woodduck
5 year old buck +
Thanks for the nice comments guys. The pond is almost half acre in size. Certainly not as big as I would have liked but terrain features and money were deciding factors. I designed it to be anywhere from a few inches of water to 3ft, with most of the pond being around 18 in deep. I will drain it in late june once any young wood ducks can fly and either plant Japanese Millet or just let native aquatic vegetation grow then reflood in early fall.... sort of like a waterfowl impoundment. I probably wont hunt it just hopefully enjoy growing ducks. I planted 1 Pin oak with more to come for added food in the fall. Hopefully once the button bush takes off I should have some good cover to provide food and more importantly protection for the young woodies. I tried to replicate a small woodland beaver pond....one of the best wildlife improvements I have made to my place. This past bow season I sat in a stand about 80 yards away and had 2 young bucks spar and chase each other through the entire pond for the better part of an hour. It was quite a show with lots of splashing.