DU eastern mallard and black duck study

[Gregory]

Same story with the wild turkey decline… everyone is studying trying to figure out whats causing it. If youve lived in the Lowcountry your whole life its easy to see: turkeys (and most animals) cant live in neighborhoods and concrete.

"Developers"

[Glenn]

They can’t develop it if you don’t sell it to them.

[mudnut1970]

I was out in Idaho last week visiting my son and saw more mallards than I have ever seen. Looking into a DIY hunting trip next year if he is still stationed there. Look up the limits and can kill 7. They way I read it was 2 hens and 5 drakes

[pee dee]

The ducks can’t not be everywhere at one time. I believe the lack of water in early fall has more to do with poor duck numbers than colder weather during the season ever will. Based on what I read if genetics were the only thing to blame then Louisiana and ark wouldn’t see such a steady decline if a decent amount of the purebreds were photoperiod migrators. They are getting hammered on every available piece of water in every state. Doesn’t take long to unimprint ducks with pressure.

[WNM]

I was out in Idaho last week visiting my son and saw more mallards than I have ever seen. Looking into a DIY hunting trip next year if he is still stationed there. Look up the limits and can kill 7. They way I read it was 2 hens and 5 drakes

In 15 years, there will have been a significant increase in Pacific flyway pressure from OOSers and speculation on what happened to all the ducks. I have seen a bunch of groups of SC duck hunters that I know move their efforts from Arkansas and Mississippi to Missouri and Louisiana to Kansas and Oklahoma in the last 10 years. This year was Idaho and Oregon.

[Southernduck]

In 15 years, there will have been a significant increase in Pacific flyway pressure from OOSers and speculation on what happened to all the ducks. I have seen a bunch of groups of SC duck hunters that I know move their efforts from Arkansas and Mississippi to Missouri and Louisiana to Kansas and Oklahoma in the last 10 years. This year was Idaho and Oregon.

Yep. I know a many that are making 30+hr drives now.

Don't worry mandatory EV's will cure this ability to make it across the country with a duck boat in tow.