question for some of you "older" 30+ year old duck

[mudsucker]

Now we know duckman and Benny are friends. Hummmmmm Oh just kidding duckman. As I said I would enjoy meeting ol Ben-Delatabeaverhunting in the flesh and sharing a duckhole or blind if'n I was deemed worty enough!

[MSDuckmen]

OK leg I'll let you believe that if you like. Only thing is a preditor is going to eat. Under your logic the more hens we have the more that will have successful broads because the easy pickings are getting taken and the ones in the good habitat are not. "What a noval idea"

As for you Sport450 I don't have to justify, prove, or agree with anything. Your post was un-called for. But if it makes you feel better or more of a man you can continue to spew that trash. Typical even with the hehehehe

[sportsman450]

As for you Sport450 I don't have to justify, prove, or agree with anything. Your post was un-called for. But if it makes you feel better or more of a man you can continue to spew that trash. Typical even with the hehehehe

Hit a little close ta home there Duckmen.

[Anatidae]

I killed my first duck when I was 14......that was 36 years ago.......in Cameron Parish.

I haven't changed much since then. I moved to Mississippi, where I was born. I still get as excited now as I did in '64. I watch the weather alot more. I buy my shells from a sporting goods store. I use the same ole' call. I still drink 'Community Dark Roast' and eat donuts. I still shoot a 12 ga. I buy duck stamps but miss Jimmy Robinson.

I have a more comfortable boat now. It's faster......but maybe that's cause I'm getting slower. A little golden torpedo that'll make you mad and make you proud, and her handler that I've been sleeping and hunting side-by-side with for 25 years. Old-fashioned decoys (floaters only) and the latest in warm clothing cause I'm showing as much wear.

I've killed ducks, I've killed geese. Why is 'how many' so important? The most vivid memories are of the ones I coulda hit with a stick.....and the ones that got away. I've been eyeball to eyeball with 8 honkers we let go. 'Coulda killed'em all.....but got so much more for not harming one. They are free.....what a birthday.

I read the propaganda, read the figures, form my own theories, send my dues, hope for the best, and wait.

A lot has changed, but a lot is the same......when the sun breaks over the horizon, the wings set and glide, the feet reach for the deck, the dog coils, my heart pounds. At that instant, it doesn't matter what else is going-on. But it isn't what you've got or how good you are with it......it's what you leave behind when you're gone.

[La. Legend]

OK leg I'll let you believe that if you like. Only thing is a preditor is going to eat. Under your logic the more hens we have the more that will have successful broads because the easy pickings are getting taken and the ones in the good habitat are not. "What a noval idea"

Unfortunately way too many of those in the good habitat get eaten too but they do have a better chance. Those in bad habitat have commited suicide and offer nothing in the way of providing more protection to the ones in the good habitat. Nice try there duck but it don't fly. Up until a few years ago I held the same beliefs you did about not shooting hens. Unfortunately my beliefs were based on logic had little to do with biological data and I was wrong. Keep passing on them hens. That means more for me to shoot. Bout time for our annual meat burning get together aint it? We could have it at my place this year if you want.

[eastwoods]

Started huntin' about '70. My general opinion is that it generally get's worse every year with a few upward spike years from time to time. The best quality hunting is a 30 day season back to back with long splits.

[MSDuckmen]

Those in bad habitat have commited suicide and offer nothing in the way of providing more protection to the ones in the good habitat. Nice try there duck but it don't fly.

hehehe well at least we agree to disagree.
Have you ever tried to sneak up on a duck in the open Leg. Maybe across a field or the like. Just dang near can't do it. Same goes for preditors they have a hard time getting ducks out in the open so I really don't think that theory holds has much weight as you might think. There maybe less hatch in the open but you can't tell me that there are not numbers that survive. The only hens commiting suicide are those that choose to come close to your spread.

Yeah your right it is time for some meat cutting.

[MSDuckmen]

Hit a little close ta home there Duckmen.

Naw just callin chit "chit" when I smell it.

[La. Legend]

Your a tough sale duck. and your right with the exception of when their sitting on a nest. that motherin instinct kicks in and they'll try to protect that nest or her hatclings even to the point of it costing her life. Nor is it likely any will survive with out some type of cover unless the area is completely void of predators. Thats just the way it is. We wanna try to do this soon are wait till Fall?

[the doctor]

It's a "@#$%#" wonder ducks ever survived without human intervention.

the doc

[mudsucker]

It's more of a wonder we survive much less the ducks!