A Hundred Years of Texas Waterfowl Hunting: The Decoys, Guides, Clubs, and Places - 1870s to 1970s - Paperbackby R. K. Sawyer (Author) The days are gone when seemingly limitless numbers of canvasbacks, mallards, and Canada geese filled the skies above the Texas coast. Gone too are the days when, in a single morning, hunters often harvested ducks, shorebirds, and other waterfowl by the hundreds. The hundred year period from the mid nineteenth to the mid twentieth century brought momentous changes in attitudes and game laws: changes initially prompted by