CHALLANGE!

[jdbuckshot]

i got a challange for all you conservationist out there, i challange yall to build and put up one wood duck box before spring. If every one did do at least one that would surely make a difference. it was just a thought, tell me what you guys think?

[the doctor]

Im in, in fact why dont we all raise a pair of mallards and one brood from that pair, then release to the wild

I know it sounds proposterous, but what if everyone did... wed have ducks like tunicadu4u pics posted below

I think Ill put up two, in case someone forgets theirs

the doc

[Bustin' Ducks]

I was thinking about the Mallard box..and a Canada nest...the other day when I was shootin' up w/ my 35 MM..

last year the Mallards/Canadas laid their eggs on an island out in the middle of this little pond...well ends up..they laid them near the bank..and the eggs ended up under water...by the time we found them they were too far gone..

Anybody have any plans for the boxes...I've seen back home the refuges use huge tires on a pole for the Geese..How much different are Mallard boxes from Wood Duck boxes.....any ideas...

[duck_nutt]

http://www.npwrc.usgs.gov/resource/1999 ... wdnbox.htm

[JimWalker]

[teul2]

I'm in!

Dang good idea to challange everyone jdbuckshot. If at least half of the people on this list do it that would mean over 1000 boxes.

[A5]

Just bought the lumber for 4 boxes. Great idea.

[jdbuckshot]

even if we got 500 up, and say at the least 4 ducks per box, that 2000 ducks that may not have been here before the boxes were put up. i think we should push this!

[engell]

the wood duck boxes work great for wood ducks, but a mallard nest structure works better for mallards. It is a cylinder made of hog wire with hay or astroturf on the inside.

[engell]

the wood duck boxes work great for wood ducks, but a mallard nest structure works better for mallards. It is a cylinder made of hog wire with hay or astroturf on the inside.

[engell]

the wood duck boxes work great for wood ducks, but a mallard nest structure works better for mallards. It is a cylinder made of hog wire with hay or astroturf on the inside.

[GulfCoast]

Put up 2 boxes last year. Going to try and do another one this year.

[gadwall2]

How bout this, send Delta Waterfowl a check for $20 earmarked for hen houses and let them build and set up a fat head house in the breeding grounds.

[Coot]

Make sure you use rough-sawn lumber so the little fellas can climb out - their footies don't work so good on smooth pine. If all you have is pine, tack a cloth from the hole to the bottom so they'll have a grip.

[peewee]

Im in, I will put one up on the pond.