Duck season changes?

[DUCKGOGETTER]

Originally Posted by feesherman

so you don't know what you're talking about. I thought so. You should've armed yourself with a tad of knowledge before you jumped with both feet.

P.s. I find it very difficult to try and have a grown up conversation with someone that talks like this.

i'm glad i'm a premium member, cause this thread is gill net bound

[Duck Butter]

Ducks killed by legal hunting is one of the LEAST concerns of future duck populations.

[Montauk17]

More reason for me to deer hunt more. Lol

[meaux fishing]

Originally Posted by mcjaredsandwich

Well, feesherman, with more habitat being manipulated to the north of us, it has the potential to influence the ducks to stay there. If you want more ducks to make it down here, there has to be more to make it here. I am not stupid. Town house ball come get some. Ill pull up some numbers for you.

Bwahahaha com git sum. Town haus bawl

[mcjaredsandwich]

Gotta keep his spirit alive.


Feesherman, I heard they are hiring a new flyway head manager. Maybe with your extensive knowledge you should apply.

[Feesherman]

Originally Posted by mcjaredsandwich

Gotta keep his spirit alive.


Feesherman, I heard they are hiring a new flyway head manager. Maybe with your extensive knowledge you should apply.

At least I have a hint of a clue on what I am talking about. How about you tell us how you are going to make all those private land owners change the way they manage their habitat for ducks in those states north of us just so us poor old Louisiana boys can still have our share. I mean since you know so much!

[Duck Butter]

As much as we gripe about duck hunting the fact is Louisiana kills more ducks than ANY state PERIOD. We got it better than most, but for the record I hate spinners, and anyone with a sticker on their barrel

[mcjaredsandwich]

Originally Posted by Feesherman

At least I have a hint of a clue on what I am talking about. How about you tell us how you are going to make all those private land owners change the way they manage their habitat for ducks in those states north of us just so us poor old Louisiana boys can still have our share. I mean since you know so much!

Well since you are all about the federal regulation, the federal government can do a lot of things these days.

I didnt say I had a solution. I merely recognized the problem. But, being the internet federal manager you are, I am sure you could do something about it. You know the AHM handbook inside and out.



Take a step back for a second. All I said was harvest management needs to improve IF there are to be increasing populations of ducks and geese down here. I also said that habitat manipulation to the north IS a main cause of declining populations reaching the coast. No where did I say I was going to enforce it, or anything of that nature.

I do not feel like doing my research with numbers and graph. I don't want to make you look bad. Call me out again for making an observation and something I spent 2 semesters on and Ill gladly do so. Tawn haus bawl eyel be dere want sum com git sum.

[DUCKGOGETTER]

Originally Posted by mcjaredsandwich

Well since you are all about the federal regulation, the federal government can do a lot of things these days.

I didnt say I had a solution. I merely recognized the problem. But, being the internet federal manager you are, I am sure you could do something about it. You know the AHM handbook inside and out.



Take a step back for a second. All I said was harvest management needs to improve IF there are to be increasing populations of ducks and geese down here. I also said that habitat manipulation to the north IS a main cause of declining populations reaching the coast. No where did I say I was going to enforce it, or anything of that nature.

I do not feel like doing my research with numbers and graph. I don't want to make you look bad. Call me out again for making an observation and something I spent 2 semesters on and Ill gladly do so. Tawn haus bawl eyel be dere want sum com git sum.

BOOM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Feesherman]

Originally Posted by mcjaredsandwich

All I said was harvest management needs to improve IF there are to be increasing populations of ducks and geese down here.

Yeeeeeeeeeahhh, so that's not what you said. But anyway, why don't you expound on the, the "Harvest management needs to improve" part. What do you even mean by that? What does that have to do with the AHM matrix?

[specktator]

I agree with McCheese. The ducks just aren't making it down here like they use to, mallards especially. These guys in OK and KS are shooting limits of greenheads ONLY, everyday. More than 2-3 mallards for me on a hunt doesn't happen very often. We used to hammer the mallards in PI 7-8 years ago. But our hunting pressure also has alot to do with it. Everyone duck hunts. There isnt a mass of water that a duck could think about going to that someone doesn't hunt down here. Nothing we can do about it. Our property owners were considering doubling the price per acre on my lease in PI cause they know people will pay it. Luckily they aren't. Some older guys I know that stay in camp next door to me paid $38,500 this past season for 500 acres. People like that are why it's so hard to find a good spot nowadays.

["W"]

30 Day season will not knock the cost of blind leases down..I promise.....

you still have teal season and goose so all blinds will stay the same price....

[Feesherman]

Originally Posted by "W"

30 Day season will not knock the cost of blind leases down..I promise.....

you still have teal season and goose so all blinds will stay the same price....

That really depends. The last time the seasons got knocked down to 30 days a lot of people gave up duck hunting all together. When the demand drops, so too will the prices. If everyone stays in the game and keeps paying, then you're right, the demand will be there and the prices won't fall. But again, that depends.

[mcjaredsandwich]

Im just in class and dont feel like opening multiple sources at once.


