Originally Posted by
josh 10
So with all this talk about the broad river wma, and it being poorly managed, who does a person contact to do something about our areas? It would be nice to be active in this and try to have a voice. There are some wma's in the upstate that are really horrible as everyone knows. Too many people hunting and not enough ducks. How could this be voiced to the state to let the actual hunters come together and decide how they should be regulated and managed instead of the state? We know theres tons of knowledge from hunters on habitat and ethics for the most part. These are our places. My younger brother and his friend find it hard to believe we used to shoot limits of mallards regularly at public ground because of the way things have changed. I went to a meeting several years ago about them opening back up parts of lake Wylie, I know there are a few on here who where there. We mentioned something about a new wma at worth mountain on the broad river and it was shot down immediately by a warden. Money was the first thing that came out of his mouth. Where is all our license and stamp money going? I'm positive there would be volunteers to help out with a project if we felt it would be managed properly and it would not just be and over crowded wood duck shoot with a bunch of idiots. Something that would take a while for the ducks to imprint on and if managed right they can shift migrations.its been proven out west. 20 years ago there was no rice around semo or ne arkansas. all cotton and beans.rice moved north from Stuttgart and more and more ducks showed up.im not saying we would ever have that much but it could be alot better. Just wishful thinking
If you are not already a member of the South Carolina Wildlife Syndicate you could start there. GO to facepage and look it up if you have it. David Strickland (Strick 9) is doing some good things in the name of waterfowl for our state as well as other wildlife. Would be a good place to start.
“Duck hunting gives a man a chance to see the loneliest places …blinds washed by a rolling surf, blue and gold autumn marshes, …a rice field in the rain, flooded pin-oak forests or any remote river delta. In duck hunting the scene is as important as the shooting.” ~ Erwin Bauer, The Duck Hunter’s Bible, 1965
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