Migration Alert: Pacific Flyway Hunters Looking for Strong Finish
Pacific Flyway hunters will face early fog, sunshine, and then clear weather conditions from border to border for the last weekend of the 2013-14 duck season.
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Migration Alert: Cold Temperatures in Kansas Will Help Hunters Finish Strong
Temperatures are cooling off, and if you can find open water you can find some ducks. By Field Hudnall, DU-TV host.
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Migration Alert: Arctic Blast Sends Massive Push of Geese to Maryland's Eastern Shore
Waterfowl are on the move in the Atlantic Flyway, following an Arctic blast that has brought bitter cold temperatures to much of the region.
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Migration Alert: Arctic Blast Brings New Birds into Kentucky
Blowing snow and near-record cold temperatures swept across the central United States on January 5, and reports from around Kentucky verify some movement of new waterfowl into the state with this front.
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Migration Alert: Dealing with Late-Season Extremes
From 60 to Zero in a Week, then from Zero to 60
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Migration Alert: Pennsylvania Mallard Numbers Peak
Flocks of mallards and black ducks poured over the tree-line in a seemingly unending string. They were in bunches of tens and twenties, mostly, but several flocks numbered at least 100 strong as the birds funneled down into the Pennsylvania cornfield.
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Migration Alert: Winter Weather System Impacts Kansas Waterfowl Hunters
Dec. 11, 2013 - Central Flyway - Kansas
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Migration Alert: Mallards Funnel into Missouri
The mallards are in Missouri! That's the late word from waterfowl biologists and hunters. Harsh wintry weather to the north and powerful cold fronts have pushed peak numbers of mallards into this state.
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Migration Alert: Georgia Waterfowl Biologist Provides Season Forecast
Georgia state waterfowl biologist, Greg Balkcom gives his forecast for the upcoming waterfowl season, and gives his top picks for WMAs to hunt this season.
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Migration Alert: Waterfowl Season Off to a Strong Start on Texas Coast
It's a good time to be a duck hunter on the Texas Gulf Coast. Timely rains and cold fronts have made for a great beginning to the waterfowl season in this region. The rice prairies of Matagorda, Wharton and Colorado counties have more water now than they have had in recent years, providing vital habitat for wintering ducks, geese and sandhill cranes.
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Migration Alert: First Push of Dabblers Hits PA; Divers Delayed
A few weeks ago, much of Pennsylvania awoke to the year's first heavy frost, an event timed in conjunction with a full moon. So my friends and I had high hopes as we entered a public marsh last week, and the thin layer of ice crunching against our knees did little to dampen spirits.
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DU Waterfowl Migration Email Alerts
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Atlantic Flyway Hunters Ready to Roll
Many Atlantic Flyway waterfowlers kicked off the hunting year with resident Canada goose and early teal seasons in several states, while others are eagerly anticipating the main event in the upper end of the flyway. New York often provides a good indication of what the season will hold in states further down the flyway.
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Migration Alert: The Stage is Set for North Dakota's Duck Season
For much of the past three weeks, Joe Fladeland has been bumping around North Dakota's back-roads chasing early season Canada geese, but the number of ducks gathered on the state's prairie potholes has the Avery pro-staffer excited about the opening of the general waterfowl season later this month.
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Migration Alert: Good Signs for Great Late Goose Hunting
The sun sets on duck season this week in the Pacific Flyway, and now geese are the only game in town. Hunters like Jason Haley of My Outdoor Buddy took one last shot at duck hunting before moving on to late-season geese, which offer limited but excellent opportunities until March 10, when the federal framework governing waterfowling hunting closes all seasons until fall.
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Migration Alert: Late-Season Opportunities Remain in Oklahoma and Missouri
Scouting will be the key to success during the last weekend of the duck season in Oklahoma. Next door in northwestern Missouri, waterfowlers are also focusing on geese.
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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: Goose Hunting is Great
Late last summer, just before the opening bell on early waterfowl seasons, the chatter among hunters was about the record number of ducks poised to come down the flyway. Now that seasons are closed for many waterfowlers, or at least will be closed in the near future, that cautious optimism has done a 180... Truth is, just like every year, some hunters succeed where others fail.
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Migration Alert: Western Kentucky
Low water. Ice. Nocturnal feeding. Stale Birds. All these are reasons why duck hunting in western Kentucky's famed Ballard County and Henderson waterfowl areas has been disappointing in recent days. Both areas picked up new ducks with back-to-back cold fronts between Christmas and New Year. However, these birds have settled into "hunter avoidance mode," and hunting success has suffered in the first week of 2013.
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Migration Alert: Duck Hunters Dream of a White Christmas
West Coast duck hunters want not only a white Christmas but also an early one that will deliver all the ducks on their wish lists.
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Migration Alert: A Long Drive through Duck Country
I've just returned from a hunt in which a friend and I drove from our home in Clarksville, Tennessee, to The Pas, Manitoba, Canada—a distance of over 1,800 miles each way!
