McNeese Ducks Unlimited

[B-Stealth]

I heard DU has been offering free "Bounce Da Hen" clinics up and down the MS flyway. The enhanced calling techniques are working to shortstop the birds.

They recruited this guy to lead the clinics.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=A4JSeKvJFiA

[meaux fishing]

I was gonna jump into this but Smalls has already said everything I was thinking in a more eloquent way than I wouldve put it.

[wetfeathers00]

Originally Posted by meaux fishing

I was gonna jump into this but Smalls has already said everything I was thinking in a more eloquent way than I wouldve put it.

Hey Meaux,

I get it, everyone has their opinion. I respect Smalls decision to support DU. I used to support DU, I dont anymore, based on things I have discovered.

If smalls and all the other DU supporters want to support DU then let them. I have no issue with that.


But I just want to let people know of the things most dont know about.

Call LDWF and ask them for the Hunting census' for the last 5 years, and see what the count has been. Most people would be shocked to see how far the drop in killed birds has been.

This is for a reason, and Im just relaying the info.

[B-Stealth]

Originally Posted by wetfeathers00

Hey Meaux,

I get it, everyone has their opinion. I respect Smalls decision to support DU. I used to support DU, I dont anymore, based on things I have discovered.

If smalls and all the other DU supporters want to support DU then let them. I have no issue with that.


But I just want to let people know of the things most dont know about.

Call LDWF and ask them for the Hunting census' for the last 5 years, and see what the count has been. Most people would be shocked to see how far the drop in killed birds has been.

This is for a reason, and Im just relaying the info.

Your basing your opinion on voluntary harvest data sent by hunters?

It's difficult or impossible arguing with a person who lacks the ability to interpret data and the value or validity it contains. And that my friends is why this debate will never change.

And a shout out to Dr. Billy Delany for teaching us to use critical thinking.

[meaux fishing]

Originally Posted by B-Stealth

I heard DU has been offering free "Bounce Da Hen" clinics up and down the MS flyway. The enhanced calling techniques are working to shortstop the birds.

They recruited this guy to lead the clinics.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=A4JSeKvJFiA

That never gets old

[C-Bass2mouth]

Originally Posted by B-Stealth

I heard DU has been offering free "Bounce Da Hen" clinics up and down the MS flyway. The enhanced calling techniques are working to shortstop the birds.

They recruited this guy to lead the clinics.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=A4JSeKvJFiA

You guys are a-holes.. again... lol

I'd say the guy has improved big time from the double handed wench
https://youtu.be/HKWVMn9pw-M

And as far as the DU / Delta thing. I support both as much as possible. Makes my conscience feel a little better after a good Spoon raping...

[B-Stealth]

Originally Posted by C-Bass2mouth

You guys are a-holes.. again... lol

I'd say the guy has improved big time from the double handed wench
https://youtu.be/HKWVMn9pw-M

And as far as the DU / Delta thing. I support both as much as possible. Makes my conscience feel a little better after a good Spoon raping...

Lol I agree with every statement, he does sound better, he just needs to make that call beg some more. Wait I don't rape spoonbills, I choot em in the face.

[PotLikinisAhabbit]

Originally Posted by B-Stealth

Lol I agree with every statement, he does sound better, he just needs to make that call beg some more. Wait I don't rape spoonbills, I choot em in the face.

If you guys keep openly admitting to fornicating with ducks I'll be morally forced to report you. Get some help good lord.

[Cjleger337]

In all these arguments... I never once hear mention of someone who should get majority of the blame for reduced duck populations in louisiana... and thats an unnamed agricultural commissioner who made a deal with a third world country to get cheap labor and export sugar to their country if we started growing more sugar cane. We can cry all we want but at the end of the day the reasons for reduced everything wildlife in Louisiana is based on poor politics and people supporting politicians who dont care if they turn LA into a contaminated concrete jungle.

- reduced rice farming in the south
- coastal erosion, loss of marshes
- global warming (GASP! yes its real, or else saltwater intrusion wouldnt be taking place on every coastline)
- land development, causing an alarming rate of loss of habitat
- The MS river diversion causing further loss of wetlands

Now go ahead and continue to be pissed off at DU while the blame lies solely on our ELECTED officials.

[Smalls]

Funny, just found your map right here. It is, in fact, a map of the projects in the Mississippi Flyway.

http://www.ducks.org/conservation/wh...issippi-flyway

Care to spread any more lies?

