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Swap Hunt:
Taxidermy services and Guided hunts are available for
swap hunts. Taxidermy work for a hunting opportunity will be
for equal or greater value. Normally on the greater value end to ensure the
person taking me on a hunt is getting the best deal for
their help. There is only an interest if the hunt offered is
for waterfowl or upland birds. If you have a hunting
opportunity to offer, please
contact me via the web page to discuss all the details.
About the Hunt:
Hunts can be conducted for just
mornings or afternoons, or a combination of both. All hunts are done by boat or off small islands in the bay. Decoys are set up to get birds decoying for the closest possible shot. The boat that will be used for the trip is a 14ft. V-hull aluminum boat. You will need to bring waders, Texas hunting licenses, shells (BB’s – 4’s), and camouflage clothing. While there is not much need to worry about cold weather, sometimes it does drop down into near freezing temperatures; so bring both warm and cold weather hunting clothes just to be sure
as you can never be too safe.
Here in South Texas, we have some of
the best waterfowl hunting around. I offer guided hunts for
1-4 people. No minimum on hunters or days, I hunt alone the
majority of the time, and when I try to go on guided hunts,
I’m always told that it will be triple the cost, or that I
have to have another hunter and/or a minimum of two days.
But that is not how it works here, if you like to hunt by
yourself, but can only stay a day, not a problem at all.
There are two hunts that are
conducted, bay (saltwater) hunts, and freshwater hunts at
the rivers that flow into the bay. With each of these a much
different variety can be found. In the bays, we have the
largest wintering population of Redheads in the world! Also
taken in the bay (in order of occurrence) are Pintails,
Scaup (Lesser & Greater), Red-Breasted Merganser,
Bufflehead, etc.
What to Expect:
For
the river hunts, the main interest I’ve found is with the
whistling ducks. They are very tricky to hunt
because they
don’t respond to decoys, and unless you know where they
are
leaving and coming from their roost, it will be pure luck to
get into them. Here in Texas, the first part of the season
is going to be your
best chance to get both species of whistling ducks
(Black-Bellied & Fulvous). Fulvous are not found in numbers
as great as the Black Belly, but can be found before the
first cold fronts start coming down, pushing them into
Mexico, and Central America. Now for the Black Belly, they
are here year round, so if you wanted to do both, a bay and
river hunt, this would give you the best opportunity at many
different species. Other species for the river hunts
include: Mottled ducks, Pintails, Gadwalls, Teal (Blue wing /
Green wing), Shovelers, and Widgeons. Hunts for the river are done in the mornings,
and the bay hunts are done in the mornings and/or
afternoons.
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