I’m not disputing that.
How much refuge is needed?

If the refuge didn’t exist, but the corn ponds did, would the ducks leave?

I wonder.






Quote Originally Posted by Catdaddy View Post
I cut my teeth hunting public and guess I have killed twice as many on public waters than private. My most enjoyable hunting was in Snake, Mill, and Pine Island Creek,...by far.

I remember hunting Twin Islands in Moultrie when the water was low(1967). Mallards came flock after flock at 9 am to dabble and rest in the sandy pools on the 1 acre of sand that was exposed. They fed at daybreak til 9am in Russcon corn ponds behind Bonneau Beach. The first corn impoundment I had ever heard of. The flocks looked like gnats coming.

I also remember hunting Pinopolis hatchery back then on Saturdays. It closed at noon. At 12.15 the sky was full of ducks. Thats what will happen if you open the Cow Pasture for limited hunting.

All good mallard/gadwall/widgeon hunting takes place near a refuge, whether government or private. You take that away and you are hunting wood ducks.


Heres some results from the GPS mallards which Dr. Cohen is studying