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Excerpt from Louisiana Conservationist, Vol. 11: May-June 1959 Present plans call for the introduction of native duck food plants such as smartweeds, chufa and others. A fair stand of smartweed has been produced on one of the food plots as a result of broadcasting seed over the area during the summer. Good dove and quail foods such as buckwheat, corn and soybeans will be planted on the higher areas. Squirrel hunting in Bodcau Bottom is usually very good. Due probably to a poor acorn crop in 1957, and a scarcity of food during the summer, there were very few young squirrel produced in 1958. This resulted in below average squirrel hunting success during the 1958-59 season. Deer are increasing in and around the area. There have been two deer releases, one in 1955 and one in 1956, in the vicinity of Bodcau Bottom. It is not uncommonly new for one to see deer during visits to the area. A deer hunting season is planned for the area in the near future. This area is a good wild turkey habitat and it is planned to introduce this magnificent game bird on the area as soon as possible. Along the transition zone of Bodcau, where the hills end and the bottoms begin, are large fields that were once cultivated. Disking such areas increases the growth and spread of goatweed and other good game foods. It is planned to fence and plant some of these areas to such game foods as vetch, chocolate weed, common lespedeza, corn and others. These open areas already support a fair population of doves and quail, but with the addition of the proposed food plots the carrying capacity of these areas will be increased. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy