Trigger wrote:ever since Delta started giving it a good run, that they are the only one to even be considered bordering on legit
That's another reason why I'm so impressed with DU. When Delta came at them for not implementing and funding the programs they wanted, they went from being a small but historic research organization and jumped into the arena of being a fundraising organization in order to implement their programs. A lot of duck hunters, myself included, were 'Wowed' by the rhetoric they heard by the new kid on the block (Delta) looking to beat up the big popular kid (DU). They were 'for hunters' and DU was a bunch of PC blue-bloods not willing get the job done.
It was all sizzle and no steak.
Since then Delta got rid of 'Adopt-A-Pothole,' a program that essentially just gave money to farmers who had wetlands on their property I guess??? There were no legal easements tied to any of the payments as far as I know.
Hen Houses have proven to be a failure from a 'super site' standpoint due to the amount of manpower they require.
ALUS was supposed to be ground-breaking by becoming a large CRP type program for Canada. It never happened. Not sure what, if anything, it's doing at this point.
Predator management was their big one and how they drew blood on DU after they said it wouldn't be socially acceptable. Delta pushed that to mean DU was catering to East and West coast elitists. Turns out they were talking about rural farmers in the prairie region of U.S. and Canada. The amount of trapping blacks and acres trapped has actually dwindled and they're not allowed to trap many of the large blocks they did when they built momentum as an organization after pissing off the locals. DU was right to keep their focus on just habitat.
“We’ve been researching predator management for 20 years, and the results continue to speak for themselves,” said Joel Brice, Delta Waterfowl vice president of waterfowl and hunter recruitment programs.
Really?!?! You've been reinforcing your own research that is kindergarten level biology for 20 years? You mean to tell me when there's less predators the species they prey on go up, when there's more predators the species they prey on go down....Der-Dah-Derh! No way!!! Let's see some more studies to back this up!!!!!!
The worst part is an independent research group that did a lot of great work has been ruined because the tail is wagging the dog and the fundraising side of it is pushing research to promote their agenda.