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Mississippi Guided Duck Hunts

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Thacker Mountain Lodge offers Mississippi Delta Guided duck hunts. Our Mississippi Delta Guided hunts offer an opportunity to hunt Delta ducks where you can harvest lots of delta ducks and some mallard ducks.  Our Mississippi Guided duck hunts let you hunt ducks in the pristine Mississippi Delta area where the right soil and food sources let the duck population reach the maximum capacity of the land. On our Delta guided duck hunts we can promise a quality duck hunting time and lots of duck hunting memories. When you choose Delta duck hunts remember that the Delta ducks are usually here when the weather gets right, so be ready when the duck hunting is right. So, for our Mississippi guided duck hunts we encourage you to shoot a limit of greenheads when possible. Try our Mississippi guided hunts this fall. Bring your friends or your family and experience Mississippi duck hunting at its best.   Duck hunting is what we do best! Our main duck hole is Mallard Slough, a 700 acre flooded corn field, located next to Mackintosh Scatters in Greenwood, Mississippi. This duck hunting property has been privately duck hunted for years and just turned over to us for this fall duck season. This duck hole is unbelievable.




Mississippi Duck Hunting Techniques

Mississippi Delta Duck hunting and Waterfowl hunting season is generally in the winter and fall. At this time of the year, the birds have finished raising their young and are migrating to warmer areas. There are three elements used by almost all waterfowl hunters — a shotgun, a hunting blind, and decoys. The decoys are used to lure the birds within range, and the blind conceals the hunter. Once the birds are within range, the hunters leap up from the blind and quickly shoot the birds before they are frightened off. Duck or goose calls are often used to attract birds; sometimes calls of other birds will also be simulated to convince the birds that there is no danger. Waterfowl hunters also often use dogs to retrieve dead or injured birds; there are many retriever breeds, such as Labrador Retrievers and Chesapeake Bay Retrievers, specifically bred for the task. Thacker Mountain Lodge offers Duck Hunts, Mississippi Duck hunts and Guided duck hunts in the Mississippi Delta.




Clothing

Mississippi Delta Duck season takes place in the fall and winter where the weather can be harsh. Waterproof clothing is critical to duck hunting. Most Mississippi duck hunters hunt over water, and they stand in water or in a boat. In order to stand in the water and stay dry the hunter must wear waders. Waders are waterproof pants (usually made of a neoprene like material) that have attached boots and are completely waterproof. Typical waders are chest high, but waist high and knee high waders are sometimes used in shallow water. Duck hunting is a cold sport and the hunter must be well insulated from the cold. Ducks also have great vision which requires the hunters clothing to be well camouflaged.
Many clothing manufacturers, such as Drake, Ducks Unlimited, Herter's, Mad Dog Under Armor, and Whitewater, have incorporated use of modern apparel technologies to provide added comfort and protection from the diverse weather elements to which waterfowl hunters can be subjected. Thacker Mountain Lodge offers Duck Hunts ,Mississippi Duck hunts and Guided duck hunts in the Mississippi Delta.





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Mid South Guided Duck Hunts

Thacker Mountain Lodge Delta Duck Hunting Guided duck hunts have many areas of the Mississippi Delta to choose from, but every duck hunt includes calling, decoys, and transportation to and from the blind. Guided duck hunts are limited to four persons per duck hunting guide. Being located in the Mississippi Delta, Mid South Delta duck hunting Flyway, we offer duck hunting a full 7 days, a week during The Mississippi Duck Season per week throughout the entire season.


Mississippi Delta Guided Duck Hunts

Mississippi Delta Waterfowl hunting (also called Delta duck hunting, Mississippi Delta goose hunting, or Delta wildfowling) is the practice of hunting ducks, geese, or other waterfowl for food and sport in the Mississippi Delta. In many western countries, commercial waterfowl hunting is prohibited, and duck hunting is primarily an outdoor sporting activity.



