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Fascinating Duck Study on Pressure
Posted on 12/7/23 at 5:06 pm
Posted on 12/7/23 at 5:06 pm
I thought this was very well done and informative. I have my own suspicions for why the hunting has gotten worse, but I think this data from a very sharp biologist was insightful.
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Posted on 12/7/23 at 5:30 pm to DanielBooned
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why the hunting has gotten worse,
Nets and pumps to keep fields thawed keeping them up north
Posted on 12/7/23 at 6:18 pm to deltaland
Thousands of acres of unplanted corn flooded by the govt and not hunted
Posted on 12/7/23 at 6:25 pm to jimjackandjose
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Thousands of acres of unplanted corn flooded by the govt and not hunted
Where? I hear this a lot, but have never seen the proof
This post was edited on 12/7/23 at 6:26 pm
Posted on 12/7/23 at 6:37 pm to DanielBooned
We had a biologist tell us that if you want to make a successful hunting place, you build it and plant it, and once the ducks start using it, DONT HUNT IT FOR AT LEAST 3 YEARS. During those 3 years, the ducks will imprint on it as a “safe place” and will even pass that on to their babies.
Posted on 12/7/23 at 6:40 pm to jimjackandjose
If it’s not planted how do you know it’s
Corn?
Corn?
Posted on 12/7/23 at 8:09 pm to Elblancodiablo
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Where? I hear this a lot, but have never seen the proof
That’s bc there isn’t any.
Wildlife refugesss that prohibits duck hunting is allthere is
Posted on 12/7/23 at 8:20 pm to DanielBooned
Zero grade farming, 100% grain harvest, burning off rice fields, etc.
Farming practices are getting so damn efficient that it’s changing a big chunk of what led to good/easy duck hunting in the first place.
Farming practices are getting so damn efficient that it’s changing a big chunk of what led to good/easy duck hunting in the first place.
Posted on 12/7/23 at 8:27 pm to TIGRLEE
Morgan Brake NWR in Mississippi is one.
There is also a refuge in Tennessee that puts a live web cam.
North farm at sherburne
It's everywhere and concentrates ducks
There is also a refuge in Tennessee that puts a live web cam.
North farm at sherburne
It's everywhere and concentrates ducks
Posted on 12/7/23 at 8:38 pm to jimjackandjose
The Wildlife and Fisheries theory of them planting hundreds of thousands of acres of ground and not allowing anyone to hunt never made sense to me.
While I’m unsure what the percentage is, I would assume much of their revenue comes from the sale of hunting licenses.
While I’m unsure what the percentage is, I would assume much of their revenue comes from the sale of hunting licenses.
Posted on 12/7/23 at 8:40 pm to auwaterfowler
BS, there was a refuge of 700 that held birds for years. Once the contract was up the owners leased it, it didn’t take 3 years to drive them off of that property.
Imprinting is a hundred year process not 3 or even 25.
Imprinting is a hundred year process not 3 or even 25.
Posted on 12/7/23 at 9:29 pm to geauxbrown
You are assuming the leadership has a mindset of hunter experience over game conservation.
These folks believe they are fighting the greater good and hunter experience is way way down the list of what they care for.
Another one planted crop flooded is near rolling fork
Morgan Brake I've seen wintering waterfowl just sit on it. Thousands of ducks no longer spread out
These folks believe they are fighting the greater good and hunter experience is way way down the list of what they care for.
Another one planted crop flooded is near rolling fork
Morgan Brake I've seen wintering waterfowl just sit on it. Thousands of ducks no longer spread out
Posted on 12/7/23 at 9:52 pm to jimjackandjose
Used to have cooperative farming agreements on some NWRs, where farmer left a portion of the crop to be flooded.
Posted on 12/8/23 at 4:53 am to jimjackandjose
Most of the flooded ag crop refuges run out of food before the end of the season. The birds occupying them during the day are there to avoid pressure and feed else at night.
Posted on 12/8/23 at 6:28 am to Elblancodiablo
Squaw creek? After living in KC and seeing all of the DU projects that put thousands of gallons of water where water is not naturally held keeps the birds from having to push south where the water is.
It’s simple cause and effect
It’s simple cause and effect
Posted on 12/8/23 at 7:23 am to jimjackandjose
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Thousands of acres of unplanted corn flooded by the govt and not hunted
People actually believe this
Posted on 12/8/23 at 9:31 am to Park duck
It doesn’t have to be flooded corn, just a few hundred acres of flooded un-hunted moist soil areas.
Posted on 12/8/23 at 9:49 am to White Bear
There's an unhunted mud field across the road from our rice fields. It might have 3" of water in it. It is often loaded with ducks as we drive home.
Posted on 12/8/23 at 11:14 am to AlxTgr
I’m not really a duck hunter but I went to Catahoula lake a few times with a friend.
I was fascinated by the number of ducks in the refuge area,there must have been thousands,I drove my boat close to the boundary markers and they just swam away.
Early in the morning you could see them flying over the lake coming back from their nightly feeding excursion.They would be about a mile high and when they got over the refuge area they would spiral down and land in amongst the hordes of ducks already there.
I didn’t realize ducks were that smart until I saw that.
I was fascinated by the number of ducks in the refuge area,there must have been thousands,I drove my boat close to the boundary markers and they just swam away.
Early in the morning you could see them flying over the lake coming back from their nightly feeding excursion.They would be about a mile high and when they got over the refuge area they would spiral down and land in amongst the hordes of ducks already there.
I didn’t realize ducks were that smart until I saw that.
Posted on 12/8/23 at 11:34 am to LSUA 75
quote:I used to love watching that.
They would be about a mile high and when they got over the refuge area they would spiral down and land in amongst the hordes of ducks already there.
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