re: Fascinating Duck Study on Pressure

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hat’s fantastic. I don’t think it’s the norm nationwide. I know for a certain it isn’t the norm in my experience in 45 years of duck hunting public land. There are certainly notable exceptions though.

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Missouri has high quality public duck hunting, and lots of it. They limit the pressure by rotating open days and obviously having limited blinds etc.

The biggest issue is that the draws (if I remember correctly) don't happen ahead of time. I think it's like at 4 am or something. So people have leases in the area. And they show up for the WMA draws at 4 am. And if they get drawn they hunt public. If they don't get drawn or if they don't like their draw or whatever, then they have to hit the road for Plan B and try to get to their leases by daylight.

But overall it is a well regarded experience. The state spends a ton of money on it every year