HELP !! shead some light on topic plz...

[MarshRat89]

Originally Posted by cmcnabb

I agree. Later in nov and dec we get a bigger push of ducks. But there are plenty of ducks around opening weekend. So why open later? Ducks are usually here in a pretty good number early nov. Now if we opened at the same time and hunted later with more days, im down with that. Thats something we can all agree on

Your area and south of you from Klondike to the marshes is an exception. Y'all hold the largest concentrations of birds. When the first few pushes come through y'all have plenty. How many dead days do y'all see a couple weeks later though? Why not hold off two weeks you have 2x the birds the first week and 3-4x more than average by the end of the split?




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[herohunts]

whit that being said, too keep me from looking all over the web. whats you reasoning on a split in the hunting season ?

[MarshRat89]

Originally Posted by herohunts

whit that being said, too keep me from looking all over the web. whats you reasoning on a split in the hunting season ?

1: Give the birds a break
2: Give time for more birds to push in. (Since the Feds only allow a 60 day season.)
3: Give your self a break
4: To please the wives
5: shoot blues and snows no hold bar


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[cgoods17]

So how can we fix this problem? what can we do to keep the future migrations to keep coming south?

[Smalls]

Originally Posted by cgoods17

So how can we fix this problem? what can we do to keep the future migrations to keep coming south?

That's a difficult task, and probably impossible. You would have to manage the landscape over an entire flyway, something that will most likely never happen.

You may be thinking "Why Not?"

Well, because there are many factors that would go into that. If you start with what is actually there, the land practices, that MIGHT be manageable. But when you consider how much work that would require to manage millions of acres of land with millions of landowners......that's not going to happen.

The other big factor you have to look at is Climate. You aren't going to control the climate, simple as that.

Temperatures, ice/snow cover, and availablility of food drive are the majority of the driving factors in the overall migration. Availability of food and cover will drive where the birds are locally.

I've seen rice fields north of I-10 loaded with wood ducks, mallards, and pintails because there was timber near by that they could duck into during the day. Not to mention that only about a 1/10th of an acre had been cleared to make a pond. The rest was still 2 or 3 foot tall. Good cover and feeding opportunities.

The birds are going to go where they feel safe and have food when they get down here, because they've been shot at all the way down. BUT THEY HAVE TO GET HERE FIRST! If the weather isn't forcing them down, you won't see them.

And as far as moving seasons around, they will always base that on harvest numbers, and until there is a drastic, long term swing in the numbers (later migration, lower harvest), that will probably not change. There was the opportunity this year, but more people voted to leave it as is if I'm not mistaken.

[Duck Butter]

We kill more ducks in Louisiana than any other state and TWICE as many as Arkansas (over 1 MILLION more ducks than they do).Edited to add: We kill 1 MILLION more ducks than the next highest state. Kinda hard to tell the states up north that there is a 'problem' and something needs to be done when you look at the numbers Still plenty of ducks coming down.

Again, there are all kinds of things that factor into migration of birds. Black-bellied and fulvous whistling ducks were a rarity not that long ago. Many many other bird species that we see in Louisiana now regularly were once pretty rare here (roseate spoonbills for instance).


and 10 pages for sure

[Smalls]

Originally Posted by Duck Butter

We kill more ducks in Louisiana than any other state and TWICE as many as Arkansas (over 1 MILLION more ducks than they do). Kinda hard to tell the states up north that there is a 'problem' and something needs to be done when you look at the numbers Still plenty of ducks coming down.


Again, there are all kinds of things that factor into migration of birds. Black-bellied and fulvous whistling ducks were a rarity not that long ago. Many many other bird species that we see in Louisiana now regularly were once pretty rare here (roseate spoonbills for instance).


and 10 pages for sure

Don't forget whooping cranes.....

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[Duck Butter]

Originally Posted by Smalls

Don't forget whooping cranes.....

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[SaltERedneck]

Solution = figure 8s in bodies with helicopters!!!!