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CHALLANGE!
Posted: Thu Jan 29, 2004 9:59 am
by jdbuckshot
i got a challange for all you conservationist out there, i challange yall to build and put up one wood duck box before spring. If every one did do at least one that would surely make a difference. it was just a thought, tell me what you guys think?
Posted: Thu Jan 29, 2004 10:04 am
by the doctor
Im in, in fact why dont we all raise a pair of mallards and one brood from that pair, then release to the wild
I know it sounds proposterous, but what if everyone did... wed have ducks like tunicadu4u pics posted below
I think Ill put up two, in case someone forgets theirs
the doc
Posted: Thu Jan 29, 2004 10:09 am
by Bustin' Ducks
I was thinking about the Mallard box..and a Canada nest...the other day when I was shootin' up w/ my 35 MM..
last year the Mallards/Canadas laid their eggs on an island out in the middle of this little pond...well ends up..they laid them near the bank..and the eggs ended up under water...by the time we found them they were too far gone..
Anybody have any plans for the boxes...I've seen back home the refuges use huge tires on a pole for the Geese..How much different are Mallard boxes from Wood Duck boxes.....any ideas...
woodduck box
Posted: Thu Jan 29, 2004 10:13 am
by duck_nutt
Posted: Thu Jan 29, 2004 10:14 am
by JimWalker
Posted: Thu Jan 29, 2004 10:46 am
by teul2
I'm in!
Dang good idea to challange everyone jdbuckshot. If at least half of the people on this list do it that would mean over 1000 boxes.
duck boxes
Posted: Thu Jan 29, 2004 12:15 pm
by A5
Just bought the lumber for 4 boxes. Great idea.
duck boxs
Posted: Thu Jan 29, 2004 3:29 pm
by jdbuckshot
even if we got 500 up, and say at the least 4 ducks per box, that 2000 ducks that may not have been here before the boxes were put up. i think we should push this!
Posted: Thu Jan 29, 2004 3:50 pm
by engell
the wood duck boxes work great for wood ducks, but a mallard nest structure works better for mallards. It is a cylinder made of hog wire with hay or astroturf on the inside.
Posted: Thu Jan 29, 2004 3:51 pm
by engell
the wood duck boxes work great for wood ducks, but a mallard nest structure works better for mallards. It is a cylinder made of hog wire with hay or astroturf on the inside.
Posted: Thu Jan 29, 2004 3:52 pm
by engell
the wood duck boxes work great for wood ducks, but a mallard nest structure works better for mallards. It is a cylinder made of hog wire with hay or astroturf on the inside.
Posted: Thu Jan 29, 2004 4:05 pm
by GulfCoast
Put up 2 boxes last year. Going to try and do another one this year.
Posted: Thu Jan 29, 2004 5:03 pm
by gadwall2
How bout this, send Delta Waterfowl a check for $20 earmarked for hen houses and let them build and set up a fat head house in the breeding grounds.
Challenge
Posted: Thu Jan 29, 2004 9:12 pm
by Coot
Make sure you use rough-sawn lumber so the little fellas can climb out - their footies don't work so good on smooth pine. If all you have is pine, tack a cloth from the hole to the bottom so they'll have a grip.
Posted: Thu Jan 29, 2004 10:14 pm
by peewee
Im in, I will put one up on the pond.