Ugh. Stupid people piss me off.
No, it wasn't planted before. But there was lots of natural food before, and still is. Much more than the millet. I get it. It won't be over hunted. Thanks for the advice 2th.
Love it but I'd have just sunk back into those small trees on the edge on a swamp seat, maybe built a bench so nothing is talle than surrounding vegetation vs a blind right in the middle. That's just me though. How I like to hunt swamps.
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Agreed. My BIL built it last year without consulting me. I did brush it in as best I could. It is also facing due east.
I wanted to see how the ducks work before I went through the trouble of moving it. I don't expect the wood ducks to care. They hang out on it already. We will adjust wihen mallards show.
Murray-
How much success have you had transplanting arrow arrum and duck potatoe? Looks awesome and curious how many moccasins you saw while harvesting.
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Murray -
How much migratory duck usage have you seen on the Arrow?
IE: Other than your local, early, wood ducks.
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.
That is my same experience.
To me it's not worth the effort.
I judge my places by migratory usage.
IE: I don't care what the local summer ducks are eating, I pay attention to what the teal, gadwall, and fat December wood ducks are eating.
My experience is the Arrow doesn't make a difference to them.
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.
I get that, but it can only help. Jap Millet is not much better for me. Millet will last a few more weeks, but what does not get eat lays over after its flooded a month.
AA would be awesome in FL.
Easy to promote "useful" perennials, and change a swamp filled with burreed to a swamp filled with duck potato and rush
Spray in March when growth starts, wait a couple weeks and broadcast seed.
Give it a little help and duck potato and rush's will out compete reeds.
If you can't add water to corn, then I think SAVs is the best thing you can do for migratory birds in SC.
Last edited by Murray; 11-16-2015 at 07:57 PM.
SAV?
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I know of swamps in central NC that hold mallards eating AA in December
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What would be your "perfect" pond with multiple types of vegetation? What would last ?
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Really cool pics showing your progress.
Well done.
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