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    Quote Originally Posted by nitro5x6's View Post
    I have friends in Mid Florida that shoot limits of ducks every day on private and some that do the same on Public. Lots of Teal, Wigeon and Pintail.

    One guy that shoots them in Orange groves over what he calls sheet water. They don't artificially flood or feed.
    I just moved back home to SC after 3 years in South FL. Hunting only public land and draw hunts, on average, I harvested 4x as many birds annually in FL as I do in SC. There's just more habitat AND higher quality habitat IMHO.
    "Hunt today to kill tomorrow." - Ron Jolly

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    As of Jan 31st.

    "This sedentary tendency
    was in spite of some cold weather
    patterns. These findings support
    what we saw last season: Once ducks
    settle into a potential wintering area
    in December, weather systems don’t
    seem to push them farther south.
    Four of our mallards are still quite
    far north, settling in Illinois, Indiana
    and Ohio, while four mallards are
    stationary in Missouri and Kansas,
    and only two ducks have made it
    as far south as Arkansas."

    https://45psd935lci1tx4i53t8y5ck-wpe...ort_2_4_22.pdf

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    Quote Originally Posted by swampknob View Post
    As of Jan 31st.

    "This sedentary tendency
    was in spite of some cold weather
    patterns. These findings support
    what we saw last season: Once ducks
    settle into a potential wintering area
    in December, weather systems don’t
    seem to push them farther south.
    Four of our mallards are still quite
    far north, settling in Illinois, Indiana
    and Ohio, while four mallards are
    stationary in Missouri and Kansas,
    and only two ducks have made it
    as far south as Arkansas."

    https://45psd935lci1tx4i53t8y5ck-wpe...ort_2_4_22.pdf
    They just aren't looking in all those private flooded row crop impoundments. A friend told me that's where they all are.

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    Talked to a buddy this weekend from northern Ohio and said he had one of his best seasons he’s had in year. Got them early and they stayed. He only missed 3 days of the season. Also said he use to go snowmobiling all the time and now has to travel up to Michigans upper Peninsula to do it
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    80-20 Genaration

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    Interesting in the graphs nearly half the green wings were killed or died while only two of the mallards met their end.

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    Ducks have adapted to all the hunting pressure learned where it’s safe. weather, corn ponds etc they all are factors.

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    Quote Originally Posted by woodduck17 View Post
    Ducks have adapted to all the hunting pressure learned where it’s safe. weather, corn ponds etc they all are factors.
    I believe that

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    Most folks don’t.
    Be proactive about improving public waterfowl habitat in South Carolina. It's not going to happen by itself, and our help is needed. We have the potential to winter thousands of waterfowl on public grounds if we fight for it.

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    keep saying it until you believe it, bog.

    i guaranfuckingtee you its a multifaceted issue
    Ugh. Stupid people piss me off.

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    https://www.outdoorlife.com/conserva...9NEGlbqJMokWjo


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    We do not do well trying to manipulate nature. Duck, deer, turkey doe what they do.

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    Quote Originally Posted by flopduster View Post
    Some of the trapping for this study happened on a family friend's farm in Maryland that I'm lucky enough to hunt every year.

    They caught roughly 100 ducks (in flooded corn), strapped transmitters to hens (both blacks and mallards), and banded the drakes.

    Interesting in the article the few references to release/farm ducks, and how they may be impacting the downward trend of the Mallards.

    Also, interesting is they point to bag limit on mallards being an issue. But when anyone discusses shooting hens the answer is that hunting doesn't have an impact on population. Feels like those two points don't jive.

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    Release/farm ,tamies , dock ducks dont have a strong inclination to renest if there nests are destroyed . Unlike wild mallards,which are very strong re-nesters ....they will attempt to renest up to 5 or 6 times if necessary . With the dilution of the mallard gene pool by all these shit eaters getting released every year , i dont see how usfws doesnt step in and cut that shit out. It wont solve all the problems,but it would damn sure be a step in the right direction .
    If it aint got 8 toes & a green head,it aint a duck.

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    Lots of water still on the trees out west.

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