I only have one band after 34 years of duck hunting and I didn't shoot that duck. It was a hen mallard with a red vine through the opening in the band. She had swam in circles until it was wound tight like a rope. I had trouble cutting it with my knife it was so tight. That poor hen was almost ...

The only real problem is the changing times. Many of the reasons listed above are true - larger bag limits, popularty of duck hunting and more hunters, flood control practices, land lease practices, and the big one that hasn't been mentioned, restricted Federal property.

I grew up in Crowder ...

The big store across from the mall in Tupelo is going to have all sorts of stuff in it, including a large hunting goods section. A good friend just made a huge sale of paint to the place. According to my info it isn't supposed to be connected to the Bass Pro Shops though

January 1992 I walked up on a mallard hen in a flooded milo field. She had a "red vine" through the notch in her band. Obviously she had swam around so many times that the vine was twisted like rope. She was almost starved to death. I had to use my pocket knife on the vine it was twisted to tightly ...

The guys hunting near Charleston say they are killing ducks but that a new front is needed to push some more on down.
Sounds like the average/normal year so far.

Since I am a home town boy of Crowder (grew up one block away from beautiful downtown Crowder ) I'm always interested in hearing how the hunting is going. I spoke with a friend on the phone the day before yesterday and she said that her son and another fellow were killing ducks. Of course hunter ...