Posted By:
Anthony-Santoli
Field Editor
09-01-2009 08:07
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Cooler temps overnight have settled in and did push some smaller birds out,,,,but at the same time have pushed some more into town…hopefully they’ll be around for this weekend. The neaby marsh across the street from us has a couple hundred teal on it(blues and greens). Water levels by the marshes are very high and this weekends wind is supposed to be a light 8MPH out of the NE, so levels arent going to drop at all. Good amounts of woodducks and the local mallards and gadwalls are flying around pretty good from pothole to pothole. Some geese were around, but not nearly as many as the norm, so I expect that they are out and about feeding and loafing and not in any patterns yet. Good luck this weekend and have a good Labor Day….
Posted By:
Anthony-Santoli
Field Editor
09-01-2009 07:31
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Cooler temps overnight have settled in and did push some smaller birds out,,,,but at the same time have pushed some more into town…hopefully they’ll be around for this weekend. Water levels by the marshes are very high and this wekends wind is supposed to be a light 8MPH out of the NE, so levels arent going to drop at all. Saw some Blue and Greenwings up at the marsh,,plenty of woodducks and the local mallards and gadwalls are flying around pretty good from pothole to pothole. Some geese were around, but not nearly as many as the norm, so I expect that they are out and about feeding and loafing and not in any patterns yet. Good luck this weekend and have a good Labor Day….
Posted By:
Shawn-Philbrick
Field Editor
Northern Ohio 08-25-2009 08:28
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made a ride from Strongsville to Pioneer Ohio on the turnpike saturday….tons of doves…..must have ridden in on the last cold front….
saw few flocks of feeding geese…but they were on developed ponds…
was in a very marshy area near La Su An…saw a handful of ducks, but no teal.
Posted By:
Al-Faber
Field Editor
Central Ohio Scouting 08-22-2009 20:50
Cloudy, Rain & Thunderstorms – Over 70 Degrees
Local marshes and heavy grass areas on larger reservoirs are holding good amounts of teal.
Lots of Geese everywhere you look.
Early season should get off to a good start.
Posted By:
Anthony-Santoli
Field Editor
08-20-2009 09:03
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Teal are on the move for the past week. Small bunches have been building and trickling down South for the past several days. Cooler temps in the next several evenings WILL push good amounts down from the Northern Regions.
Posted By:
Anthony-Santoli
Field Editor
08-14-2009 10:58
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Season regulations are out…..enjoy them. Small smatterings of Blue Wings have been spotted out and about throughout NW and Southern Ohio. Thye are beginning to trickle down…. the 5th-20th should be pretty good for Teal.
Posted By:
Anthony-Santoli
Field Editor
08-05-2009 12:33
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Was up around the areas near my marsh and noticed a plentiful supply of ducks and geese. Several families of Mallards,,a family of Black ducks,, few poddlings of Tealies… 2 families of Pintails and some Gadwalls. Plenty of Canadians around as
well(geese thats is). An old aquaintance on Walpole touched base with me the other day and said plenty of water this year and and absolute sugarhouse full of ducks. Mallards,Pintails, tons of teal and out on The Lake there is an overabundance of Redheads this year. With the populations increasing so dramatically for my Redheaded companions I think that a good portion shifted over and are breeding on the lake and surrounding areas as opposed to just coming down there each year in the fall.
As for Snow geese… I don’t think that they did too bad on the breeding grounds. I got some reports in that bunches of them renested and ended up having ample time to hatch and raise broods…besides the fact that their numbers are upwards in the 15-25 million range.. it should still be a good year for them (if you know where to go and how to hunt them). I’ll be up at the marsh working on the blinds next week…so I’ll report back upon my return.
Out
Posted By:
Al-Faber
Field Editor
07-06-2009 14:47
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As reported by Ducks Unlimited ” Ducks respond positively to wet conditions in Prairie Pothole Region
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service released its preliminary report on mid-continent breeding ducks and habitats, based on surveys conducted in May and early June. Total duck populations were estimated at 42 million breeding ducks on the surveyed area. This estimate represents a 13 percent increase over last year’s estimate of 37.3 million birds and is 25 percent above the 1955-2008 long-term average.
“The increase in duck numbers in relation to the increase in habitat conditions is consistent with what we would expect to see in U.S. and Canadian breeding grounds this spring,” said Ducks Unlimited’s Executive Vice President Don Young. “History has repeatedly shown that when water returns to the breeding grounds ducks respond with a strong breeding effort.”
While numbers are up, DU Chief Biologist Dale Humburg explains that hunter success will still depend heavily on weather, which will dictate migration patterns.”
Ohio Spring and Summer weather has been ideal here in the central part of the state as well and should continue to support a strong opener for the early season.
Lot’s of Teal and Geese in the area, especially smaller wetlands out in farm country.
[Edited By Al-Faber on 2009-07-06 14:48]
Posted By:
Al-Faber
Field Editor
07-06-2009 14:47
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As reported by Ducks Unlimited ” Ducks respond positively to wet conditions in Prairie Pothole Region
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service released its preliminary report on mid-continent breeding ducks and habitats, based on surveys conducted in May and early June. Total duck populations were estimated at 42 million breeding ducks on the surveyed area. This estimate represents a 13 percent increase over last year’s estimate of 37.3 million birds and is 25 percent above the 1955-2008 long-term average.
“The increase in duck numbers in relation to the increase in habitat conditions is consistent with what we would expect to see in U.S. and Canadian breeding grounds this spring,” said Ducks Unlimited’s Executive Vice President Don Young. “History has repeatedly shown that when water returns to the breeding grounds ducks respond with a strong breeding effort.”
While numbers are up, DU Chief Biologist Dale Humburg explains that hunter success will still depend heavily on weather, which will dictate migration patterns.”
Ohio Spring and Summer weather has been ideal here in the central part of the state as well and should continue to support a strong opener for the early season.
Lot’s of Teal and Geese in the area, especially smaller wetlands out in farm country.
Posted By:
Al-Faber
Field Editor
Scouting Central Ohio 06-02-2009 07:47
Sunny & Clear, Winds Calm – Over 70 Degrees
Goslings everywhere and I cannot remember seeing so many teal and woody ducklings…
Conditions in the Central part of the state are ideal right now and this fall is shaping-up to be another banner year (at least the early season). Marshes look good and there are a number of large flocks of Canada geese on the reservoirs.
It’s been a tough off-season, the lab had a cancerous tumor removed from his neck, then blew-out his right ACL and had reconstructive surgery. He’s down for four and a half months but should be up again by July to start training.
Time to re-paint the decoys, fix up the boat, and scout new areas….
