not so early morning duck hunters

[ShaneTyTrey]

I also live in the Tri-cities and spend a lot of time in the duck blind.  As others have pointed out your best bet wold be to hunt in the afternoon if you can't be there before daylight.  Hunted this past Saturday afternoon and shot a limit in about an 1 1/2 hours.  The nice part of afternoon hunting is there are usually less guys out hunting so some of the easier walk-in spots will generally be available.

Go out to Two Rivers in the afternoon and u will find a spot just fine

[steeleywhopper]

Dont tell anyone, but my favorite time to hit the walk in places are 11am to 1pm. That is about the time that the 4am walk in duck hunters get tired of nothing flying or have shot their 15 shell limit. I have had more great shoots in the middle of the afternoon than in the early morning.

[preacherman]

Hunting afternoons can be great, even on bluebird days, but most guys get flustered and leave if there aren't big passes of ducks. Often in the afternoon they start moving in smaller groups (less than 5), not as exciting, but you can usually do as well or better with small passes. In my area first thing in the morning passes can be in the 100s, but even if you are a stellar shot three out of that pass is rare. Think about 2-3 BIG passes won't fill a limit, 20 or 30 little ones no will no sweat. And I have seen guy pack up because "the birds aren't moving", but they are, just in smaller groups.

What I am saying is get a good spot (well hidden/where the birds want to be), and enjoy a few small passes. My 5 and 6 year olds love it! I often have my wife drop one of them off on site, and we will wrap up my limit. They LOVE it!

[AWS]

I get a lot of good shooting from 9-10AM.  Guys are heading in after a good early hunt and birds are returning to the water after feeding in the fields.  Lots of days I don't head out till after daylight.

[BIGINNER]

whats a bluebird day??       

[JLS]

whats a bluebird day??       

Clear, sunny, not a cloud in the sky.

[dannysdaddy]

I take my 4 year old all the time. do an evening hunt and don't expect too much.  i  think i only shot like 10 birds last year when he was with me.  at this point he is too young to understand and I just want to get him out in the field.  It sure is cool to see the looks on his face when we do get into some birds.

[BiggLuke]

Well said....

[Oldguy]

And don't forger to take some snacks for the hunt! The big thing is to make the outing enjoyable for him, and taking a duck is secondary.