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Migration Alert: Hurricane Isaac's Aftermath
More than two weeks after Hurricane Isaac made landfall, the impacts are still clearly visible along the Louisiana and Mississippi Gulf coast.
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Migration Alert: Brandon, Manitoba—Early Season Success
The opening weekend of the waterfowl season in Manitoba provided me with the opportunity to continue a tradition I began last season, which was my first on the prairies of Manitoba.
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Migration Alert: Tennessee hunting success sporadic
Dec. 27, 2011: Hunter success in Tennessee has been sporadic. In many areas ducks have been here-today-and-gone-tomorrow.
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Migration Alert - Southern Illinois waterfowlers waiting for push
Dec. 21, 2011: Southern Illinois hunters are in a wait-and-hope mode: waiting for a push of new birds and hoping it will occur before the season ends in late January.
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Migration Alert: Hunt Now in Oklahoma
Dec. 13, 2011: Oklahoma's second season opened this past Saturday, bringing with it a level of excitement not seen this year in the area.
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Migration Alert: West Tennessee migration improving
Dec. 12, 2011: Hunting on Reelfoot Lake in northwest Tennessee has been slow, but action is picking up today.
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Migration Alert: Recent rain and cold have dispersed waterfowl in Missouri
Dec. 7, 2011: An abundance of new water in southern Missouri and ice in the north has shuffled the deck for hunters in this state.
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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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Migration Alert: Oklahoma habitat, duck numbers look promising
Dec. 6, 2011: Current weather conditions are good for hunting ducks in Oklahoma – highs in the 40s and lows around 20.
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Migration Alert: California reports indicate good numbers and habitat
Nov. 22, 2011: California waterfowlers have seen decent numbers of early migrators, and expectations are high as new cold fronts continue to push birds south.
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Migration Alert: Rainfall improves conditions in parts of Arkansas before opener
Nov. 18, 2011: Waterfowlers throughout much of Arkansas should expect a decent opening day as good numbers of early migrators have arrived.
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Migration Alert: Missouri and Kansas waterfowlers optimistic
Nov. 17, 2011: Habitat conditions have improved with recent rain, but Missouri and Kansas hunters are still waiting on a big cold front from the north.
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Migration Alert: Colorado - Birds arriving on the Front Range
Nov. 15, 2011: Snowstorms along the Northern Front Range has pushed migrating ducks and geese into several new areas throughout Colorado.
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Migration Alert - Early counts show Louisiana duck numbers higher than last year
Nov. 11, 2011: The estimated 1.84 million ducks on this survey is 13 percent higher than last November's estimate of 1.62 million.
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Migration Alert: Hunting Heats Up in Colorado and Nebraska
Nov. 11, 2011: An influx of dabblers, divers, and geese has recently arrived along the northern Front Range.
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Migration Alert: N. Indiana seeing migration increase
Nov. 4, 2011: Hunters who can find spots with wood ducks and green-winged teal will continue having the best success for now.
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Migration Alert: Minnesota - Above average temperatures expected as migration continues
Nov. 3, 2011: Hunting success has remained slow over the past week.
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Migration Alert: Still Waiting for the Big Push in North Dakota
Oct. 27, 2011: Waterfowl numbers in the Dakotas appear to be in a holding pattern right now and a powerful cold front is sorely needed to help move new ducks and geese into the region.
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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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Migration Alert - Manitoba: Ducks and geese hitch a ride south on brisk winds
Oct. 18, 2011: Brisk northwest winds in recent days have triggered a push of waterfowl out of Canada's southeastern prairie and into the Dakotas and beyond.
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Migration Alert - Minnesota: Cooler temperatures improve waterfowl numbers
Oct. 14, 2011: Duck hunting success remained fair across the state over the past week despite the above average temperatures.
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Waterfowl Migration Alert
DU-TV is currently filming for the 2012 season in Saskatchewan. Show host, Huntley Ritter, and DU Sr. Communications Specialist, Mike Checkett provide a glimpse of the hunting conditions they faced throughout the week.
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Migration Alert: Plenty of water and ducks for North Dakota Opener
Sept. 21, 2011: The outlook for North Dakota's duck season is quite good, but extensive scouting will be imperative for success.
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Migration Alert: Texas teal hunting depends on water
Sept. 15, 2011: Opening day of teal season on the coast was outstanding if you had access to water.
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Migration Alert: Good teal opener expected in Louisiana
Sept. 9, 2011: Expect a good opening teal weekend depending on the area, with all areas seeing more birds in the next few weeks.
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Migration Alert: Teal numbers increasing in Texas
Sept. 8, 2011: Teal concentrating on areas with water, suitable habitat
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Migration Alert: Texas Migratory Bird Hunting Report
Sept. 2, 2011: Leveed ponds and fields that have water are holding significant blue-winged teal numbers. Unfortunately, the drought is limiting suitable habitat.
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