Migration Alert: Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Michigan Waterfowlers Prepare for Opener

Waterfowl hunters around the Upper Great Lakes are geared up and ready to go for season openers across the region this weekend, including the north zones of Michigan and Wisconsin, as well as the entire state of Minnesota. All three states combined amount to a geographic area larger than Texas, and habitat and water conditions in this region vary...

Wisconsin

Wisconsin will offer ample opportunities for waterfowlers during the opening days of the season. "Statewide there is good water going into the opener this season," explains Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources Game Bird Ecologist Taylor Finger. "We had excellent production statewide, so I would expect a good opening day with plenty of local mallards and wood ducks around. We have been seeing some migrant puddle ducks, including pintails, gadwalls, and wigeon, appearing on the Mississippi River, and migrating Canada geese are coming in from northern Ontario."...