Spring breeding duck index was the 23rd highest on record and stands 38% above the long-term (1948-2021) average.
A green-winged teal by 15-year old Madison Grimm will grace the 2022-2023 Junior Duck Stamp. (Madison Grimm/USFWS)A young artist from South Dakota has taken top honors at the National Junior Duck Stamp Art Contest. A green-winged teal by 15-year old Madison Grimm will grace the 2022-2023 Junior Duck Stamp, which raises funds to educate and engage our nation’s youth in wildlife…
Thanks to input from hunters and new scientific research, changes are coming to the 2022 migratory bird hunting season.
Thousands of the birds are migrating through Nebraska and there is no hunting limits during conservation season. However, it is illegal not to clean or properly dispose of the birds.
Snow geese passing toward wintering grounds much later than normal.
Winter weather in January puts hamper on late goose hunting.
The author used to fear the darkness, but now he embraces it.
Hopefully, future weather will bring some better waterfowl hunting circumstances, and improved flights of migrants, or this may end up as a “no duck dinner” year for this blogger’s home.
Despite being uncomfortable and often downright unpleasant, the alluring call of a duck blind keeps hunters coming back year after year.
Decoys come in different shapes and sizes, and hold different memories.
He won with his painting of a pair of redheads floating in the water.
Why weren’t state waterfowlers given better direction regarding the issue leading up to this new season?
Robert Metropulous, of Arbor Vitae, won first place in this year’s wild turkey stamp category, Mark Kanitz, of Markesan, took first place in the pheasant design category, and Brian Kuether, of Greenfield, won the waterfowl design category.
The early September season for Canada goose hunting is already here and with the changes in the regular Canada goose season for most of the state, more and more people are taking advantage of the early hunt. The season, which runs from Sept. 1-25 in much of the state, offers plenty of opportunity with less restrictive regulations. The bag limit…
Despite the dry conditions, the outlook is good for both teal hunting and early goose hunting. Hunters are encouraged to do scouting prior to the season since hunter access to many lakes will be an issue. For the complete DNR weekly waterfowl migration report, click here. Categories: Hunting News, Waterfowl Tags: Geese, Hunting, Minnesota DNR, Teal, Waterfowl
Waterfowlers who have planned to hunt on the Leech Lake or White Earth reservations should contact the respective tribal natural resource departments for more information.
In addition to zone and date changes, hunters will see a state waterfowl stamp fee increase from $7 to $12.
BISMARCK, N.D. — A new habitat modeling technique will allow Delta Waterfowl to produce maps of breeding waterfowl habitat conditions like never before. As first published in Delta’s “Fall Flight Forecast” earlier this month, Delta said the innovative strategy marks a vast improvement in accuracy and precision over conditions maps of its kind. “We’ve produced conditions maps in the past,…
Walking the area near Watefowlers Hill at Game Fair in Ramsey, Minn., six people were asked their thoughts on Minnesota’s first-ever early teal season.
Author preps his gear for early goose season.
Comment period on Biden USFWS proposal to eliminate the duck stamp ‘hunting element’ ends July 23
But given the drought that is gripping North Dakota — along with much of the prairie pothole region — it’s not surprising that the state’s breeding duck estimate is where it’s at.
Highlights include new open-water duck zone.
Doe found to have fatal neurological disease in Wyandot County.
Heavy snow is finally melting, and snow geese are pushing through in a hurry.
“We’ve had an unusually mild winter with little snow accumulation. Availability of food should have been good and overall wintering conditions were excellent.”
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