Waterfowl Management for Duck Hunting- The Management Advantage #4

Farmers and deer managers alike will tell you that most weeds are bad. When it comes to waterfowl management, beneficial weeds in moist soil environments play a huge role in a duck's diet and lead to successful duck hunting. Providing these beneficial weeds is cost-effective because they are already found in the seed bank. With correctly timed soil disturbance and proper tillage, these weeds and grasses will spring to life and provide thousands of pounds of forage for wintering and migrating ducks. In all reality, you are farming for weeds. Correctly doing so prevents undesirable vegetation, but it requires knowing what to do in the given situation and when to do it.
We took The Firminator to uncharted ground in the duck capital of the world, which is home to some of the toughest soils in the country to manage. It proved to worked just as well in forested openings and wetland areas for duck hunting as it does in a one acre secluded food plot for deer hunting in the Midwest. Instead of multiple passes and implements, it works the soil down with less passes and shorter time. Join Jody Pagan of 5 Oaks Wildlife Services and Tom James, creator of The Firminator, as they plant Golden Millet, and talk about soil disturbance in moist soil impoundments just ahead of Hurricane Isaac.
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[@psn0009]

This video has made me want to make a complete career change. I have my MBA and been a business guy my whole life, hunt and fish for fun. This video makes me want to disrupt a duck whole with discs and grow existing seeds for future waterfowl groceries during duck season. Seriously, can an MBA get a career doing this for a living without an ag degree? Fascinating material!

[@AgPilotDavidB]

I have a degree in recreation: natural resources and I am have ping a hard time finding a job in this just not a lot of people hiring for this

[@teddyhoxie8083]

You're an inspiration to me. I eat breathe and sleep duck hunting I'm a farmer down in Maryland in one of the whole goals of the farm that I work on is to improve wildlife habitat by managing cattle and other agricultural resources in a sustainable and regenerative fashion

[@sg255010]

Man he said it "It's living and dying management" If only more people felt thought like that....

[@ManagementAdvantage]

Jody eats, sleeps, and breathes managing for waterfowl!

[@gee8648]

Love the visuals, love how in depth this is but I dislike how it seems like one big infomercial for "The Firmamator", I don't mind a little advertising but it seems like the same thing over and over and its all about the firmamator.

[@peatbear1787]

Is there any thing you would recommend planting in a marsh that is about 4 ft deep