Ducks in the Winnie and Devers area have been decoying well. Migrant wood ducks have appeared in the flooded timber and creeks of Liberty County. Still few birds using the north shoreline of Trinity Bay, however, the Wallisville Lake Project has been steady for teal, gadwall and widgeon. New specklebellies have been deposited on the Winnie rice prairie as well as huntable numbers of snow geese. Decoying action has been fair, with most white-fronts being harvested while duck hunting.
Snow geese are shy around white spreads.
Juvenile counts are low. Biologist Matt Nelson of Bay City reports slow shooting in the Mad Island WMA marsh near Matagorda. Gadwalls, widgeons, greenwings, bluewings, shovelers, scaup, redheads, mottled ducks, and a few mallards were brought to the check station. The Guadalupe Delta WMA near Tivoli has been closed at least through Saturday, Nov.18, due to flooding. The Guadalupe River is expected to rise even more when Canyon Lake lets loose some of its water from the dam.