There’s a hard frost on the pumpkin in northern states and waterfowl are on the move across the northern third of lower forty-eight states. Canvasback numbers are on the rise in North Dakota, Minnesota and Wisconsin at this time, along with redheads, pintail and widgeon. As cooler temperatures descend from Canada and it feels more like fall, expect wood ducks and green-winged teal to hurry their journey south over the next week.
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Last week’s reporting on South Dakota non-resident waterfowl hunting policy incited a plethora of email both supporting and discouraging the state’s current policy. To clarify our position on the issue and save readers a lot of writing on unimportant opinions and positions, we have no interest in arm wresting over upland bird issues and pheasants. With specific regards to the non-resident lottery system, we believe that lottery systems in wildlife management are best used to govern a very limited number of harvest tags for species with very low populations. Continue reading