Duck Numbers Remain Strong as Habitat Declines

[duramax]

Alls I'm sayin is it aint as big a deal as they would have us believe. Don't mean it aint a big deal. They make their money making it a big deal.

Its all sensationalized marketing.

the doc.

That's good sound conservation thinking right there.

[SWAG]

Interesting thought...how many people on this board have been to a large amount of acreage in the pot hole regions of North America? How does the pot hole regions compare today to the way they looked in 1950...1960...1970...1980...1990...2000? What would a graph look like that showed these acres along side a graph of commodity prices? What percentage of pot holes are capable of being farmed? What percentage of pot holes will never in all like hood ever be farmed? What has effected duck production most the last 50 years....a)loss or gain of habitat, b)drought or above average rainfall, c)hunting-particularly hunting in close proximity to pot hole region, d)none of the above?

[SWAG]

No one has info on this???

[greenheadgrimreaper]

Sounds like questions best answered by a dissertation.

[duramax]

Sounds like questions best answered by a dissertation.

Ya that would be a good case study for a grad student.

[4dawgma]

Sounds like questions best answered by a dissertation.

Ya that would be a good case study for a grad student.

Where in the L can we find one of those....

[cupnglide]

Here's a sad fact about the PPR. If you plow up a dried pothole, that area won't hold water next year if you leave it fallow. You just end up with low muddy spots. It takes a number of years before that spot will seal enough to hold water again.