Good opening weekend at the Lone Oak Duck Club, then tapering off. Now we’re iced up but hopefully not for long thanks to climate change. This cold weather should bring new birds down from up north (or push the ones that are here on down south). We’ll see what the rest of the season brings.
Speaking of climate change, the current issue of Delta Waterfowl magazine has an article about waterfowl migrating later than they used to.
Short answer:less severe winter weather and more acres of corn being planted in the Dakotas.
In fact the last few years some mallards and Canada geese haven’t migrated’t all. They don’t do it just because they like to fly.
Meanwhile we’re having fun and that’s what it’s all about.
Duck blind food.Photo: Jon Blumb
A truckload of ducks
Breakfast at Lone Oak. Photo: Jon Blumb
Cleaning time. Photo: Jon Blumb
Just Maggie and me. Photo: Jon Blumb
Maggie and the boys
Maggie at work. Photo: Jon Blumb
Moon over Even Williams. Photo: Jon Blumb
Opening night jitters
Break time. Photo: Jon Blumb
Published by BruceCochran
Bruce Cochran graduated from Oklahoma University in 1960 with a B.A. in design. He worked as a humor writer/illustrator for Hallmark Cards from 1960 – 1962 and has freelanced as a writer, cartoonist and illustrator since then. Cochran drew daily sports cartoon for USA Today from 1983 – 1991. He has 10 humor/cartoon books published by Willow Creek Press and his work appears regularly in Wyoming Wildlife, Outdoor News, On Wisconsin Outdoors, Pheasants Forever Journal, Wildfowl, Gundog, Ducks Unlimited magazine, Delta Waterfowl and other publications. He also writes and illustrates a regular humor column for Wyoming Wildlife News. Bruce won first place in the magazine humor category of OWAA’s EIC contest in 2000, 2004, 2008, 2009, and 2010. Life Sponsor: Ducks Unlimited. Life member: NRA. Member: Pheasants Forever, Trout Unlimited, OWAA and Outdoor Writers of Kansas.
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