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re: Duckhunting
Posted on 1/26/20 at 5:33 pm to choupiquesushi
Posted on 1/26/20 at 5:33 pm to choupiquesushi
Thanks that's what I'm looking for in sd what were u hunting over.
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Posted on 1/26/20 at 5:37 pm to wickowick
Umm ok I'm listening .over the last week I've heard something's a number of time's some a few.but that is new.
Posted on 1/26/20 at 5:39 pm to Just tired
Like most things, I think there are many factors involved. Fewer ducks overall, more habitat up north, increased pressure, and habitat change in Louisiana are all having an impact. I also think duck hunting has become more popular amongst wealthier hunters and the few ducks they do have are consolidated on prime habitat. There is no doubt that fewer ducks have been making their way down for the past few decades but I have no clue what could have caused the exponential decrease over the last few years.
Posted on 1/26/20 at 5:47 pm to Just tired
Posted on 1/26/20 at 5:55 pm to choupiquesushi
Granted, there’s more grain, but look at when that upswing began versus when ducks began short stopping.
Also, it goes back to the weather. As someone said....snowfall has a ton to do with moving ducks.
Take a look at the snowfall over the last several years. If it’s not snowing or freezing, they aren’t leaving.
I see it every year up there. It’s where I hunt 35 days of duck season each year. My farmers grain production and farming tactics haven’t changed, but I can admit I don’t know all the answers on that side.
What I can tell you is that in December and January, once we get a backwater there’s only two things that will happen to make us lose our ducks.
Snow or ice.
Also, it goes back to the weather. As someone said....snowfall has a ton to do with moving ducks.
Take a look at the snowfall over the last several years. If it’s not snowing or freezing, they aren’t leaving.
I see it every year up there. It’s where I hunt 35 days of duck season each year. My farmers grain production and farming tactics haven’t changed, but I can admit I don’t know all the answers on that side.
What I can tell you is that in December and January, once we get a backwater there’s only two things that will happen to make us lose our ducks.
Snow or ice.
This post was edited on 1/26/20 at 5:56 pm
Posted on 1/26/20 at 6:07 pm to hall59tiger
I believe much of what you say is true.the wealthy part I see having a impact on conservation groups and some of the good news about hatching and numbers.as I have had a good bit of time on my hands as of late .I have been doing a good bit of research or as my long suffering wife says obsessive reading and talking to people from Canada to louisiana.I'm finding a pattern.as of yet not enough information .but one problem seems to very prevalent .bad statistical info by state n federal agencies.by mistake or on purpose I know not.it seems the people who have made a mess out of water fowl management are the ones who are now teaching water fowl management.on a number of boards I've been buried in stats.also get, I go to 6 to 10 commission meetings and your a novice self needs to just shut up n let the experts handle this that's why I'm talking to hunters.
Posted on 1/26/20 at 6:23 pm to wickowick
Ok good read .did qwick calculator check that would put a flight pattern towards Mississippi /alabama .I have 52 reports from miss and 12 out of Alabama.for the most part the lack of ducks is a very wide problem
Posted on 1/26/20 at 6:41 pm to Just tired
I’m in Arkansas. There’s steel nets up and you can’t fricking cut them. They have so many fricking ducks it’s nuts
Posted on 1/26/20 at 6:52 pm to Just tired
The Refuge. Ha ha that forum is a joke and those boys are on the DU Kool aid like you can’t imagine. I remember when That Downing guy showed up to my Delta Waterfowl meeting acting like he was going to make sure we weren’t going to talk bad about DU. HA HA. He drives around the back roads like he doing a duck survey. Thats a bunch old me over there that volunteer for DU because they are to cheap to by the $100.00 sponsor membership.
Posted on 1/26/20 at 7:36 pm to Just tired
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calculator check that would put a flight pattern towards Mississippi /alabama .I have 52 reports from miss and 12 out of Alabama.for the most part the lack of ducks is a very wide problem
I know two people in north central AL that have killed 60 and 80 ish mallards this year been increasing last 5-7 years
Posted on 1/26/20 at 7:47 pm to CypressTrout10
Free to comment but this is serous to me.
Posted on 1/26/20 at 7:49 pm to choupiquesushi
Thanks .put it on my map
Posted on 1/26/20 at 7:50 pm to choupiquesushi
You are the only person I have heard to say go East. I’m in Ms delta and the floods are hurting us right now. We have a bunch of ducks but we also have a ton of backwater.
I believe it is a combination of ag practices, lack of ice/snow, and back water over the last couple years. There was still flooding/back water in October in the mid west. I don’t know if it still is or not though.
I believe it is a combination of ag practices, lack of ice/snow, and back water over the last couple years. There was still flooding/back water in October in the mid west. I don’t know if it still is or not though.
Posted on 1/26/20 at 8:22 pm to choupiquesushi
I agree with all of the above in regards to reasons LA is suffering. However we know where the birds aren't. But with supposed near record duck numbers year in and year out somewhere has to be seeing a significant gain. This year was a down year overall for OK, KA and Missouri as well as LA, AR, MS and TX. If the duck counts are correct then somewhere should have seen an explosion in ducks. Where is it?
Posted on 1/26/20 at 8:23 pm to Outdoorreb
Thank you for helping.I have a 10×5 map on the way.of North of America .I'm trying to put together as much information as I can .what I'll do with it remains to be seen .I hope maybe to find a way to help .we have a problem .not saying I'm smart enough to figure it out.but if I do the grunt work maybe I can find somebody who's not tied to any government or so called conservation groups.who will point me in the right direction.may be all a waste of time .
Posted on 1/26/20 at 8:33 pm to Just tired
I am being serious. I’ve seen more mallards in 2 days than in my whole life. They are intentionally flooding bayous (meto) fields (for agriculture?) and who knows what else. There is no reason for the ducks to leave here. Every field you pass has 1000 mallards. There’s no lack of food. So why fly south?
Posted on 1/26/20 at 8:34 pm to GREENHEAD22
Yep 100% right.that's why I don't want any more stats or du propaganda.I want the boots or waders on the ground so to speak information .I don't think most people have any idea how much knowledge we have as a group.but we have to stop with b.s and put our heads together
Posted on 1/26/20 at 8:36 pm to CypressTrout10
Thanks if I may ask location?who's flooding
Posted on 1/26/20 at 8:50 pm to Uncs
quote:Who?
That Downing guy
Posted on 1/26/20 at 8:56 pm to Just tired
A lot of people pump woods up to duck hunt. 30 years ago those woods would only flood by backwater or rivers flooding. We pump up about 600 acres of timber ourselves. We also have 250 acres of uncut rice and corn.
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