Duck Ponds

[Blakloks 5]

In your guys experience is an open water pond with no trees surrounding it better than say a pond with trees on 3 side with an opening into

[Lab 10,979]

I don't think that matters really....seen both types and both produce lots of good shooting. Apart from feeding the best natural advantage is having running water so your pond stays open and doesn't freeze.

[Blakloks 5]

It's got that but I have saw it frozen there's a lot of this weed carpeting the surface that's growing up from the bottom aswell not sure wether to clear it out or not

[Squirrel_Basher 17,100]

The ideal duckpond IMO has an island central ,a shelf of about 6 inch deep somewhere round the outside to feed on ,ideal depth of no more than 3ft to encourage insect life so important for ducklings .A few trees encourage birds to climb when flushed or to guide in when flighted .If the pond is good enough the ducks will keep it ice free lol

[Gkeeper111 22]

Depends on what type of duck you want too shoot- as in flighting mallard or released. My 8 ponds are all free of trees around them for the main reason that with reared duck if they have somewhere to hide they are more prone to not fly off it. If you only want to shoot small numbers- flighting or relie on wild stocks the more islands, shallows, reeds, weeds and trees the better.

 

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