Minnesota Waterfowl Migration and Hunting Report Nov 19th, 2015

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The following report is a compilation of state and federal wildlife manager reports and waterfowl surveys from across Minnesota. This is the 9th report for 2015. Reports will be compiled weekly throughout the hunting season and should be available by Thursday afternoon each week. The Conservation Officer Report, available on the DNR web site, also contains information about waterfowl hunter success across the state.

General: 19 November 2015

Duck hunting improved in most areas the past week with more birds moving into the state with the recent cold front and extremely strong NW winds. Hunting pressure remains extremely low in all areas for this point of the season. Numbers of late season migrants (goldeneyes, scaup, mergansers) increased and both mallard and Canada goose numbers increased the past few days. Most ring-necked ducks have migrated south.

The weather forecast calls for high temperatures to be in the 20s in northern MN and low 30s in southern MN for the weekend. Many wetlands and lakes will be ice-covered but large lakes should remain open into next week. The long-term forecast calls for above average temperatures to return statewide early next week.