Delta Duck Hunting



Many types of Mississippi Delta ducks and geese share the same habitats, have overlapping or identical Mississippi Delta Duck hunting seasons, and are hunted using the same methods. Thus is not uncommon to take several different species of waterfowl in the same outing.


Modern Mississippi Duck Hunting

The rise of Mississippi Delta waterfowl and duck hunting is tied to the history of the shotgun, which can kill more reliably at greater ranges than a weapon that shoots a single projectile. In the 19th century, the seemingly limitless flocks of ducks and geese in the Atlantic and Mississippi Delta Flyways of North America were the basis for a thriving commercial waterfowl hunting industry. With the advent of punt guns- massive, boat-mounted shotguns that could fire a half-pound of lead shot at a time- hunters could kill dozens of birds with a single blast. This period of intense commercial waterfowl hunting is vividly depicted in James Michener's historical novel Chesapeake.

By the turn of the century, commercial hunting and loss of habitat lead to a decline in duck and goose populations in North America, along with many other species of wildlife. The Lacey Act of 1900, which outlawed transport of poached game across state lines, and the Migratory Bird Treaty Act of 1918, which prohibited the possession of migratory birds without permission (such as a hunting license), marked the dawn of the modern conservation movement.

In 1934, at the urging of editorial cartoonist and conservationist J.N. "Ding" Darling, the US government passed the Migratory Bird Hunting Stamp Act, better known as the Federal Duck Stamp Act. This program required hunters to purchase a special stamp, in additional to a regular hunting license, to hunt migratory waterfowl. Revenues from the program provided the majority of funding for conservation for many decades and funded the purchase of 4.5 million acres (18,000 km2) of National Wildlife Refuge land for waterfowl habitat since the program's inception. The Duck Stamp act has been described as "one of the most successful conservation programs ever devised." Duck stamps have also become collectible items in their own right. Mississippi Delta Waterfowl hunting (also called Delta duck hunting,  Mississippi Delta goose hunting, or Delta wildfowling.




Mississippi Delta Duck Hunting With Peyton Massy

Our resident Guide at Mallard Slough is Peyton Massey. To book a duck hunting trip contact him at 318-458-4825 Peyton Massey feels his life calling is hunting and guiding. Two years ago Peyton surrendered to the ministry.  He felt his calling was the outdoor ministry because he grew up hunting duck, dove, quail and deer in Mexico, Texas, Louisiana, Arkansas, Mississippi and Alabama. The outdoor ministry is right up his alley. Peyton has learned and mastered the art of blowing waterfowl calls being that he started at the age of 6. He is a full throttle hunter; however, his first love is duck hunting with 14 years of Mississippi delta hunting experience. It can be said he is one of the best young hunters of the south!

Thacker Mountain Lodge offers Mississippi Delta Guided duck hunts. Our Mississippi Delta Guided hunts offer an opportunity to hunt Delta ducks where you can harvest lots of delta ducks and some mallard ducks.  Our Mississippi Guided duck hunts let you hunt ducks in the pristine Mississippi Delta area where the right soil and food sources let the duck population reach the maximum capacity of the land. On our Delta guided duck hunts we can promise a quality duck hunting time and lots of duck hunting memories. When you choose Delta duck hunts remember that the Delta ducks are usually here when the weather gets right, so be ready when the duck hunting is right. So, for our Mississippi guided duck hunts we encourage you to shoot a limit of greenheads when possible. Try our Mississippi guided hunts this fall. Bring your friends or your family and experience Mississippi duck hunting at its best.   Duck hunting is what we do best! Our main duck hole is Mallard Slough, a 700 acre flooded corn field, located next to Mackintosh Scatters in Greenwood, Mississippi. This duck hunting property has been privately duck hunted for years and just turned over to us for this fall duck season. This duck hole is unbelievable. 


