South Zone Waterfowl Hunting Report

ANAHUAC, November 16, 2005 - Duck hunting continued strong the first week of the season despite record-breaking high temperatures. Ponds in Eagle Lake, Garwood, Lissie, Wharton, Midfield, El Campo and Palacios were good for limits of green-winged teal, shovelers, gadwalls and a few divers.

The marsh east of Houston near Anahuac and High Island remained steady for teal, gadwalls, shovelers and scaup. Port O’Connor and Seadrift hunters enjoyed shoots for wigeons, gadwalls, redheads, scaup, teal and shovelers. Copano Bay and Aransas Bay shotgunners saw the same results.

Biologist Kevin Kriegel of the Guadalupe Delta WMA near Port Lavaca reported good shoots for bluewings, greenwings, gadwalls and shovelers. Kriegel said the Delta has plenty of submerged aquatic vegetation for the ducks to eat. Hunters at Mad Island WMA near Bay City have been taking close to three birds per man.

Peach Point WMA near Freeport has seen spotty action due mostly to dry conditions. Some ponds are nothing but dirt which hinders the amount of hunters biologist allow to hunt. Expect more of the same at Peach Point unless the area receives significant rainfall.

Goose hunting for specklebellies has been very good on the coastal prairie. Those setting spreads have been easily taking their limits of specks. Most ducks blinds where specks are known to roam are taking limits or half-limits of birds. More snow geese arrived late last week; however, expect the brunt of the snow goose population to arrive ahead or on the heels of the upcoming front and Nov. 15 full moon. Prospects are good.

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