I told you so

[Bankermane]

Working now.

[j.r.]

that all through the hay day of duck hunting 70's and 80's the weather was that much diffrent. Yes there are diffrent things mojo's all types of decoys and such I understand but you cant tell me that the weather was that much diffrent than it is now yes some yrs it is but for the most part it was the same. I saw a post about more grain left up north now and not enough food down south why would there be more food up noth now combines cut 20 times better than back in the 70-80's combines hardly lose grain out the back now days so that s not a very good point. I know refuges leave food I farm and leave lots of food some say group 4 beans are gone by duck season maybe so but you cut a bean in aug and watch what grows behind the beans all kinds of grasses that ducks eat so that off sets the beans being gone hell I still have some group 4 beans still on the ground that poped out from being ready in aug thing also about a earily soybeans is the germ on them is awful so it can rain on alot of these beans and they want rot or grow I hope that I am wrong but I am telling you what I see and think.

[Redhead]

The Grain on the Ground everyone refers to is from the No-Till farming that is done much more up North than down here...

I know for a fact that there were much fewer ducks in my part of the world this year and it sucks!

What can be done? 30/3 for a few years and we'll see?

[bigwater]

long live generation "x"

[GREENHEAD]

yeah....and that was just one hunter

[crow]

I can buy all the different explanations; they are all legit at one time or another.

What I haven't seen in many years is the mass migration where you see thousands of birds in the air all day. In the mid-late 70's it was common the sit on Dummy Line road at the bridge and watch ducks heading south all day. Those times got fewer and fewer every year to the point that I haven't experienced it in over 10 years. Wish I knew why for sure.

Iget the feeling it is not either/or, but a combination of all. I just know "that"!

BC

[hemingway35]

More food up north, less food down south, Freeze line not getting below the Mason-Dixon = FEWER DUCKS. Factor in imprinting over several generations and you have many that have never been to our part of the flyway!

I have NEVER seen a correlation between the record numbers they say we have and the numbers that actually make it down to us.

Not to hijack the thread but will Missouri, Iowa, and Illinois become the new Arkansas, Louisiana, and Mississippi??

[mudsucker]

will Missouri, Iowa, and Illinois become the new Arkansas, Louisiana, and Mississippi??

They already are!

[jwarwick]

doesn't this www thing stretch up to missouri?
Lets get some first hand knowledge about their season and their duck theory. Where do those guys hang out on the web? Isn't Missouri south enough for ducksouth?

[Po Monkey Lounger]

Welllllll, just for kicks and giggles, lets just assume everything all the migration "experts" here say is true . Then what? Whatcha gonna do about it??

a) continue to discuss it on a duck message board ad nauseum, at the end of every season;

b) not a damned thing;

c) take the matter up civily and constructively with the people who matter;or

d) STAY HOME (which would help relieve some of the pressure on the ducks and reduce harvest numbers) .

[Anatidae]

e) move North 2 states so we don't have to listen to folks whining about not having any ducks in Mississippi

f) give-up duck hunting

[mudsucker]

g) Give money to DU and DW to "straighten" it out!

h) SHUT UP!

[greenheadgrimreaper]

Long live the ring necked duck!!!

[Ducks be us]

Its a toss up between D and H

[the doctor]

to me the only real difference is the number of hunters and the sports popularity

duck hunting is mainstream where it used to be somewhat ridiculous to most to sit in the cold morning after morning just to kill a silly duck, and only two or three because of the limits

now everybody that has a DU and now DW tag hunts ducks on some level in their H2 or F250 with 20's and a new Rhino hooked to the new flat bottom with the hyper drive with brand new decoys just to watch the sunrise on their overpriced lease and kill a damn hooded merganzer or a bluebill with their new Xtrema2 before it impales itself on the army of robotic and mechanized decoys because its all about the fellowship

its been promoted to the point of no return, we've made our own bed and its lumpy

the doc