Posted By:
Anthony-Santoli
Field Editor
08-04-2008 08:29
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Saturday late afternoon with that nice little cold front a pod of 12-15 Teal flew right over my house, heading southbound. Teal pops continue to rise and are actually outnumbering Mallards as the most abundant duck in North America. Every little cool blast we get, the more Teal get moving. It does not take much to push the Bluewings around and by Mid October, millions of them are already in Mexico and South America.
Posted By:
jim-waldman
Field Editor
07-29-2008 19:20
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Blind drawings accross the state to include mini Waterfowl Hunters’ Parties put on by DU. Over 1,000 dozen Greenhead Gear decoys will be given away as prizes in various games and raffles as hunters wait for their name to be drawn for blind permits on state lands. Mosquito is Saturday August 16th.
Posted By:
Anthony-Santoli
Field Editor
07-24-2008 09:23
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No field report….but interesting read: I was reading my latest issue of Wildfowl and Delta mags: They had a nice article and pictorial on several species of ducks that have exploded over the past decade and continue to climb,,,even when other species level out or decline. Redheads,Shovelers,Gadwalls and Teal have been doing really really well…espcially the teal who’s numbers climb every year by a good margin.
They talked about Cans as well…. even though they haven’t gone way up in the past several years,.,,they are the only species that have been completely stable with their numbers staying pretty much the same no matter what the conditions are like.
On another note,,,I have been hearing some talk on having a 3 Woodrow limit this year, anoyone else???
Posted By:
Shawn-Philbrick
Field Editor
07-18-2008 12:27
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medina county is seeing it’s first ‘post molt’ flights of geese now….
and the state released early regs….
3 geese, sept 1 til 15
4 teal, sept 6 til 22
Posted By:
jim-waldman
Field Editor
CENTRAL OHIO 07-17-2008 18:44
Cloudy, Occassional Rain Showers – Over 70 Degrees
KUDOS TO THE ORGANIZERS OF THIS PAST WEEKEND’S WATERFOWL BOOTCAMP AT CARDINAL CAMPGROUNDS. WHILE I WOULD HAVE LIKED TO SEE MORE VENDORS, THE SEMINARS WERE TOP NOTCH ESPECIALLY THE DECOY PAINTING PUT ON BY DOOM DECOY AND O.W.A. AS WELL AS BUCK GARDNER AND HIS CALLING CLINIC FOR THE KIDS. MY 5 & 6 YR OLD BOYS HAD A BLAST AND REALLY TOOK BUCK’S CALLING INSTRUCTION TO HEART. I WAS SURPRISED THAT NEITHER DU OR DELTA WAS THERE.
Posted By:
Shawn-Philbrick
Field Editor
07-01-2008 07:48
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Anthony, Check the Delta site. It’s like last year. Only bag changes will likely include scaup. Other than that should be okay.
as for geese. They are freaking evrywhere in Northern Ohio in huge numbers. Broods of 10-13 all surviving, massive flocks of mixed broods.
Posted By:
Anthony-Santoli
Field Editor
06-24-2008 10:20
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A FRIEND OF MINE WAS UP IN SANDUSKY CHECKING THE SPOTS ETC….ETC… AND WS TALKING TO A COUPLE OF USFW GUYS. THEY SAID THAT DUCK PRODUCTION IS NOT GOOD THIS YEAR AND THEY ARE IN TALKS ABOUT POSSIBLY HAVING A 45 DAYS SEASON,,,,OR EVEN CUTTING THE BAG LIMITS???
ANYONE ELSE HEARD ANYTHING ON THIS? COULD JUST BE RUMORS, BUT I’M THROWIN IT OUT THERE FOR COMMENTS.
I THOUGHT THAT ONTARIO AND SURROUNDINGS HAD VERY GOOD HATCHES THIS YEAR, THEN AGAIN NO ONE IS SAYING ANYTHING ABOUT ANYTHING AT ALL. (WHICH IS A FIRST) I PERSONALLY HAVE NOT HEARD A THING AT ALL ABOUT HATCHES,NUMBERS SPECIES AS OF YET AND USUALLY I AM FULL OF INFORMATION TO HELP EVERYONE OUT.
Posted By:
jim-waldman
Field Editor
Mosquito Lake 06-18-2008 19:32
Sunny & Clear, Winds Calm – Over 70 Degrees
Resident Honkers and mallard everywhere at Mosquito. Looks like it was a good hatch. Let’s hope that between now and opening day we get some rain. Water is real low and could push the birds out into deeper water making those who get blind permits in August out of luck.
Posted By:
Shawn-Philbrick
Field Editor
Portage, Stark, Cuyahoga, Medina counties 06-16-2008 09:48
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went around to all my private haunts, and a few public spots as well.
Looks like a bumper crop of honkers, and a ton of mallards.
Saw three broods of Wood ducks, and 1 brood of what looked like maybe wigeon.
just got back from Argentina, 5 days, 1408 ducks between 6 of us. They are having a severe (2 1/2 month) draught that is hurting their efforts. Lucky for us to have the rain we’ve had….not too much, but nothing close to a draught. Potholes and puddles are all full where I visited,
on a side note….channel cats at night at Spencer lake seem to be a big draw.
Posted By:
webmaster
root
06-06-2008 11:14
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Hunters who want to participate in Ohio’s fall controlled deer and waterfowl hunts have until July 31 to submit permit applications for a random drawing. Hunters can submit their applications online at wildohio.com.
