Tue Aug 12, 2014 9:16 am
There's plenty that could be done with little effect on farmers. There is cost involved but I don't think that is the only hindrance, it's leadership. When Tom Landwehr started bucking tradition and leading with the things he did early in his carrier, people barked but have now shut up about the changes made. If we could get some leadership and forward thinking in the waterfowl management roles, moist soil management could not only be a possibility but our future reality. It is possible. Along with accepting expanded opportunities being allotted by the Fed's.
Tap in we have no good collaboration or waterfowl hunters organization, and Ron Shara and Dennis Anderson really are not waterfowl hunters at heart, we are left with no front man to carry the torch. We need a well versed, charismatic Bill Clinton type to lead. If you look at the few moist soil areas this state has they are redonkulous with ducks in the fall. But we can't hunt them. Opportunities are handed to our states leaders. And they lead, by passing on them. That's not leadership, that's avoidance.
Our state has so many areas that could be managed much better for migratory waterfowl and opportunities to hunt them.
From;
Thief Lake WMA
Roseau WMA
Lac qui Parle WMA
Sherburne NWR
Tamarack NWR
The Upper Mississippi NWR
The Minnesota River NWR
Carlos Avery WMA
Mille lacs WMA
Big Rice Lake
Orrwell WMA
Talcot Lake WMA
Gores Pool WMA
Swan Lake
Heron Lake
Just to name a few major ones. But they are mainly left to their own devices and to rot basically.
DENNIS ANDERSON, Then, about five years ago, in 2020, there were no more ducks in the state,