{"id":55680,"date":"2014-10-01T11:01:50","date_gmt":"2014-10-01T16:01:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=55680"},"modified":"2014-10-01T11:02:52","modified_gmt":"2014-10-01T16:02:52","slug":"wetland-conditions-good-duck-hunting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=55680","title":{"rendered":"Wetland conditions good  duck hunting"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/duck.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-52252\" alt=\"duck\" src=\"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/duck.jpg\" width=\"126\" height=\"90\" \/><\/a>Bismarck (CSi)\u00a0 The North Dakota Game and Fish Department&#8217;s annual fall wetland survey indicates good to excellent wetland conditions for duck hunting throughout most of the state.<\/p>\n<p>Mike Szymanski, migratory game bird biologist, said the northwest has a near-record number of wetlands, while the rest of the state has wetland numbers similar to, or above the 2003-13 average.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Most areas have fairly similar conditions compared to last year, with improvements<br \/>\nin the central part of the state,&#8221; Szymanski said.\u00a0 &#8220;Really, we seem to have pretty<br \/>\ngood numbers of wetlands holding water statewide. The western half of the state is<br \/>\nthe wettest, but other than a few smaller isolated areas, hunters across the state<br \/>\nshouldn&#8217;t have issues finding wetlands holding water.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The western half of the state received significant rainfall in August. Hunters<br \/>\nshould be cautious driving off-trail to avoid soft spots and areas like tall<br \/>\nvegetation that could be a fire hazard.<\/p>\n<p>The quality of waterfowl hunting in North Dakota is predicated on weather conditions<br \/>\nand patterns. Szymanski said strong reproduction for ducks in breeding areas both in<br \/>\nand outside of North Dakota makes for good fall hunting potential.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Hunters should always scout because of ever changing conditions and distribution of<br \/>\nwaterfowl,&#8221; Szymanski said.<\/p>\n<p>The wetland survey is conducted in mid-September, just prior to the waterfowl<br \/>\nhunting season, to provide an assessment of conditions duck hunters can expect.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bismarck (CSi)\u00a0 The North Dakota Game and Fish Department&#8217;s annual fall wetland survey indicates good to excellent wetland conditions for duck hunting throughout most of the state. Mike Szymanski, migratory game bird biologist, said the northwest has a near-record number of wetlands, while the rest of the state has wetland [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-55680","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55680","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=55680"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55680\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":55683,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55680\/revisions\/55683"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=55680"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=55680"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=55680"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}