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March 03/04/19, 08:35:14 PM

Offline Smokey Hills Bandit

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Wood Duck Boxes
Managed to put together a few wood duck boxes last fall.  1x12x12 of pine and cedar. Cedar was nearly $45 bucks, so only one mother gets to live in luxury.

Look forward to getting them up this spring.

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JL
 










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March 03/05/19, 07:56:07 AM Reply #1

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Re: Wood Duck Boxes
Good job.  I need to do a better job of cleaning mine out this year.  I also need to rehang one of them. 
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March 03/05/19, 08:01:17 AM Reply #2

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Re: Wood Duck Boxes
what's the screening for?
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March 03/05/19, 08:06:24 AM Reply #3

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Re: Wood Duck Boxes
if I remember correctly it's for the little one's to climb out when it's time
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March 03/05/19, 08:10:11 AM Reply #4

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Re: Wood Duck Boxes
that makes sense I was  :confused: too.
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March 03/05/19, 08:18:42 AM Reply #5

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March 03/05/19, 01:14:24 PM Reply #6

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Re: Wood Duck Boxes
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« Last Edit: September 09/26/19, 08:17:58 PM by jlynch3 »
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March 03/05/19, 01:55:37 PM Reply #7

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Re: Wood Duck Boxes
look good...
you should get them out now, while the ice is good.. Don't wait too long.

we put 60 out in the end of Jan through a joint effort with our delta waterfowl chapter and groups in red wing.

https://mndeltawaterfowl.weebly.com/ is our website in development.
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If a gun kills people then I can blame a pen for my misspells?

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March 03/05/19, 04:47:30 PM Reply #8

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Re: Wood Duck Boxes
JohnWester,
Wow, that's quite an effort.  Nice going.

jlynch3,
I assume that's metal conduit.  Last year the bears bent some of our metal polls.  Damn bears.

I got a couple complete houses from a friend.  I need to get them out this spring as well.
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March 03/06/19, 10:06:47 AM Reply #9

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Re: Wood Duck Boxes
hey jlynch3... I'm assuming you are putting wood shavings in the bottom of your houses right?
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March 03/07/19, 06:41:16 AM Reply #10

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Re: Wood Duck Boxes
We have one up on our shoreline that a friend built for us about 4-5 years ago. We don't get any wood duck, but the Goldeneyes sure do use it.
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March 03/07/19, 09:58:07 AM Reply #11

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Re: Wood Duck Boxes
ya, golden eyes and mergansers like to frequent them.
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March 03/09/19, 07:32:10 AM Reply #12

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Re: Wood Duck Boxes
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« Last Edit: September 09/26/19, 08:17:13 PM by jlynch3 »
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April 04/08/20, 09:41:06 AM Reply #13

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Re: Wood Duck Boxes


I was able to get out long enough to fill the houses with wood chips. Quite a few ducks and geese on the water already, so I hope its not too late.

Good Luck and Stay Safe.
JL
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April 04/08/20, 09:45:09 AM Reply #14

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Re: Wood Duck Boxes
Should be ok.  Ice just went off on my ponds. 
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April 04/08/20, 09:59:23 AM Reply #15

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Re: Wood Duck Boxes
You'll be fine SHB. We've had them nest here in So. MN from late March until late June. I used to belong to the wood duck society but my membership has lapsed. They have a nice website with some good info.  :happy1:

http://www.woodducksociety.com/index.html   
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April 04/08/20, 11:14:59 AM Reply #16

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Re: Wood Duck Boxes
Good read there Dotch. Looks like I will have to invest in some predator guards soon.
JL
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