I generally hunt in bayou la batre or the swamp around my house but I have a deer lease in Bladon Springs and was wanting to try some birds up on the river. I haven't ever duck hunted up that way but was wondering if or where you can hunt at up that way. Is the refuge marked so you don't hunt it. Just curious about it up there.

Most of the places I have been, the boundaries were well marked.

Been a long time but I have hunted the area. Not many huntable areas boat accessible. Those areas will be very crowded.

Ducks and hunters as many as stars in the sky....and the ducks are going somewhere else!

The refuge is well marked but the duck hunting can get crowded, quick. There are ducks there, but the big ducks stay on the refuge. The last couple of years the duck numbers are down due to the cut in federal money. Less money means no food planted for them. Hopefully all of this will be changed in 2016!

Thanks for the information fellas ill ride around and see what I can find

The refuge starts at the pipeline pump station on the river which is just south of lenoir landing and goes south all the way to turkey creek. If you stay off the west side of the river you won't have any worries, you can also download a map from the wildlife website or pick one up at the check stations. I'm from the area and know all of the boundaries pretty good.

What about the launch off of womack hill rd all the way at the end can you hunt that back water around there or not.