Peyton Massey "Mallard Slough" Duck hunting guide





Mississippi Delta Duck Hunting Guns and Shells

The most commonly used guns are 12 gauge shotguns, usually with number 5, 4, 3, 2, or 1 shot for ducks and larger shot, such as B, BB, BBB, or even T-shot for geese. In many areas, buckshot and larger shot is illegal to use for taking migratory birds. Ten, 16, and 20 gauge guns are also used. Although it is legal to use a bow or crossbow to take migratory waterfowl in many areas, most hunters prefer taking migratory birds with a shotgun because of the difficulty of striking a moving bird with an arrow or crossbow bolt. Taking migratory birds with a rifle is illegal, due to the inherent danger of lobbing long-range bullets into the air; also, the ability to take birds on the water at long ranges would give hunters an unfair advantage and endanger hunters who may not be seen on opposite shore.

Mississippi Delta Duck hunting Waterfowl hunting with lead shot, along with the use of lead sinkers in angling, has been identified as a major cause of lead poisoning in waterfowl, which often feed off the bottom of lakes and wetlands where lead shot collects. In the United States, UK, Canada, and many western European countries (France as of 2006), all shot used for waterfowl must now be non-toxic, and therefore may not contain any lead. Steel is the cheapest alternative to lead, but steel has a much shorter effective range than lead because of its lower density: Thirty to forty yards is considered the maximum effective range for duck hunting. Thacker Mountain Lodge offers Duck Hunts, Mississippi Duck hunts and Guided duck hunts in the Mississippi Delta.

Although steel is the most prevalently used shot, many hunters do not like its shooting properties. Steel is less dense than lead, therefore, its effective range is decreased due to a faster decrease in velocity. Many companies have improved steel shot by increasing muzzle-velocity and making more consistent 'shot' or pellets. Within recent years, several companies have created "heavier than lead" non-toxic shot out of tungsten, bismuth, or other elements with a density similar or greater to lead. These shells have a more consistent patterns and greater range than steel shot. The increase in performance comes at a higher cost. Thacker Mountain Lodge offers Duck Hunts, Mississippi Duck hunts and Guided duck hunts in the Mississippi Delta.




Mississippi Delta Duck Hunting Calls

In old times, a duck call was a very simple woodwind instrument. It had a barrel, a sounding board and a reed. Hunters would grunt into the call while saying "hut", "quit" or "ut". With the improvement of calls and calling techniques the best callers are able to use no voice. The most prevalent and hunted duck in the United States, the mallard, makes the well known "quack" sound many associate with ducks. Other species make many different sounds, ranging from high-pitched whistles to very low, grunt-like quacks. There are calls for almost all species of ducks. Pintails, teal, wood ducks, diving ducks and other ducks including the calls of both the male, or drake and the female, or hen.

In many species, the call of the drake (male) is different from that of the hen (female). Mallard drakes make a lower pitch, longer quack than the hen mallard, and is actually more of a buzzing sound than that of a quack. This call is often used while feeding and when a mallard drake is landing. It gives the other birds a heads up. The quack of a mallard drake requires voice and is replicated by humming into a special whistle-like call. This whistle is often called a 6-in-1 whistle, due to the fact that it can replicate six different duck species sounds.

In teal, the drakes make a call of short bursts of a high pitch whistle. The "teet! (pause) teet! (pause) teet!-teet!" or any other order of repetition. This call can be made by blowing short bursts of air into the "6-in-1" whistle.

The majority of duck sounds such as quacking people have heard and are familiar with comes from females, or hen, mallards. Hen mallards are extremely vocal and this is probably why the number one call for duck hunting in North America is a mallard hen call. Many calls from the mallard hen include feeding call (when the hen has found food), the hail call (when the hen sees other ducks high in the air), and the comeback call (when many ducks are spooked and the hen stays and is telling the other ducks to come back because it is safe). Thacker Mountain Lodge offers Duck Hunts, Mississippi Duck hunts and Guided duck hunts in the Mississippi Delta.




