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Delta Waterfowl To Host Town Hall Meetings “Where were the ducks?” is one of the questions Delta Waterfowl’s staff will attempt to answer when it hosts a series of town hall meetings with duck hunters across the South. “The purpose of these get-togethers is to visit with duck hunters, and to unveil Delta’s vision for the future of waterfowl management,” says Delta President Rob Olson. “We know duck hunters have a lot of questions, and we think it’s time they receive some answers.
Delta Waterfowl is pleased to have Mossy Oak as a supporter for these Town Hall meetings. Attendees will have the opportunity to win a Mossy Oak hunting package at all future Town Hall meetings.
“Delta believes there are some serious problems on the Prairie breeding grounds, and we are proposing some dramatic changes for the future. We’ll talk about what’s happening and what’s not happening on the breeding grounds, and how that affects hunters in the South. “Hunters are the backbone of conservation, and they deserve to know where and how their dollars are being spent.”Delta Waterfowl has long been a proponent of predator management and artificial nest structures as ways to increase duck production. “Nine out of ever 10 nests on the breeding grounds are being destroyed by predators like fox, raccoon and skunk,” says Olson. “Back in the 1930s, nest success on the prairie breeding grounds averaged 33 percent. By the ‘90s nest success had fallen to 10 percent, and that’s not even enough to sustain the existing population. “On our predator blocks we’ve consistently increased nest success two and three-fold,” he says, “and our Hen Houses (artificial nest structures) get as high as 80 percent nest success. “There are two things that determine duck populations—recruitment and mortality,” Olson says. “The only place we can increase recruitment is on the breeding grounds. Delta’s Duck Production Program is proven to increase hatching rates dramatically. “We’re looking forward to sharing what we’ve learned about duck production with hunters across the South,” he says. |
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