Record Breeding Duck Count

• Jul 3, 2014

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The annual spring survey, which has been conducted jointly by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and Canadian Wildlife Service since 1955, puts the breeding duck population at 49.2 million, surpassing the previous high set in 2012 and 8 percent ahead of the 2013 estimate.

http://www.deltawaterfowl.org/news/...-good-water-sets-stage-for-strong-fall-flight

 

• Jul 3, 2014

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Bring on duck season.

 

• Jul 3, 2014

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Love it! Nothing better than sitting on a river watching ducks cup over the Dekes!

 

• Jul 4, 2014

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I am really looking forward to a h2ofowl season with 8% more ducks. Great news for me and Bart.
Wet springs help. I wish we weren't losing wetlands and CRP though.

 

• Jul 5, 2014

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Looking good for 2014-15

 

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• Jul 6, 2014

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I just ate the last of the duck in my freezer yesterday. It looks like I will be shooting at them again this fall.

 

• Jul 6, 2014

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That's what I'm talking about!!!!! :hump:

 

• Jul 6, 2014

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I don't knowif this is a spot where many of these ducks visit Internet forums, but just in case, may I offer an open invitation to come visit the many fine marshes and impoundments in Kansas. Come on down, the waste grain, aquatic life and water is doing fine!!

South central Kansas had the third wettest June on record. Filling and full large reservoirs, and the major wetlands are reporting lots of water. Now if we can just keep the water till the ducks get here!!

 

• Jul 6, 2014

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I was back in ND a month or so ago and there is a ridonculous amount of water. My dad said they have been getting a lot of rain this summer too. With a good hatch, the fall should be spectacular.

 

• Jul 7, 2014

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That's great news on the count! I need to actually make an effort to learn where and how to hunt some ducks. We seem to have quite a few around, just haven't hunted them much. When I have hunted them I had a great time.

I wonder how much the curtailing of CRP funding in the new Farm Bill will affect this trend?