re: I have met the enemy, and he is us

and people have been bitching about short stopping since it started with Canada geese....

and that was long before most of us were hunting...

but I remember EVERYONE bitching about it in the mid 70s.. of how we "used to have more mallards and some canada geese"

what I remember is some great hunts in the 70s and 80s - but I also remember plenty duds....

I remember have quail though - and we can't blame du or the govnmt for that.... like one of my friends says.. YOU CAN blame united fruit co. for some of that....

animals change and adapt..... Canada Geese are great examples.. when the first europeans came to the US they were marsh birds... now they almost never go to marshes..

so yeah.. it's whiteys fault


for whatever the reasons and they are vast and more complicated than simply blaming DU or subsidies.... migration patterns will continue to evolve and change.. based on habitat and conditions..

heck.. lil choupique and I were talking about this friday night how we came out with one duck once in a very prime spot in PERFECT weather right after a front.... it happens..


one thing i know for sure is plenty hunters up and down the flyway have been throwing tons of money at ducks since we went back to 60 and 6


and.. if you don't understand the impact no till farming has had - you really need to do some reading and learn about it and the changes it has ushered in... if not... you are talking out the side of your neck...

But what about the heated ponds and/or nets?

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But what about the heated ponds and/or nets?

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I'm against the nets but all for the heated ponds.

I tried to cut the nets down once but they were too big.

Then I went to one of them heated ponds thinking I was gonna turn the heater off, realized how nice it was, and jumped right in next to a big group of mallards. Kinda felt like a hot tub.

Eta: I'm all for private citizens spending their money however they wish. But when the government pays for something on someone's private land (whether it be in North Dakota or Louisiana) that's bullshite.

Nico, the dude doesn't know shite from shynola.

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But when the government pays for something on someone's private land (whether it be in North Dakota or Louisiana) that's bullshite.

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Does anyone know where I can find the signs we can put on private land so the ducks know to go elsewhere? And when I hunt, I only shoot the ducks that were born and raised on public land. It wouldn't be right to shoot the private land ducks.

Why the hate for CRP?

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The Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) is a land conservation program administered by the Farm Service Agency (FSA). In exchange for a yearly rental payment, farmers enrolled in the program agree to remove environmentally sensitive land from agricultural production and plant species that will improve environmental health and quality. Contracts for land enrolled in CRP are 10-15 years in length. The long-term goal of the program is to re-establish valuable land cover to help improve water quality, prevent soil erosion, and reduce loss of wildlife habitat.

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to only benefit the landowner

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that isn't true...

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So duck habitat is more important than assistance for human beings???? Holy frick

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you have to be trolling.. You cant be this retarded and have a computer. Im finished with you.

Sad thing is, I think he's serious

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Nobody hates CRP, as we all benefit from it, just not as much as the guy who owns the land and get paid by the gubmint to let it grow up. He can then harvest the timber off it after the gubmint paid him to let it grow. Can't say it isn't gubmint cheese though.

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I know someone in acadia parish that has 850 acres in crp... that NOBODY hunts....