Best one out there. Does fantastic Pintail, wigeon and mallard drake calls. It is a bit odd to get on a lanyard though. I have seen guys who put eye hooks in them to secure them. Great call, one thing though, the little dude will freeze up in cold weather and make an awful sound, so keep it tucked i...

Pressure is a much larger factor in low migration years. Stale birds become smart birds. This year was tough where we hunt, an ATV sent birds packing if it got within 200 yards. We wound up doing al our scouting on foot or from long distances with high powered optics. I think there may be some truth...

Here is the report I read, took me a minute but I found it: From : Mate Loss In Winter Affects Reproduction Of Mallards Barbara A. Lercel,Richard M. Kaminski, and Robert R. Cox, Jr. Abstract: Mallards (Anas platyrhynchos) frequently pair during winter, and duck hunting seasons have been extended unt...

Bigduck, Thanks for the info, but I though I recalled data showing that late repairing lead to reduced clutch size. Renesting and rebonding are two differnt things as I understand them. Mallards are very good about renesting, but as you say, each time the clutch size goes down. Repairing on the othe...

The issue of pari bonding is not that they are bonding in January, but that it has been seen that bonds broken later in teh winter cause a reduced nesting effort success. When a hen has to go thoruhg the mate selection process later in the winter she is burning up reserves of fat and endurance she n...

IF my understanding of the biology is correct, the Feb season will never happen. THat is because the biological clock for hens is set by length of night/day. Even if the globe warms up to a tropical climate, the legnth of light and darkness will remain the same and there appears to be no evolutionar...

I just drove back up north from MS. I left Hollandale on Tuesday morning and did not run into big duck numbers until I was 500 miles north, in southern IL. There was open water and no snow until I was 650 miles north, in northern IL. Any water that was open from MO north was jammed with mallards and...

If teh long range forecast holds, it looks like a good ice-up for everything down to about Memphis by the 17th or so. Better late than never I guess. Cold should hit north and west of there a bit earlier and might give us all a little freshen-up on the local birds. With all this rain I am sort of gl...

Wisconsin ferry running in January! Talk about a mild winter! The state has cut loose the Merrimac ferry to carry cars and trucks over the Wisconsin River at the start of January — a month after shutting down for the season due to ice at the onset of winter. Once the ferry ceases operations, it no...

Think about prep for next year amd wanted some opinions on a seed mix I found; WATER FOWL MIX 2006 HEGARI 20% JAPANESE MILLET 20% BROWNTOP MILLET 15% BUCKWHEAT 15% RICE, BENGAL 10% SMARTWEED 10% WGF SORGHUM 10% Seed alone will run about $22 an acre, but I am less worried about cost and more concerne...