[wetfeathers00]

Originally Posted by Smalls

Funny, just found your map right here. It is, in fact, a map of the projects in the Mississippi Flyway.

http://www.ducks.org/conservation/wh...issippi-flyway

Care to spread any more lies?

LOL, and WHERE is the most projects being done?????? Come one Smalls, what part of that map and link you just sent concentrated on??

ARKANSAS.

[AubreyLaHaye458]

"Steady decline over the last 20 years"


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[cgoods17]

at least 500-1000 ducks didnt die in rockefeller refuge over the past few days......

[wetfeathers00]

Question

Where do yo hunt??

ON a DU project property??

On someone else's leased land??


Your answers will help this issue of why you support DU and I dont so answer honestly.

[all star rod]

Smells, how many times did you duck hunt last year???? Now tell the truth..

[southLA]

Two of the biggest reasons I can tell are that 1. Arkansas deforested their plains and put up more rice fields than anyone in the US. and 2. Rice acreage in S.LA is way way down. Sucks, but it is what it is

[MarshRat89]

I haven't read all the post yet, No sense either. It's just the typical anti DU guys who always get on these post. They come with far fetched rumors, and statements with no facts or data to support them what so ever.

First off DU puts millions into coastal conservation each year. These public coastal projects not only provide wintering grounds for ducks, but also protect the marsh that serves as the vital nursery for all the seafood we love including crabs, shrimp, trout and reds.

DU has stepped up and footed the bill for plenty of these projects where the state has failed to do so. We are losing our Marsh fast!! Point blank if we lose our coastal marsh we lose our way of life.

Let's talk about private land for a second. Yes, DU helps farmers through the rice stewardship program helps private marshland owners install levees and structures to manage water levels. And yes, this typically provides those land owners with substantially better hunting.

What you're missing here is it also provides better hunting for all of us. Point blank without key management of these lands the ducks will find somewhere else to go. By managing these private lands we are holding more birds per acre an area. You think the only one that benefits is that one landowner?? It's proven fact all the hunters surrounding have higher success rates as a result.

But let's jump back to seafood though. Just as public waters serve as vital nurseries for our fish and shrimp, so do many private marshes. Louisiana is 2nd in the nation for fundraising. They would be stupid not to invest back in this state.

This past year 82% of the money raised went directly back to conservation efforts. 3% went to administration and human resource and 15% went to raising all that money.

http://www.ducks.org/media/_global/_...lFactSheet.pdf


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[BGcoreg]

Originally Posted by MarshRat89

I haven't read all the post yet, No sense either. It's just the typical anti DU guys who always get on these post. They come with far fetched rumors, and statements with no facts or data to support them what so ever.

First off DU puts millions into coastal conservation each year. These public coastal projects not only provide wintering grounds for ducks, but also protect the marsh that serves as the vital nursery for all the seafood we love including crabs, shrimp, trout and reds.

DU has stepped up and footed the bill for plenty of these projects where the state has failed to do so. We are losing our Marsh fast!! Point blank if we lose our coastal marsh we lose our way of life.

Let's talk about private land for a second. Yes, DU helps farmers through the rice stewardship program helps private marshland owners install levees and structures to manage water levels. And yes, this typically provides those land owners with substantially better hunting.

What you're missing here is it also provides better hunting for all of us. Point blank without key management of these lands the ducks will find somewhere else to go. By managing these private lands we are holding more birds per acre an area. You think the only one that benefits is that one landowner?? It's proven fact all the hunters surrounding have higher success rates as a result.

But let's jump back to seafood though. Just as public waters serve as vital nurseries for our fish and shrimp, so do many private marshes. Louisiana is 2nd in the nation for fundraising. They would be stupid not to invest back in this state.

This past year 82% of the money raised went directly back to conservation efforts. 3% went to administration and human resource and 15% went to raising all that money.

http://www.ducks.org/media/_global/_...lFactSheet.pdf


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Not testing your knowledge or questioning anything, I'm just curious if you have a link to those coastal marsh projects or maybe where they are working at specifically

[MarshRat89]

Originally Posted by BGcoreg

Not testing your knowledge or questioning anything, I'm just curious if you have a link to those coastal marsh projects or maybe where they are working at specifically

I had some work sheets at one point. I'll working on getting a link tomorrow.


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[BGcoreg]

Originally Posted by Top Dawg

It's west of burton ditch. The terraces

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Thanks

Originally Posted by MarshRat89

I had some work sheets at one point. I'll working on getting a link tomorrow.


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And thanks