Comments for Know a Fantastic Refuge Manager? at http://refugerat.com , comment 1 to 3 out of 3 comments http://refugerat.com Sun, 19 May 2013 07:58:00 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.3 http://refugerat.com/home/49-general/121-know-a-fantastic-refuge-manager#comment-283 Some of the best Refuge Managers we have learned about really understand the dynamics of habitat managment and watch their fields like hawks, as they know what they do in the spring/summer will effect habitat outcomes in the fall/winter months, and ultimately how wildlife use the fields. - RatStaff Sat, 17 Sep 2011 08:28:11 +0100 http://refugerat.com/home/49-general/121-know-a-fantastic-refuge-manager#comment-164 The Arkansas 09 SEASON was Wet first then split, and the wet year left them spread out in flooded fields of the mighty White River. . so locating them was a not a long task.. lack of permission and leases had it all locked up though.. and then came the mighty cold down to -11 ten days of ice everywhere all locked up so I went back to the refuge ,,, the rice and the food, I asked a Mgr where to go? he said they were eating up the standing corn they left just the spot in four inch ice and then kicked me a spot back on the rice .. behind the timber ... The best MGR I can remember Raul was his name @ B.K.N.W.R. RAT Truth ---I called more than 1000 mallards into and through my decoys, preening, swimming, splashing done by 8:18am standing in the edge of the new hardwood plantings, using my decoy bag in the trees to shield my face. It was a Fantastic, fantastic memory as the Green flys by looking him in the eye and talking miss mallard all the way down. Thank you Raul for reinstating my belief that not all Fish&Game forgot who they work for ---- US The citizens... to serve as a civil servant & suppoter of waterfowlers - Douglas Nelson Sun, 31 Jan 2010 09:00:50 +0100 http://refugerat.com/home/49-general/121-know-a-fantastic-refuge-manager#comment-41 Bill Cook at Los Banos, California should be at the top of the list. - Ed Wed, 12 Nov 2008 02:55:26 +0100