Swan Creek and Crow Creek get hunted so hard them birds in them areas get smart fast. Both of these areas are so close to the refuges them ducks figure out they can sit on the refuge all day long then basically do like deer and go nocturnal, they will fly into the management areas and even the surrounding private lands well after shooting time in the evenings and eat all night long then fly out of there well before shooting time to head to the refuge to rest all day where they know they wont get shot at! Swan and Crow are both closed tuesday - thursday (except the last two weeks) so they get hunted so hard Fri-Monday that I think it makes it even worse than it used to be! The ONLY thing that will ever change this is if they start a draw system and let people hunt certain parts of the refuge. Even if its only every other Saturday it would help all of North Alabama public and private waterfowl lands!