Mississippi Delta Duck Hunting Blinds

There are numerous types of structures that qualify as Mississippi Delta Duck hunting duck blinds. Mississippi Delta Duck hunting Blinds can be temporary or permanent. They are very effective at concealing hunters and making their movements unnoticed. For Mississippi Delta Duck hunting over water, the types of blinds are almost unlimited. A blind may be constructed out of plywood. Many of these permanent blinds look like a small shack with an opening that faces the water and a portion of the sky.

Often creating a temporary, natural blind as a method of concealment is a hunter's best bet. This is done by using native grasses or marsh vegetation and natural material and simply hiding in a tree, clump of grass or a shrub. More sophisticated natural blinds may have large logs or branches leaned together or lashed together using rope. Temporary blinds are common in protected and public areas where a permanent fixture is forbidden. Temporary blinds can be very simple and usually require a three dimensional enclosure to conceal hunters from circling flocks.

With the growing popularity of motorcraft, such as boats, in waterfowl hunting, many individuals have chosen to use boat blinds, also known as pop-up blinds. Boat blinds are used to conceal a hunter while hunting from a boat. Boat blinds can be handmade or are available from manufacturers. Thacker Mountain Lodge offers Duck Hunts, Mississippi Duck hunts and Guided duck hunts in the Mississippi Delta.

There are two common types of Mississippi Delta Duck hunting blinds for land and field based waterfowl hunting: pit-blinds and layout-blinds. The pit blind is a solid structure that is placed into a hole in the ground or on the bank of a water body. Lay out blinds allow a hunter to have a low profile in a field without digging a hole. It is made of a metal frame and canvas. The hunter crawls in and lies down in the blind. When birds are coming in the hunter can sit up and shoot.Some people may choose a different angle to follow when using the pit-blind. They will dig a hole in the ground, places sticks or solid support in the corners to make somewhat of a teepee formation. Once this is completed they will take a camouflage tarp and cover their teepee. On the side of the tarp that faces the water, they will cut a hole out, to enable them to shoot at the ducks above. Some may want to add and make it look more realistic. To do this you can take leaves and twigs and either place them against the tarp. There is also camouflage tape that allows you to be able to tape on some of the nature around you. Thacker Mountain Lodge offers Duck Hunts, Mississippi Duck hunts and Guided duck hunts in the Mississippi Delta.

Welcome to Thacker Mountain Lodge Delta Duck Hunting page. Thacker Mountain Lodge offers Duck Hunting in the Mississippi delta in Crowder, Mississippi and in the heart of the Mississippi duck and Goose hunting Flyway. Thacker Mountain Lodge Delta Duck Hunting, Delta Duck Hunts offers both guided duck hunting and unguided duck hunting on private Thacker Mountain Lodge duck hunting leases which are located adjacent to, or near, Ole Miss, the Mississippi Delta and the Tallahatchie River. The Mississippi Delta has always been well known for duck hunting, high concentration of ducks and waterfowl




Mississippi Delta Duck Hunting Dogs

Mississippi Delta Duck hunting Duck hunters quite often employ a dog to retrieve downed birds. Most often hunters use Labrador Retrievers, though Spaniels and some versatile breeds can also fit the bill. The use of a dog provides a number of advantages. As duck hunting often takes place in cold wet locations, the use of a dog frees the hunter from potentially dangerous forays into cold water to retrieve the bird. Such efforts can be dangerous for the hunter, but are managed by a dog quite easily. It also allows for the recovery of wounded birds that might otherwise escape. A dog's acute sense of smell allows them to find the wounded birds. The use of a dog prevents waste and ensures that a higher percentage of the birds shot end up on the table. A disadvantage of having dogs in the duck blind is possible loss of camouflage: Dogs that are not well-trained to sit still can potentially ruin a good hunt. Thacker Mountain Lodge offers Duck Hunts, Mississippi Duck hunts and Guided duck hunts in the Mississippi Delta.



Stewart Kennels has been training dogs for 40 years, working with bird dogs, beagles, and Labrador retrievers. Their retrievers go to the duck holes here in the delta and upland hunting in the northwest. They also run hunt tests with my customers' pups that are purchased from me.