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Article: Ducks may fly south sooner this year because of cool, wet spring.(Originated from Knight-Ridder Newspapers)
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- Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service
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- July 31, 1996
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SHIAWASSEE, Mich. _ When all is said and done, it comes down to the basics _ sex and survival. And for Michigan waterfowlers, the basics dictate that it would be smart to plan the most hunts in the early and middle parts of the fall season.
Most duck species had no problem with the sex part this spring. Breeding counts on the prairie potholes in the north-central U.S. and south-central Canada were up 18 percent from last year's numbers.
When it comes to surviving, however, they might run into some problems. The farm crops that ducks depend on in the fall were decimated by the cool, wet spring, especially in places like Michigan. That means that when the fat ...