From Deltawaterfowl.org:

[T]he results of the 2009 duck breeding population and habitat survey are eye-popping: May ponds across the prairie breeding grounds increased 45 percent from a year ago, the total duck population was up 25 percent and mallard numbers climbed 10 percent. . . .

Among the other most popular species, gadwall numbers were up 12 percent to 3.1 million; green-winged teal rose to an all-time record of 3.4 million; blue-winged teal rose 11 percent to 7.4 million; northern shovelers climbed 25 percent to 4.4 million; northern pintails were up 23 percent to 3.2 million; canvasbacks were up 35 percent to 662,000, and scaup rose for the third straight year, up 12 percent to 4.2 million, the highest level since 1999.

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from muskiemaster wrote 16 weeks 5 days ago

with numbers like these I can't wait for duck season to start hopefully there stays an upward trend like this.

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from Elmer Fudd wrote 16 weeks 5 days ago

Whenever you see on TV how bad the flooding was in the midwest... just remember it's good for ducks!

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from shane wrote 16 weeks 5 days ago

Good to see that the mallards are doing "worse". There are plenty of them. It's the black ducks that they compete directly with that I'm worried about.

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from FloridaHunter1226 wrote 16 weeks 5 days ago

Hopefully we will be able to see the results of all this breeding and the population growth in this next duck season.

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from micneador wrote 16 weeks 4 days ago

I actually built a pond on my hunting land for ducks. It ha about an acre of flats that ive planted in japanese millet, and put in a flow control valve so i can food the millet. New ducks for the new pond

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from JOHN ANDERSON wrote 16 weeks 3 days ago

OH' THIS IS LIKE THE BIG GIFT UNDER THE TREE FROM YOUR FAVORITE AUNT! THE COUNT DOWN IS ON!

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from hawg daddy wrote 16 weeks 1 day ago

i hope more will come to south caroilna cause the duck population is very small compared to other states.

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from Elmer Fudd wrote 16 weeks 5 days ago

Whenever you see on TV how bad the flooding was in the midwest... just remember it's good for ducks!

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from muskiemaster wrote 16 weeks 5 days ago

with numbers like these I can't wait for duck season to start hopefully there stays an upward trend like this.

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from micneador wrote 16 weeks 4 days ago

I actually built a pond on my hunting land for ducks. It ha about an acre of flats that ive planted in japanese millet, and put in a flow control valve so i can food the millet. New ducks for the new pond

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from shane wrote 16 weeks 5 days ago

Good to see that the mallards are doing "worse". There are plenty of them. It's the black ducks that they compete directly with that I'm worried about.

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from FloridaHunter1226 wrote 16 weeks 5 days ago

Hopefully we will be able to see the results of all this breeding and the population growth in this next duck season.

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from JOHN ANDERSON wrote 16 weeks 3 days ago

OH' THIS IS LIKE THE BIG GIFT UNDER THE TREE FROM YOUR FAVORITE AUNT! THE COUNT DOWN IS ON!

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from hawg daddy wrote 16 weeks 1 day ago

i hope more will come to south caroilna cause the duck population is very small compared to other states.

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