Missouri Duck Hunting
Missouri duck hunting includes parts of seasons with low water conditions as that is part of our locality in spite of our efforts at pumping and retention lakes. And, just because we may have a low water waterfowl season some years does not mean we do not have good unguided duck hunting. We will get the hunter to where he needs to be in times of constrained resource.
These pictures are from our last low water season.
What a low water season means to the Association hunter is the worst case nine permanent blinds were dry one year leaving more than 20 with water. We adjusted the telephone reservation system that season to two days maximum open duck hunting reservations at one time open on the books to prevent any less scrupulous members from blocking blinds. That restricted reservation system was also one maximum blind reservation per wetlands at a time. It was by this means we insured all could duck hunt as often as they had time while preventing those that make reservations, but do not use them, from abusing the Association.
The low water set of this duck hunt.
The duck blind in this case was the local weeds enhanced with a lay-out or as other regional duck hunters call them, coffin blind.
We get to see a lot of ducks through the year and we found interesting in this flock the drake to hen ratio.
And, then there is more than just duck hunting.
