Plantation Duck Club 2020-2021

[jdgator]

That is awesome. My casual observation is that moist soil holds birds longer in the spring and gives them a chance to imprint.

 

[Nimrod71]

Sounds like fun to me. If you are going to have ducks, deer, turkey or quail you are going to work for them. I wish I was there to help you with the work. I really enjoy working on wild life projects.

 

[Mexican Squealer]

Got a bunch of dirt turned for planting this week. Goal is to have 3 ponds planted in corn by weeks end. I’ll plant rice after Memorial Day. Sprayed round up around all the risers and dropped some water out of my crawfish ponds. I will pump them back up with fresh water when I stock the crawfish in June. Saw tons of wood ducks and their young un’s as well as several big flocks of blue wings. Many more blue wings than I have been seeing so I imagine they are just stopping on their way back up. Saw one blue wing clutch of 5 that are about 1/2 grown. Also several Coots with babies around. Ended the day at my new camp drinking cold beer on the river. Rain, drought, hurricanes, bugs and all the other potential problems that can destroy crops now become a worry. Got a bunch of fence to run over the next few weeks to try and keep the critters out of the corn. The worry season has officially begun.

 

[Mexican Squealer]

Drinking beer and watching an Eagle fly up the river at the new camp

 

[Mexican Squealer]

Oak canopy in the green tree reservoir...can flood about 15 acres of mature oaks.

 

[Mexican Squealer]

Seems to be no shortage of these guys around the club this year. Young guy who helps me just sent me this picture.

 

[flatsmaster]

Looks like a great start .... may the skies turn dark with ducks !!

 

[jdgator]

Beautiful. You know we have black bellied whistlers now breeding in Mobile bay. They seem to be doing great.

 

[Mexican Squealer]

Planting has been delayed due to the rain. Can’t even think about putting a tractor in the impoundments as wet as they are. Going to take atleast week of super dry weather to get things right. That won’t be this week....

 

[Mexican Squealer]

6 inches of rain over the last few days has continued to keep the tractors off the ponds. Spent the weekend putting out mineral sites and trail cams. Ducks seen this weekend were 30-40 blue wings, 2 hen mallards, 75-80 wood ducks and close to 200 Black Bellied Whistling Ducks. It was a nice surprise to see the big numbers of them. Hopefully they will stay around and raise some young ‘uns.

 

[Mexican Squealer]

Looking forward to flooding these woods...

 

[Core Lokt]

You may have said it before but is this you properties or do you manage them for someone?

top notch work you are doing.

 

[Mexican Squealer]

Thanks Core. The farm with the greentree and the river frontage pictured above is my private lease I just got on the marsh (goal is to buy it) I own the duck club property. They are about 20 minutes apart.

 

[flatsmaster]

Fields are great but nothing like them dropping in the trees to me !!!! Makes me look like a decent shot

 

[Mexican Squealer]

Still no planting going on but some awesome natural food frowning. Got up this am to work on a riser and ended up watching the Mexican Squealers put on a show. They are all paired up and seem to be close to 250 on the property. There were pairs in puddles all over. Neat duck. Also had blue wings, wood ducks and a flock of about 50 grey ducks that I hope are just running behind on their journey north. Saw plenty of deer, a few snakes, 2 eagles, a bumper crop of chanterelles and stocked two ponds with crawfish. Good times

 

[Mexican Squealer]

 

[Mexican Squealer]

 

[jdgator]

Just a matter of time before you get a resident population of Mexican Squealers and Black bellied whistlers. Maybe mottled too. Those birds saved a few hunts last season for me down in Louisiana.

 

[Mexican Squealer]

Having a bourbon and watching these black bellies fly to roost...wood ducks and a few blue wings stirring around.

 

[paulito]

Your're Killing me. Nothing better than some quality brown water and watching a roost....except maybe adding a nice cigar