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re: Farm or pen raised mallards

Posted on 6/6/23 at 2:40 pm to
Posted by Koolazzkat
Behind the Tupelo gum tree
Member since May 2021
1749 posts
Posted on 6/6/23 at 2:40 pm to
To hell with greenheads, that ship done sailed. We should all be building and installing black bellied whistling duck nest boxes to increase what we have. They taste better, fly slower and easier to call than mallards.
Posted by CouldCareLess
Member since Feb 2019
2717 posts
Posted on 6/6/23 at 3:22 pm to
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To hell with greenheads, that ship done sailed. We should all be building and installing black bellied whistling duck nest boxes to increase what we have. They taste better, fly slower and easier to call than mallards.


Posted by TigerDeacon
West Monroe, LA
Member since Sep 2003
29409 posts
Posted on 6/6/23 at 3:49 pm to
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We should all be building and installing black bellied whistling duck nest boxes to increase what we have.


They don't need it. About a dozen showed up in my neighborhood pond this year for the first time and they are raising all kinds of ducklings.
Posted by inotsure
Member since Apr 2021
90 posts
Posted on 6/6/23 at 4:03 pm to
The obsession and money spent by DU on a duck that never comes to Louisiana anymore is down right frustrating giving how much money this state generates for waterfowl conservation. I know other species benefit from nesting habitat improvement but mallards will nest anywhere. I wish they would do something to get the ringneck numbers up since that’s all that shows up anymore.
Posted by MWP
Kingwood, TX via Monroe, LA
Member since Jul 2013
10510 posts
Posted on 6/6/23 at 4:06 pm to
Whistling ducks tolerate humans just as well or better than domestic Mallards. You can barely beat them off most golf course ponds in Houston and the way they are spreading, they seem to be moving further North. I have buddies in Monroe that had a bunch on the farm last year. Problem is they shag arse from all our hunting spots before hunting season opens.
Posted by BorrisMart
La
Member since Jul 2020
8842 posts
Posted on 6/6/23 at 7:11 pm to
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To hell with greenheads, that ship done sailed. We should all be building and installing black bellied whistling duck nest boxes to increase what we have. They taste better, fly slower and easier to call than mallards.



Sorry for the back to back post, but aren't they messing with wood duck nesting areas? I do agree they should be shootable in early teal as they have been all over the place the last few years on teal hunts. At least ok as incidentals.
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