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Attracting ducks to ponds? #1549942 12/05/15 07:25 PM 12/05/15 07:25 PM
Joined: Jul 2015 Posts: 51 Tuscaloosa,AL K KevinR OP spike
KevinR OP spike K Joined: Jul 2015 Posts: 51 Tuscaloosa,AL	How do you attract ducks to ponds? Not gonna hunt those ponds where I want to attract them to until next year or later on in the season.

Re: Attracting ducks to ponds? [Re: KevinR] #1549982 12/05/15 10:47 PM 12/05/15 10:47 PM
Joined: Jan 2015 Posts: 3,550 Spanish Fort O ozarktroutbum 10 point
ozarktroutbum 10 point O Joined: Jan 2015 Posts: 3,550 Spanish Fort	There's really nothing you can do at this point to attract ducks legally. Either they want to be there or they don't. in general best way to attempt to attract ducks is planting and flooding which would require drawing down your ponds in the summer.

Re: Attracting ducks to ponds? [Re: KevinR] #1550006 12/06/15 02:35 AM 12/06/15 02:35 AM
Joined: Sep 2003 Posts: 13,286 Montgomery / Luverne crenshawco Booner
crenshawco Booner Joined: Sep 2003 Posts: 13,286 Montgomery / Luverne	Load it up with corn if you aren't going to hunt it

Re: Attracting ducks to ponds? [Re: crenshawco] #1550161 12/06/15 05:12 AM 12/06/15 05:12 AM
Joined: Sep 2004 Posts: 37,112 alabama BhamFred Freak of Nature
BhamFred Freak of Nature Joined: Sep 2004 Posts: 37,112 alabama	Originally Posted by crenshawco Load it up with corn if you aren't going to hunt it OR ANYWHERE NEAR IT fixed it.... I've spent most of the money I've made in my lifetime on hunting and fishing. The rest I just wasted..... proud Cracker-Americaan muslims are like coyotes, only good one is a dead one

Re: Attracting ducks to ponds? [Re: BhamFred] #1550249 12/06/15 07:00 AM 12/06/15 07:00 AM
Joined: Jul 2015 Posts: 51 Tuscaloosa,AL K KevinR OP spike
KevinR OP spike K Joined: Jul 2015 Posts: 51 Tuscaloosa,AL	How do I throw the corn in there? Just put a few bags on the bank or throw it in the water where it fairly shallow?

Re: Attracting ducks to ponds? [Re: KevinR] #1550278 12/06/15 07:44 AM 12/06/15 07:44 AM
Joined: Nov 2010 Posts: 11,781 Longwood, FL J jlbuc10 Booner
jlbuc10 Booner J Joined: Nov 2010 Posts: 11,781 Longwood, FL	Dried molasses

Re: Attracting ducks to ponds? [Re: KevinR] #1550356 12/06/15 09:33 AM 12/06/15 09:33 AM
Joined: Sep 2004 Posts: 37,112 alabama BhamFred Freak of Nature
BhamFred Freak of Nature Joined: Sep 2004 Posts: 37,112 alabama	on the bank right at the water and in shallow water.... I've spent most of the money I've made in my lifetime on hunting and fishing. The rest I just wasted..... proud Cracker-Americaan muslims are like coyotes, only good one is a dead one

Re: Attracting ducks to ponds? [Re: KevinR] #1550423 12/06/15 10:52 AM 12/06/15 10:52 AM
Joined: Dec 2012 Posts: 3,742 Coosa County T Turkey 10 point
Turkey 10 point T Joined: Dec 2012 Posts: 3,742 Coosa County	Be careful what you wish for. Our ponds are visited frequently by geese and ducks. We now have a real problem with water meal that is going to be expensive to get rid of. To me, knowing what I know now, wishing for ducks and geese on your private pond is about the same as the landowner that tries to attract hogs.

Re: Attracting ducks to ponds? [Re: Turkey] #1550594 12/06/15 01:40 PM 12/06/15 01:40 PM
Joined: Jan 2015 Posts: 3,550 Spanish Fort O ozarktroutbum 10 point
ozarktroutbum 10 point O Joined: Jan 2015 Posts: 3,550 Spanish Fort	Originally Posted by Turkey Be careful what you wish for. Our ponds are visited frequently by geese and ducks. We now have a real problem with water meal that is going to be expensive to get rid of. To me, knowing what I know now, wishing for ducks and geese on your private pond is about the same as the landowner that tries to attract hogs. I could help out getting the ducks out of there

Re: Attracting ducks to ponds? [Re: KevinR] #1550656 12/06/15 02:20 PM 12/06/15 02:20 PM
Joined: Dec 2012 Posts: 3,742 Coosa County T Turkey 10 point
Turkey 10 point T Joined: Dec 2012 Posts: 3,742 Coosa County	Many have offered, but I've got family that are hardcore waterfowlers.

