HOW ARE THEY TRAPPING DUCKS?
Each trap is baited with some sort of grain, most often whole corn. Where carp make a point of disturbing the trap to get to the corn, other grains have been substituted, some of which have a tendency to float and are, therefore, not as tempting to the carp. Both the permanent traps and the portable traps are in locations frequented by dabbling ducks. The traps are such that the ducks don’t have too much difficulty finding a way in to get to the bait, but finding a way out is a different story. Traps often have a tube-shaped wire mesh entrance that the ducks can squeeze through to enter but can’t push the raw wire ends apart to get back out. PGC staff and volunteers check traps at least once a day, sometimes twice. They drive from trap to trap and approach each one in waders with large nets and burlap sacks. The top of the trap is opened watchfully, and any captured birds are carefully secured using nets and then placed in the burlap sacks. Then the birds are brought to the edge of the
