Hunting in the Footsteps of a Waterfowling Legend
The attractive lure of duck hunting Beaverdam Lake and the Mississippi River.
A wide variety of habitat is available to ducks in the Beaverdam area. The rich soils of the Mississippi Delta provide ample feeding opportunities. (Photo by John Felsher) December 11, 2020 By John Felsher
Over the millennia, the capricious Mississippi River has built a well-watered alluvial floodplain dominated by numerous backwaters, oxbows, streams, cypress swamps and soggy bottomlands. Periodic floods recharge and fertilize ancient oxbows and lowlands, creating outstanding waterfowl habitat.
Today, the Mississippi Delta spans nearly 7,000 square miles of the Mississippi River Alluvial Valley, one of the most critical wintering waterfowl habitats in North America.