Migration Alert: Arkansas light goose numbers remain strong
The Light Goose Conservation Order opens the door for February waterfowling in Arkansas. The LGCO's liberal regulations levels the playing field for hunters hoping to decoy these difficult birds. As temperatures begin to warm, light geese will begin heading north, but ideal habitat is holding birds in Arkansas for those looking for late-season opportunities.
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Migration Alert: Final Duck Hunting Weekend for Southern Mississippi Flyway States
Hunters have until sunset on January 27 to pursue ducks in the last few states in the lower Mississippi River Valley where the general waterfowl season is still open.
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Migration Alert: Arkansas waterfowlers preparing for excellent finish
Two to three inches of rain fell over eastern Arkansas Jan.12, causing slash water to collect in previously dry fields and pushing the Cache and White Rivers into adjoining sloughs, oxbows and green timber flats. The ducks have responded by shifting from managed water areas into these freshly-flooded places where new food sources are available.
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Migration Alert: Missouri Waterfowlers Hope for Warmer Weather and New Birds
With Missouri’s north and middle zones now closed to duck hunting, most of the state’s waterfowlers are now hunting geese – if they can find them. At Grand Pass Conservation Area east of Kansas City, the most recent count estimated 100,000 mallards, a good sign for hunters in the southern part of the state still hoping for new ducks to arrive.
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Migration Alert: Louisiana duck hunters expecting new birds
As this report is written, a strong storm system is pushing through upper and middle Mississippi Flyway states, bringing heavy snows, gale-force winds and plummeting temperatures.
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Migration Alert: Finished Up North; Fabulous Down South
My mother always said to start with the hardest task first because it makes the rest seem easy by comparison. So let's begin with ducks in the northernmost reaches of the Mississippi Flyway—the hardest thing to have to report. One word: Done.
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Migration Alert: Tennessee's Reelfoot Lake waterfowl numbers improving
Prospects for duck hunting at Reelfoot Lake in northwest Tennessee are improving, thanks to a new influx of birds and a forecast for a strong cold front pushing through by the first of next week.
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Migration Alert: Northerners Turn To Geese; Southerners Await Ducks
I can hear the rather rotund lady either warming up or in full voice in the northern portion of the Mississippi Flyway. For many hunters in the Upper Midwest, it's time to start putting away the duck gear and begin thinking about geese, or ice fishing.
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Migration Alert: DU Chief Scientist previews holiday weekend waterfowl
The duck season is open in all but a couple of states and zones over the Thanksgiving weekend. With the exception of opening day, that makes late November the most popular waterfowl time of the fall.
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Migration Alert: Mississippi biologist reports early mallards
Mississippi's season doesn't open until Nov. 23, but early habitat reports indicate the chance for an opportunity-rich season.
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Migration Alert: Survey flights report above-average waterfowl numbers in Illinois
A strong frontal passage on Nov. 12 pushed new ducks into Illinois. Aerial survey figures taken the next day show impressive numbers in the Illinois River Valley and along the upper Mississippi River.
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Migration Alert: Hoosier waterfowl hunters waiting for migration
Reports from the North and Central Zones have waterfowlers restricted to untraditional large bodies of water and sighting few migrants. With cold weather in the near future, hunters throughout the state remain optimistic.
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Migration Alert: SW Louisiana waterfowl habitat in good shape
The regular waterfowl season opener is only a few days away and hunters with up-to-date scouting reports and the ability to adjust accordingly will likely have a great opener.
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Migration Alert: Cold Weather Should Push Some Birds South
Despite the weather coming through Iowa right now, I reckon what they say about the "October Lull" might actually have some truth to it.
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Migration Alert: Arkansas waterfowl habitat dry, but season remains promising
With the general Arkansas duck season less than one month away, many of the state’s waterfowl hunters are praying for rain.
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Migration Alert: Wisconsin waterfowl numbers increasing as cold front approaches
The outlook for waterfowl hunting in Wisconsin is improving as duck and goose numbers continue to build along the Mississippi River and on the famed Horicon Marsh.
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Migration Alert: Duck numbers and available habitat increasing in Mississippi
Dec. 7, 2011: Duck numbers continue to increase in Mississippi and as harsh winter weather hits northern states hunters should expect more.
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Marathon Petroleum Company named 2011 Wings Over Wetlands winner
Ducks Unlimited and the Wildlife Habitat Council recognized Marathon Petroleum Company LP as the winner of the 2011 Wings Over Wetlands award.
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Migration Alert - Mississippi Flyway: Waterfowl on the way
Oct. 18, 2011: Waterfowl on the way in the Upper Midwest
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Deep Freeze throughout Arkansas has ducks on the move
Arkansas will experience the coldest air of the season on Jan. 9-10, causing most shallow waterways to freeze and forcing ducks to find alternate habitats with open water.
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Waterfowl Migration Flyways
Banding research helped waterfowl managers map the major migration corridors followed by ducks and geese, which are known today as flyways. For management purposes, North America is divided into four flyways—the Atlantic, Mississippi, Central, and Pacific.
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DU Projects: Mississippi Flyway
More than 2,300 miles long with a watershed of more than 1.5 million square miles, the Mississippi River is North America’s greatest waterway and the most heavily used migration corridor for waterfowl and other birds. DU and its partners have conserved more than 1.6 million acres in the U.S. portion of this flyway.
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2010 Waterfowl Forecast
Waterfowl populations remain at high levels overall thanks to favorable breeding habitat conditions
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Upper Mississippi River
An overview of Ducks Unlimited's habitat conservation work in the Upper Mississippi River priority area
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Mississippi Alluvial Valley
An overview of Ducks Unlimited's Mississippi Alluvial Valley priority area.
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Upper Mississippi River - More Information
Background information on DU's Upper Mississippi River conservation priority area
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