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...from Canada and they are going to be more concentrated this year because of less water across the landscape," said Steve Cordts, the DNR's waterfowl specialist. "Somewhere someone is going to have the best duck hunting they've ever had...
...harvest more toward migrant sandhill cranes by better timing the season with expected higher migrant bird numbers," said Steve Cordts, DNR waterfowl specialist. "Hunters should expect the same or better harvest opportunities this year compared with...
...combined to make 2012 a noteworthy season. "We expected it to be a good season and, by all accounts, it was," said Steve Cordts, waterfowl specialist for the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR). "We've heard a lot of positive...
...the highest on record, at 360,000. That's 44 percent above the long-term average.DNR waterfowl specialist Steve Cordts says with these wetland conditions, he expects a good number of ducks to be hatched this year.The DNR will announce...
...stable this year, according to the DNR. "Breeding waterfowl numbers for most species were generally good," said Steve Cordts, DNR waterfowl staff specialist. "Although May was one of the wettest months on record in much of the state, most...
...this year is Sept. 25 through Nov. 23. But despite the long 60-day season a big harvest is hardly a given, said Steve Cordts, DNR waterfowl specialist. "Look at how unusual the weather has been this summer," Cordts noted. "Who knows what...
...waterfowl managers, we'd like to find ways to increase overall satisfaction with waterfowl seasons and harvest," said Steve Cordts, DNR waterfowl staff specialist. "Since this was a random survey of waterfowl hunters, it provides a good representation...
...percent since 1995. "In fact, this year's duck numbers are the lowest since the drought years of the 1980s," said Steve Cordts, the DNR's waterfowl specialist. Minnesota has more duck hunters than anywhere else in the nation, with 120,000...
...announced. The regulations are identical to last year and have been well accepted by Minnesota duck hunters, said Steve Cordts, DNR waterfowl specialist. The daily bag limit for both canvasbacks and pintails will be one for the entire season...
...confirmed in scaup and coots sent to the National Wildlife Health Center in Madison, Wis. DNR waterfowl biologist Steve Cordts said a large raft of live scaup were on the lake Thursday and he feared they also might eat the snails and die.