re: Will ducks hit flooded hay fields?

The thing to remember is hunting standing, unharvested crops. Harvested crops have no restrictions(you can not dump grain obviously). Unharvested crops are what you must be careful of. You can flood them but not manipulate them. This means mowing or knocking down the grain in order for waterfowl to get to it. As I stated above you can combine an area for your blind, since the area combined has had the grain removed, it is not baited. If you combined it and allowed the grain to exit the combine back into the field, it would be baited. Any standing crops left in the field can be hunted. Any grain left standing that is inadvertently knocked down by your dog or you retrieving birds is not baiting. I would not run a boat or 4 wheeler over it to access the blind. That is a no-no. Most guys will combine a path to the blind if it is not in a levee.