I just read an interesting article today. My state is contemplating using moist soil management to hold ducks. We have never done that here before because we have lots of natural lakes and ponds. I read an article about research they are doing and they are looking a lot at what has been done down south in places like Louisianna. I have heard a lot about people planting rice, millet, and other stuff that they flood in the fall. This article says that according to studies done in Louisianna you are better off just letting natural water weeds grow into your field. The idea is, build a field that you can flood at will, flood it, draw it down so it's just mud, let the smartweed and other stuff take root, then flood it each fall. They claimed that planting any kind of crop is not near as effective. So our state build a 110 acre project two years ago just to try it out. They split it into 2 equal pieces. In one area they planted millet and other stuff, in the other area they left go wild. They said that the wild area attracted way more ducks. Sounds like that is Bob D's experience too. I'm interested in this subject because I'd like to build one of these some day.
