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Delta Waterfowl is a leading conservation group dedicated to ducks and duck hunters in North America.
2024 Waterfowl Breeding Population and Habitat Survey Analysis
The 2024 Waterfowl Breeding Population and Habitat Survey results have been released by the @usfws!
Delta Waterfowl President Dr. Frank Rohwer and Waterfowl Scientist Dr. Chris Nicolai discuss the year-to-year and long-term averages for several waterfowl species, as well as the May pond counts and other factors that hunters should look to as positives from this survey.
Read more about the 2024 BPOP results: deltawaterfowl.org/annual-breeding-waterfowl-population-survey-estimates-33-99-million-ducks-up-5-from-2023/
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Delta Waterfowl President Dr. Frank Rohwer and Waterfowl Scientist Dr. Chris Nicolai discuss the year-to-year and long-term averages for several waterfowl species, as well as the May pond counts and other factors that hunters should look to as positives from this survey.
Read more about the 2024 BPOP results: deltawaterfowl.org/annual-breeding-waterfowl-population-survey-estimates-33-99-million-ducks-up-5-from-2023/
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What Do Ducks See?
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Remember these facts about waterfowl's vision as you try to lure them into your decoys this fall! Dr. Chris Nicolai, Waterfowl Scientist at Delta Waterfowl, breaks down the critical adaptations that allow waterfowl to have great eyesight paired with excellent color and movement perception. Delta Waterfowl Research: deltawaterfowl.org/research/ Sign up for our newsletter: dwaterfowl.realmagnet.l...
Duck Hunters Expo 2024 - Baton Rouge, LA
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#expo #duckhunting #deltawaterfowl Join us in Baton Rouge for the 2024 Delta Waterfowl Duck Hunters Expo. The biggest event dedicated to the duck hunter! Website: deltawaterfowlexpo.com When: July 26-28, 2024 Where: Raising Cane's River Center, Baton Rouge, Louisiana Tickets: $14.50 at the door or purchase in advance at Ticketmaster. Kids 16 and under are free. Bring the whole family. Visit del...
Nest Parasitism
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Join Delta's Waterfowl Scientist, Dr. Chris Nicolai, as he discusses the most notorious nest parasites and how they carry out this unique nesting strategy to survive, which can significantly impact the reproductive success of their parasitized counterparts. Delta Waterfowl Research: deltawaterfowl.org/research/ Sign up for our newsletter: dwaterfowl.realmagnet.land/delta-waterfowl-updates Follo...
April Migration Update 2024
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Hear what the crew is seeing around their areas in the final Migration Update of 2024, presented by @KentCartridge. Have you been seeing a lot of birds moving in your area? Let us know in the comments! Sign up for our newsletter: dwaterfowl.realmagnet.land/delta-waterfowl-updates Follow us on social media: Delta Waterfowl: deltawaterfowl.org Facebook: DeltaFans/ Instagram: instagra...
Delta Predator Management Season Begins
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The Delta Waterfowl Predator Management Season begins March 15th. Contracted trappers will be heading into the field to help reduce predator numbers by trapping in carefully selected areas of high breeding-duck densities to put thousands of more ducks into the fall flight. deltawaterfowl.org/predator-management/ Sign up for our newsletter: dwaterfowl.realmagnet.land/delta-waterfowl-updates Foll...
Drought in the Prairie Breeding Grounds
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Prolonged periods of dryness can be detrimental to future duck hunting seasons. However, there is a silver lining to what droughts do for ducks and other animals that rely on the prairie breeding grounds. deltawaterfowl.org/duck-production/ Sign up for our newsletter: dwaterfowl.realmagnet.land/delta-waterfowl-updates Follow us on social media: Delta Waterfowl: deltawaterfowl.org Facebook: face...
March Migration Update 2024
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In March's Migration Update, presented by @KentCartridge, our team discusses the bird numbers in their areas as the Spring Light Goose Conservation Order has started up.🪿 Have you had a chance to get out for the Spring Light Goose Conservation Order? How has the action been in your area? Sign up for our newsletter: dwaterfowl.realmagnet.land/delta-waterfowl-updates Follow us on social media: De...
