Time to Rate the 2016-2017 season

[champcaller]

About %90 of the ducks I see die are on public land or free lance. It comes down to how hard you work for it and want it.

We had enough cold pushes to get the ducks down, just got to find em.

A Development Director raises money for said organization.

Raise several hundred thousand dollars for Waterfowl conservation and I'll get you on a duck hunt at Irby.

Ask crackhead, he knows what it takes for us to put up a 10.

Now I remember why I don't post much anymore. I knew I should of said 4.......

[crackhead]

I was just cruising through the DW website & stumbled up on this.

T.J. Mallette, Development Director, Mississippi
"It was a great season. The combination of cold weather and ducks made the hunting in the south a 10"

Glad to see someone had a good season!

1. What cold weather? We had an unseasonably warm winter up until the freeze and unseasonably warm weather after it as well.

2. What is a 'development director?'

3. How do I become one so I can get invites to hunt the Irby woods?

Let me answer for Tj if I may.

1. It was not cold here but we did have multiple cold pushesfrom the mid west. Yes it did not stay cold here but it was enough to give us fresh ducks.

2. Developmental director. The role of a development director is to develop and implement a strategic plan to raise vital funds for their organization in a cost-effective and time-efficient manner.The development director's primary responsibility, however, is to oversee fundraising, rather than to actually raise money. This person may write grants, research foundations and corporations, and oversee or implement other fundraising strategies, but she or he works mostly behind the scenes, establishing a structure for effective fundraising.[3] The development director may also be responsible for additional financial responsibilities, including developing business plans or strategic plans in collaboration with the board for the future of the organization. The development director is usually accountable to the Executive Director, Chief Operating Officer, or CFO. The board often offers suggestions and ideas about how to increase the fundraising, including contacts, and the development director chooses how to implement these ideas to maximize inflow while keeping outflow at a minimum and keeping donors happy. A strong board often has a development/fundraising committee, makes personal donations to the non-profit, and assists with annual campaigns.

3. He crushes big numbers on public land.

[champcaller]

Crackhead^ the man, myth and legend.

Thank you for the kind words buddy.

[hntrpat1]

my two boys(13 and 10) and I hunted 38 days and averaged 7.5 ducks per trip. I give it a five. Teal season my older boy and I limited every hunt my younger boy limited 3 of the 5 trips he made. We killed 136 blue wings out of my blind it was THE BEST teal season Ive ever had

[crackhead]

I'd give mine a 8 overall as far as sheer body count with a good handful of 10+ hunts. Got to hunt three of my favorites this year. The infamous GLHC, the scatters and the metro. All which produced. My current band streak of four years was broke so that knocked the number down a point. Cheers to the 2017-2018 season. It's just around the corner.

[Hambone]

I hunted with many family members, as well as old friends and new friends.. I was fortunate enough to go lots of times, including Christmas morning. The dogs did great and were indispensable for low-water, deep-mud cypress brakes - not places where you want to make wading retrieves. We killed the usual species and also got specklebellies, snows, canvasback, pintails and bluewing teal, which are trophies in our habitat. We had some of the usual equipment malfunctions, but not too bad. There was plenty of good food and drink and many logs burned in the fireplace. Some seasons we kill more than others, but I consider them all a 10. So, 10!

[Trip]

7

Didn't get to hunt as much this year as in years past but there were always ducks around to be shot. Scouted more this year than I've ever had to but it helped tremendously towards the end of the season.

[teul2]

7

Didn't get to hunt as much this year as in years past but there were always ducks around to be shot. Scouted more this year than I've ever had to but it helped tremendously towards the end of the season.

Photoshopped!!!

[teul2]

What is this "season " we speak of?

At times I honestly cannot put together a logical reason as to why I continue to go. Being raised doing it? Runs in the family? Because I'm a hard-headed, doggedly determined idiot? Being doggedly-determined can be a good thing, IF the end result is actually achievable. I don't really have a goal, I don't guess. Must be the bath salts.

Next year I'm gonna get my truck wrapped with nothing but the phrase, " I finish ducks." Start a movement, because that movement is the only thing that'll get a mallard duck back to acting like himself- instead of an April 15th public land gobbler who's stomping grounds happen to be from Canada to the LA coast. Get my product sold in all the "outdoor retailer" shops- right next side the southern tide and mountain hardwear apparel. That ought ta do it.

In my opinion, the overwhelming majority (or what seems to be) of people not finishing ducks is THE single biggest issue with bird movement, and it's the crux of the problem with waterfowl. More gunshots= less opportunity for more gunshots. Hopefully soon I'll have some data to back that up, as if it didn't already exist. That is, if the crappie slow down.

Turkey and crappie just get better and better sounding every year...

Just throwing this out there, 3 paragraphs of stuff and you still didn't actually rate you season.

[peewee]

Very slow in the South Delta. It has gotten to the point that where I am debating is it worth even spending $$$ on ducks anymore. I would rate it a 2, and it would be < 1 if there wasn't wood ducks to shoot. I had more fun chasing squirrels than I did ducks, that's no BS.

[teul2]

I'll give it a 3. Not for any reason other than I had to work out of town 3 last 4 weeks of season. So I only got to hunt once in the month of January.

[Smoke68]

Very slow in the South Delta. It has gotten to the point that where I am debating is it worth even spending $$$ on ducks anymore. I would rate it a 2, and it would be < 1 if there wasn't wood ducks to shoot. I had more fun chasing squirrels than I did ducks, that's no BS.

Same here, except rabbits. I'm seriously considering getting a couple of beagles and an OMC cur dog. Hunt squirrels, rabbits, and coons. Non-stop action. All of them are great for kids too.

But those ducks, they got their hooks in me whether I want to admit it or not.

[Trip]

7

Didn't get to hunt as much this year as in years past but there were always ducks around to be shot. Scouted more this year than I've ever had to but it helped tremendously towards the end of the season.

Photoshopped!!!

If I was going to photoshop it, I would have put more bloody mary in my glass!

[Wildfowler]

If I was going to photoshop it, I would have put more bloody mary in my glass!

I did not even notice you were holding a Bloody Mary.

[NyssaAquatica]

About %90 of the ducks I see die are on public land or free lance. It comes down to how hard you work for it and want it.

We had enough cold pushes to get the ducks down, just got to find em.

In comparison to you, I doubt many people on this board have the same connections or time available to figure out where the ducks are and go after them, but they do their best with what they have. Feel free to disabuse me of this notion, but it might not be a good idea to imply that hard work is the limiting factor in how successful ones' season may be.