Category: Migration Updates

It’s SNOW TIME! This year’s Light Goose Conservation Season is underway and the action is heating up, even as the temperatures cool down. With several months of waterfowling action still ahead, hunters across North America are gearing up and heading out to take part in the special snow goose season.

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Winter is making another stand and the potential is there for a back-up of light geese as the return migration runs into colder weather across the mid-tier states of the Mississippi and Central Flyways. For the next few months all eyes will be on the snow cover line as hunters plot and plan to intercept the return migration of light geese. Continue reading

Youth hunts are scheduled for many states across the US this weekend, offering parents and friends a special opportunity to share their love of waterfowling with the next generation of hunters. Waterfowler.com encourages all our readers to take a young person out for this special season, in states offering the opportunity.

The light goose conservation season is kicking off. For hunters who are still hoping to put in a few more hunts, this special season offers the opportunity to extend their season well into spring. Hunting snow geese on their return migration is an experience every waterfowler should have. Large decoy spreads and even larger flights of geese, make for a spectacle rarely rivaled in the life of the duck and goose hunter. Continue reading

The final weekend of the regular season is approaching. Across all four flyways waterfowlers are hoping to close out the season with a bang. Winter seems to have taken a vacation for most of the states where the season remains open. But with only a few days left, duck and goose hunters are sure to make the most of the remaining days.

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Even though the regular season is about to close, there is still a lot of waterfowl action to be had across the US. From post season youth hunts to the Light Goose Conservation Order, waterfowl hunters have a few more months before its time to pack up the gear and start dreaming of next season. Continue reading

The regular waterfowl season has rounded the last turn and entered the home stretch for North American waterfowlers. But even after the closing bell, there is a lot of hunting to be done, as this year’s light goose conservation season kicks off. So don’t pack up the gear just yet.

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Winter still seems to be playing tricks on duck and goose hunters across the country. Though cooler weather has returned to some areas, temperatures are still running above average in many key waterfowling states. But as we have already seen this year, all of that can change in an instant. Stay tuned to Waterfowler.com for the very latest on migration activity as the regular season draws to a close and the ramp up begins for the spring light goose season. Continue reading

Winter is still AWOL for much of the country and the hunting has become more and more challenging as warm weather remains in place. But, the season isn’t over yet and hunters who have put in the time and effort to scout hard have kept up a reasonable level of success.

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Late season waterfowling, it is the section of the season that puts even the most die-hard hunters to the test. Call shy birds and heavy gunning pressure can test the limits of any duck and goose hunter. But when it is done right, the rewards are well worth the effort.

Waterfowler.com encourages all our members and users to fill out regular field reports and submit data to our Migration Map, while the final weeks of the regular season play out. By contributing to these areas you are helping make sure that the most up to date and accurate information is right there at your fingertips. Continue reading

The season of extremes continued this week. From flooding on the West Coast to drought fueled fires in Oklahoma and Texas, the first part of 2006 has been a bit on the “wild and woolly side.” But the season continues and results are still on the positive side for many waterfowlers across the US.

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The final stretch of the regular season is under way. Warmer weather across much of the US sent many ducks and geese back north over the New Year’s weekend, but hunting remains good for many areas of the southern flyways.

With seasons wrapping up in some mid tier states, hunters are hoping winter decides to return and keep the bulk of the migration from holding in recently thawed areas. Cooler weather is on the way, but the big question is, how long will it last? Continue reading

After a fall that seemed more like winter, most of the US is now caught up in a winter that feels more like fall. Warmer weather, for most parts of the country, has hunters wondering if the migration is slowing down, or maybe even moving back north.

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It is still too early to tell if the warmer weather is going to bring a reverse migration, but with temperatures running well above freezing in northern portions of most flyways, there can be little doubt that ducks and geese will respond to thawing waters and newly available food sources. Continue reading

Twas the night before Christmas, and all through the camp, the gun dogs where snoring, all muddy and damp. Members were pacing from reports they had got, migrants were moving on cold winds they’d caught. With mouse buttons clicking in the glow of blue screens, members were posting like you’d never seen. Come mallards, come pintails, teal and geese, on widgeon, on gadwall and spoonies the least. Their wings they will whistle and hens will quack, you’ll never sleep now, well, maybe a nap. So hang up your waders and nestle in bed, dream about decoys and big green heads. As the season continues and we wait for this night, Merry Christmas to all and to all a good flight!

— Happy holidays from the entire WFC staff. Continue reading