Why Predator Management Boosts Duck Production | Duckology
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#deltawaterfowl #ducks #duckology The distribution and abundance of predators in the Prairie Pothole Region and other key breeding areas have shifted over time, putting breeding ducks at risk. For upland nesters, such as mallards, teal, gadwall, and pintails, predation by raccoons, skunks, and other duck egg eaters often runs rampant on the prairies. This reality, coupled with declining duck ne...
February Migration Update 2024
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Duck seasons have wrapped up, and some special goose seasons remain open, but the hot topic now is snow geese! 🪿 In February's Migration Update, presented by @KentCartridge, our team drops insights into what they are seeing in their neck of the flyway. Has your Spring Light Goose Conservation Order Season started? Have you gotten on any snows yet? Sign up for our newsletter: dwaterfowl.realm...
Dr. Frank Speaks to Congress with Questions and Answers
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#deltawaterfowl #duckproduction #duckhunting Delta Waterfowl Testifies in Congress to Support HEN ACT. deltawaterfowl.org Dr. Frank Rohwer appears before House subcommittee to back a proposed law that would fund important duck production and habitat conservation programs. Dr. Frank Rohwer, president and chief scientist of Delta Waterfowl, testified today before the U.S. House of Representatives...
Delta Waterfowl Hen Houses: Our Top Duck Production Tool
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By installing these elevated nest structures in the key breeding areas, Delta Waterfowl can increase nest success up to 80 percent in areas where the success rate is frequently less than 10 percent. As a result, our current number of cost-effective elevated nest structures installed in the PPR help produce more than 45,000 ducklings annually. deltawaterfowl.org/hen-houses/
January 2024 Winter Weather Migration Update
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For us up north, it's been cold, 𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙮 𝙘𝙤𝙡𝙙, the past couple of days, which means the action might begin to heat up for those of you further down the flyways! 💥🦆 This special January Winter Weather Migration Update, presented by @KentCartridge, will give you updates on what our team is seeing in their areas after the latest cold front swept across the north. How has the hunting been for those ...
New Hen House Materials at Delta Waterfowl
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Duck Production is always on our mind at Delta Waterfowl. Late winter and early spring is the time to break out our ice augers and install the newest Hen Houses on the landscape. With our latest shipment of pre-cut, bulk wire fencing, we’ll soon be able to build new nest structures to distribute across the Prairie Pothole Region. When the ducks arrive in spring, these new Hen Houses will be amo...
Why do more hens die during nesting season than during their molt?
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Why do more hens die during nesting season than during their molt?
2023 Year End Video: Thank you from The Duck Hunters Organization
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2023 Year End Video: Thank you from The Duck Hunters Organization
Ep. 49 | When Tradition Meets Technology: Finding the Fine Line for Modern Hunters
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Ep. 49 | When Tradition Meets Technology: Finding the Fine Line for Modern Hunters
October 2023 Winter Weather Migration Update
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October 2023 Winter Weather Migration Update
Delta Tested - Sitka Delta Zip Waders
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Delta Tested - Sitka Delta Zip Waders
Ep. 48 | Chisels & Chuckles: Decoy Wisdom from the Pros
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Ep. 48 | Chisels & Chuckles: Decoy Wisdom from the Pros
Unbelievable mild winter last year for good winter survival. Still wonder why the numbers were not much higher especially for mallards. Still most likely going to sit out another year.
What can east Wisconsin area expect?
Why is it that in a majority of your videos nobody gives updates about the Atlantic flyway?
Because the AF sucks. I live in Western Pa. and it's bad here, really bad.
The government screws up everything they get involved with, ducks won’t be any different. It’s a joke groups like delta and du put any value in the data the feds produce.
