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<blockquote data-quote="Harold Money jr" data-source="post: 5552320" data-attributes="member: 4591"><p>I only read some of the responses so forgive me if I've said the same thing as others, here goes my take on the reasons why we kill fewer ducks</p><p>1)There are less River bottom crop fields and the ones that are there are either leased out and hunted or set up to drain better so no water is held like 30 years ago when I started. </p><p>2) winter fishing is more popular and the ducks can't find a place on back waters where they are not pushed off. </p><p>3) similar to #2 there's a bunch of young guys and starting duck hunters running ducks up where ever they can find em. They don't have a place to rest</p><p>4) there are huge private refuges that hold millions of ducks all winter long. My friends place had 250,000 for a few weeks this winter and consistently held 100,000+ for the whole duck season. It's one of many that do that yearly, I'm not convinced that's an all bad thing though. </p><p>5) the private areas don't freeze like they seemed to in the past and the ducks aren't pushed to the lakes and rivers.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Harold Money jr, post: 5552320, member: 4591"] I only read some of the responses so forgive me if I’ve said the same thing as others, here goes my take on the reasons why we kill fewer ducks 1)There are less River bottom crop fields and the ones that are there are either leased out and hunted or set up to drain better so no water is held like 30 years ago when I started. 2) winter fishing is more popular and the ducks can’t find a place on back waters where they are not pushed off. 3) similar to #2 there’s a bunch of young guys and starting duck hunters running ducks up where ever they can find em. They don’t have a place to rest 4) there are huge private refuges that hold millions of ducks all winter long. My friends place had 250,000 for a few weeks this winter and consistently held 100,000+ for the whole duck season. It’s one of many that do that yearly, I’m not convinced that’s an all bad thing though. 5) the private areas don’t freeze like they seemed to in the past and the ducks aren’t pushed to the lakes and rivers. [/QUOTE]
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