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one problem around this area is that many of the duck holes are dry. the central delta has had very little rainfall since June. i would think one would have to look back at 1980 to find a summer so hot and dry. it would cost a fortune to pump a duck hole full now. there are only a few holes suitable to move the ducks to now. the ducks need to be fed at their new location for at least 4 weeks before the food is removed 10 days prior to hunting. around 40 days prior to hunting is minimal. 45 to 50 days would be better. October 6 would be 50 days prior to thanksgiving. i do not believe the delta will see a good rain by then. it will take 2 inches just to wet the ground. additional rainfall will be run off. once the days shorten and the temperature drops, the ground will not dry very much. we need good rain by the middle of October to move the ducks for thanksgiving hunts.

So not all the birds will be on your land ? Are you going to sell them to different people/leases?

Blackduck wrote:So not all the birds will be on your land ? Are you going to sell them to different people/leases?

not this year. however, if things go well and the hunters who lease the holes are happy and there seems to be a market for these ducks, then yes, we will raise mallard ducks and sell them to the public.

the pen will be built tomorrow morning. the ducks will be fed for 5 days in the pen before moving them. we will move 400 ducks at a time to at least two locations next week

the pen was all but completed today with the help of the ultimate guru. the guru thinks that they may possibly be able to move 400 ducks tomorrow. they are going to give it a try. the ducks normally are fed in the pen several days prior to moving. however, the ducks appear very hungry and were not fed today in hopes that tomorrow they will enter the pen and be moved. the ducks absolutely do not fit the federal officers description of a tame duck. not one single duck ever approached the feeding sight while the pen was being built. the description the federal officer gave my neighbor was that of a duck, once frightened away by a loud noise, would swim back to the feeding sight unafraid of people. the ducks stayed out of shooting range and never approached the area. the guru also said that it is not necessary, although preferred, to transport the ducks 4 weeks prior to the 10 day food cut off for hunting. he said that he thought 5 to 7 days was acceptable. so the minimum appears to be 5 days with feed plus 10 days without feed. that brings the minimum down from 40 days to 15 days. with the absence of water thus far, this is good news. November 10th is 15 days prior to Thanksgiving Day. maybe we will get some good rains by then.

i was reading an intresting article by some knowitfaucking all scientiest in japan.. he had a big ol concerntration of wild-tame hybrid ducks that he had reared on a 700 ac eastern japan spring marsh that had been in his family for 6 gentrations dating back to the time of when men wore funny clothes and young boys were real nervous... anyway one of his hybrid ducks got futtbucked by a duck that was a carrier of tha vaiaou812 disease... anyway,.. damn at the dead ducks.. wiped out quicker than ichibans squirts after a hard nite of drinkin stinky sock wine...
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i tell u these things becuse i just smoked the last of the spice thats legal weed and this just seemed important for the over all heath of this joint and in reality i do poach and roost shoot and do most of my dastlerldy deeds at nite when rob wishes he could catch me but he cant cause i'z the stealthiest 300lb man to ever skirt about the milky way universe.

peace up. and keep you powder dry and yer nut sack fluid and well oiled...

howd damn i aint really much of a duck hunter but i've seen pictures of me where i could double for the "illegitimate child" son of a crossbreed between a one eyed hooded shegazier and a crunked up butter duck

biatch fix me nother drank..

That's tore up right there jack!

bigwater wrote:i was reading an intresting article by some knowitfaucking all scientiest in japan.. he had a big ol concerntration of wild-tame hybrid ducks that he had reared on a 700 ac eastern japan spring marsh that had been in his family for 6 gentrations dating back to the time of when men wore funny clothes and young boys were real nervous... anyway one of his hybrid ducks got futtbucked by a duck that was a carrier of tha vaiaou812 disease... anyway,.. damn at the dead ducks.. wiped out quicker than ichibans squirts after a hard nite of drinkin stinky sock wine...
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i tell u these things becuse i just smoked the last of the spice thats legal weed and this just seemed important for the over all heath of this joint and in reality i do poach and roost shoot and do most of my dastlerldy deeds at nite when rob wishes he could catch me but he cant cause i'z the stealthiest 300lb man to ever skirt about the milky way universe.

peace up. and keep you powder dry and yer nut sack fluid and well oiled...

howd damn i aint really much of a duck hunter but i've seen pictures of me where i could double for the "illegitimate child" son of a crossbreed between a one eyed hooded shegazier and a crunked up butter duck

biatch fix me nother drank..

Brother Woodrow, lead us in the closing prayer.

Our biggie, who art in jacktown.....

wiped out quicker than ichibans squirts after a hard nite of drinkin stinky sock wine..



That's poetry right there son!!!!!!!!!!

my first experience with warm socki? whatever that schits called...japenses rice wine.. the oriental guy was like how u like.. i tolt him it tasted like somone took my socks off after july two-a-days and ringed out the liquid, bottled it up and served it up... thats how bad warm socki is to me,,,

the pen was completed today. 201 ducks were moved to another break. 15 mallards to a crate. once the ducks were taken to the new break, the crates were placed within 4 feet of the water. feed was spread by the shovel full over the tops of the crates and the whistle was blown repeatedly. after only 10 or 15 minutes the ducks were released one crate at a time. one dog trap was set and a dozen Nite Guard Lites placed in various places and levels around the feeding area. the ducks were left with plenty of food and will be left with excess food for several days. once the mallards are fully acclimated to the new location, new food will not be added until all the available food is eaten. the whistle will continue to be used at the new location even on the days when no extra food is added. once the food is completely eaten, feeding will resume as usual. only one feeding location is necessary now. the ducks will maneuver throughout the break now. an additional 200 ducks are to be moved to this same break Monday .

the ducks are now over 17 weeks old. they avoid predators easily. no dead ducks have been found in weeks. the ducks are considered full grown at 20 to 22 weeks. one sack of feed per day is all that is necessary to feed 200 ducks. i cannot remember the price of one sack of feed but i will find out and post the figure. as i have watched this thing unfold it has been quite a lot of work up to this point. however, watching these 200 ducks being released in a new break and hearing what little has to be done from here on out with these 200 mallards, buying mallards at this age and placing them in breaks is going to require very little work. of course, mallards at this age cost much more than the original $4.50 per duck at 4 weeks old. generally speaking, the vast majority of duck sales are divided into three groups. ducklings only a few days old, 4 to 6 week mallards and full grown mallards 20 to 22 weeks old. one would basically avoid all the work buying full grown mallards but pay the most money. full grown mallards would only require a week or less of food. the food would be required only to acclimate the duck to the break. the ducks can be scheduled to be delivered at the time and place of the customers choosing. therefore, the ducks could be scheduled to arrive 15 to 17 days prior to hunting and would require the least amount of feeding by the customer (5 to 7 days feeding and 10 days "no food law"). all the cost in the ducks are in labor and food. food consumption and the labor involved are the two driving factors when pricing a mallard.

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sank u veddy mush