Re: Attracting ducks to ponds? [Re: Turkey] #1550694 12/06/15 02:36 PM 12/06/15 02:36 PM
Joined: Aug 2014 Posts: 14,370 Mobile, AL S SouthBamaSlayer Gary's Fluffer
SouthBamaSlayer Gary's Fluffer S Joined: Aug 2014 Posts: 14,370 Mobile, AL	Originally Posted by Turkey Many have offered, but I've got family that are hardcore waterfowlers. Are they not good enough if you have a problem?

Re: Attracting ducks to ponds? [Re: KevinR] #1550765 12/06/15 03:15 PM 12/06/15 03:15 PM
Joined: Dec 2012 Posts: 3,742 Coosa County T Turkey 10 point
Turkey 10 point T Joined: Dec 2012 Posts: 3,742 Coosa County	Geese only have to land once. If they have water meal on their bellies, you got a problem.

Re: Attracting ducks to ponds? [Re: BhamFred] #1551049 12/06/15 05:39 PM 12/06/15 05:39 PM
Joined: Jul 2015 Posts: 51 Tuscaloosa,AL K KevinR OP spike
KevinR OP spike K Joined: Jul 2015 Posts: 51 Tuscaloosa,AL	how shallow should the water be? and what kind of molasses? Thx guys and roll damn tide

Re: Attracting ducks to ponds? [Re: KevinR] #1551640 12/07/15 08:04 AM 12/07/15 08:04 AM
Joined: May 2002 Posts: 8,031 Central Alabama M muzziehead 14 point
muzziehead 14 point M Joined: May 2002 Posts: 8,031 Central Alabama	They love Sweetfeed. It is in pellet form and has molasses in it. "Don't cling to Mistake, just because you spent a lot of time making it."

Re: Attracting ducks to ponds? [Re: KevinR] #1551743 12/07/15 09:29 AM 12/07/15 09:29 AM
Joined: Jul 2010 Posts: 9,868 B'ham Goatkiller 14 point
Goatkiller 14 point Joined: Jul 2010 Posts: 9,868 B'ham	Unless you can drain and plant it you are wasting your time for the most part. No government employees were harmed in the making of this mess.

Re: Attracting ducks to ponds? [Re: KevinR] #1552012 12/07/15 01:43 PM 12/07/15 01:43 PM
Joined: Dec 2012 Posts: 16,402 Brierfield Beadlescomb Old Mossy Horns
Beadlescomb Old Mossy Horns Joined: Dec 2012 Posts: 16,402 Brierfield	I've got a buddy thin town that has a couple water pumps he might sell or rent you to drain your pond down We will burn that bridge when we get there

Re: Attracting ducks to ponds? [Re: muzziehead] #1552276 12/07/15 04:25 PM 12/07/15 04:25 PM
Joined: Jul 2015 Posts: 51 Tuscaloosa,AL K KevinR OP spike
KevinR OP spike K Joined: Jul 2015 Posts: 51 Tuscaloosa,AL	Where can I buy it, or do you have a link where I can check it out?

Re: Attracting ducks to ponds? [Re: KevinR] #1552346 12/07/15 04:49 PM 12/07/15 04:49 PM
Joined: Feb 2003 Posts: 7,136 shelby county B buzzard 14 point
buzzard 14 point B Joined: Feb 2003 Posts: 7,136 shelby county	They are dabblers so the feed can be from a few inches to a foot or so deep. Unless they are in the area naturally you will most likely just be wetting corn. "Hell with them fellows, buzzard got to eat same as a worm" Josey Wales

Re: Attracting ducks to ponds? [Re: KevinR] #1552605 12/07/15 07:43 PM 12/07/15 07:43 PM
Joined: Jul 2015 Posts: 51 Tuscaloosa,AL K KevinR OP spike
KevinR OP spike K Joined: Jul 2015 Posts: 51 Tuscaloosa,AL	I have a lot of buffleheads in the area, you think corn will work great for them because they are divers?

Re: Attracting ducks to ponds? [Re: KevinR] #1552713 12/08/15 03:19 AM 12/08/15 03:19 AM
Joined: May 2009 Posts: 3,765 Harvest, AL AU coonhunter 10 point
AU coonhunter 10 point Joined: May 2009 Posts: 3,765 Harvest, AL	Buffies will probably eat corn, but you will probably have a tough time attracting them to a small pond. Plus they taste horrible, so unless I am going to mount a drake they get a pass from me.

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