wannabe_keeper Posted September 1, 2013 Report Share Posted September 1, 2013 My little shoot borders a large reservoir where many ducks and geese are present. Unfortunately there is no pond on my patch but there is a small water jump which the horses used to use which has a natural spring and is about 4m x 4m. I am hoping to persuade the farmer to let me dig it out and extend it a tad next year! Anyway are there any ways I can encourage ducks to feed on it, or is it far too small in its current state. I have seen a couple of geese last season when I got the patch feeding on the grass field on my bit and also get the odd duck flight over. I guess it's just a question of standing near the resi and hoping that stuff flights over as any kind of feeders wouldn't work to encourage duck/geese onto the land without any real body of water?! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kennett Posted September 1, 2013 Report Share Posted September 1, 2013 Ive seen ducks on splashes not much bigger than a bath so there's always hope! As for encouraging them I always start feeding the same weekend as the cla gamefair (end of July) with a bucket of whatever I can sweep out of the grain store, wheat, barley, beans rape or spuds. Never used decoys bit might be worth a try? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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