Posted By: Drake26 Guest Upstate 11-15-2006 10:03 Cloudy, Light Rain & Drizzle – 45-50 Degrees Only one week to go, I can’t wait. Seeing plenty of mallards, GWT, gadwalls, a few blacks and some ringers. The opener should be interesting. Good luck to All!!! Posted By: Drake26 Guest Upstate 11-01-2006 15:07 Sunny & Clear, Winds Calm – 50-60 Degrees 3weeks from today!!! Can’t wait!!!!!! Got a pretty good number of new ducks showing up daily. mallards, teal, gadwalls, wigeons and a lot of ringnecks showed up yesterday. Posted By: PJ-Perea Guest Delta Waterfowl Events Oct/Nov 10-27-2006 08:48 – – – Columbia, SC – Midlands Chairperson: Bill Bennett (803) 532-1026 October 27, 2006 Dinner Lower Richland County – Belle Grove Plantation – Gate Opens at 6pm For more information please contact Bill Bennett (803) 767-8246 Conway, SC – Coastal Palmetto Chairperson: Jason Wallace (843) 248-2609 November 18, 2006 Dinner Conway, SC… Continue reading

Posted By: PJ-Perea Guest Local Pond 09-19-2006 09:07 Sunny & Clear, Winds Calm – Over 70 Degrees Whacked one on a local pond yesterday afternoon. Not much moving in the heat of the day. [Edited By PJ-Perea on 2006-09-19 09:08] Posted By: PJ-Perea Guest House Moves to Extend Critical Wetlands Program 09-19-2006 09:06 – – – WASHINGTON, Sept. 12, 2006 – In a year when wetland conservation experienced setbacks in the Supreme Court, the U.S. House of Representatives lent a helping hand to conservation by acting to reauthorize the North American Wetlands Conservation Act (NAWCA). Since 1989, NAWCA has successfully fostered over 3,000 partnerships, both public and private, and have implemented more than 1,500 projects to conserve more than 22 million acres of wetlands and associated habitats for North America’s waterfowl, other migratory birds and wildlife. “This is great news,” said Ducks Unlimited Executive Vice President Don Young. “All of… Continue reading

Posted By: PJ-Perea Guest Rock Hill / Fort Mill Ducks Unlimited Membership Banquet 08-14-2006 09:33 – – – When: Thursday, September 07, 2006 6:00 p.m. Event Type: Banquet Location: Laurel Creek – The Magnolia Room Contact Name: Drew Winn Phone: (803)242-9255 Contact Email: winntuck@comporium.net Posted By: PJ-Perea Guest Waterfowl Advisory group meets Aug. 15 at Dennis Wildlife Center 08-11-2006 12:59 – – – Waterfowl Advisory group meets Aug. 15 at Dennis Wildlife Center—The Waterfowl Advisory Committee to the S.C. Natural Resources Board will meet 10 a.m. Tuesday, Aug. at the Dennis Wildlife Center in Bonneau. The meeting is open to the public. Anyone with business for the advisory committee, needing the agenda or directions to the meeting place should contact Susan Johnson at the S.C. Department of Natural Resources in Columbia at (803) 734-3889. #06–212 Posted By: PJ-Perea Guest Migratory waterfowl group will meet Aug 8 in Columbia 08-04-2006 15:31… Continue reading

Posted By: PJ-Perea Guest Ducks Unlimited Announces History’s Largest Wetlands Conservation Campaign 06-06-2006 08:45 – – – MEMPHIS, Tenn., June 5, 2006 – In the race against time to save North America’s wetlands, Ducks Unlimited and its foundation, the Wetlands America Trust, have announced the launch of the largest wetlands conservation campaign in history. The Wetlands for Tomorrow campaign will raise $1.7 billion over the next five years to conserve North America’s wetlands for future generations. Jim Kennedy, president of Wetlands America Trust and chairman and CEO of Cox Enterprises, Inc., announced the campaign at the 69 th annual Ducks Unlimited convention in Phoenix, Ariz., in front of nearly 1,000 DU members. “I can’t imagine these places going away, and we are not going to let them,” he said. “America’s greatest treasure is the grasslands of the prairies, and wetlands are vital to our existence. I don’t want to have… Continue reading

