What will the oil spill mean for duck season???

[oleheat]

This is a really terrible thought....What's gonna happen when ducks start landing in oil-contaminated coastal marsh? You have to believe there's no way in hell things will be even close to "cleaned up" by fall & winter- the thing isn't even plugged yet!...

We already don't have the "big ducks" we used to coming down to LA....This is really going to hit home for a lot of people this year...

http://www.ducks.org/news/2178/DucksUnlimitedIssues.html

 

[smboudreaux]

the basin is gonna be packed!!

 

[ENVPMBR Shooter]

Yea but we have to get the ducks down here first!

 

[oleheat]

Yea but we have to get the ducks down here first!

Yep....It seems to me that DU makes sure most of the ducks don't make it this far in the first place...But I guess that's a different debate.

 

[Saftman]

It depends how far into the marsh the spill gets & how bad of a Hurricane season we have. It could be very bad.

 

[ENVPMBR Shooter]

well if they are covered in oil, we will have to fry them now

 

[EJAIII]

If you hunt on the East side, you may have a problem this year. I can't imagine them allowing duck hunting below Venice on the WMA, not this year. I don't see a problem hunting the West side, not today anyway. Who knows months from now.

 

[Hitman]

Doesn't sound good.

I however mostly hunt in Rice Fields and other water ways. Might keep the ducks a little more North it seems.

 

[oleheat]

Doesn't sound good.

I however mostly hunt in Rice Fields and other water ways. Might keep the ducks a little more North it seems.

I hope so, man.....If they land in that sludge they're finished.

 

[10shotgroup]

Yep....It seems to me that DU makes sure most of the ducks don't make it this far in the first place...But I guess that's a different debate.

It seems this is only gonna get worse. DU is already thawing feilds up north and changing habitat so much, they just don't miagrate. Now the goverment is gonna pay farmers in state to our north to flood fields that aren't normally flooded. Their plan is to stop them from even coming to la. Great plan huh.

 

[CloudStrife]

I hope so, man.....If they land in that sludge they're finished.

So you save ammo?

 

[nola_]

I'm going to guess there will not be a duck season.

 

[Snookie]

Heck with the DUCKS

Heck with the Ducks and Oil Spill
I say EAT MORE MONKEY forget the ducks!

 

[nickatnite]

Yep....It seems to me that DU makes sure most of the ducks don't make it this far in the first place...But I guess that's a different debate.

So, since this IS Louisiana, you need to sue DU for mental anguish, pain and suffering and lawd who knows what else.....













Oh wait a minute,
We are talking about ducks, right?

 

[EJAIII]

DU...What a joke

I would not support DU if my life depended on it. They've been "short stopping" birds since the organization was formed. They do protect the habitat, but do nothing for hunters.

 

[oleheat]

I would not support DU if my life depended on it. They've been "short stopping" birds since the organization was formed. They do protect the habitat, but do nothing for hunters.

Thank you- you nailed it.

 

[CloudStrife]

short-stopping?

 

[Nolacopusmc]

Duck vinaigrette?

 

[oleheat]

short-stopping?

This has long been an arguement involving DU. The main reason ducks fly south for the winter is food. DU buys a lot of agricultural land in the north and plants winter crops (and in some cases temperature that holds many of the ducks instead of allowing natural migration. DU insists that they are not in the "duck feeding business", instead being in the land management & conservation business. Many are skeptical.....

 

[Nolacopusmc]

This has long been an arguement involving DU. The main reason ducks fly south for the winter is food. DU buys a lot of agricultural land in the north and plants winter crops (and in some cases temperature that holds many of the ducks instead of allowing natural migration. DU insists that they are not in the "duck feeding business", instead being in the land management & conservation business. Many are skeptical.....

How does DU control the temperature?