SUGARCANE!!! Ducks don’t chew on it! Back in the 80’s we would see black skies from pintail and large groups of mallards. I have been hunting the same area south of Welsh for 40 years. It’s a struggle sometimes to get a limit with good birds. We don’t farm sugarcane, but almost everyone around us does. So as most have said, their habit is decreasing. They still have to eat, they are just moving further west in my opinion.

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Posted by Midtiger farm

Member since Nov 2014

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Posted on 1/6/18 at 9:41 am to 801Bengal

In welsh? There’s about 2000acres left around there from that failed experiment
And 80000 acres of rice in the parish

The only place sugarcane is affecting ducks is in central vermillion parish and maybe along the river in avoyelles where it’s creeping north

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Posted by stewie

Member since Jan 2006

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Posted on 1/6/18 at 11:18 am to 801Bengal

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Sugarcane acreage has been decreasing in your area for the past 15 years buddy.
The only area where it’s expanding in Louisiana is in the Northern parishes of the sugar belt and it’s replacing corn and beans.

Rice farming took a hit because of incredibly low prices and no price support from the last farm bill. I personally know three established rice farmers that exited the business within the past four years because they were losing money.

I can promise that your duck problems are not a result of sugarcane acreage ... simply because there were more acres of sugarcane in the golden age of duck hunting than there are now.

This post was edited on 1/6/18 at 11:22 am

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