Iowa Waterfowl News
First Ice Provides Final Chance for Wood Ducks
Oct. 28, 2008With its piercing blood red eye and gaudy mix of iridescent blue, russet, sienna plumage, it's really no secret why the drake wood duck ranks as the world's most colorful waterfowl.
Al Infante has been on a wild goose chase ever since he was knee high to a grasshopper. Still going strong at 80, he rarely misses an opportunity to get out on the marsh.
December Blizzard Delivers Fantasy Goose Hunt - Dec. 15, 2009
LAKE MILLS - By late morning the stage was set. The season's first major winter storm system was cranking up and within hours would be roaring into Iowa. The predictions were grim.
Good Things Come to Those Who Wait - Dec. 01, 2009
CLEAR LAKE - In the weather dependant, ever changing world of Iowa waterfowl hunting, there are no guarantees.
Youth Duck Hunting Adventure Brings Kids Outdoors - Oct. 06, 2009
Although it was more than five minutes into legal shooting time, the skies above Rice Lake remained nearly pitch black. The weatherman's "Thirty percent chance of scattered showers" was becoming four hours of steady rainfall and the predawn temperature was on a downhill slide.
Early Duck Season Provides Plenty of Hunting Opportunity - Sep. 29, 2009
Lots of ducks. Lots of hunters. Lots of shooting. That's the way most Iowa waterfowl hunting enthusiasts are summing up the results of the September 19 kickoff to the first, five-day segment of the 2009 Iowa duck season.
Iowa Duck Season Opens Saturday - Blue-winged Teal Will Make or Break Hunter Success - Sep. 15, 2009
The first segment of Iowa's 2009 split duck hunting season begins Saturday, September 19. Regardless of which region of the state hunters choose to go, the success of early season September outings will hinge largely on the abundance [or scarcity] of blue-winged teal.
A Goose By Any Other Name - Nov. 13, 2008
With incredible weights attaining 10, 12, and rarely even 15 pounds, its easy to see where Iowa's homegrown, corn fed giant Canada goose [Branta canadensis maxima] gets its name.
First Ice Provides Final Chance for Wood Ducks - Oct. 28, 2008
With its piercing blood red eye and gaudy mix of iridescent blue, russet, sienna plumage, it's really no secret why the drake wood duck ranks as the world's most colorful waterfowl.
