It seems the mild weather – at least in Manitoba – has hunters wondering where the big flights of mallards have gone. Traditionally this time of year brings cool north winds that send the northern mallards to the prairies and many hunters wait all year for these flights of the big greenheads to fill the freezer for the winter.
Hunters from the prairie pothole region in western Manitoba to the Interlake to Manitoba’s largest marshes like Lake Dauphin and Netley Marsh are seeing very little flights of puddle ducks. Most hunters feel they are still up north somewhere and when the weather turns they will be pushed down.
As for other waterfowl, goose numbers seem to be spotty, some areas have good numbers while other very few are seen. Snow geese in the western part of the province seem to be finally down from the north. Diver numbers seem to be good you can find them.
- Chris Benson