Thanksgiving week was a little slow until Wednesday when the cold front and rain came. Saturday morning, about 10 am, the Teal started streaming in by the thousands and and per Mike Jolley "It was on!" A total of 34 Teal were taken on Saturday and Sunday. Most of the hunters got their limits on Saturday and Sunday.

The split has begun and duck hunting will resume on December 8, 2007. Pintail Farms will be holding a lot of birds during the next two weeks, and with a little more rain will be expecting some great hunting on the second opener after the split.

Duck hunters all over reported having a slow first half of the split. Many are reporting barely getting their limit after several hunts. Pintail Farms has seemed to fair better than most due to keeping the wells running, but the warmer than normal temps did not help. We all hope that the second half of the season is better than the first with more rain and cooler temps.

Below you will see a couple of great shots of a nice buck taken by Rockie Martin this past weekend at Davy Crockett National Forrest.. Looks like the hunting was good for deer and waterfowl, with even an albino squirrel showing up at Pintail Farms.

Per the TPWD a few mallards had started to show up in the North Zone, but due to the dry conditions and mild weather, waterfowl hunting remained spotty. As predicted the strong cold front and rain made for a much better hunting weekend over the Thanksgiving holidays.

We hope you enjoy the pictures and will come back every week to check out the weekly Field Reports, and Harvest Board.