Did I hear him right? Regulations don't matter for pintails? BS....they will go extinct with this change
The politics of seasonal wetlands is where the future battle looms. The nonsense regarding nexus, connection to a perennial water body, etc is ludicrous. If it’s hydric soils, hydric vegetation, it must be protected. These basins are what makes you waterfowlers happy or not so much in the Fall. And just so ya know, the Trump Administration wants these marshes unregulated-period.
Is that so? Let's see a link that says it like you claim, because that's BS.
@@StormWidgeon Look it up yourself. Nothing preventing you from doing it. It's true anyway.
@@donnovicki9771 So I did, like I suspected it's a generalized statement taken out of context. Take a look at this while you're at it. www.doi.gov/pressreleases/trump-administration-announces-more-130-million-public-private-funding-wetland
I hope this 3 pintail limit is locked in. Rather drop the mallard limit out here in CA since it’s rare to even see that many a season, let alone being able to harvest many. Seems like the bulk of the population are at a park, lake or golf course.
I can't believe they would allow 3 hens per day. That seems foolish to me, but I'm no scientist.
@@donnovicki9771should be 1 hen limit for all species with an emphasis on trying to not harvest any hens. They don’t make pics look any better
One thing I think would be interesting to see more data on would be the drake/hen ratio for pintails and how that may be effecting the population as a whole. During my last couple seasons, I could’ve sworn I’ve seen 100-1 Drake/hen ratio. I wonder if hens are getting too beat up during breeding season to have an effective brooding cycle.
I see that with mallards 2 tons of drakes few hens last 4 years
Age would be a good question too. If older hens are still alive but not producing nests, they aren't helping the population grow.
@@JoshSDshot yeah, not nearly as bad as pintails though. Last I heard mallards were at a 3-1 Drake/hen ratio. I haven’t seen any study’s on that for pintails.
@@TacticalFowlNW yeah, viability could be having an effect too.
The lower the number the more we increase the limits... insane. Ducks are up slightly from almost extinct..great news
"almost extinct" exaggerate much?
@@tracyelsinger1088 Ducks are in terrible shape. I started hunting 60 years ago and no comparison to today. Far fewer birds, far less places to hunt , tons more hunters and on and on
@@mjuberian ah yes, the "good old days". Ever wonder why every generation of hunters looks back on decades past as being far better than the present day? Not saying duck numbers aren't lower now, because they probably are, but that kind of hyperbole is just dumb.
@@tracyelsinger1088 Because they wre far better days... you apparently are not old enough. Not only far more birds but far more places to hunt, far less technology and just better people who were duck hunters than present IMO.
@@tracyelsinger1088Your being ignorant because you don't know. Things were better, they have been getting worse. I've kept detailed logs of ever hunt, including weather, decoy placement, birds seen and harvested, etc... The DNR does not manage wetlands property. They rent them out to bait farmers and the minnows eat all the invertebrates. Which in turn destroys the food source for ducks. You have all these wetlands with no ducks on them, this is just part of the many reasons why.
How well does it hold up to a salt water situation?
I thought Canvasbacks were protected?? Greetings from Canada.
I was there. And it was awesome
Waterfowl hunting has gotten so poor that its almost impossible to pass down unlike in my day. With this drought I wonder if a generation has been lost creating a huge gap for the future.
So dome ducks are Gay
I see these ducks at the pond!
Thanks for this. There seems to be a lot of conflicting information about ducks. I was under the impression that they had poor night vision but then I found several pages saying that their night vision was excellent.
Is Great Thanks Very Much🎉Blessings🔔
This is exactly the info, straight to the point, very clear. This is so great. Thumbs up well deserved.
I run the breast through a cuber with the grain and against the the grain only twine soke in buttermilk a little over 5 minutes salt pepper flour deep-fry home made onion gravy optional
Very cool! I have 8 ducks and I always have wondered how the see the world. They are easy to pick up and put to bed at night, when the sun sets and it gets dark, they come to the back porch. I reckon they feel safe with the light on. Bless em. Silly boogers.
it seems stupid to me to make waterfoul hunters use steel shot but still continue to use plastic wadding in the shells instead of cardboard disks....plastic contamination in water is a serious issue...waterfowl eat the bits of plastic and clog up and die it happens a lot..also fish eat it and it winds up inside bald eagles and kills them...its a chain of plastic death
Looks very nice and simple.Hay and straw are quite fragile materials. how long the weather conditions will last??
