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Jump day today!

Sounds like you've ridden in my rig a time or two. LOL

Stud muffin

I stopped to see what was happening when I saw a pair of Woodies standing on top of one of my nesting boxes. Apparently a second hen was trying to take over incubation and a scuffle ensued. Here is a picture of the winner peeking out of the nesting box hole with the loser jumping. These...

Here is the largest contributor to release mallards here in SC. https://scwa.org/waterfowl/mallard-project/ Initially they defended this program saying their release birds don't migrate, our SCDNR required released mallards to be banded, then band recovery trickled in from Canada all the way...

Nature is tough on ducklings no doubt! Years ago I set a goal to help get a minimum of 400 ducklings to jump from my nesting boxes each Spring and hope for a 15-20% survival. That would "replace" the total average number of ducks I harvest annually. It's weird I know but it's something...

You bet! Every one of them. Heavy rains caused the water to rise and allowed that rat snake access. I hit 8 more boxes yesterday evening and cleaned out the box that was full of ducklings from Friday. It was a dump box and one duckling didn't make it out but a bunch did. Another hen...

What would it take for the USFWS to immediately ban mallard release programs? Are these DNA evidence enough? Folks in SC have been releasing Mallards for years. A blind eye has been turned to the obvious use of live decoys and call birds as many duck clubs encourage members NOT to shoot...

I used to give black rat snakes a break but they are an apex predator when it comes to devouring duck and bird eggs. Unfortunately we've had some higher water on our lake and the snake in the video was able to make it over the predator guard.

Ran 26 of my boxes here in SC on Lake Murray yesterday. 11 clean outs, 8 hens sitting hard, 4 with fresh eggs, 1 fresh hatchlings, 1 snake ate a clutch (another snake reached a box after ducklings hatched and jumped, it shed on the way out). I was cutoff from one box by tree across a cove. I'll...

A couple of key contributors to releasing mallards here in SC were in attendance at the meeting Monday. I believe their eyes have been opened to the detrimental effect they've had on our Atlantic Flyway Mallard. I can only hope they utilize their political clout to get a cease and desist...

I have listened to Dr. Levretsky on a couple podcasts. Yesterday I was able to hear him in person at our SCDNR Waterfowl Advisory Committee meeting. Have any of y'all seen or heard his presentation regarding the genetic effect game farm mallards have had on wild mallards? Extremely...