Man - those are great rates for a three day hog / turkey hunt!  One of the neat things about hunting in this state is the opportunity to do a combo hunt - I have done hog / turkey; dove / coyote; hog / coyote and deer / just about anything that moves (so long as its legal) in the past three or so years! 

I hear that in Mexico there is the chance to do a dove / duck hunt on the same day for pretty reasonable rates as well.

I think that's why I have them mounted, BB - the memories of the hunt are usually pretty good.  Looking back, my friends and I laugh about the cold weather, the wind and the rain.  The duck hunting makes up for all that.

If you ever have a chance to hunt the barrier islands along the gulf coast, its well worth the time - even if the ducks aren't flying it is a great experience.

I finally got into my duck bag to look - my "go to' call is a Haydell model 85 double reed mallard call.  Nice and raspy. 

Have various other teal whistles as well - but if the Haydell doesn't work, generally speaking, nothing well.

Allen  - I didn't know anything about dove decoys when I bought them so I bought some of the foam ones that were about $12 or so and some of the hard shell that were a bit more - they weren't near as expensive as duck deacs.

Like I told you in a previous post, have yet to try them out but plan on using them this year in Dilley.

Just got my issue of Field and Stream and DoNob is right on according to them.  It all comes down to weather.  Sounds like pintails are kind of thin again this year.  (When I was in Rockport this past winter, we saw a bunch of them but couln't shoot them - out of season at that time and the limit was only one anyway.)

Man, if I get them time and the money this fall, I'm heading to SE Arkansas for some serious greenhead hunting.  The quackers always fly into Arkansas!