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- Mon Feb 19, 2007 11:01 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: morwhistle
- Replies: 4
- Views: 379
Best one out there. Does fantastic Pintail, wigeon and mallard drake calls. It is a bit odd to get on a lanyard though. I have seen guys who put eye hooks in them to secure them. Great call, one thing though, the little dude will freeze up in cold weather and make an awful sound, so keep it tucked i...
- Mon Feb 19, 2007 10:03 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Any body heard......
- Replies: 9
- Views: 724
- Wed Feb 14, 2007 4:53 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: corn prices
- Replies: 12
- Views: 3383
- Mon Feb 05, 2007 12:32 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: We need a season change, We need everyone's help
- Replies: 99
- Views: 3886
Pressure is a much larger factor in low migration years. Stale birds become smart birds. This year was tough where we hunt, an ATV sent birds packing if it got within 200 yards. We wound up doing al our scouting on foot or from long distances with high powered optics. I think there may be some truth...
- Sun Feb 04, 2007 2:06 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: We need a season change, We need everyone's help
- Replies: 99
- Views: 3886
Here is the report I read, took me a minute but I found it: From : Mate Loss In Winter Affects Reproduction Of Mallards Barbara A. Lercel,Richard M. Kaminski, and Robert R. Cox, Jr. Abstract: Mallards (Anas platyrhynchos) frequently pair during winter, and duck hunting seasons have been extended unt...
- Sun Feb 04, 2007 1:56 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: We need a season change, We need everyone's help
- Replies: 99
- Views: 3886
Bigduck, Thanks for the info, but I though I recalled data showing that late repairing lead to reduced clutch size. Renesting and rebonding are two differnt things as I understand them. Mallards are very good about renesting, but as you say, each time the clutch size goes down. Repairing on the othe...
- Sat Feb 03, 2007 9:08 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: We need a season change, We need everyone's help
- Replies: 99
- Views: 3886
The issue of pari bonding is not that they are bonding in January, but that it has been seen that bonds broken later in teh winter cause a reduced nesting effort success. When a hen has to go thoruhg the mate selection process later in the winter she is burning up reserves of fat and endurance she n...
- Sat Feb 03, 2007 2:09 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: We need a season change, We need everyone's help
- Replies: 99
- Views: 3886
IF my understanding of the biology is correct, the Feb season will never happen. THat is because the biological clock for hens is set by length of night/day. Even if the globe warms up to a tropical climate, the legnth of light and darkness will remain the same and there appears to be no evolutionar...
- Thu Feb 01, 2007 12:04 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Ducks are coming
- Replies: 16
- Views: 887
I just drove back up north from MS. I left Hollandale on Tuesday morning and did not run into big duck numbers until I was 500 miles north, in southern IL. There was open water and no snow until I was 650 miles north, in northern IL. Any water that was open from MO north was jammed with mallards and...
- Fri Jan 05, 2007 5:39 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: #@*& rain
- Replies: 23
- Views: 1133
- Fri Jan 05, 2007 4:40 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: #@*& rain
- Replies: 23
- Views: 1133
If teh long range forecast holds, it looks like a good ice-up for everything down to about Memphis by the 17th or so. Better late than never I guess. Cold should hit north and west of there a bit earlier and might give us all a little freshen-up on the local birds. With all this rain I am sort of gl...
- Thu Jan 04, 2007 11:57 am
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: This does not sound promising for the lower flyway?
- Replies: 5
- Views: 704
This does not sound promising for the lower flyway?
Wisconsin ferry running in January! Talk about a mild winter! The state has cut loose the Merrimac ferry to carry cars and trucks over the Wisconsin River at the start of January — a month after shutting down for the season due to ice at the onset of winter. Once the ferry ceases operations, it no...
- Sat Dec 16, 2006 2:15 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Thinking ahead already, need some opinions
- Replies: 0
- Views: 399
Thinking ahead already, need some opinions
Think about prep for next year amd wanted some opinions on a seed mix I found; WATER FOWL MIX 2006 HEGARI 20% JAPANESE MILLET 20% BROWNTOP MILLET 15% BUCKWHEAT 15% RICE, BENGAL 10% SMARTWEED 10% WGF SORGHUM 10% Seed alone will run about $22 an acre, but I am less worried about cost and more concerne...
- Fri Dec 15, 2006 11:13 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Sticky call reed
- Replies: 32
- Views: 1160
- Thu Dec 14, 2006 5:32 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Forum
- Topic: Feeding call
- Replies: 70
- Views: 1842