How about not shoot EITHER.
You can tell by their wings too... There's a white line over the blue and if the white line stops where the blue stops it's a male. And if the white line is longer than the blue, it's a female
Are they still in their warehouse in Henrietta?
G and H would never have found themselves in such a state had they redesigned their moulds to look like ducks instead of cartoon characters. People were saying this twenty years ago and had they done it, they would have dominated the market.
Hey delta, are these being used in areas with snakes and raccoons? My grandfather used to build birdhouses back in the day. He had a problem with predators climbing the pole to get at the eggs or baby birds. By putting a large inverted (upside down) bowl halfway up the pole, he was able to prevent many of the predators from climbing. It’s fairly low cost as it can be done with sheet tin or even plastic. I think it’s now called a “conical predator guard.”
Didn’t find this until just now. I passed on somewhere around 60 coots this year. Never again.
Now made in China
Very interesting facts about nest parasitism. Nice video friend.
Pretty sure these ducks are done aging.... 😂
Canvasbacks
What size kennel is that and how big is the dog? Thanks
Neat I’ve never owned a punt gun but I have owned four diffferent 8 gauge doubles made by Parker Brothers in Meriden Connecticut.
Tought he was gonna show me how to dry age them qnd then he starts talking about how old they are 😅
Without Predator management there will be no waterfowl or Prairie Birds nesting on the ground at all
Wishing all you predator managers a successful season! Thanks for your work. It’s not just about numbers of acres.
Wildlife agencies should encourage trapping through education and make trapping popular again. Also, creating a demand for fur to improve fur prices and utilization of the resource.
Just curious why are you not using dogproof traps as well? You can put a lot more of them out than just cage traps unless you can not run them everyday
Stranglehold Outdoors
THX cant it for the geee all the way from cross lake manitoba canada!
As one of those trappers in Manitoba, so true!
Trying to do my part caught 80 coons so far this year and almost 20 coyotes but i am down south
Delta Waterfowl's science-based MDC recognizes the importance of enhancing the nesting success and brood survival rates that are directly linked to utilizing hen houses and mesopredator management where appropriate and practical. The Oregon Trappers Association applauds these science-based efforts to bolster the North American Continents waterfowl population by the Duck Hunter's Organization.
Bravo Dr. Rohwer! Glad we have you to advocate for waterfowl in the efforts of increasing nesting productivity. Dr. Rohwer, if you may happen to read this, I am installing Wood Duck boxes in a few creeks in Southern Delaware / Maryland . Is it worthwhile installing Hen Houses as well or is it a waste of time and money for my flyway. My goal is to install 10 this off season and if the Hen Houses work for nesting in my region, I will install 10 of those as well. Thanks for your time.🦆
Really interesting video, but different than I expected. I thought it would compare goose calls to swan calls. (That was my search.) So in that regard, it wasn't what I was looking for. Instead, though, I got a very interesting anatomy demonstration, showing why they sound very different from one another. Recommendation: Add a trigger warning for people who might be repulsed by animal dissection. It doesn't bother me, but it reminded me of when a few students had to be dismissed from 10th-grade biology because they became sick just from the idea of directing frogs and piglets. DISSECTION is informative and interesting for a curious mind, and is relevant to bird calls, but potentially not as appreciated by the "faint of heart."
How come you guys don't care about the Pacific Flyway mainly Washington Oregon California if Delta does report on the Pacific fly away it's always the last and the least amount of information
I was just trying to figure out why it seems like you guys don't care about the Pacific Flyway maybe get together with CWA and you guys can figure things out together
@@richardrice3341 God damn dude calm down.
Well this was my 50th year hunting ducks and the WORST !