Posted By: PJ-Perea Guest Irmo Spring Banquet 03-13-2006 09:31 – – – Irmo Spring Banquet Date: March 30, 2006 Location: Saluda Shoals Park – River Center Event Type: Banquet Contact: Scott McWatty Phone: 803 361-5963 Email: smcwatty@sc.rr.com Doors open at 6:00pm Advance Tickets: $40.00 Single $60.00 Couple $250.00 Sponsor Single $275.00 Sponsor Couple $25.00 Greenwing Tickets at the Door: $45.00 Single $70.00 Couple $250.00 Sponsor Single $275.00 Sponsor Couple $25.00 Greenwing Posted By: PJ-Perea Guest Clemson Ducks Unlimited Banquet 03-13-2006 09:29 – – – Date: March 16, 2006 Location: Clemson University Outdoor Laboratory – Camp Hope Event Type: Banquet Contact: Oscar McCurry Phone: 864-225-8704 Email: oscarshomeoffice@earthlink.net Doors open at 6:00pm Advance Tickets Single $40.00 Couple $60.00 Sponsor Single $250.00 Sponsor Couple $275.00 Greenwing $25.00 Tickets at the Door Single $45.00 Couple $70.00 Sponsor Single $250.00 Sponsor Couple $275.00 Greenwing $25.00 Posted By: PJ-Perea Guest South Carolina’s P.O.W.E.R. for Wildlife Youth… Continue reading

Posted By: WidgeonMan WFC Sponsor Dar Co 01-26-2006 13:37 Sunny & Clear, Winds Calm – 25-30 Degrees – Open Water 1 gun= 1 Woodie Posted By: PJ-Perea Guest SCWA Events 01-26-2006 10:05 – – – 1/28/06 Clarendon Conservation Dinner National Guard Armory 2/3/06 Pee Dee/Marlboro Conservation Dinner – Community Center 2/4/06 Francis Marion Conservation Dinner – Fair Grounds 2/18/06 Sportsmans Ball – Duck Shuck – Outfitter Exhibit – Auctions 3/9/06 CSRA Conservation Dinner – N. Augusta Community Center 4/29/06 Four Holes – Edisto Conservation Dinner – Utophia Club Visit http://www.scwa.org/main_events.html for more info Posted By: PJ-Perea Guest Pamletto Sportsmen’s Classic, March 24-26, Columbia 01-23-2006 12:35 – – – Palmetto Sportsmen’s Classic set for March 24-26 in Columbia The 22nd Annual Palmetto Sportsmen’s Classic will be held at the State Fairgrounds in Columbia March 24-26. Doors will be open from noon to 8 p.m. Friday, March 24; from 9 a.m. to… Continue reading

Posted By: WidgeonMan WFC Sponsor DarCo 01-09-2006 13:24 Mostly Cloudy, No Precipitation – 50-60 Degrees Saw a few woodies in a beaver swamp. Not much happening. Posted By: PJ-Perea Guest Thurmond Lake 01-04-2006 10:46 Sunny & Clear, Winds Calm – 50-60 Degrees Too warm–a couple of divers (jacks) and the same two mallards that have avoided being shot all season is all that they are seeing on the big water. I might try the backwaters of the Savannah next week when it is supposed to cool down. Posted By: PJ-Perea Guest Canned Duck Hunts SC 01-04-2006 10:37 – – – Interesting article publisehd by The State on SC canned duck hunts posted at http://www.thestate.com/mld/thestate/13505096.htm?template=contentModules/printstory.jsp Posted By: PJ-Perea Guest Coastal NC, Pamlico Sound & Lake Mattamuskeet 01-03-2006 08:03 Sunny & Clear, Winds Calm – 45-50 Degrees Went North to hunt for swans, sea ducks, puddle ducks and divers. Hunted and stayed… Continue reading

Posted By: PJ-Perea Guest Bridwatching Christmas 2005 12-17-2005 19:00 – – – Get in the holiday spirit with Christmas bird counts Tired of fighting crowds at the mall? Want to see a real partridge in a pear tree? Join thousands of other volunteers in the National Audubon Society’s longest-running wintertime tradition, the 106th annual Christmas Bird Count. “Christmas Bird Counts are a good way for beginners to learn birdwatching from experienced birders,” said Laurel Barnhill, wildlife biologist with the S.C. Department of Natural Resources (DNR) Wildlife Section. “Anyone interested in birds can participate. The most important thing is having eyes out in the field. Even people who are feeder watchers within the count area can participate.” South Carolina’s Christmas bird counters are among the more than 50,000 volunteers participating in the National Audubon Society’s 106th Christmas Bird Count Dec. 14 – Jan. 5, the world’s largest volunteer survey of its… Continue reading