Water vegetation ID

[DirtyDog]

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What vegetation is this and do ducks eat it?

[Hogg]

Smartweed and coontail= duck food

[DirtyDog]

Smartweed and coontail= duck food

Birdies in big trouble

[darealdeal]

Would have to see it in person. Send GPS coordinates and would be happy to tell you....

[Rabbitman09]

I don't care what these clowns on here say about that shit in the top picture.....it ain't worth a shit to a duck. I've got a lowland swamp with probably 15 acres of that shit and it attracts zero ducks.

[DirtyDog]

I don't care what these clowns on here say about that shit in the top picture.....it ain't worth a shit to a duck. I've got a lowland swamp with probably 15 acres of that shit and it attracts zero ducks.

Well the acorn trees on the banks will carry its weight

[DirtyDog]

Would have to see it in person. Send GPS coordinates and would be happy to tell you....

Why don’t I just take you there myself

[BOGSTER]

First pic is lady’s thumb smartweed, and rabbitman should stick to bunny hunting, bc I’m currently watching gadwall and teal feeding on it as we speak. Rather voraciously to be honest.

Also, the 2nd pic is parrotfeather. Non-native, and other than hosting invertebrates, it’s useless to a duck.

[ChickenFlip]

Why don’t I just take you there myself

Passion.

[Rabbitman09]

First pic is lady’s thumb smartweed, and rabbitman should stick to bunny hunting, bc I’m currently watching gadwall and teal feeding on it as we speak. Rather voraciously to be honest.

Also, the 2nd pic is parrotfeather. Non-native, and other than hosting invertebrates, it’s useless to a duck.

I've been hunting family property with that shit in it my whole life and never see anything eating it. Occasionally I'll jump a wood duck or two from it....most likely just loafing. There is no seed, just little pink flowers. What is there for ducks to eat?

[Rabbitman09]

Well the acorn trees on the banks will carry its weight

Same here. If it wasn't for the oak trees on one side of the swamp I wouldn't have any ducks. The 10-15 acres of that shit and cat tails is always void of ducks.

[BOGSTER]

Cattails are useless to ducks.

Smartweed is a primary food source. There are seeds in the flowers.

Strange your ducks aren’t eating it.




Remember just because you have a food source doesn’t mean you’ll have ducks.

[BOGSTER]

Go look at the place earlier in the year. The local wood ducks may be eating it all before you start looking for ducks.

[ajwf662]

That's not coontail... sorry... i second the parrotfeather.

no ducks in smartweed? consider how deep it's flooded. If it's too deep, they can't get to the seed that has fallen out to the ground.

[tman]

I don't care what these clowns on here say about that shit in the top picture.....it ain't worth a shit to a duck. I've got a lowland swamp with probably 15 acres of that shit and it attracts zero ducks.

Like they say in real estate, "location location location "...

[Gone South]

Well the acorn trees on the banks will carry its weight

What’s an acorn tree?

[JABIII]

Mallard ducks do not eat akerns. Just axe Candor...

[Relentlous]

#limitsindamonon

[Catdaddy]

Parrot feather was introduced by people pouring their aquarium fish into the environment. It's invasive.

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[darealdeal]

You hunt this opener? If so curious how it went?