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Canada goose hunting should be excellent, on the other hand. The states harvest quota has increased 10 percent to 52,500, allowing a two men moncler jackets bright green bird daily limit. Plenty of local honkers remain around, with steady flights of migrants expected through the fall, assuming that winter in the north runs on schedule.

Ducks in the Mississippi Flyway still suffer from that longstanding Canadian drought, allowing farmers to drain and till previously impenetrable wetlands. Last years Illinois harvest estimate was 368,500, a surprising 16 percent increase from 1986, largely because more hunters spent more days in the field. The hunter success rate was very poor, averaging half a duck a day. Fish and Wildlife Service predicts an overall 2 percent increase of ducks in the flyway (from last years 20 million), that is not enough of an increase to affect hunter success.

Although breeding mallards have been reported up 6 percent, they still remain 19 percent below the long term average. Meanwhile, pintail numbers remain low, and blue winged teal are moncler coats grey on sale for women down 26 percent. Other ducks should be about the same.

Dennis Thornburg, chief state waterfowl biologist, expects many hunters to turn toward strong populations of locally produced wood ducks, as well as incidental shots at geese.

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