News from the Past 105 Million Ducks To Fly South This Fall MEMPHIS, August 5, 1999 - New data from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is great news for hunters, conservationists, and wildlife lovers of all kinds. Every year, the service ...

... data. All of which explains why I was stunned when some conservation leaders made the decidedly unscientifc claim that the 1999 fall flight of ducks was “an all-time record”. Really? Based on what? Who counted the ducks that migrated across the continent in 1999? In what library did someone ...

... of snow on the ground and Iowa has snow cover ranging from 2”-16” through the western portion of the state. South Dakota reported 249,600 ducks on Missouri River Reservoirs on 2 December and Iowa reported 150,500 ducks on 3 December, down from 188,300 on 26 November.

Rip Em... came in to pickup my son, he had a school dance. Returning to the Ducks

Rip Em… that dog always migrates south with the ducks, he will end up at Delta Ducks about dinner time.

I have all kinds of numbers from the midwest... but until the ducks are here... all we can do is wait.

... 25,000 Lake Sharpe 385,500 Lake Francis Case 32,258 Pickstown-Sioux City 1,875 Capitol Lake 300 Lake Andes 11,300 TOTALS 723,233 The total # of ducks on the first count on 11/5 was 177,438.

... women die together in an accident and go to heaven. When they get there, St. Peter says, "We only have one rule here in heaven: don't step on the ducks!" So they enter heaven, and sure enough, there are ducks all over the place. (GH22's Duck Hole) It is almost impossible not to step on a duck, ...

... Fork National Wildlife Refuge: All wetlands are less than 50% full. Habitat conditions are fair to good. Duck numbers (918) are low, most are wood ducks. Goose numbers (8) are very low. Eufaula: Lake elevation is 581.36, 3.64 feet below normal. Habitat conditions are good, but essentially unavailable ...

MONTANA OUTDOORS by Mark Henckel So simple. Yet so complex. There's no other way to describe the fall migration of ducks and geese that sweeps across Montana each year. How simple is it? Well, ducks and geese need open water to rest on and food to eat. When the first blasts of hard ...

... U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, compiled from observations made Oct. 18-22, shows only slight increases in the populations of dabbling and diving ducks, snow geese and lesser Canada geese. At Des Lacs National Wildlife Refuge near Kenmare, manager Dan Severson reports the snow goose population ...

That is impressive! Now our state duck stamp money goes to Canada to purchase land for habitat. Increased Habitat in Canada has not put more ducks in the air to date. I think that hunters that have visited our state WMA’s are being short stopped when it comes to duck hunting. Also conversations ...

... EQUIPMENT $480.00 C & S MARINE INC PV W0300000221 8/12/02 OTHER EQUIPMENT Subtotal: $552.00 _ _ _ _ _ Minor Object Code: 64790 $20,000.00 DUCKS UNLIMITED INC PV W0300002022 1/13/03 OTHER GRANTS TO NON GOVT INSTI $25,000.00 DUCKS UNLIMITED INC PV W0300001621 11/1/02 OTHER GRANTS TO NON ...

... in taking a closer look at the approaching wingshooting. By Robert H. Cleveland Imagine the vision of hundreds - no, thousands - of green-headed ducks in a wad as thick as a cloud, funneling down out of the sky over a Mississippi Delta brake, their orange legs dropping like landing gear as they ...

... third banquet this year had more than 400 on hand recently at Christian Brothers High School. "People really want to hear what is going on with ducks and they are looking for information," said Rob Browne, who helped start the Memphis Delta Waterfowl chapter. "We're excited about the growth ...