State F&WA question

[OneShotBandit]

Hey Guys it's been pretty quiet here lately, BUT I was wondering about the hunting up north. Since the Kank/State got rid of the boats, how was the hunting and was there very much problems w/putting & taking out your boats?
Some of the areas at the Kank looked like it would be a bit "rough" getting a boat in & out as there doesn't seem to be much of a ramp in some areas? I'm not asking about hunting spots just asking a general question. Thx

 

[OneShotBandit]

WOW! NOBODY hunted the Kank or is there some secret about that place- did I need some kind of a secret handshake??

 

[Buckhunter99]

I wish I could help you but never been up there.

 

[Ducky CPA]

Never been up there myself either

 

[OneShotBandit]

Thanks for the reply guys. I was curious on how the situation was up there.

 

[MikeBen]

Last I was there, they still had a few boats for the marsh. Corn unit boats were gone. Where I've been over there- you're not trailering and dumping in a standard boat almost anywhere. You can get a small boat, canoe, kayak, etc that you can launch by hand in without issue.

As far as the hunting- in my opinion it sucks like all of northern Indiana. Travelling out of state for free lance hunts with no draw are far more rewarding. Too much pressure, too many blinds/hunters up in northern Indiana. They hunt the corn too much at the kank imo so even it isn't that good anymore. Very few of the people who get drawn are actual waterfowlers. They are trigger pullers. They pull out their kazoos and scream at every duck within eyesight whether they are in the stratosphere or they are working the blind 150 yards away from them. Birds get confused with 4 people calling them and decide to keep moving. They shoot at any bird within 100 yards as well. Birds get educated fast.

The only time I have had a really good hunt there (or most other northern indiana FWAs) is right after the corn froze but the marsh was still partially open. The trigger pullers don't come out when the corns closed and you have to work for the birds (breaking ice, dealing with real cold, etc.) When that happens, there are empty blinds and the birds can work. And its usually guys who understand hunting ethics and HOW to let birds work who hunt when weather turns to ****. Get a hole open in the ice in the trees and the mallards drop in vertical. Its rare but worth it when it happens.

 

[OneShotBandit]

Thanks MB, as noted I was just wondering how one would launch a boat at some areas. I've hunted the Kank several times and have noted the same thing you've observed.One of the best hunts I've had up there was when the corn froze & we had to break ice almost all the way to the blind-there was a few open areas and we had a heck of a shoot! IMOO I don't know why they hunt the corn what now almost every day, but hey I'm not a Wildlife Biologist! Thanks again for your input!

 

[oldman1949]

Quantity before quality Virge .

 

[OneShotBandit]

NS! Thx Steve!

 

[MikeBen]

Thanks MB, as noted I was just wondering how one would launch a boat at some areas. I've hunted the Kank several times and have noted the same thing you've observed.One of the best hunts I've had up there was when the corn froze & we had to break ice almost all the way to the blind-there was a few open areas and we had a heck of a shoot! IMOO I don't know why they hunt the corn what now almost every day, but hey I'm not a Wildlife Biologist! Thanks again for your input!

The following is my opinion-
They hunt the corn every day for the same reason they have blinds 8 feet taller than the corn. The same reason water is kept so deep even though its proven that puddlers like the water around 12-18 inches. And the same reason you have blinds every 150 yards and everyone getting peppered with shot.

The answer is simple- FWA's are run by the government. The government is elected by the people. The people, in general, 1.) are lazy and 2.) don't know the first thing about hunting. The government officials who run the FWA's, wanting to get re-elected, listens to the lazy ****s and make the FWAs great for lazy ****s but not very good habitat for birds. Talk to any of the managers and they will tell you. They are in a constant battle of doing what is right/good for the wildlife/hunting vs doing what the state wants them to do. The State doesn't want better habitat for wildlife. They want content voters who will re-elect them.