The weekend was spent watching the waterfowl stream in and finishing up the latest duck blinds. Mike Jolley says "Pepe came up with the ultimate portable hunting blind, 12 feet long and weighs about 200 pounds. This blind can hunt with 4 people in it and if it needs to be moved 2 guys can pick it up or if moving to another lake just back the 4 wheeler up to it, put the wheels on it and go.." You can see pictures of this blind below.

"We started seeing allot of new ducks and with this cold front we should be loaded up to watch the youngsters this weekend, it should be a great time watching them trying to hit those teal doing 60mph. We are seeing widgeon, gadwall and a few pintails coming into the lakes, and with the rain we've had, it's going to make for a great opener" per Mike Jolley. Mike received a report from Pepe on Monday, October 22nd that the ducks were coming into he fields from the North and that there were lines of ducks and geese as far as could be seen.

With the early strong cold front and blistering winds in the North Texas Region this weekend, we saw and unprecedented early migration of ducks, geese and some strangers. At the bottom of the page you will find a few pictures of the American Bittern, taken by Mike Jolley the weekend of October 20th. This bird is very secretive and when alarmed will sometimes freeze with its neck taut and bill pointed at the sky as seen in the picture below. It is a common bird of the marshlands, but is seldom seen with it's fantastic camouflage.

Everyone at Pintail Farms is excited about and looking forward to a fantastic Waterfowl Season.

Youth Weekend Outlook for Pintail Farms:

Friday, October 26th a high of 64 and low of 47 with a 10% chance of rain.
Saturday, October 27th, a high of 67 and low of 46 and sunny.
Sunday, October 28st a high of 65 and low of 44 and sunny.

Make sure and visit our "2007-2008 Waterfowl Harvest Board" for an updated count as we go through waterfowl hunting season. We will be updating the Field Reports on a weekly basis, and Photo Gallery on a monthly basis. If you haven't seen our "Duck Man" video yet... you really should take a few minutes there. The video footage was shot at Pintail Farms last year and the music is great.