This place is all but dead.....

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Re: This place is all but dead.....

Postby Barq's » Mon Dec 15, 2014 5:05 pm

good to hear it Richard......hope you have been doing some killing...holler at me some time in pm....heading north this Saturday...don't know if I will be able to shoulder my gun, but I will sure try...
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Re: This place is all but dead.....

Postby hntrpat1 » Tue Dec 16, 2014 8:16 am

Well, the sad truth is fellas we are all getting old. Think about it most of us have been on here since 98 or so. We know everything there is to know about duck hunting except for what the flat billed face painters crowd can bring to the table(no thanks)
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Re: This place is all but dead.....

Postby Barq's » Tue Dec 16, 2014 1:29 pm

Amen to that....
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Re: This place is all but dead.....

Postby peewee » Tue Dec 16, 2014 1:39 pm

I hate it. This has been my favorite site since I learned what the internet was. The last couple years you can tell it is dying.
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Re: This place is all but dead.....

Postby H20 Fowl » Tue Dec 16, 2014 2:26 pm

90% of the people that use to talk on here all the time just talk via text and phone now. I've made a lot of friends out of this dump!
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Re: This place is all but dead.....

Postby gator » Tue Dec 16, 2014 2:55 pm

man, i've got a wife and two kids now.....who's got time to hunt, much less post about it :lol: :lol:

in all honesty, i've thougth about this for the last couple of years and i've come to a similar conclusion to josh (h20fowl). I think you can add in an even higher level of instant gratification that facebook and instagram offers and the down turn here was bound to happen. doesn't mean i like it, but i think there's something to it.

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Re: This place is all but dead.....

Postby teul2 » Tue Dec 16, 2014 3:00 pm

Want it to pick up. have people join.
then send me the info and i'll activate them.
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Re: This place is all but dead.....

Postby bigoak » Tue Dec 16, 2014 5:07 pm

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Re: This place is all but dead.....

Postby teul2 » Tue Dec 16, 2014 5:40 pm

I'll explain the issue.
There are 3 of us that moderate that part of the forum. We have lives (sometimes). there are 2-300 new registrations per day. 99%+ of those are fake / spam / junk.
To wade through them and activate the ones we believe are good, takes time we don't have. So, we pretty much quit. If someone referred a person to me, i'd activate them. If i was in there and saw someone that looked legit, i'd activate them. Other than that, new registrations have been really nonexistent.

I have brought up trying to create a better registration process, so we'll see what happens. But it is the way it is because several years ago, we were getting all these bogus people on here trying to spam the board with junk. And it just got to be to much. So, we have kinda been on the referral method for a year or two.
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Re: This place is all but dead.....

Postby novacaine » Tue Dec 16, 2014 6:44 pm

Its a double secret society...............sorta like the mob.
You don't get to just walk up in here just cause you can type the word duck! :D
Now where did i pack my members only jacket?????? :)
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Re: This place is all but dead.....

Postby Barq's » Tue Dec 16, 2014 7:42 pm

I am really glad that I'm not alone in feeling the way I do about the site....It's a site, but you guys are what makes it "home". I have gotten some very good information over the years and have had some interesting conversations while learning a lot of good duck history about our state.

I thought about a facebook page the other day but I would like to keep just the good ole boys!

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Re: This place is all but dead.....

Postby JMitch » Wed Dec 17, 2014 12:52 pm

I miss the Master of the Timber. And all other forms of BS that use to happen here
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Re: This place is all but dead.....

Postby davidees » Wed Dec 17, 2014 3:36 pm

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Re: This place is all but dead.....

Postby augustus_65 » Thu Dec 18, 2014 3:23 pm

I don't post here much anymore, but I still check the site pretty regularly and enjoy the conversation.
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Re: This place is all but dead.....

Postby Timber Lover » Thu Dec 18, 2014 5:48 pm

I hate to say it but I'm a "duck season only" kind of guy. I usually check in a month or so before season and check it everyday during season. I enjoy this board and the info I pick up here.

I just realized that I have been a member for nearly 10 years and only made 36 posts.

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