2019-2020 Plantation Duck Club Thread...

[Mexican Squealer]

Saw two shooter bucks this evening while on the tractor. Going to get legal and start hunting Friday PM. Deer and drought have decimated my duck corn. The corn that is doing well doesn’t stand a chance against the deer population on this property. Bout decided that rice, millet and chufa will be my crops moving forward. Promoting moist soil food sources will always be my favorite part of this. The table is set. Just need the ducks to come.

 

[Mark K]

Just need the North to freeze up solid about the middle of November!

 

[Mexican Squealer]

First teal of the year showed up this am. 25-30 birds

 

[Mark K]

You have flooded fields already?

 

[Mexican Squealer]

You have flooded fields already?

They were in the pond I’ve been planting the jap in the mud. I keep a little water in it year round. Finished cutting two ponds yesterday that I’ll pump up this week for the teal and will gradually put more water in the pond the birds were in (as my jap grows). I won’t pump up the other impoundments till the third week of October.

 

[jdgator]

This is fantastic! I've really enjoyed joining you on your journey to create a duck Valhalla.

 

[Mexican Squealer]

Rain and and good dose of fertilizer has the millet jumping up well. Rice plots have been invaded with sicklepod, barnyard grass and slough grass. Planning to nuke the sicklepod on Saturday . I’m good with the byg and slough grass as both are great food sources. Got three teal ponds prepped and ready to flood. Watching this hurricane for a chance at some free water. Definitely getting excited to see what’s to come. Plenty of pine goats to render down to sausage when thing cool off a bit.

 

[trad bow]

Looking real good. Could use the rain but not the wind from a hurricane.

 

[Sixes]

This is a great thread, really enjoy watching the progress

 

[Mexican Squealer]

Got by the club this afternoon. Jap is doing awesome, rice is seeding out, corn is 90% gone due to the pine goats..natural foods are as good as it gets. Smartweed, barnyardgrass, slough grass, panic grass, rice cut grass and several wild millets are putting out more seed than the ducks can eat. It’s all about the weather now. We only got 3/4 of an inch of rain so I’ll turn on the well after I deer hunt Sun am. Will run till Tues pm and put about 10 inches water in 3 ponds.

 

[Gut_Pile]

Going to put up a fence next year for the corn?

 

[Mexican Squealer]

Yep Will, won’t have a choice looks like.

 

[Gut_Pile]

Let me know when you start. After this past summer, I'm a professional at running fence. I need to come down and check out the place anyways!

 

[Mexican Squealer]

Sounds good Will-I appreciate it. Come on anytime.

 

[Mexican Squealer]

Planted browntop in some ponds, starting to put on seed.

 

[Mexican Squealer]

Good weekend at the club. Tractor work, blind brushed for teal season, steaks, boudin, beer, football and deer hunting. Small flock of teal in the only puddle on the place this am. Got two wells pumping and hope to see the numbers pick up this week. Jap I slung on the mud flat is making seed.

 

[Mark K]

Looking good. Good luck this season. Hoping the weather finally pushes a good number of birds down.

 

[Mexican Squealer]

Thanks Mark. It’s a good feeling to turn the water on. Hope you have a great season as well.

 

[Mexican Squealer]

Shut the wells off after 28 hours of pumping. Got three teal spots about 8” deep. Two out of three ponds had a handful of teal in ‘em.

 

[flatsmaster]

Looks like a 5 star duck spa !!! You da man MS