re: What do you attribute the migration change to?

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Especially guys in leases hunting both mornings and afternoons. If you stop giving the ducks a place to rest, they're going to stop coming to your general area. If everyone in your general area does the same, they're going to go somewhere else altogether. It's a pretty simple concept and I've seen it happen over and over again. Especially in the last 6-7 years.

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I agree with some of this but I often make afternoon hunts due to my schedule, while my buddy might hunt in the morning. I never sky bust and rarely shoot till legal shooting time in the pm. Many days I don't fire a shot. It can be done if you are not greedy and shoot at everything that comes close. I am usually walking out 5 minutes before shooting time and I have ducks coming in behind me to roost.

I love to hunt and try to go every chance I get. I just don't abuse my area. And no wheelers for me either.