But I will take the time to send this.

[cgoods17]

bottom line to all yalls arguments is that there are too many variables to think yall can come up with one way to fix the problem... duck hunting is over in louisiana.. if you want to see mass numbers of birds like the old days then you need to go up north(OK,KS). everywhere you turn there is an idiot putting in another blind 100 yds across the marsh or 2 levees over in the rice field.. another reason is we are losing so much habitat on the coast to salt water, all this hybrid rice that is now being planted.. there is just too much to take into consideration to blame for the problem... but i will say that i would like to see somethin done up north to try and help reset the migration patterns as well has making new habitat down here for the birds to feed and rest...

[DUCKGOGETTER]

Originally Posted by cgoods17

bottom line to all yalls arguments is that there are too many variables to think yall can come up with one way to fix the problem... Duck hunting is over in louisiana.. If you want to see mass numbers of birds like the old days then you need to go up north(ok,ks). Everywhere you turn there is an idiot putting in another blind 100 yds across the marsh or 2 levees over in the rice field.. Another reason is we are losing so much habitat on the coast to salt water, all this hybrid rice that is now being planted.. There is just too much to take into consideration to blame for the problem... But i will say that i would like to see somethin done up north to try and help reset the migration patterns as well has making new habitat down here for the birds to feed and rest...

x1000!!!!!! I agree 100%

[cmcnabb]

Originally Posted by cgoods17

bottom line to all yalls arguments is that there are too many variables to think yall can come up with one way to fix the problem... duck hunting is over in louisiana.. if you want to see mass numbers of birds like the old days then you need to go up north(OK,KS). everywhere you turn there is an idiot putting in another blind 100 yds across the marsh or 2 levees over in the rice field.. another reason is we are losing so much habitat on the coast to salt water, all this hybrid rice that is now being planted.. there is just too much to take into consideration to blame for the problem... but i will say that i would like to see somethin done up north to try and help reset the migration patterns as well has making new habitat down here for the birds to feed and rest...

I agree. Good post

[Duck Butter]

Originally Posted by cgoods17

bottom line to all yalls arguments is that there are too many variables to think yall can come up with one way to fix the problem... duck hunting is over in louisiana.. if you want to see mass numbers of birds like the old days then you need to go up north(OK,KS). everywhere you turn there is an idiot putting in another blind 100 yds across the marsh or 2 levees over in the rice field.. another reason is we are losing so much habitat on the coast to salt water, all this hybrid rice that is now being planted.. there is just too much to take into consideration to blame for the problem... but i will say that i would like to see somethin done up north to try and help reset the migration patterns as well has making new habitat down here for the birds to feed and rest...

Louisiana kills mored ducks than ANY STATE, yes even Arkansas, Kansas, and Oklahoma!

We will always kill ducks, ducks such as gadwalls will always come down here no matter how much rice is planted in Missouri and Arkansas. You guys think ducks and you think MALLARDS. We still get plenty of mallards. We have the best duck hunting ANYWHERE. Where else can you go and shoot a limit of 6 ducks of 6 different species? We got it good, don't drink the koolaid about mallards. Those are the easiest ducks to kill, give me teal, gadwall, and pintails any day of the season. Wanna see mallards go to the park

[cmcnabb]

Originally Posted by Duck Butter

Louisiana kills mored ducks than ANY STATE, yes even Arkansas, Kansas, and Oklahoma!

We will always kill ducks, ducks such as gadwalls will always come down here no matter how much rice is planted in Missouri and Arkansas. You guys think ducks and you think MALLARDS. We still get plenty of mallards. We have the best duck hunting ANYWHERE. Where else can you go and shoot a limit of 6 ducks of 6 different species? We got it good, don't drink the koolaid about mallards. Those are the easiest ducks to kill, give me teal, gadwall, and pintails any day of the season. Wanna see mallards go to the park

Again, bc Louisiana has so many hunters. You can't tell me the hunting isn't better in the northern states. I'm not saying your wrong about Louisiana kilimg the most ducks, but I bet that's a grand total. I would like to see a per hunter per effort average

[Duck Butter]

Originally Posted by cmcnabb

Again, bc Louisiana has so many hunters. You can't tell me the hunting isn't better in the northern states. I'm not saying your wrong about Louisiana kilimg the most ducks, but I bet that's a grand total. I would like to see a per hunter per effort average

We have more public hunting land available than most states, especially up north. It seems crowded, but you don't know crowded til you go to Arkansas and hunt public land. For every good picture someone posts up there are hundreds of people who scratched that day. Same with fishing, you see a pic of limits and people think they can just go up and do that. Again, Louisiana KILLS more ducks than ANY STATE. How is duck hunting dead in Louisiana? We are also starting to get more whistling ducks hanging around and bw teal are staying here during the winter which is really adding to the number of ducks wintering down here. We have it GREAT. You want to kill mallards consistently go to Kansas or Oklahoma or Arkansas, but you will pay out the butt in Arkansas for prime hunting ground, fo revery good blind there are 10 'garholes'.