Weekly Duck Migration Forecast

 January 23, 2012 Overview

This will be the final Weekly Duck Migration Forecast for the 2011-2012 Waterfowl Season.  Conditions throughout the coming week will be mild and snow melt will be substantial in areas to the east and south of Iowa.  WSI values will decrease substantially, even in the Great Lakes region which last week was entirely snow covered and thus, the WSI predicts little to no movement of new dabbling ducks into southern latitudes in the coming week.  Recent precipitation have increased habitat throughout the Mississippi Alluvial Valley and other southern locales.  Ducks are likely redistributing to take advantage of newly created habitat caused by rainfall.  Hunters that target these newly flooded habitats to take advantage of ducks already at their latitude may increase their hunting success. 

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Previous Reports

• Weekly Duck Migration Forecast Jan 23, 2012
• Weekly Duck Migration Forecast Jan 16, 2012
• Weekly Duck Migration Forecast Jan 09, 2012
• Weekly Duck Migration Forecast Jan 02, 2012
• Weekly Duck Migration Forecast Dec 19, 2011
• Weekly Duck Migration Forecast Dec 12, 2011
• Weekly Duck Migration Forecast Dec 05, 2011
• Weekly Duck Migration Forecast Nov 28, 2011
• Weekly Duck Migration Forecast Nov 21, 2011
• Weekly Duck Migration Forecast Nov 14, 2011
• Weekly Duck Migration Forecast Nov 07, 2011
• Duck Migration Forecast 2011-12 Forecast