DU, SCWA, and Others

[Black Bart]

What are y'all's thoughts on these and other such organizations? Do they truly benefit the common public in regard to ducks and duck hunting, or do they more so benefit the fat cats' self-serving interests? I have no dog in this fight, so my questions are legit and unbiased. Discuss.

[trkykilr]

SCWA does a good job with camp woodie. Other than that, they have done far more harm to waterfowl, maybe irrevocable damage, than they have ever done good.

[smitch320]

When the CEO of DU makes nearly $700,000….something ain’t for the ducks IMO

[Rubberhead*]

F'SCWA

I'm not quite as hard on DU but they have definitely lost their way.

[Catdaddy]

All moneys need to go to a farm subsidy program to pay farmers to plant winter wheat vs spring wheat in the breeding states and Canada. A lot of old school farmers are sticking with spring wheat even though the pros outweigh the cons in favor of winter wheat.

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[Duck Nitz]

I can remember being on DU commitees back in the early 2000's in the Upstate. By the time we were done running one of those fundraisers, you could tell something wasn't right. I don't support DU, and if I hunted ducks anymore, I don't think I would feel compelled to volunteer.

[DRDUCK]

None of them have got any my money in along time. Like 35 years

[AnythingFeathers]

DU has opportunities to help as a whole much more than most others. NWTF, NDA, even Quail/Pheasants Forever all only can fund studies, programs-whatever. But they can not put their money into anything physically tangible to help their chosen resource thrive or do better. They push mostly philosophy and ideals. Are those important? Yes, if people actually implement them. They cannot sink money into habitat in Texas and affect deer in SC. They cannot do anything for turkeys in Tennessee to help populations in NY. Not physically anyway.
DU’s efforts in the nesting/reproduction areas in the northern areas of North America that can potentially affect populations in all flyways. Why? Because ducks are migratory.
It is impossible to do any type of physical efforts to affect a population across the continent unless it is a migratory animal.

[Catdaddy]

I wish they gave more details on winter wheat acreage and the location, and number of farmers involved.

https://www.ducks.org/conservation/w...-friendly-crop

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[thawhacker]

DU has spent a lot of money in our state

[Highstrung]

The SCWA is just a pimp, pimping out hooker ducks to the derelicts of the sporting world. They are a stain the name of our great state even using it in their nomenclature.

[pluffmudder]

We rented a place from a land owner in KS by a refuge we used to duck hunt. We were helping the land owner take care of some stuff he was too old to handle on his property one afternoon. He mentioned that he had 3 DU guys from KS City coming to look at his duck ponds he recently prepared to lease for the season. They showed up at the ponds and met the land owner while were there at the ponds helping work on his pit blinds. The guys showed up in their high dollar DU attire and were completely uninterested in speaking with us and basically assumed we were their competition. There was a lot of quiet talking going on and they agreed to pay him for the lease. It could have been their own personal money, but the way they behaved makes me question if it wasnt DU money, i.e.: my money, that paid for it. I havent donated since. It just rubbed me the wrong way.

[UPSTATEWATERFOWLER]

Why all the hate for SCWA? I truly don’t know much about them.

[smitch320]

Why all the hate for SCWA? I truly don’t know much about them.

Clip toes

[cajunwannabe]

I have hunted ducks for the last 50 years and have supported both DU and Delta Waterfowl over the years. I help with the Irmo / Chapin DU committee now. I don't know many States that haven't received funding from DU for waterfowl related projects, prairie nesting habitat, wintering habitat, predator management, dike and water control structures, etc. I have hunted State and Federal lands that have both gotten funding from DU or Delta Waterfowl. Regarding fat cats and self serving interests, every organization has that. Big money, lobbyists, corporate sponsorship and politics is dirty business, none are above reproach.


Go with what works for you. I don't condone the SCWA Mallard Release Program so they get a hard pass by me.

[Steelin' Ducks]

Clip toes

Great job explaining the problem.

[nitro5x6's]

I can remember being on DU commitees back in the early 2000's in the Upstate. By the time we were done running one of those fundraisers, you could tell something wasn't right. I don't support DU, and if I hunted ducks anymore, I don't think I would feel compelled to volunteer.

Bingo

[smitch320]

Great job explaining the problem.

The floor is yours

[willk]

What is an appropriate amount of money for the CEO of DU to make?

[Sasha and Abby]

What is an appropriate amount of money for the CEO of DU to make?

Exactly... you want to hire the best people but you don't want to pay them. I see both sides... it would be nice if they got the best people and they did it for free... like Trump.