Duck

Type: warm season annual mixture Wildlife Dealers

Uses: Many waterfowl species will benefit from habitat improvements like supplemental plantings. These same habitat improvements will also attract more mallard duck, the most popular and most sought after water fowl species in the U.S. Cover, food and shallow water are the basic habitat requirements needed for good waterfowl management. Ducks are mostly herbivores, characterized as grazers and seed eaters, and have diverse diets of grasses, forbs, seeds, fruits, acorns, cultivated crops and aquatic plants. Food plantings of seed producing plants around the edges and in waterfowl impoundments can provide excellent food and habitat for waterfowl.

Pennington's WingMaster Duck Mixture is a combination of seed (including Japanese millets, Proso millet, Buckwheat, and Grain Sorghum) which produce plants that will make an excellent food source for ducks. . Planting food along water edges, in the impoundments, or in low areas that will flood during the winter are excellent ways to increase habitat and hold more birds on your property. Pennington's Duck Mixture is tolerant of some flooding, however water should be held off until plants are fully mature or about 80 days after germination. For dabbling ducks or puddle ducks that feed in shallow water, levels should be kept in the range of 6" to 18" inches deep once flooding occurs.

Some practical pond management such as thinning or removing non-mast crop trees along the water's edge could help to increase sunlight exposure to the soil thus increasing natural food supplies from seed-producing weed and grass plants. Also carefully controlling water levels in waterfowl impoundments helps provide good growth for your supplemental food source and encourage natural food supplies to grow. Waterfowls are federally regulated migratory birds, and you should pay close attention to federal and state regulations regarding field management.

Planting Date: April - July
Rate: 40 lbs. covers one acre or 1 lb./1000 sq. ft.
Depth: 1/4"

Best For: Duck, Dove, Pheasant, Rabbit, Quail

40 lb. bag
$38.95

Best For: Deer, Turkey, Duck, Dove, Pheasant, Rabbit, Quail

Plants 1 Acre

Uses: The mourning dove is a migratory game bird that has four basic habitat needs: food, cover, water and grit. These habitat needs must be met to produce more local nesting birds and to attract migratory birds during the season. With the popularity of dove hunting on the rise, hunting clubs and field managers are seeking ways to compete with nearby fields. Planning, understanding the birds and providing necessary habitat will go a long way toward having a successful hunt. Doves also need a water source within one mile of their food source. In addition doves need grit (small bits of gravel and larger grains of sand) in their diets to help grind food in the gizzard. Gravel roads and roadsides are a perfect location for birds to find this grit. Doves are seed eaters with about 99% of their diet in late summer and fall made up of seed. Pennington's WingMaster Dove Mixture is a combination of small seeded millet, grain sorghum and sunflower that will provide a plentiful supply of seed for doves. This seed combination will mature in a staggered effect with some plants producing seed in as little as 60 days while others take 110 days. It is important to plant WingMaster Dove mixtures no later than May 15 so the plants will have time to mature and shatter seed. Later plantings or time-delayed plantings are preferred if late season hunts and additional field manipulation is required.

Planting
Date: April - July
Rate: 40 lbs. covers one acre or 1 lb./1000 sq. ft.
Depth: ¼"

Best For: Deer, Turkey, Duck, Dove, Pheasant, Rabbit, Quail

40 lb. bag
$34.95

Type: warm season annual mixture

Uses: Wingmaster Wildlife Rice will make an excellent supplemental planting for any waterfowl species, especially mallard ducks. This versatile food plot seed can be seeded into a prepared seedbed, mud flat or right over the water. It will mature in 75 days with an abundance of seed.

Planting
Date: June - July
Rate: 40 lbs. per acre or 1 lb./1000 sq. ft. Use higher seedling rates if direct seeding into water (up to 100 lbs.).
Depth: ½ -1"

Method: For water seeding, water must be 6" deep or less. Presoak seeds in a large container. Skim off floating seeds. After 24-36 hours drain and place seed in a wet sack (burlap or a pillow case will work fine), for the next 24 hours turning the sack occasionally and keeping it moist in a shady warm area. Seed is now ready to water broadcast. Seed can also be broadcast or conventionally drilled into a firm seedbed, no till drilled into a killed sod or broadcast onto mudflats. Flood irrigate to control weeds.

Best For Duck

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