Darren wrote:Again and again we keep coming around to this regarding Tony V. and the Habitat Flats operation, and here they point this out yet again:
Question: Tony, on our hunt, the only ducks we had coming to our spread were mallards. As each flight came in, you let each hunter know which birds in the flight were greenheads (male mallards), and you asked us only to shoot the greenhead mallards.
And on another response:
In the early part of the season, we still have a chance of taking gadwall and teal, but toward the middle and the end of the season, we’re mainly shooting mallards.
They have teal and grays around in the early part of their season! Water is wet! ............but then they keep on going, somehow not shortstopped by all the corn.
I truly good give a rats ass about habitat flats, that place just happens to be in every article brought up about flooded corn. His place is the "poster child" for all other operations, and even the WMA's and USFWS refuges in his state and others, or maybe he copied from his states refuges.
I have the same sentiment toward the mallard. Grays and other puddle ducks could be stopped by the many state and federal refuges up that way. I doubt seriously that his and other feed lots aren't visited, or hold those birds as well. The almighty mallard is the only thing the customer wants to see.
This whole thing is about BAITING! Legal or not, it does have an affect on the fowl. The more there is, the bigger the influence. It's just common sense. As I've said, we do nothing now, it'll be gone in the not too distant future. We currently do have options. Imprinting is strong.