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re: What to plant for ducks
Posted on 2/17/25 at 9:37 pm to Insurancerebel
Posted on 2/17/25 at 9:37 pm to Insurancerebel
How far are the nearest ag fields?.
That depth really makes things tough, may be better for you to just traffic the birds going to and from the water.
That depth really makes things tough, may be better for you to just traffic the birds going to and from the water.
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Posted on 2/17/25 at 10:44 pm to Insurancerebel
That is a little deep to be plant something and prepping it for hunting. I personally would just plant Milo (sorghum) and hope for the best. Milo produces seed heads that are 3 - 4 feet above the ground.
This post was edited on 2/18/25 at 2:25 am
Posted on 2/18/25 at 6:51 am to White Bear
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I’d let it grow up in cockleburs, stay mobile and hunt as the water dictates. Break it every few years to keep the trees whipped back. That’s small holes but if you’re shooting 100 mallards per year I wouldn’t change shite.
I’m a hell of a hunter, and world class caller.
Avg joes here might scratch out 25 from that field.
And honestly of the 10 acres I’m only wanting to do about 3 in some food source.
It’s only hunted 1 to 2 days a week during high water. The other 5 days it should be holding the loafers
Posted on 2/18/25 at 6:54 am to hall59tiger
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You are really limited with that depth. I’m not sure what type of autonomy you have over manipulating the terrain but if If had something like that I’d probably plant willows on the edges and intermittent islands and just use it as a loaf pond. Maybe make some hunts on it at the end of the season. They will eat the smart weed when the seeds drop but 5-8ft is too deep for them to get into the invertebrates.
I think I’m limited to planting the edges in stages. Something is better than nothing
It boarders about 500 acres of a refuge where no hunting is allowed.
Posted on 2/18/25 at 7:12 am to Insurancerebel
5-8 corn not rice
Posted on 2/18/25 at 7:15 am to Insurancerebel
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I’m a hell of a hunter, and world class caller.
is this me?
Posted on 2/18/25 at 8:32 am to Insurancerebel
LINK
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Posted on 2/18/25 at 9:18 am to White Bear
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if you’re shooting 100 mallards per year I wouldn’t change shite.
What I was thinking
Posted on 2/18/25 at 9:49 am to White Bear
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is this me?
Do a lil tick tick tick digga digga..... .... tug on the jerk string.
Boom Boom Boom.
Rinse and repeat
Posted on 2/18/25 at 9:52 am to SmoothBox
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How far are the nearest ag fields?.
That depth really makes things tough, may be better for you to just traffic the birds going to and from the water.
Ag field is about 100 yards away, about 300 yards from our field blind that has some standing corn and beans, they want to be in the fields by the river when it is out though.
Trying to make the X bigger than trying to move the X all together if that makes sense
Posted on 2/18/25 at 9:52 am to southern686
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if you’re shooting 100 mallards per year I wouldn’t change shite.
What I was thinking
That should be closer to 1000 though.
Posted on 2/18/25 at 10:08 am to Insurancerebel
Japanese millet.
Posted on 2/18/25 at 10:41 am to Insurancerebel
quote:dude you can plant duck pussy but that ain’t going to make more of em fly farther south.
That should be closer to 1000 though.
Posted on 2/18/25 at 10:56 am to White Bear
Ducks love the seeds on those cocklebur trees. Those trees can get tall and still stick out in 6-8’ of water, so the ducks can feed on that.
I’d do like another said and let it be and knock those cocklebur trees back every few years so they don’t get too thick and take over.
I’m sure this was just one factor but we had a lease that was full of cockleburs and killed 400-500 birds a year.
Then one year they put it back to rice and we shot 150 birds. It was a night and day difference.
I’d do like another said and let it be and knock those cocklebur trees back every few years so they don’t get too thick and take over.
I’m sure this was just one factor but we had a lease that was full of cockleburs and killed 400-500 birds a year.
Then one year they put it back to rice and we shot 150 birds. It was a night and day difference.
Posted on 2/18/25 at 2:36 pm to White Bear
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dude you can plant duck pussy but that ain’t going to make more of em fly farther south.
By what is being killed in close proximity to our place. That is half was killed there 10 years ago.
Posted on 2/18/25 at 5:16 pm to Insurancerebel
Pearl millet gets tall af. I’m not sure if all pearl millet varieties are the same but I would make sure the soil is good and fertilized/limed so it will reach it’s maximum size
Posted on 2/18/25 at 7:37 pm to Insurancerebel
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I think I’m limited to planting the edges in stages. Something is better than nothing
Agreed. Something is better than nothing.
Not sure it matters how tall whatever you end up planting needs to be. It’s all going to die and drop seeds when it gets flooded.
I hunt some spots in the delta and the guy who owns one of them lets coffee bean trees (that’s what he calls them) grow in pockets around his refugee. I think the ducks like that because it breaks up the open water.
Posted on 2/18/25 at 7:46 pm to Insurancerebel
I have had good success with Chiwapa and Egyptian wheat in deeper water, but not that deep.
At that depth, it is what it is. If you were dead set on something plant Egyptian wheat or some tall variety of Sorghum Sudan and pour the nitrogen on her. If they are just loafing there, don’t waste your time and money.
Maybe if there are times during the season that it isn’t that deep, but I wouldn’t spend much (millet and/or natural grasses/moist soil). It isn’t like the river was that high compared to historic averages.
At that depth, it is what it is. If you were dead set on something plant Egyptian wheat or some tall variety of Sorghum Sudan and pour the nitrogen on her. If they are just loafing there, don’t waste your time and money.
Maybe if there are times during the season that it isn’t that deep, but I wouldn’t spend much (millet and/or natural grasses/moist soil). It isn’t like the river was that high compared to historic averages.
Posted on 2/18/25 at 8:24 pm to Insurancerebel
Sweet Potatoes
Posted on 2/18/25 at 9:12 pm to Insurancerebel
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world class caller.
What calls do you run
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