re: Developing my property for duck hunting - pics added

Start pouring sweet potatoes in corn in it. Don't hunt it, but see if anything shows up. Surely Woodrow will make an appearance.

Drain in spring, plant dwarf corn, flood, profit.

Ok I'll check into that immediately. Haven't really done anything yet, so I'll hold off. However, the creek does originate on my property and would still have the same amount of water going downstream so I didn't foresee any problem.

What this guy said.
Fixing up a duck hunting is nothing like fixing up a deer hunting spot. It may just not be worth your time if you are not in right area.

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Local flyways are the beginning of having ducks in your area

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Ok. I looked up hunting reports in the area on DU and it appears as thought this is a pretty good county for ducks. Several have posted lots of activity on a lake that's about 20 miles from my property; are these flyways more narrow than that, or is countywide a good indicator?

Flyways tend to be narrow unfortunatly. A county can produce good numbers overall and your duck hole could be the Bermuda triangle for ducks.
Ducks tend to migrate creeks, rivers and bayous to different food sources the majority of the time. There are exceptions however. I have a friend with a 30-40 acre beaved pond in Jacksonville, Tx that is a killer spot. It's an anomaly duck hole and very productive.
I have a similar beaver pond 5 miles off the Mississippi River and on a nice creek. I have killed under 20 ducks on it over many years. So my point is that having a good spot depends on many different variables and sometimes there is no predicting why ducks wang to be in a certain spot.

Where do you hunt?

I'm not sure if these will suffice, but if not I can try to find some more. The American Timber & Steel plant is inside our property at the front entrance. The whole tract is in the shape of NY state with the grey dot in the middle and the GPS coordinates. The first of each set are images of the property and the second ones are zoomed out. There's a lake called Naconiche nearby where people say it's a wood duck haven along with widgeon and gadwall; not sure if that is good or bad for me.

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1. pics are no help - need topo of and satellite of area.

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I've only had the pleasure of hunting the spot once. To say the least, it was a hunt to remember with a mixed bag limit. However, Ive heard the epic stories of what the beaver pond has produced over the years. Not sure if it's the same pond.

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