Doug Kanter wrote:

"Butch Ammon" wrote in message
...
Heck, tomorrow, I'm going to play golf with some friends. Forget going
hunting. With that kind of weather, all the ducks and geese won't
migrate
south - they are all still up in PA, NY, and Canada.

Butch Ammon

There are about 6 trillion ducks here in Rochester, all flocking around
some
guy who seems to have an endless supply of bread in his car, and he never
goes home. Are these the ducks you were looking for? Want me to knock him
in
the water? :-)


Yes, please.... :- What northern folks are technically doing is called
"Short
Stopping". Ducks and Geese will not migrate to southern climates when
they
have a permanent food supply. I know that the organization Ducks
Unlimited is
all up on it and trying to stop it.

Butch Ammon

I read that feeding them makes them congregate in bunches that are much
larger than they would gather in normally. The result is that duck diseases
spread much more quickly. It makes sense. In wild places, I've never seen
hundreds hanging out together.

I've mentioned this to 2-3 people who had multiple loaves of Wonder Bread
with them, but they just drooled and gave me a vacant stare. I guess George
Carlin will never run out of stupid people for his comedy.

We had about a dozen ducks in our yard this morning, stopping off for
some corn and fresh water. We usually have a double handful of ducks or
geese in the yard for a spell during part of each day until about
mid-December, but this year, they're hanging about longer.

I think they've figured out that the signs that say "Hunters Will Be
Shot on Sight" make the acreage so protected in our immediate area a
safe zone.



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