Thread: AW,S NEWS

Originally Posted by kawhia

the harvest rate from released mallards can be in the high 90%, from a commercial angle they offer great returns, unlike pheasants.
I would say a private release would in fact return well over the release numbers, I'm all for releasing ducks but if the motive is to put something back then the release site would have to be a non shooting area for that season in my opinion.

thats pretty radical kawhia

i dont believe theres a duck shortage here as evidenced by the numbers shot in parts of the csi region.what i believe is because ellys so degraded the bulk of the birds are elsewhere.low water levels where therses usually heaps around the margins cant be good for nesting or chick survival either. the lake is currently at .43 of a metre. areas like wolfs road who,s wet spots are usually full of hens and chicks are barren and dry.theres also shitloads in the river and on every dairy drain and slow flowing rdrs.