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Sandhills By The Thousands
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02/26/24 07:47 PM
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Trx21
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Anyone else noticing the intensity of this years migration? Have seen thousands upon thousands the last few days. Like they are all coming at once and are in a hurry to do so. This usually lasts a few weeks but it can't at this pace.
There won't be another frost with these numbers, maybe close but not a hard one.
Can we all agree that winter is over?
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Re: Sandhills By The Thousands
[Re: Trx21]
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02/26/24 07:52 PM
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spazm09
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Re: Sandhills By The Thousands
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02/26/24 07:53 PM
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Texan Til I Die
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There are parts of several of them in my freezer. They won't be making the trip this year.
"If ever time should come, when vain and aspiring men shall possess the highest seats in Government, our country will stand in need of its experienced patriots to prevent its ruin." - Samuel Adams
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Re: Sandhills By The Thousands
[Re: Trx21]
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02/26/24 08:37 PM
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butch sanders
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are they in Aledo?
we saw a ton of geese yesterday over Lake Arlington
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Re: Sandhills By The Thousands
[Re: Trx21]
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02/26/24 08:41 PM
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T Bird
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Haven't see any here yet.
Okie by birth, Texan by choice. ![[Linked Image]](https://texasfishingforum.com/forums/pics/userpics/2021/01/full-47849-80883-111.jpg) USAF "Thunderbirds" Alumni 1985-1989
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Re: Sandhills By The Thousands
[Re: Trx21]
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02/26/24 08:51 PM
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CrazyCrappieGuy
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Anyone else noticing the intensity of this years migration? Have seen thousands upon thousands the last few days. Like they are all coming at once and are in a hurry to do so. This usually lasts a few weeks but it can't at this pace.
There won't be another frost with these numbers, maybe close but not a hard one.
Can we all agree that winter is over? I suspect this is not the winter migration (north to south), this is spring migration as they head back north.
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Re: Sandhills By The Thousands
[Re: CrazyCrappieGuy]
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02/26/24 08:57 PM
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TR176
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Anyone else noticing the intensity of this years migration? Have seen thousands upon thousands the last few days. Like they are all coming at once and are in a hurry to do so. This usually lasts a few weeks but it can't at this pace.
There won't be another frost with these numbers, maybe close but not a hard one.
Can we all agree that winter is over? I suspect this is not the winter migration (north to south), this is spring migration as they head back north. Insightful.
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Re: Sandhills By The Thousands
[Re: Trx21]
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02/26/24 09:04 PM
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Flags
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Retired Navy Chief Signalman NJROTC Instructor Los Fresnos High School
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Re: Sandhills By The Thousands
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02/26/24 09:06 PM
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Pat Goff
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I love to eat duck, but I'll stomp over a hundred yards of duck to get at a sandhill.
Pat Goff Seadrift TX
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Re: Sandhills By The Thousands
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02/26/24 09:07 PM
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TexDawg
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Too many signs that spring is here to believe otherwise. No more freezes
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Re: Sandhills By The Thousands
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02/26/24 09:15 PM
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reeltexan
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Smart birds. That ribeye ain’t easy.
"..The pleasantist angling is to see the fish Cut with her golden oars the silver stream, And greedily devour the treacherous bait. Bill Shakespeare
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Re: Sandhills By The Thousands
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02/26/24 10:20 PM
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Mo
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one of the few things I enjoyed while living two years in Brownfield Tx. Crane hunting was great.
MO
 MY BACKYARD , 20,000 ACRES , NO MOWING
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Re: Sandhills By The Thousands
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02/26/24 10:28 PM
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a777pilot
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What the h*ll is this thread about?
Look! Up in the sky. It's a bird. It's a plane. No, it's an EMP!
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Re: Sandhills By The Thousands
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02/26/24 11:05 PM
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What the h*ll is this thread about? Sandhill cranes. Try to keep up
Retired Navy Chief Signalman NJROTC Instructor Los Fresnos High School
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Re: Sandhills By The Thousands
[Re: reeltexan]
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02/26/24 11:40 PM
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Mo
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Smart birds. That ribeye ain’t easy.
I had over 100 grey rags to use as decoys , big flocks would totally ignore my spread . Small groups of a dozen or so would come in. Compared to doves , they looked like Cessnas on the final flight pass. MO
 MY BACKYARD , 20,000 ACRES , NO MOWING
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