538 is fine.

With great site prep and high quality seedlings you could go lower but I wouldn't go below 400/acre.

What about creeping burhead as food source for ducks? {Echinodorus cordifolius (L.) Griseb. }
Similar to duck potato. We have huge areas of it but never seems to be used by ducks very much. What are your experiences?

http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=ecco3

Available through the Mississippi Forestry Association. Need to be a member but the additional cost is minimal

http://www.msforestry.net/treefarm/hunt ... rance.html

I conducted an unitentional and unscientific experiment this year. Hunted with a bunch of folks last season and because I don't mind cleaning everyone's ducks and actually like duck, I get to take most everyone's duck meat. The folks I hunted with shot a variety of shells - hevishot, Kent, Remington...

Try Luvell Dairy. They'll let you have some for next to nothing. Its also interesting to see what chemicals go into milk that are delivered in 55 gallon drums.

They have a couple of locations in the state I believe.

Warren Co.

Whats the name of the doctor from Panama City?

Good mystery writer. Keep us posted if you read it and let us know if its worthwhile.

I bet she didn't forget. Just pretended to ... to let you off the hook. She must really like you!

I've been looking for a 28" barrel for mine without luck. I'll definitely be interested if you find a source.

I'm in! So if you have any sense at all, you'll gey the h_ll out. There is no better predictor of massive market failure than me investing in it.

A hybrid cross makes a lot of sense too. Never know they could cross? Looks like we would have hybrids all over the Delta if nuttall and water oak could cross and I guess we may have??? Red oak species do hybridize fairly often. Not that its common, but enough that its not extremely unusual. White ...

Here's another option.

Dr. Evans, dendrology instructor, said it could very well be a nuttall X water oak hybrid as the acorns show distinct features of both. Given the location and the fact that leaves don't appear to be leathery, he ruled out blackjack.

Water oak. The second, larger leaf is a shade leaf or juvenile leaf.
Leaf morphology in water oak is variable, particularly in younger trees.

Definitely not a blackjack.