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<blockquote data-quote="FightingSioux" data-source="post: 385270" data-attributes="member: 1333">Their populations keep dropping, a big part of the population is in ND. There have been many theories on why the populations keep dropping but one of the last articles I read said that the no till fields are what pintails love to nest in, but those fields are disturbed in the planting season. They like those fields over CRP and other fields that do not have that planting traffic in the spring. They are not adapting with more and more no till fields in the prairie pothole region. Some say their populations could get worse and some say a lower population may be the new norm.There was another theory that they were not getting enough calcium during a migration from a clam that they normally eat that is being displaced by another invasive shellfish. Their eggs were not as tough as they once were.I don’t mind not getting to shoot pintails except for the fact that they are hard to identify early in the season</blockquote>

[QUOTE="FightingSioux, post: 385270, member: 1333"] Their populations keep dropping, a big part of the population is in ND. There have been many theories on why the populations keep dropping but one of the last articles I read said that the no till fields are what pintails love to nest in, but those fields are disturbed in the planting season. They like those fields over CRP and other fields that do not have that planting traffic in the spring. They are not adapting with more and more no till fields in the prairie pothole region. Some say their populations could get worse and some say a lower population may be the new norm. There was another theory that they were not getting enough calcium during a migration from a clam that they normally eat that is being displaced by another invasive shellfish. Their eggs were not as tough as they once were. I don’t mind not getting to shoot pintails except for the fact that they are hard to identify early in the season [/QUOTE]

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