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Coming Cold Snap Should Help with Canadas
January 11th marked the closing of Iowa’s South Goose Zone, and it went out with a bang. Actually, several bangs. But only one thud.Julia Carol and I met friend and F&S Shotguns editor Phil...
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Good Signs for Great Late Goose Hunting
The sun sets on duck season this week in the Pacific Flyway, and now geese are the only game in town. Hunters like Jason Haley of My Outdoor Buddy, pictured in this photo, took one last shot at duck...
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Bluebills, Geese, Swans at the End of the Season
It has not been the best of duck seasons. Better than last year for most, yes, but warm weather, drought and abundant food resources have made it challenging for many hunters, myself included. Yet...
View ArticleLast Licks at Late Geese and Southern Ducks
As I write this from my office rocker, it’s somewhere in the high single digits here in eastern Iowa. Temperatures like this, especially when combined with no snow, make the diehard ice anglers all...
View ArticleIt Was a Most Interesting Duck Season
Erratic weather, a late bird migration, and Super Storm Sandy characterized the 2012-2013 East Coast waterfowl season. For hunters at the right latitude, it was a banner year; while those more south...
View ArticleMississippi Flyway Duck Season Wrap-Up
Waterfowl seasons have come and gone in the Mississippi Flyway. The Spring Conservation Order, aka Spring Snow Goose Season, started on February 1 in parts of the flyway, but it will be another month,...
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Warmer Weather Cools Off Shooting
The National Climatic Data Center just released its state of the climate overview, confirming what bird hunters have suspected all season long: 2012 was the warmest year on record for the United...
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Central Flyway Hunters Should Look West for Birds
As seasons start to close down in the eastern half of the Central Flyway, waterfowlers in the western section are still getting birds, as recent cold temperatures and the resulting freeze-up have both...
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Northwest Duck Hunting Goes on Ice; California Has Hot Spots
Duck hunters will find nothing great about the Great Northwest as the season comes to a close this week, but the forecast continues to be fair in sunny California. While only a few hearty ducks and...
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Arkansas Duck Hunters To Finish With a Bang
Two to three inches of rain fell over eastern Arkansas Jan. 12, causing slash water to collect in previously dry fields and pushing the Cache and White Rivers into adjoining sloughs, oxbows and green...
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