It is a wildlife ramp. Parking is lacking if you get more than about a dozen vehicles with trailers though. Not sure on the origin of the cuts, but the bays have been known to give up a drum or two for me.
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The thought process for the ditches was to try and eliminate the pools of standing water that would accumulate on the marsh grass flats. No standing water, skeeters larvae have a tough time molting into adults.
Way back in the day, with enough ditches cut, the consensus was it helped.
But then in the 70's and 80's ya couldn't be out there disturbing the natural order of the earth anymore 'cause the world needs skeeters too.
I can tell you that those ditches were natural travel magnets for mushrats where I grew up and I trapped a whole bunch more because of those ditches. That too, was messing with the world order I was told.
Way back in the day, with enough ditches cut, the consensus was it helped.
But then in the 70's and 80's ya couldn't be out there disturbing the natural order of the earth anymore 'cause the world needs skeeters too.
I can tell you that those ditches were natural travel magnets for mushrats where I grew up and I trapped a whole bunch more because of those ditches. That too, was messing with the world order I was told.
I have. All in the prep. Down Loosyanna way it used to be found in the back bayou roadside diners as "Marsh Hare". You can still look some recipes up under Marsh hare.
It can be good.Used to make chile or red sauce for noodles in a cast iron pot simmerin all day. Just a large water goin squirrel I guess.
But, if ya skin 20-100 per month, you don't want to eat 'em, smell em, or skin em, unless there's $$ in it.
Tried everything we ever trapped as a kid but posssum. Skin one of those with all winter fat on em and tell me you'll try it. YUCK!
It can be good.Used to make chile or red sauce for noodles in a cast iron pot simmerin all day. Just a large water goin squirrel I guess.
But, if ya skin 20-100 per month, you don't want to eat 'em, smell em, or skin em, unless there's $$ in it.
Tried everything we ever trapped as a kid but posssum. Skin one of those with all winter fat on em and tell me you'll try it. YUCK!
If you have never experienced mosquitoes so thick that they would totally disable you then count yourself blessed. Some people wouldn't believe they could be that bad but they sure can.
I would hope the problem has lightened up since that project. For sure there is a lot more "meat" walking around so maybe they are spread out more.
They don't know how to drive a car but those tourists can feed the heck out of a mosquito God bless em.
Seriously though. I imagine some ecologically sound spray application of a substance that would break the surface tension would be a possible way to break the population explosion but that's just a guess. Seems to me that ditching a Marsh must have cost a fortune.
Anyway these thousands of little pockets and cuts hold drum? They sure look like the perfect habitat for a saltwater nursery.
Call me whatever you want but I'm not eating rats. Tree, Marsh, Street, doesn't matter, I'm not doing it unless I'm starving. I'm allergic to red meat anyway now from too many tick bites but even prior to that I'd say no thanks. Same for possum, raccoon etc.
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I would hope the problem has lightened up since that project. For sure there is a lot more "meat" walking around so maybe they are spread out more.
They don't know how to drive a car but those tourists can feed the heck out of a mosquito God bless em.
Seriously though. I imagine some ecologically sound spray application of a substance that would break the surface tension would be a possible way to break the population explosion but that's just a guess. Seems to me that ditching a Marsh must have cost a fortune.
Anyway these thousands of little pockets and cuts hold drum? They sure look like the perfect habitat for a saltwater nursery.
Call me whatever you want but I'm not eating rats. Tree, Marsh, Street, doesn't matter, I'm not doing it unless I'm starving. I'm allergic to red meat anyway now from too many tick bites but even prior to that I'd say no thanks. Same for possum, raccoon etc.
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