They can’t develop it if you don’t sell it to them.
I was out in Idaho last week visiting my son and saw more mallards than I have ever seen. Looking into a DIY hunting trip next year if he is still stationed there. Look up the limits and can kill 7. They way I read it was 2 hens and 5 drakes
The ducks can’t not be everywhere at one time. I believe the lack of water in early fall has more to do with poor duck numbers than colder weather during the season ever will. Based on what I read if genetics were the only thing to blame then Louisiana and ark wouldn’t see such a steady decline if a decent amount of the purebreds were photoperiod migrators. They are getting hammered on every available piece of water in every state. Doesn’t take long to unimprint ducks with pressure.
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In 15 years, there will have been a significant increase in Pacific flyway pressure from OOSers and speculation on what happened to all the ducks. I have seen a bunch of groups of SC duck hunters that I know move their efforts from Arkansas and Mississippi to Missouri and Louisiana to Kansas and Oklahoma in the last 10 years. This year was Idaho and Oregon.
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