Anyone Seeing Any Ducks Yet?

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Deltamud77
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Anyone Seeing Any Ducks Yet?

Postby Deltamud77 » Thu Nov 05, 2015 3:08 pm

Just wondering...
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Re: Anyone Seeing Any Ducks Yet?

Postby Wildfowler » Thu Nov 05, 2015 6:18 pm

Yes
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Re: Anyone Seeing Any Ducks Yet?

Postby novacaine » Thu Nov 05, 2015 8:22 pm

Yep :D
And geese :D
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Re: Anyone Seeing Any Ducks Yet?

Postby H20 Fowl » Thu Nov 05, 2015 9:59 pm

Yep. Not sure why, but YES!
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Re: Anyone Seeing Any Ducks Yet?

Postby Wildfowler » Fri Nov 06, 2015 6:04 am

I've theorized that falling daylight may trigger migration in some waterfowl.
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Re: Anyone Seeing Any Ducks Yet?

Postby eSJay » Fri Nov 06, 2015 9:32 am

they're HERE!
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Re: Anyone Seeing Any Ducks Yet?

Postby duckter » Mon Nov 09, 2015 8:30 pm

I read many, many years ago that shorter daylight hours prompt many to migrate.
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Re: Anyone Seeing Any Ducks Yet?

Postby duramax » Mon Nov 09, 2015 10:00 pm

Driving through Arkansas I've seen ducks pretty much anywhere there is water, which is to say, not too many places.
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Re: Anyone Seeing Any Ducks Yet?

Postby BIG TIMBER » Tue Nov 10, 2015 10:08 am

Started showing up in pretty good numbers last week, I am with yall on the shorter daylight migration theory. Not many mallards but lots of teal, woodducks and gadwall on us right now.
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Re: Anyone Seeing Any Ducks Yet?

Postby pondman » Tue Nov 10, 2015 11:01 am

Many species of ducks -- gadwall, teal, shovelers, ect. -- migrate primarily based on photoperiod (length of daylight). The may wait until a North wind to help make it easier, though.

Other ducks, mallards primarily, will stay until it is more economical (calorically speaking) to migrate rather than stay put and try to find open water and food.

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And yes, if you have water in Arkansas you have ducks. I friend of mine just sent a video of easily 5K ducks in 3 adjacent rice fields.
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Re: Anyone Seeing Any Ducks Yet?

Postby novacaine » Tue Nov 10, 2015 8:44 pm

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Re: Anyone Seeing Any Ducks Yet?

Postby Wingman » Tue Nov 10, 2015 10:36 pm

No, but I tell you the mosquitoes have come out with a vengeance.
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Re: Anyone Seeing Any Ducks Yet?

Postby pondman » Wed Nov 11, 2015 9:14 am

"That's the one trouble with this country: everything, weather, all, hangs on to long. Like our rivers, our land: opaque, slow, violent; shaping and creating the life of man in its implacable and brooding image." William Faulkner
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Re: Anyone Seeing Any Ducks Yet?

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Re: Anyone Seeing Any Ducks Yet?

Postby eSJay » Wed Nov 11, 2015 9:48 pm

"Sir, I never take a chance when shooting waterfowl...
I believe in hitting him very hard with big shot from a big gun....."

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