Truthfully the BIGGEST Change has been Hunting Pressure and Tactics.

We worry the heck out of waterfowl from the beginning of the season until the end. When I started some 30 plus years ago we would hunt the mornings no later than 8. Usually had our 2 mallards and woodie by then, if not so be it.

Fast forward until the past few years, hunting parties stay out all day, trying their darnedest to shoot at every group of ducks they can.

It's a competition now, tohellwith everyone else, it's all about me, me, me me and post away on FB and other sites. Shoot daylight to dark, heck ducks ain't flying chase them down in the boat, blast the heck out of them. Shoot them until dark every evening, had a great roost shoot is a common topic these days. No wonder the birds don't stick around.

Look at it from a ducks perspective. Why come down when they can hang out and feed where the season is closed and no one is bothering them. The season is closed in WI and other parts just North of here, open water and NO PRESSURE whatsoever, it's not rocket science to figure it out.

The worst thing that ever happened to duck hunting is 60 day season and 6 duck limits. Bear in mind cause of it our equipment is 100 times better than it was just a few short years ago.

Duck Dynasty didn't create this monster, Duck Dynasty Capitalized on it!