The Holiday season is upon us, and from the looks of things waterfowlers across the country may just get their Christmas wish. Hello, folks, and, as always, welcome to Waterfowler.com! Speaking of Christmas, be sure to stop by the Pro Shop and check out the latest offerings from Waterfowler.com, canvas and leather goods from American Sportsman. These tough, classic bags and cases come embossed with the new Locked and Loaded Waterfowler.com logo and can be customized with your own monogram. Some items are also available in the camo pattern of your choice. Continue reading

With the holiday shopping season upon us and duck and goose seasons in full-swing, Waterfowler.com is pleased to announce the GRAND OPENING of the PROSHOP to both our guests and Members. Hello, folks, and, as always, welcome to Waterfowle.com. Begin your savings today and support this incredible resource by shopping in the PROSHOP@waterfowler.com. Keep in mind that Supporting and Web Members of Waterfowler.com will continue to receive exclusive discounts on the expanded product line in our store to help offset their annual membership fee. To kick off the PROSHOP Grand Opening to the public, anyone (member or guest) who spends $100 dollars or more in the PROSHOP will receive a FREE*, Foul Weather DRY BAG from Mad Dog Gear – valued at $29.99. Offer expires December 15th 2002. Offer void where prohibited by law. Not valid in conjunction with any other offer. $100 minimum order excludes tax and shipping to… Continue reading

Mid Season Slump With the last of the states opening their regular waterfowl season this coming weekend, and the northern tier in the homestretch, waterfowling in North America is entering the mid-season stretch. Hello, folks, and, as always, welcome to Waterfowler.com. After an early fall of timely cold fronts and below normal temperatures, the middle portion of waterfowl season got underway this past week with varied success and more seasonable weather. Southern states kicking off their regular season had mixed results and the northern portions of most of the flyways are still wondering if another push might be in the offing. And now, on to the Migration Report. PACIFIC FLYWAY High winds moved in to the Pacific Northwest last weekend but the front that brought them seems to have left the birds behind. Waterfowlers along the Northern end of the flyway reported little in the way of new birds in… Continue reading

October brought ice and November came in with mosquitoes, and the weather is once again shuffling the deck on the 2002-2003 waterfowl season. Hello, folks, and, as always, welcome to Waterfowler.com. Just when the Northern tier was ready to call it a season Mother Nature changed her mind and brought back warm weather and open water, but her mood seems fickle as another series of cold fronts begins to slide down out of Canada. So don’t pack up your gear just yet, a window of opportunity may still be open before the water locks up again. Continue reading

As ducks and geese poured down from Canada last week, Waterfowler.com’s servers reached peak capacity as thousands upon thousands of waterfowlers flocked to our site for the latest migration news, mapping and field information. Hello, folks, and, as always, welcome to Waterfowler.com. In the simplest of terms, our readership is growing at an astronomical rate. Waterfowler.com transferred a record amount of data during the month of October to over 300,000 visitors. To meet the needs of our readership, we have added additional, faster equipment and moved to yet another ISP that has a data funnel large enough to handle our volume. Continue reading

An Arctic air mass pilling down from the north will have most pumpkins well-frosted this Halloween, if not covered in snow, and ghost costumes may be at a premium as waterfowlers don the old linens to lay in wait on snow-covered fields. Hello, folks, and, as always, welcome to Waterfowler.com. While the migration peak has yet to pop in many areas, peak activity on Waterfowler.com’s servers has reached an all-time, mind-boggling high – leaving web services slow throughout the afternoon yesterday. Continue reading

The ice has begun to form and snow is starting to pile up in much of the north; the race is on for waterfowlers in the northern tier. Conditions are right for a strong push of birds out of Canada and reports already indicate its beginnings in many areas. The question now is – will the early winter cause a lockout or a pile-up as the Migration of 2002 – 2003 gets into high gear? Hello, folks, and, as always, welcome to Waterfowler.com. Winter looks to be coming early for the upper Midwest and North East while the West coast will have to be content with near normal weather patterns for the time being. After the early season forecast for El Nino conditions, it looks as though nature has again shuffled the deck for the 2002–2003 waterfowl season. Continue reading

With most of the country expecting below-normal temperatures for the next ten days, waterfowlers north and south are thankful for the common inaccuracies in the art of weather forecasting. Hello, folks, and, as always, welcome to Waterfowler.com. As the 2002-2003 waterfowl season marches south it looks as though the weather may cooperate, from a hunter\’s point of view. A series of cold waves riding down out of Canada have begun to make this year\’s migration a reality. The \”Big Push\” has yet to hit, but as reports from last week show, the weather is getting the birds up and about and at last putting the mosquitoes to bed for the year. Continue reading