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re: Have the good ole days of duck hunting become a thing of the past.
Posted on 1/2/24 at 5:36 pm to White Bear
Posted on 1/2/24 at 5:36 pm to White Bear
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They gone pecone.
Decreased total numbers surviving is the problem, be it habitat, environment, over harvest or whatever cause hits your hot button. Adjustments are going to have to be made or it will ultimately be necessary to close the seasons completely. Remember, Passenger pigeons blacked out the sun and broke down the trees when they attempted to roost. When have you seen one recently?
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Posted on 1/3/24 at 8:40 am to ImaObserver
I started duck hunting in the early 80's on the gulf coast of Texas. When I moved back to Georgia I kept at if through the late 90's, mostly in Georgia but did a lot of traveling as well. For that 15 or so year period it was not unusual at all for us to kill 20 birds or less a season hunting 30-40 days in Georgia. Almost all of them were either woodies or ringnecks...Georgia, with the exception of the coast and the SW corner of the state, is not and never has been a great state to hunt ducks in but in that period it was TOUGH. This was back in the point system days. The only saving grace was there probably weren't 500 true duck hunters in the entire state...folks would shoot wood duck roosts a couple of times a year but trying to decoy birds was almost unheard of. It ain't no more...everyone with a shotgun is hunting ducks in Georgia...and still seeing or shooting almost NOTHING. I slowed down hunting in the early 90s and quit altogether in by 2000. Took it back up in 2014 and the hunting was FAR better than it was in the 80s and 90s. Even in Georgia. It is better right now in Georgia than it was in the 80s and 90s...at least in central Georgia. Still not a lot of good ducks but as many ringnecks as you care to shoot and a good mix of redheads, bluebills and Cans. The problem in our area is pressure...I don't know how it caught on but duck hunting is a major past time in my area now where it was unusual just 30 years ago. Given the expense and the hard arse work required I can't imagine how all of these people became duck hunters but they are everywhere you look. Me and my old dog stay out of their way and shoot decoying ring necks and cracker fed Canada geese on wind swept main lake points where most of them would never dream of hunting, and we do pretty good....its better than it used to be, but again this is in an area where ducks are pretty rare.
Posted on 1/3/24 at 8:47 am to ImaObserver
I don't know many people who have ever done it and it is not the easiest thing in the world to do but think about a layout boat. Take a look at the areas on big water where ducks and geese raft up by the thousands...everywhere there are ducks they do this in the middle of the day. Those birds won't come near the shoreline but they will pour into a decoy spread offshore. It is not easy and takes at least 2 people, 2 boats and a LOAD of long line decoys...but it works like magic and you can hunt just about any big water and do not have to be camped out in a blind to get a spot. It works every where I have ever done it. Its not just divers either...contrary to what most people think...puddle ducks also raft up for weeks on end in most parts of the country in the late morning until evening and then again over night. It is a LOT of work but it is very sporting....shooting canvasbacks and bluebills 2 feet off the water with a tail wind while lying in the bottom of a boat is about as hard as wingshooting gets....it is not what most people typically think of but it flat out works on all birds, divers and puddle ducks alike. It even works in large beaver swamps on Woodies....it is a blast.
Posted on 1/3/24 at 9:05 am to ImaObserver
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Decreased total numbers surviving is the problem, be it habitat, environment, over harvest or whatever cause hits your hot button.
For whatever reason, when LA folks talk about hunting or fishing, they never want to focus on loss of habitat....which is huge.
I can remember seeing so many more ducks in the 3 man limit days. They just simply don't come down any more.
Loss of food and habitat and changes in migration patterns.
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