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Fox News Story

Postby mossyisland » Wed Feb 12, 2003 1:26 am

I just got in from work and looked at the news and guess what they were showing. I promise I saw this on there I'm not fibbing. You maybe able to pull this off their website. Because of the lack of winter in the Mn., ducks were still sitting on ice and the little open water there was. Guess what there was nothing for the ducks to feed on so the city was dumping corn on the banks so the ducks wouldn't starve to death. I know what your thinking local ducks that don't come down the flyaway but these were thousands of ducks. They said "these ducks that usually go south for the winter just won't leave." I thought this was hilarious. Before you go getting mad I don't think they were shorstopping any ducks, but It was a lot of ducks and thought it was kind of funny for them to be showing this on the news.
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Postby Wingman » Wed Feb 12, 2003 12:23 pm

Poor, poor ducks. Thanks to humans, they won't starve to death. How ever did they live before humans came to this continent?

I wanna see 'em dump meat out in the park so that the cougars and wolves won't be hungry.

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Postby Wildfowler » Wed Feb 12, 2003 12:55 pm

Hey, I might want to get in on some of that meat too. :lol:
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Postby THRASHER » Wed Feb 12, 2003 1:05 pm

I saw the same thing on the weather channel but with a little different story. It was in Minn. these ducks were being feed in large numbers all year long because they were fun to watch. The ducks became dependant on the feed and never migrated, when the snows came it became impossible to feed them but the ducks still came in large #s. These ducks have begun to starve off in large #s. At the moment they are looking for an alternative way to feed them. Yeah right! You should have seen these ducks looking for food in two foot of snow, nothing but their wings and heads above it.
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Postby Hambone » Wed Feb 12, 2003 2:35 pm

And all this time, the critics have been blaming the corn program on DU...
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Postby crow » Wed Feb 12, 2003 2:45 pm

Hey, it was DU people; actually Dumb Urban people! Been living in cities so long they've forgotten what Mother Nature put in place and why.
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Postby Hambone » Wed Feb 12, 2003 2:56 pm

I am so relieved to finally get the facts right. Everybody who made all those accusations about the corn trucks needs to go after those Dumb Urbans and apologize to Ducks Unlimited!
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Postby Dutch Dog » Wed Feb 12, 2003 4:40 pm

I still say screw du. as for those ducks that were "starving" that would be the absolute BEST thing that could happen to them. #1 it would eliminate that group of ducks that think they need to stop off in downtown Minneapolis to winter. #2 it would teach those dumbass urbanites NOT to fool with mother NATURE.
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Postby SoftCall » Wed Feb 12, 2003 4:50 pm

:o I thought that they never made it south because they never made it to the egg or from the egg or out of the nest or whatever DW was saying :lol:
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Postby Bustin' Ducks » Fri Feb 14, 2003 11:00 pm

Dutch Dog...Say it again brother!!!!!
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Postby mallardchaser » Sat Feb 15, 2003 5:47 pm

Softcall: you're freakin' killing me. We all know your stance on the duck numbers issue.
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Postby gadwall2 » Sun Feb 16, 2003 6:43 pm

Keep sluggin softcall, one day somebody will land a punch on DW, but it won't be on nesting success. you can't argue with em on that.
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Postby gadwall2 » Sun Feb 16, 2003 6:44 pm

Well I should say "argue and win"
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Postby blacklab101 » Sun Feb 16, 2003 11:04 pm

Well I guess if all those poor mallard are gonna die from starvation anyway, we (a few disgruntled MS boys) could drive up there and take care of them...... anyone up for a ROAD TRIP!!!!!!
J/K, my dad seen the same thing on the tube and was telling me about it.
Who said you can't alter the migration of some ducks??? :roll:
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Postby RedEyed Duck » Mon Feb 17, 2003 7:36 am

The gal that started this crap is a nurse and works part time for a vet. Guess that working part time for a vet makes her an expert. She was doing this by herself and made a plea for monetary assistance because she could not continue to buy the corn by herself. Dumb Urban is absolutley correct!

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