Survey in ?

[metlhead]

Cripes! My bad. I misunderstood the topic and wandered down the bunny hole. Since the sky in my world is aloft I'll mind today's biz and get back to stockpiling low price waterfowl ammo and paintin dekes. Gonna knock the piss outa them this season

[hdshot]

Cripes! My bad. I misunderstood the topic and wandered down the bunny hole. Since the sky in my world is aloft I'll mind today's biz and get back to stockpiling low price waterfowl ammo and paintin dekes. Gonna knock the piss outa them this season

That’s another problem, too many people like my former hunting friend went down that bunny hole believing and not thinking. 

Visited with people who live out of state over the weekend about our new gun laws.  Of course they ended with a joke saying, look at the bright side, if you know someone turning 18 you can take them in for fingerprinting on their birthday and pay the fee as their birthday gift.  Was an eye opener.

[metlhead]

You visited folks and spent time
 talking about our gun laws? Easy to see why you happen to have such a negative outlook on outdoor life. Next time meet at the river for all day fishing and just enjoy. Don't talk. Full weekend ahead for us. Gonna blaze away some dat evil ammo too

[hdshot]

You visited folks and spent time
 talking about our gun laws? Easy to see why you happen to have such a negative outlook on outdoor life. Next time meet at the river for all day fishing and just enjoy. Don't talk. Full weekend ahead for us. Gonna blaze away some dat evil ammo too

Gun laws will have a very negative impact on the shooting sports for the future. Idk how fishing has anything to do with this subject unless you’re thinking fishing poles will someday be the only thing we can take to the river? 

[metlhead]

I choose to enjoy my time and converse with friends about great things. Fishing is a great setting for that. When time comes that our outdoor sports are no more, I will have tales to tell that challenge the imagination and burst bellies with laughter. Thousands of photos for spice. Amid the decline I went out and did it. Will your stories just be of complaint? Can't imagine what a photo of that looks like. Yes, waterfowl  numbers falling sucks. So does nuclear war but we managed to get by for decades with that looming. As an anti-hunter, you've trolled enough that most folks just ignore the posts. Just fuels my desire to get more folks out and make more memories.

[hdshot]

I choose to enjoy my time and converse with friends about great things. Fishing is a great setting for that. When time comes that our outdoor sports are no more, I will have tales to tell that challenge the imagination and burst bellies with laughter. Thousands of photos for spice. Amid the decline I went out and did it. Will your stories just be of complaint? Can't imagine what a photo of that looks like. Yes, waterfowl  numbers falling sucks. So does nuclear war but we managed to get by for decades with that looming. As an anti-hunter, you've trolled enough that most folks just ignore the posts. Just fuels my desire to get more folks out and make more memories.

Over 100k views shows nothing ignored.  What makes your definition of an anti? 

[metlhead]

My bad. Shoulda said non-hunter. Views are cute. Comments are crickets

[hdshot]

My bad. Shoulda said non-hunter. Views are cute. Comments are crickets

Here is what delta is saying. 

“Unfortunately, the direction we're going right now is smaller and smaller fall flights.”

https://deltawaterfowl.org/whats-new/news/north-dakota-breeding-waterfowl-survey-shows-drier-wetland-conditions-fewer-ducks/

[hdshot]

Looks like the main survey was conducted this year. Only field reports available and sounded discouraging.  Prolonged drought still causing issues and lots of seasonal wetlands remained dry.  Even lack of groundwater was mentioned with many breeding areas described as poor.  Good pockets of fowl were found and got the feeling flocked up like we see in fall and winter.  Hopefully the main results will be a lot better and might after most of the winter was mild.

https://www.fws.gov/story/2025-07/2025-waterfowl-breeding-population-and-habitat-survey-field-reports