DuckSouth.com

GordonGekko wrote:this photo was taken in Mississippi earlier this year.... looks like they are feeding them down here too....



cwinkler....California led the nation in duck harvest last year....not sure that qualifies as the south though....

Nice picture, I knew that would hit the streets eventually.

Louisiana, Arkansas, and Texas were #2, #3, and #4 in duck harvest last year.

pntailhntr wrote:If it does happen to be the weather, then why the hell can't we get somebody to fight for US to have the seasons like other states up north have. Their season is when the ducks are there, why can't our season be when the ducks are HERE!!?!?!?!?

Federal law prevents ducks from being hunted past Jan 31. Trent Lott (I belive) helped pass that. Can't remember the exact bill. Chad will know the exact name for it.

Chad Manlove wrote:Louisiana, Arkansas, and Texas were #2, #3, and #4 in duck harvest last year.

Don't go confusing this post with more of your facts!

gator wrote:

GordonGekko wrote:and their season is a little longers....107 days if i remember correctly....

yes, and i ask...............................just who do you think is responsible for that number of days???????????????????????????????????



gator

in memory of Ole Sporty...R.I.P. ole man (he woulda loved this thread)


please note the images and views expressed do not reflect the personal opinion of the individual known as "gordongekko"

duramax wrote:

pntailhntr wrote:If it does happen to be the weather, then why the hell can't we get somebody to fight for US to have the seasons like other states up north have. Their season is when the ducks are there, why can't our season be when the ducks are HERE!!?!?!?!?

Federal law prevents ducks from being hunted past Jan 31. Trent Lott (I belive) helped pass that. Can't remember the exact bill. Chad will know the exact name for it.

Migratory Bird Treaty Act

Bottomline: Can't hunt ducks past the last Sunday in January.

We've been killing the helloutta ducks about 4-5 hours north of where I'm presently sitting. Left there Saturday it was 44 degrees. It was 79 in my driveway. Of course, there's one helluva lot more water across that local landscape right now, plus a bazillion or so private refuges. And food galore. In Mississippi, folks with water are hammering the calendar migrators since the opener. South of here, in Louisiana, same deal - the marsh is as full of ducks as it's been. If Mississippi stays dry and that big Norther brings it on, Louisiana is going to kill Mississippi's ducks like no one's business. It's complete and utter lunacy to believe or espouse that DU or any other similar group is short stopping waterfowl.

Farmers told him DU was paying them to spread the corn out of the combines and they were making tons of money off duck hunters.

I'm packing up the truck and headin' north with 17 ticket books if that's the case. Come on y'all, get real.

Exactly, Blah, Blah, Blah

same old DU song and dance. They can build duck holes all over the freakin world, but untill they either lengthen the season, or do something about grains all over the ground, WHOEVER the hell it is that's doing it, then these posts are going to continue to be made. If you and Chad Manlove are so big into DU, which I know Chad is, then why don't ya'll help us out. People are saying leaving the corn on the ground and even tilling it is illegal, well, leaving it standing is just as illegal as harvesting and spreading it. Why doesn't DU so something about all that??? Seems like they could lobby for tighter rules and regulations about that up there. But no, the hunters would be pissed and stop giving them money. They like it because it feeds the ducks. Never said because it keeps them out of the south. They just aren't standing up for the duck hunter anymore as a voice.

I've always been PRO DU, Just seems that lately, they won't stand up for THE HUNTERS anymore. We've been begging them for later seasons for YEARS now, but have gotten NOWHERE. They are supposed to be our voice, but looks like we have Larengitis!!!

I HAVE NOT YET BEGUN TO FIGHT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

gator

alright then John Paul Jones

didn't he play bass for Zepplin

pntailhntr wrote:Exactly, Blah, Blah, Blah

same old DU song and dance. They can build duck holes all over the freakin world, but untill they either lengthen the season, or do something about grains all over the ground, WHOEVER the hell it is that's doing it, then these posts are going to continue to be made. If you and Chad Manlove are so big into DU, which I know Chad is, then why don't ya'll help us out. People are saying leaving the corn on the ground and even tilling it is illegal, well, leaving it standing is just as illegal as harvesting and spreading it. Why doesn't DU so something about all that??? Seems like they could lobby for tighter rules and regulations about that up there. But no, the hunters would be pissed and stop giving them money. They like it because it feeds the ducks. Never said because it keeps them out of the south. They just aren't standing up for the duck hunter anymore as a voice.

I've always been PRO DU, Just seems that lately, they won't stand up for THE HUNTERS anymore. We've been begging them for later seasons for YEARS now, but have gotten NOWHERE. They are supposed to be our voice, but looks like we have Larengitis!!!

So, this went from a "DU paying farmers to leave grain" thread to "DU won't stand up for hunters" thread. Amazing!

I personally invite you and everyone else who visits this website to visit DU's Regional Office in Ridgeland, MS to find out what DU stands for and where we are doing work. Our office is located:

193 Business Park Drive, Suite E
Ridgeland, MS 39157
601-956-1936

Since I've been on this site, I've made this offer several times. Not one person has visited our office to inquire about such programs or to learn more about Ducks Unlimited. Our doors are wide open.

pntailhntr wrote:Exactly, Blah, Blah, Blah

same old DU song and dance. They can build duck holes all over the freakin world, but untill they either lengthen the season, or do something about grains all over the ground, WHOEVER the hell it is that's doing it, then these posts are going to continue to be made. If you and Chad Manlove are so big into DU, which I know Chad is, then why don't ya'll help us out. People are saying leaving the corn on the ground and even tilling it is illegal, well, leaving it standing is just as illegal as harvesting and spreading it. Why doesn't DU so something about all that??? Seems like they could lobby for tighter rules and regulations about that up there. But no, the hunters would be pissed and stop giving them money. They like it because it feeds the ducks. Never said because it keeps them out of the south. They just aren't standing up for the duck hunter anymore as a voice.

The reason the don't till up the ground is so that they have farmable soil in years to come, not to keep ducks. No tillage farming prevents soil erosion so in the spring when the snow thaws, it doesn't take with it all the nutrient rich top soil. The fact that you think they don't till it is to keep ducks is more than amusing.
The people leaving grain behind in the field are the farmers. There is always waste grains left over. Maybe you should ask if DU is in cahoots with John Deere. I'm pretty sure that John Deere equipment should be picking up all the grain harvested, but DU is paying them to make a product that fails to do that.

You also brought up another interesting point that not many people know. DU does infact control congress. I'm sure that they will switch that little act of congress.

My question for you is whether you think before you speak. But by all means continue. You make yourself more and more credible with each post.

nanny nanny boo boo, I just got back from MO, in some states they have salt trucks to help out with the ice..... in MOMO DU has subsidized 'corn trucks'. They spread it on roads i/o salt, I rode shotgun and I killed 9 double banded greenheads from British Columbia from the top of the corn pile.

All it cost me was a case of bud and a pack of zig-zags fo the driver

for real tho dude, they leave standing corn in MO like you boys in MS leave standing rice, you want to bitch ... call mother nature, there's your culprit. This is yr 29 of my duck odyssey and I can assure you it used to get colder than it does now, unless I was retarded at ages 13-19 writing in my hunting journals.