The following report is produced for Texas Parks and Wildlife. Updated Jan. 3. Biologist Bill Johnson reports that playa lakes and reservoirs are frozen. Duck hunting has been tough with the absence of open water. Johnson said the ducks that have not found running or open water have left the Panhandle region.
Mallards are most abundant.
More than 20 inches of snow fell on the region over the past week. Goose hunting was tough with all the snow on the ground, however, since some of the snow bank has subsided, Canada geese are decoying over corn and wheat fields. Snows and Ross' geese are mixed in with the Canadas. Sandhill cranes are in short supply. Sloughs and ponds are frozen solid from Texarkana to Carthage.