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Weather Triggers
Cold Front
Big pushes ride hard N-wind freezes — hunt the day of and the day after
Wind
15+ mph gives decoys life; birds finish low on lee edges
Temp / Ice
Freeze-up relocates flocks to moving water and warm sloughs
Habitat
Flooded timber, cattail marsh, dry grain fields
The Daily Clock
How to Hunt It — Hour by Hour
1
Roost
Night – legal light
Sits big, safe water — refuges, warm sloughs, rivers. Bump a roost once and the hunt is over for a week.
Run It
Scout from a distance at dusk
Never hunt the roost
2
Morning Flight
First 90 minutes
Trades low off the roost toward feed, working holes in timber and marsh. The classic decoy hunt.
Run It
Small spread, leave a landing hole
Call on the corners, quiet overhead
3
Midday Loaf
10am – 3pm
Back on quiet loafing water — logs, sandbars, sheltered pockets. Singles and pairs trickle all day.
Run It
Jerk cord beats spinners at midday
Jump-shoot creeks between flights
4
Evening Feed
Last 2 hours
Pushes hard to dry-field corn and rice before dark, feeding in big wads.
Run It
Run traffic between roost and feed
Be on the X or don’t bother
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