Future of CRP ?

To me it comes down to the good ole follow the money situation. Unfortunately there's just not that many bird hunters any more. Just look at hotels and diners and even more the upland sections at your big retailer's. When a kayak section is bigger than the upland section it tells me a lot. We're not out there in the numbers we'd like to think these days, sometimes it doesn't feel that way fighting for public ground but overall the tradition of bird hunting is dying in my opinion. And when the voice dies and the people that understand what crp does for wildlife dies so to speak its a dismal situation for conservation.
 
GetTothePoint said:
To me it comes down to the good ole follow the money situation. Unfortunately there's just not that many bird hunters any more. Just look at hotels and diners and even more the upland sections at your big retailer's. When a kayak section is bigger than the upland section it tells me a lot. We're not out there in the numbers we'd like to think these days, sometimes it doesn't feel that way fighting for public ground but overall the tradition of bird hunting is dying in my opinion. And when the voice dies and the people that understand what crp does for wildlife dies so to speak its a dismal situation for conservation.
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To add to this the big box stores cater more to deer hunters then us bird hunters. Deer guys take wildlife for granted as the whitetails thrive. Maybe the virus issue will create some interest in conservation on their side.
 
Where I am located in Texas the best thing for both farmers and birds would be a return to the programs of the 80’s. Growers had to plant 1/3 in grain sorghum, 1/3 in row crop (cotton in my area) and 1/3 in set aside. Do that and increase crp payments by 30-50% to get absentee landlords interested and I think bird hunting would be amazing if 2-3 years. Doubt it will happen but i am going to keep dreaming about that and winning the lottery. 🤷‍♂️
 
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