Call your senator, defeat this nomination. He is a animal rights radical. Wall strett may like him for money reasons, he is bad news for hunters.

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/07 ... proponent/

Nov 22 and 23 = 2
Nov 28-30 = 3

Thats 5 so far., with one split.

Dec has 31 days, take away Christmas (as I said), thats 30 days open in Dec

5+30= 35, Are you still with me?

Jan 1-25 = 25

35+25=60, at least the last time I checked. Are you on the commission?

Opens THANKSGIVING DAY and runs straight through until jan 25. By the Federal Guidelines, the season has to end on the last Sunday in January at the latest, which is Jan 25th. So yes, we lose 6 days and part of a weekend in january. What could have been done, is to open the season on Nov 22 and 23 ...

here is the link
has chart at bottom with break down by species to look at % drop

http://www.duckhuntingchat.com/viewtopic.php?p=489082

Below is a cut and paste from another board, it is a summary of USF&W service report.
Jeff, Teal are ok, greys are down, but still above long term average
Pintail and canvasback are down, so that may cut into your bag

From the Breeding Grounds: It's Dry...Real Dry...Bad Dry

BISMARCK, N.D ...

I am afraid we may be in for 45 day season since saskatchewan and mannitoba have been reported to be dry. I saw wisconsin had numbrs of birds up from 2007, but can't find anything out from other areas yet. California posted theirs a while back, but doesn't effect Mississippi flyway.

Anyone have ...

Here the the entire text. Overall, seems to be improved from last year, with some areas the best they have been in 30 years. Enjoy!!!


Late Spring Habitat Conditions in Canada May 18, 2006 Habitat conditions have improved in southern Ontario and the southeastern Interior of British Columbia ...

Yes Blue wings are late nesters, but the number that is down are the ducks that returned. it's not blue wing nest's that are down, it's adult bluewings. the late rains will help the success of the BW nests, but there will be no survey specifically for that to look and see, especially since they have ...

here is the link to the USF&W, office of migratory birds, reports section.

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Now, all the numbers that have been coming out in the past few days through newspaper, or DU, or Delta came from a report on this page about 5 lines down entitled trends in duck breeding populations 1955-2004. It's a ...

It all comes down to the Great lakes survey. For a 60 day season, total mallards has to be 8.25 million, Given the canadian pond counts of 2.5 million. Right now, the mallard count from the traditional survey area is at 7,425,300. So, if you want a 60 day season, then you better hope they find at ...

Let me know how yall do.

Correct me if I'm wrong here, but thats only 58 days!
4 nov
28 dec
26 jan
= 58.

Why?,especially with teh 2 days aftr christmas closed, why only 58?

You have to have 3 days in november, so 23, 24, and 30. That will give you the usual, for miss. at least, weekend, then close during the week and reopen on a sat and run straight through. and for everyone worried about holidays, that gives you thanksgiving off.

please do not close any dec or jan ...

I can tell you this, the only reason we didn't get a moderate 45/6 season last year was becasue of the high pond counts. if they drop at all with the same number of birds, we will get teh moderate choice. But also remember, they are changing the way the estimate the mallard counts this year and it ...

I've seen reports on other boards, so take that for what its worth,that some of these rains are actually bad because they are washing out the nests.