Frentress said he is very optimistic about hunting prospects for the season now that the area has plenty of water to attract birds once they arrive. Reports on area lakes near Dallas say new ducks are arriving daily. Large groups of mallards have been seen on Lake Cooper along with redheads and gadwalls. The North Zone duck season reopens on Nov.11. Rains recharged duck flats and goose roosts and provided more moisture to help freshly planted rye grass and wheat fields blossom.
Specklebelly numbers are still solid but decoying action has been slow.
Snow geese are arriving daily and should be here in force by the weekend with dropping mercury readings to the north and a full moon phase on Nov.11. Plenty of water for the birds to use. The past two weeks of rain could not have come at a better time for the region. Habitat conditions were bleak and a threat of an early outbreak of cholera was imminent. New available roosting sources should help to spread the flocks out so the geese do not overuse limited sources of water, thereby limiting the outbreak of disease.