For some good laughs about feeding...
Posted: Fri Jan 11, 2002 4:50 pm
I decided to do a little search on “feed” and “feeding” on three forums – SDH, Ducks South, and The Refuge. What a gag!!! I damn near cried I was laughin’ so hard readin’ some of this.
This is what I found.
“I have heard that DU is short stopping the ducks in Missouri by feeding them so the fat cats with DU can hunt them. I don't know if this is true or not but something is going on. “
“…it is possible to hold the entire population of ducks. In the US alone there are currently 94 MILLION acres of federal wildlife refuges. That does not include state funded wildlife refuges or private land owners that get millions of dollars each year to flood their land during the winter. Now granted that not all of this land is off limits to hunting, but ALOT of it is. Add just those three areas of land up, along with food plots, planted not only by DU but also USFWS, and that's were your ducks are. That comes out to more than one acre per duck.”
“I heard from another hunter that DU in Illinois bought thousands of pounds of corn this year and dumped it in their area to try and hold ducks up there.”
“I can assure you that the "SHORT-STOPPING" of ducks and geese in the northern states does take place by dumping corn to try and hold the birds there.”
“Brothers we can't do much about DU dumping the grain. When their revenues run out so will the corn...”
"’The Federal Refuges’ where they are using Taxpayer money to purchase grain.”
“I am saying that to keep feeding the ducks and pumping millet out for them by hand is wrong too hold them there is wrong! “
“By the way I talked too a friend of mine who actually was there and saw them do it with his own eyes, when they pumped millet out for the ducks in the water in a no hunting area on the waterway.”
“Being that you are from Missouri, you should know the ducks haven't left your state yet due to your Department of Natural Resources dumping corn by the 18 wheeler load. As long as your state provides them with food, they are not going to leave.”
“I have a step sister in IN that has seen grain dumped for the ducks with her own eyes.“
“The weather has also had a negative affect on the migration, but not the unnatural affect that baiting will have.”
“Has any body heard that D.U. was hiring ag pilots up north to feed the ducks so that they won't migrate down.”
“If they arent getting fed up there by ‘HAND’ by the truckloads or flying it on by airplane, then they would have to move on down ‘HERE’ to feed.
“I have heard by word of mouth that in the state of Missouri the wildlife and fisheries dept. is flying in food several times a week to try and hold the ducks there.”
And the topping on the cake
“I heard they were using cargo planes to drop thousands of pounds of corn....and selling guided to hunts to their ‘drop zone’"
The only thing I didn’t see was any eyewitness accounts, locations where the alleged baiting is occurring or any credible evidence that this is indeed happening. Seems odd that with close to 10000 members between the 3 boards, no one has seen this with their own eyes.
[ January 11, 2002: Message edited by: WNE Driver ]
This is what I found.
“I have heard that DU is short stopping the ducks in Missouri by feeding them so the fat cats with DU can hunt them. I don't know if this is true or not but something is going on. “
“…it is possible to hold the entire population of ducks. In the US alone there are currently 94 MILLION acres of federal wildlife refuges. That does not include state funded wildlife refuges or private land owners that get millions of dollars each year to flood their land during the winter. Now granted that not all of this land is off limits to hunting, but ALOT of it is. Add just those three areas of land up, along with food plots, planted not only by DU but also USFWS, and that's were your ducks are. That comes out to more than one acre per duck.”
“I heard from another hunter that DU in Illinois bought thousands of pounds of corn this year and dumped it in their area to try and hold ducks up there.”
“I can assure you that the "SHORT-STOPPING" of ducks and geese in the northern states does take place by dumping corn to try and hold the birds there.”
“Brothers we can't do much about DU dumping the grain. When their revenues run out so will the corn...”
"’The Federal Refuges’ where they are using Taxpayer money to purchase grain.”
“I am saying that to keep feeding the ducks and pumping millet out for them by hand is wrong too hold them there is wrong! “
“By the way I talked too a friend of mine who actually was there and saw them do it with his own eyes, when they pumped millet out for the ducks in the water in a no hunting area on the waterway.”
“Being that you are from Missouri, you should know the ducks haven't left your state yet due to your Department of Natural Resources dumping corn by the 18 wheeler load. As long as your state provides them with food, they are not going to leave.”
“I have a step sister in IN that has seen grain dumped for the ducks with her own eyes.“
“The weather has also had a negative affect on the migration, but not the unnatural affect that baiting will have.”
“Has any body heard that D.U. was hiring ag pilots up north to feed the ducks so that they won't migrate down.”
“If they arent getting fed up there by ‘HAND’ by the truckloads or flying it on by airplane, then they would have to move on down ‘HERE’ to feed.
“I have heard by word of mouth that in the state of Missouri the wildlife and fisheries dept. is flying in food several times a week to try and hold the ducks there.”
And the topping on the cake
“I heard they were using cargo planes to drop thousands of pounds of corn....and selling guided to hunts to their ‘drop zone’"
The only thing I didn’t see was any eyewitness accounts, locations where the alleged baiting is occurring or any credible evidence that this is indeed happening. Seems odd that with close to 10000 members between the 3 boards, no one has seen this with their own eyes.
[ January 11, 2002: Message edited by: WNE Driver ]