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Waterfowl Report for February 3, 2010

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NORTHWEST
 
Ft. Supply (ZONE 1): Lake level is 0.63 ft. above normal.  Habitat conditions are poor, with wheat in the area in fair to good condition.  Duck season closed.  Goose numbers are fair.  Hunting activity has been low.  Bird movements in the area have been slow the last few days. 

Salt Plains National Wildlife Refuge:  Duck season closed.  Goose numbers:  large Canada 1,680; small Canada 15,000; snow 900; Ross’s 160. 

SOUTHWEST
 
Ft. Cobb (ZONE 2):  Lake level is normal.  Habitat conditions are good, with all crops around the area harvested.  Duck season closed.  Goose numbers are low.  Hunting activity is low.  Most of the area is covered in ice, but thawing out.
 
Hackberry (ZONE 2): Reservoir is 1.0 ft. below conservation pool with about 1,500 acres of wetland units flooded.  Habitat conditions are good, with wild millet, pigweed and tooth-cup.  Duck season closed.  Goose numbers are fair, with mainly white-fronted geese and Canadas.  Hunting activity is fair, with moderate success.

Mtn. Park (ZONE 2):  Lake level is 4.50 ft. below normal.  Habitat conditions are good, with winter wheat in good shape.  Duck season closed.  Goose numbers are low.  Hunting pressure in the area has been low.

  
NORTHEAST  

Copan (ZONE 2):  Lake level is 1.80 ft. above normal.  Habitat conditions are fair, with flooded native plants on units and soybean fields on the management area.  Duck season closed.  Goose numbers are low.  Hunting activity is high on weekends, low on weekdays.  Hunting success in the area has been poor.  Waterfowl numbers have decreased since the ice and snow fall. 

Eufaula (ZONE 2): Lake level is 2.00 ft. above normal.  Habitat conditions with current lake level are poor to fair, with very little farming in the area.  Duck season closed.  Goose numbers are low, with scattered flocks of Canadas observed around the countryside.  No significant bird movement observed in the area.

Ft. Gibson (ZONE 2):  Lake level is 5.43 ft. above normal.  Habitat conditions are currently fair, with smartweed, barnyard grass and some agricultural crops in the area.  Duck season closed.  Goose numbers are low.  Hunting activity is low, with poor success.  No significant bird movement observed in the area.

Hulah (ZONE 2):  Lake level is 1.37 ft. above normal.  Habitat conditions are good, with flooded native plants on units and soybean fields in the area have now been harvested.  Duck season closed.  Goose numbers are low.  Hunting activity is low, with poor success.  Most birds in the area have been seen on the main body of the lake.

Kaw (ZONE 2):  Lake level is 1.81 ft. below normal.  Habitat conditions are poor, with most of the millet supply gone.  Duck season closed.  Goose numbers are fair.  Birds are coming to the lake for water and feeding out onto croplands.  

Keystone (ZONE 2):  Lake level is 1.73 ft. above normal.  Flats, sloughs and potholes are in very poor condition due to summer water shortage in the lake.  Cottonwood unit is in fair condition, but frozen over.  Duck season closed.  Goose numbers are low.   Hunter success in the area has been poor.  No major bird movements observed in the area.

Oologah (ZONE 2):  Lake level is 3.90 ft. above normal.  Habitat conditions are fair, with no flooded millet and some plants along the edge of the lake.  Crops around the lake are in poor condition due to flood conditions this past summer.  Duck season closed.  Goose numbers are fair.  Good movement of giant and small Canadas in the area. 

Sooner (ZONE 2):  Lake level is 0.5 ft below normal.  Habitat conditions are fair.  Winter wheat in the area is in fair condition around the lake.  Duck season closed.  Goose numbers are fair.  Hunting activity is moderate, with fair success. 

Webbers Falls (ZONE 2):  Lake level is 2.97 ft. above normal.  Habitat conditions are currently good, with smartweed, barnyard grass, bidens, cut soybeans, corn, milo and wheat in the area.  Duck season closed.  Goose numbers are low.  Hunting activity is low, with fair to poor success.  No significant bird movement observed in the area.

 
SOUTHEAST
 

Grassy Slough (ZONE 2): Wetland units are full except for the south unit which is drained.  Habitat conditions are fair, with fair amounts of wild forage in the area.  Duck season closed.  Goose numbers are poor.  

Hugo (ZONE 2):  Lake level is 3.31 ft. above normal.  Habitat conditions are poor.  Duck season closed.  Goose numbers are low.  Hunting activity is low, with poor success. 

Red Slough (ZONE 2):  Wetland units and reservoirs full except for drawdown’s just started on units 30, 31, 40 and 41.  Habitat conditions are good, with fair amounts of wild forage still present.  Duck season closed.  Goose numbers are low. 

Texoma (ZONE 2): Lake level is 1.92 ft. above normal.  Habitat conditions are good with millet flooded out.  Duck season closed.  Goose numbers are low.  Hunting activity is low, with poor success.  Several flights of snow geese observed in the area, with migration back north beginning to take place. 

Wister (ZONE 2):  Lake level is 3.00 ft. above normal.  Habitat conditions are fair.  Duck season closed.  Goose numbers are low.  No significant bird movement observed in the area.

Status Summary of Waterfowl Development Areas

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