- My Forums
- Tiger Rant
- LSU Recruiting
- SEC Rant
- Saints Talk
- Pelicans Talk
- More Sports Board
- Coaching Changes
- Fantasy Sports
- Golf Board
- Soccer Board
- O-T Lounge
- Tech Board
- Home/Garden Board
- Outdoor Board
- Health/Fitness Board
- Movie/TV Board
- Book Board
- Music Board
- Political Talk
- Money Talk
- Fark Board
- Gaming Board
- Travel Board
- Food/Drink Board
- Ticket Exchange
- TD Help Board
Customize My Forums- View All Forums
- Show Left Links
- Topic Sort Options
- Trending Topics
- Recent Topics
- Active Topics
Started By
Message
re: Shortstopping Ducks over 25 years not 20
Posted on 1/15/26 at 3:28 pm to choupiquesushi
Posted on 1/15/26 at 3:28 pm to choupiquesushi
quote:
Ive been hearing about shortstopping since the early 70s. See Canada Geese.
Been longer than that in the Atlantic Flyway. We have a WMA with a managed waterfowl area on the coast of Georgia that has been keeping harvest records in a set of notebooks at the check in station since the 1930s. From then until about the mid 40s Snow Geese, Specks and Canada Geese as well as Atlantic Brant were recorded in those notebooks and the first 3 were very common....Snow Geese in particular, there is very few dates that site was hunted from the 30's to the mid 40s when there werent quite a few snow geese killed. From the mid 40s to mid 50s it tapered off to nothing and has been that way since...its been about 70 years since a snow goose was killed on that site. These notebooks are available at the check in station.
Until about 1935 there was a substantial market gunning industry the length of the Atlantic Flyway. It ended in Savannah YEARS before it did further north. Probably by 2 decades but it was probably unsustainable for 2 decades prior to that.
The change most studies indicate was due to mechanical corn harvesting in the DELMARVA peninsular. Waterfowl as far south as the ACE basin relied largely on rice and whatever food they could find in aquatic vegetation. When there was millions of acres of corn spilled across the DELMARVA there was no reason for the birds to migrate until much later in the year and then they would do so in massive pushes that would last for a month or so before they began back migrating. Even with a lack of pressure birds get stale.
0
Posted on 1/16/26 at 11:25 am to geauxbrown
quote:
With all that said, I would ask two questions...why is Arkansas still the number one state for wintering/migrating Mallards if they're all being short stopped in the midwest?
Lots of rice. Unbelievable amount of acreage in rice.
Posted on 1/16/26 at 2:09 pm to aTmTexas Dillo
Can’t be the rice. All the coon asses say rice doesn’t hold ducks like corn does.
Posted on 1/17/26 at 8:26 am to CitizenK
Up to 10-15 years ago, I had enormous amount of Mallards and Grays stop on my pond as they moved further south. Now just a few stragglers here and there. My gumbo supply has gone dry. 
Also my neighbor moved and no longer is there Millet farming on his land and thus dove hunt has gone dry.
At least deer population is gigantic. And trout are always here even though some unhealthy tailwater situations of recent has caused some problems.
Plenty of squirrels and rabbits.
Also my neighbor moved and no longer is there Millet farming on his land and thus dove hunt has gone dry.
At least deer population is gigantic. And trout are always here even though some unhealthy tailwater situations of recent has caused some problems.
Plenty of squirrels and rabbits.
Page 6 of 6
Back to top
Follow TigerDroppings for LSU Football News