Weeks before the season started we were already predicting some great shooting. Prime water levels and a variety of returning birds are always great indicators. In addition, we’d also fine-tuned a great program. Our decoys and roboducks were ready, were primed for action, and pre-season scouting was complete.

Now that duck season is on, it’s apparent that water won’t be an issue for the next several months—an extremely wet summer has kept most of the ponds full of water. And many of our bucket blinds were submerged in late April. Fortunately, water levels are dropping and the majority of buckets are now clean and dry and awaiting our guests. We’re also using boats more often due to the depth of the ponds, which allow us to cover long distances when needed.

Despite some humid and wet weather, the good news is that temperatures are dropping and more ducks are streaming in. There is no predominant species so far, but we’re shooting more rosys than usual for this time of the year. The arrival of cold fronts from the south marks the beginning of winter and the height of the rosy migration.

This year we'll concentrate on hunting closer to the lodge—which means great shooting, with shorter drives to the fields. We hope to see you enjoy a season full of memories that will last a lifetime!

I just have to get down there during Duck Season!


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Leaving next Wednesday for Los Crestones Lodge. Can't wait to see all the new species and have a blast at the new lodge.

NoCAL

Jim yes you must come ,you have taken some ducks with me in the past but only in the last day after the buffalo hunt .

Rhodesia retrieving

In the picture near the bottom, what is the reddish colored duck? I recognize the others but that one has me stumped.

NoCAL

Could be cinnamon teal. I have shot many in Argentina.

I would like to see the rest of the picture.

That's what it looks like just too big.

Its a cinnamon teal .Whave one of the best seasons ever ,clouds of ducks ,thanks to the flooding of crop lands in Santa Fe and Cordoba.

This looks fabulous. Must investigate this further.

At least we have hundredS of references here at AR ,MOST OF THE CLIENTS RETURN EVERYYEAR AND FOR EXAMPLE BILLINTHEWILD RETURNED 11 TIMES