eddie42 0 Posted November 24, 2008 Report Share Posted November 24, 2008 hi all, i shoot over a semi moorland pond which is within a syndicate shoot, the pond is kept well fed with barley, and shot of a evening weather permitting approx fortnightly,first night plenty of mallard with a few teal and after that the mallard dropped off to nothing , but the teal keep increasing in numbers, any ideas what,s happened to the mallard ? many thanks. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
chess 0 Posted November 25, 2008 Report Share Posted November 25, 2008 hi all, i shoot over a semi moorland pond which is within a syndicate shoot, the pond is kept well fed with barley, and shot of a evening weather permitting approx fortnightly,first night plenty of mallard with a few teal and after that the mallard dropped off to nothing , but the teal keep increasing in numbers, any ideas what,s happened to the mallard ? many thanks. They more than likely have found a more attractive food source, keep feeding and im sure they will return in time Quote Link to post Share on other sites
tom1cameron 1 Posted November 25, 2008 Report Share Posted November 25, 2008 hi all, i shoot over a semi moorland pond which is within a syndicate shoot, the pond is kept well fed with barley, and shot of a evening weather permitting approx fortnightly,first night plenty of mallard with a few teal and after that the mallard dropped off to nothing , but the teal keep increasing in numbers, any ideas what,s happened to the mallard ? many thanks. They more than likely have found a more attractive food source, keep feeding and im sure they will return in time Try some new foods, shuv a bag of cheap tatties into the freezer and leave overnight, then put them into the pond. You can also try this with corn cobs. Wheat or barley stalks with intact grain pods are good as well. As they float on the surface these wil get the hen teal and mallards making lots of noise and splashing while they are feeding and bring in more passing ducks. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
eddie42 0 Posted November 26, 2008 Author Report Share Posted November 26, 2008 hi all, i shoot over a semi moorland pond which is within a syndicate shoot, the pond is kept well fed with barley, and shot of a evening weather permitting approx fortnightly,first night plenty of mallard with a few teal and after that the mallard dropped off to nothing , but the teal keep increasing in numbers, any ideas what,s happened to the mallard ? many thanks. They more than likely have found a more attractive food source, keep feeding and im sure they will return in time Try some new foods, shuv a bag of cheap tatties into the freezer and leave overnight, then put them into the pond. You can also try this with corn cobs. Wheat or barley stalks with intact grain pods are good as well. As they float on the surface these wil get the hen teal and mallards making lots of noise and splashing while they are feeding and bring in more passing ducks. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
eddie42 0 Posted November 26, 2008 Author Report Share Posted November 26, 2008 hi all, thanks for the replies, we,ve used barley to feed the pond for many seasons, only the last 3 been like this, someone suggested it could be a problem with a hawk or falcon ? like the idea of trying full stalks, cheers lads. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Spike01 0 Posted November 27, 2008 Report Share Posted November 27, 2008 Your not alone. We are well down this year and its not just us. The duck have just not arrived yet hear. Our small lake is fed for duck and they usually come from the "big" lake where the roost but there are hardly any duck there either. There is a good mile between the two. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
eddie42 0 Posted November 27, 2008 Author Report Share Posted November 27, 2008 Your not alone.We are well down this year and its not just us. The duck have just not arrived yet hear. Our small lake is fed for duck and they usually come from the "big" lake where the roost but there are hardly any duck there either. There is a good mile between the two. hi spike , speaking to a friend last night who shoots a pond roughly 15miles away towards the coast, similar size, same food,only difference been the mallard he,s got hundreds of them , !!! fingers crossed eh. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sterry 0 Posted January 2, 2009 Report Share Posted January 2, 2009 Theres a few about but not as many as previous years in my opinion, we fed a small river with chopped up browning bannas we got from a green grocer mate, seem to like em. blooming loads of jack snipe and woodcock mind, Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bjlfishing 0 Posted January 3, 2009 Report Share Posted January 3, 2009 im not sure its to do with feed we had loads of mallard following when we started too get alot of teal the mallard started to dissapear i reckon the teal bully the other ducks of as they are greedy angry little gits as soon as the teal did the off the mallard returned Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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