Dabblers and Divers Waterfowl Guide Service

09/03/2025

BREAKING: The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service just released its 2025 Waterfowl Population Status Report.

The estimate for total breeding ducks was 34 million, unchanged from 2024, and 4% below the long-term average.

Read this year’s Waterfowl Population Survey Results: www.ducks.org/ducknumbers

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07/19/2025

07/11/2025

Stop by and see us tomorrow at Youth Outdoor Fest from 10am - 2pm at Pettibone Park in La Crosse, WI! Learn how to identify ducks by their bill shape and color! We'll also have federal duck stamps and federal recreational lands passes available for purchase (cash or check only, some passes require a specific ID). There's lots of fun activities for your whole family to try! Find out more about the event here: https://www.facebook.com/share/16bHxzwsEk/

Photo: Taxidermied ducks on wooden dowel rods offer educational opportunities for children and adults by USFWS.

07/04/2025

Happy 4Th Everyone!

06/19/2025

03/24/2025

Spring migration is in full swing as many of our GPS marked ducks push north to their breeding grounds. Here is a map of the current locations for some of our mallards. Most of our ducks end up breeding in the Prairie Pothole Region of the Dakotas and southern Canada, so they still have a little ways to go before they reach their destination.

12/31/2024

We missed this Gadwall in the Fall. Would have been a good one!

This hen gadwall made a 3,800 mile loop over the past year! The blue stars indicate locations where she stopped to rest on her migration. She had 5 stopovers during her spring migration (yellow line), and 4 during her fall migration (red line). She left Canada on 10/24/2024 and arrived to Reelfoot Lake in Tennessee on 11/11/2024. She stayed at Reelfoot for almost a month until leaving for Mississippi on 12/10/2024. Happy New Year!

12/14/2024

Put the boat away yesterday 😢 2024 season is in the books. Had a Great year started in the spring with snows had some great hunts and survived all the wind this last spring.
September got into some early geese and teal on the river and then the grind with guiding started.
What a great year birds showed up and the weather was great. Got everyone out except one group that called at 4AM and said they were sick. No break downs and everything went safely
After Wisco closed headed out of state to hunt with friends and relax and enjoy some great food in the boat and some great hunting.
Thanks to all my Clients and friends for a great 2024 season.
Can’t wait til 2025 so we can keep watch over the decoy spread again.
Happy Holidays Everyone!!
Thanks Again!!

11/28/2024

Happy Turkey Day!!