re: January Duck Survey

Kemo. The way I am finding ducks this year


Finding spots w no apple snails or salvinia = score but I have noticed even in those spots ducks move on


Place I cut my teeth on in Jeff Davis 620 acres

31 ducks this year


That was a day. Even in 3/30



And I’m willing to wager the Apple snails are far more sinister than we really comprehend right now

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I think some of the younger Instagram stars in NELA got busted by green jeans 2 weeks ago.

I thought the UFWS use DU due to being understaffed and under funded? They use there own studies and numbers but also utilize DU?

Anything around little Missouri happening? Those were $10k-$15k blinds years ago. Figure all of the Kennedy blinds are that or more now days.
Starting to believe the number conspiracy guys on total ducks.

Greenhead I’ve heard the count thing both ways


The numbers are there they ain’t here


When people in central AL are killing mallards something is changing


Navy buddy in ND was still seeing ducks 10 days ago

There’s an impoundment 5 miles north of mer rouge across the tracks with plenty of woods. Don’t go up after dad died to ride around and look for birds anymore. We are a mile north of gallion and 1 mile west as crow flies.

Central Alabama? Is that a typo?

No central Alabama it’s not a typo.

So wait.... there are still people here that give two shits about BS duck numbers that Larry Reynolds puts out? Yall do know how full of shite he is right???? NO fkn way yall believe him anymore. Do you really need some DU mascot telling you what we don't have anymore. We as an active group out in the field as a whole are way better representation than anything he can put out. Made my first hunt as a 10year old in around 1985. We had plenty ducks everywhere. Mid 90's started a drastic change. Seems to be cut in half damn near every two to three years since. Your hens are not brining their young ducks back to the bayou state in significant numbers. People argue our landscape has changed and it has. But there is still more than ample wintering grounds loaded with food. Problem is if they have never seen it there is no reason to ever come. With mild winters north or Arkansas and no need to attempt anything south of Branson MO....then why? The next generation of ducks never try it and BAM the education is gone the internal map is deleted. Food sources in the Midwest have stopped the need to fly south. We need to ask big questions with these numbers down. How bad is not letting ducks not winter in an invertebrate rich environment hurting calcium needs in egg production? How are egg shell density without these nutritional goals meet? Its not just about corn. Ducks need a winter load of protein the Midwest is not supplying. Its a loss no one is wanting to talk about.