{"id":107759,"date":"2016-09-22T14:52:41","date_gmt":"2016-09-22T19:52:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=107759"},"modified":"2016-09-22T14:53:18","modified_gmt":"2016-09-22T19:53:18","slug":"wetlands-good-for-duck-huntin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=107759","title":{"rendered":"Wetlands Good for Duck Hunting"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-107195\" src=\"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/woodduck-300x202.jpg\" alt=\"woodduck\" width=\"300\" height=\"202\" srcset=\"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/woodduck-300x202.jpg 300w, https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/woodduck-431x291.jpg 431w, https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/woodduck-260x175.jpg 260w, https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/woodduck.jpg 445w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Bismarck\u00a0 (CSi)\u00a0 The North Dakota Game and Fish Department\u2019s annual fall wetland survey indicates good but variable wetland conditions for duck hunting throughout the state.<\/p>\n<p>Migratory game bird biologist Andy Dinges said the northeast region has the highest number of wetlands holding water, while the south central and southeast have also seen improvement from last year\u2019s fall wetland conditions. However, the northwest and north central regions of the state will have the fewest wetlands available for duck hunting opportunities since fall 2012.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn general, wetland conditions are best in northeast, but other regions in the state have average to slightly below average fall wetland conditions,\u201d Dinges said.<\/p>\n<p>Dinges said this year\u2019s moisture conditions began with fairly dry conditions in May, but were aided by steady precipitation throughout much of the state during mid-summer.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDrying conditions in some regions should provide good loafing areas for waterfowl and cranes along wetlands, but can make hunting difficult in some cases if there is wide mud margin around wetlands,\u201d Dinges added.<\/p>\n<p>The quality of waterfowl hunting in North Dakota is largely determined by weather conditions and patterns. Dinges said strong reproduction for ducks in breeding areas both in and outside of North Dakota this year makes for good fall hunting potential.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHunters should always scout because of ever changing conditions and distribution of waterfowl,\u201d Dinges said, \u201cand should also be cautious driving off-trail to avoid soft spots, and while encountering areas of tall vegetation that could be a fire hazard.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The fall wetland survey is conducted mid-September, just prior to the waterfowl hunting season, to provide an assessment of conditions duck hunters can expect.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bismarck\u00a0 (CSi)\u00a0 The North Dakota Game and Fish Department\u2019s annual fall wetland survey indicates good but variable wetland conditions for duck hunting throughout the state. Migratory game bird biologist Andy Dinges said the northeast region has the highest number of wetlands holding water, while the south central and southeast have [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":107196,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-107759","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/107759","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=107759"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/107759\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":107761,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/107759\/revisions\/107761"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/107196"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=107759"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=107759"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=107759"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}