Wisconsin duck-hunting season report from DU’s Chris Sebastian [video]
Waterfowl hunters can expect good things this fall.
The season is expected to look similar to previous waterfowl seasons overall as far as season length and duck bag limits, but with one significant change on the duck side of the season – the duck zones would all open on the same day, if NRB members approve the season framework as offered by the DNR.
Beginner duck hunters encouraged to attend a free waterfowl identification workshop.
An additional 16,400 mallards were tallied statewide.
But it was a successful hunt, one we’ll remember for a long time.
Michigan’s waterfowl season ended with a sky full of ducks, including mostly mallards and a few black ducks.
On Nov. 11, 1940, a blizzard dropped temperatures from the 60s to single digits in hours and trapped duck hunters across the Upper Midwest. (Iowa DNR photo)The song still haunts me. And I have no idea what it would be like to be on a ship in distress a mere 15 miles from the safety of Whitefish Bay, or even…
Total ducks on the Mississippi River during the first week of November reportedly 146 percent above the 10-year average and 86 percent above late-October count.
Waterfowl hunters can expect good things this fall.
Sentence also includes two-year ban from guiding for fish or wildlife in the refuge.
Action kicks off Saturday, Oct. 21 in the North Zone, and a week later in the Central Zone.
Action on a recent Michigan waterfowl hunt was so fast and furious that the hunters had little time to visit and catch up.
Entering mid-October, Minnesotans are seeing a trickle of ducks while waiting for a serious push.
The number of duck-hunting wetlands in North Dakota is down about 40 percent from last year, to the lowest level in nine years, according to the Game and Fish Department’s annual fall wetland survey.
But fair reproduction for ducks in traditional breeding areas this year still makes for good fall hunting potential in the state.
Painting of white-winged scoter by Mark Thone will be featured on the 2018 Minnesota Migratory Waterfowl Stamp.
Weekend includes state’s first decoy carving contest sponsored by Wisconsin Waterfowl Association.
The early September goose season was poor to fair statewide.The forecast is calling for a favorable Minnesota waterfowl season. “Habitat conditions look good in most areas, wild rice reports are good for hunters in the northern portions of the state and waterfowl numbers are favorable,” said Steve Cordts, waterfowl specialist with the Minnesota DNR. The waterfowl season opens Saturday, Sept….
Total populations were estimated at 47.3 million breeding ducks in the traditional survey area, which is similar to last year’s estimate of 48.4 million and is 34 percent above the 1955-2016 long-term average.
There’s less water to attract breeding ducks in the spring, fewer insects to feed young ducks, and longer distances for young ducks to travel on foot after they leave the nest, making them more vulnerable to predators.
State duck blind spots up for grabs through lottery.
This year’s brood index came in at 3.68 broods per square mile, down 5 percent from last year. The statewide average since the survey began in 1955 is 2.59 broods per square mile. Overall brood size was up 8 percent from last year.
Drawings being held in August for state park blinds.
This year’s Canada goose population estimate a whopping 120,000 higher than last year.
DEC: Waterfowl hunting seasons provide diverse opportunities across the state.
Similar to last year, the Horicon Canada goose hunting zone will have one single continuous 92-day time period, rather than the two split time periods experienced in the past. In addition, the pintail daily bag limit based on U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service frameworks, has been reduced from two to one.
The ducks, which use the Chesapeake Bay as a winter migration destination and have a longstanding history in Maryland, could be the next symbol of the state.