt in the swamp but im hopin you stack ema ll season brother!

why do people care so much as to take time out of their day and comment on something like this bashing someone for a question? i just don't understand it. i thought we could ask questions about duck hunting on this site? after all it is called LouisianaSPORTSMAN
...... but as for marsh duck hunting man, i think we're all gunna be pretty much screwed. better take off work when a big front is coming through cuz those birds wont be staying in the marshes very long

I'm like a lot of you, having had to shift my priorities to take care of family and property for this storm with the ducks in the back of my mind. It's upsetting to know the marshes were in such incredible shape this year before this storm but nothing you can do, move on and get ready because the birds will be coming down. The Katrina season was one of the best seasons in the marsh I've ever seen, though much of the marsh was hardly recognizable after that storm. There will be some time for grass to regrow before November, just as we saw in '05.

Lets deal with this storm first then we'll see what we've got for teal season. At least this one isn't the weekend before teal opener like Lee last year. Be safe guys, and look forward to seeing what we're working with when it's all over.

Finally a few people with a little sense. If you don't want to hear about hunting go to another site. I'm watching the water level at the wax and it is LOW!!! So far I wouldn't expect too much saltwater but it's still early. The east side of the state is getting it bad.


And for the record I hope everyone fares well through the storm. Duck hunting just so happens to be my life so yea, I'm a little concerned.

with as much fresh water as this bad boy is dumping on us i would say salt water will be at a minimum..... probably flush most of it out in the next day or so..... may even clean out some of those grassed over cuts the low water produced!!!

No hunting does not come before people or the hurricane induced tragedies, but this is a hunting and fishing site and posting questions about how this will affect hunting is appropriate and isn't going to cause people to go without electricity longer or cause any wind damage.

Whatever damage to the marsh this hurricane has caused it is almost certainly going to be worse on the East side of the river.

For all of you that think this type of conversation isn't appropriate right now then why are you here during a hurricane? Seems like a contradiction to me.

I hunt in the canarvon area. i was very concerned about this storm introducing saltwater into my ponds. Its not a good thing but I can judge this season on past experiences. In 2005 I had one of the better seasons as far as big ducks. We always have teal in canarvon, but after katrina, we were shooting more pintails and green heads. I don't know why. I will say that the birds didn't stay for good but if you hunted the fronts right, it was some of the better hunting i've had back there. We have a lilly problem back there but i'm sure that will be taken care of.

The one thing I was interested about was this drought north of us. I was talking to friends who hunt along the river in arkansas and all their ponds were completely dried up. I think we were in for the most spectacular duck season we've ever had but this storm has runied that. It hit us for a double wammie, saltwater intrusion and filling ponds north of us. Maybe its for the best though.

Bravo Mike.

So far so good at the wax. Water has not gone over 1.5 ft. Stayed below 0 most of the day. Everything west of that was dried up for most of the day but is now coming up. Lake p in delcambre and the delcambre canal were mud flats.

I think the season just got better for a lot of people. The state was poised to have the best season in most peoples memory and now there might be some that get shut out of the action. Say Delacroix area. But those ducks will be elsewhere in this state making those parts even better.

Probably will still be able to get the ducks anywhere in the state when the wind is blowing and they are moving south.

You might have a hard time convincing Mike Smith and other long time Delacroix hunters that they'll be shut out for this season. The way I see it, going into a season WITH pristine feed in the ponds (like we were poised to last week) has become the exception, not the norm. A storm of some caliber seems to always come through, or at a minimum skirt us, throwing all the feed up onto the banks just about every year. Even last year we had Lee and arguably still had some of the best feed conditions in a long time from Pontchartrain to Venice, and held a ton of birds in the regular season. Like many of you I hope and pray for not a single storm leading up to the season but you have to figure your odds on that considering where we live.

Like the katrina season, I think you'll see some regrowth of SAV in the ponds between now and Nov, still plenty of warm weather growing season to go before then. '05/Katrina season was awesome for grays and wigeon in the Northshore area in ponds with hardly a sprig of aquatic vegetation, the birds were rooting around in the mud for food. Only one way to find out, be watching some decoys on Sept 15 wherever you can...