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by Big Game Hunter. 06/04/24 09:19 PM
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Iso
by AustinC. 05/21/24 05:01 PM
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Just getting here or reverse migration?
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02/17/21 07:16 AM
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Last two weeks a friend and I have seen duck numbers go up significantly in our area. He has a farm, two ponds he plants corn & millet and floods. Got cell cams out in the ponds that alert him when duck are in there. He has been getting slammed with pics of everything from gadwalls, redheads, mallards, ring necks ect. For the whole 60 day season, they killed less than 50 ducks and that is way off on normal year.
I pass farm ponds on the way to & from work daily and they are not far off Neely Henry. Last week there was one that looked to have 150 ring necks in it. I hit the breaks so hard I nearly caused a pile up just to see them. Fast forward to this week on Monday. Another pond on the way home was slam full with 100+ red heads and other ducks mixed in. Used cell phone to zoom in to see what they were.
Since there was so many good discussions Outdoor Life article I did not want to hijack.
So, what say you? Are these ducks just now getting here or is this reverse migration? I will say this, for the last 8-10 years, I have seen redheads and other ducks on the river in good flocks starting mid February thru March.
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Re: Just getting here or reverse migration?
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02/17/21 08:13 AM
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It just got cold up north for the first time this winter. Whatcha think?
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Re: Just getting here or reverse migration?
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02/17/21 08:24 AM
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It just got cold up north for the first time this winter. Whatcha think? I truly have no clue. Thus the question. Even when we had warm winters here and very little to no freeze up up north, I have still seen the numbers of birds this time of year. Especially last 4-6 years.
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Re: Just getting here or reverse migration?
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02/17/21 08:32 AM
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I have a similar setup on my duck hole with a cellphone camera. I’ve seen no significant increase on my duck hole and of course it’s frozen solid now.
I read the other day that a lot of the ducks being seen in February are returning. With this weather I’d say both. Byers go’s bird’s fly all around it seems. Lots of research is being done trying to find answers.
I’d imagine the extreme cold pushed some in. I saw on FB my wife’s friend in Saline MI posted the temperature was -11 this morning.
My duck hunting buddy is a mussel diver and calls me when he sees significant amount of ducks on the TN River.
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Re: Just getting here or reverse migration?
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02/17/21 10:03 AM
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https://www.ducks.org/conservation/...waterfowl-tracking-the-mallard-migrationMallard Tracking Facts The average distance traveled by satellite-marked mallards during spring migration was more than 730 miles. The average distance traveled by individual birds during fall migration was almost 875 miles. One of the first mallards (a drake) ever marked with a GPS satellite transmitter in Arkansas flew more than 500 miles during spring migration, from Minnesota to Saskatchewan, in only four days. This same bird made a remarkable one-day flight in early fall from Saskatchewan to south-central Iowa—a distance of more than 900 miles! Although fall migration commonly is thought of as a one-way trip, several mallards in the tracking study made south-to-north movements during fall and winter.
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Re: Just getting here or reverse migration?
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02/17/21 10:06 AM
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I’ve always heard the big ducks follow the freeze line.
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Re: Just getting here or reverse migration?
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02/17/21 05:10 PM
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Yep. Finally enough snow and ice up north to force birds south
You referring to the NW corner or Alabama? I am not making light of the situation AT ALL. My Son is up there with Power Grid working.
Last edited by Drake322; 02/17/21 05:15 PM.
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Re: Just getting here or reverse migration?
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02/17/21 05:11 PM
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It just got cold up north for the first time this winter. Whatcha think? This, yes, along with all down the Central Flyway to the border so everything flew east or west.
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Re: Just getting here or reverse migration?
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Was in Missouri last week. Saw one of the biggest mallard feeds I've seen in 5 or 6 years. Roosting on big water and going to feed in AG fields with 6 inches of snow late in afternoon for a couple of hours. Those birds won't ever get south of the Arkansas /Missouri state line.
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Re: Just getting here or reverse migration?
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02/23/21 05:12 PM
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Was in Missouri last week. Saw one of the biggest mallard feeds I've seen in 5 or 6 years. Roosting on big water and going to feed in AG fields with 6 inches of snow late in afternoon for a couple of hours. Those birds won't ever get south of the Arkansas /Missouri state line. If they haven’t made it by late February, you’re right.
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