Hunt Intelligence · Waterfowl

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Every flyway has a migration fingerprint — the birds it carries, when they push, and the weather that moves them. Learn the birds, watch the fronts, and be set up when the flight hits.

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Flyway Fingerprints

Each flyway carries a different mix of birds. The barcode is 12 months of flight volume — no two flyways match.

Pacific Flyway

AK · WA · OR · CA · NV · ID

Klamath Basin → Sacramento Valley

Pintail- and wigeon-heavy with a huge white-goose show. Peaks December–January when the valley floods; specks arrive early and stay.

Central Flyway

MT · ND · SD · NE · KS · OK · TX

Prairie Potholes → TX Panhandle

Front-driven and fast-moving: blue-wing September, big-duck November–December, and the spring light-goose reverse migration up the middle.

Mississippi Flyway

MN · WI · IL · MO · AR · MS · LA

Upper Miss pools → Arkansas timber

Mallard-dominant with a wood-duck opening act and a speck-and-snow rice finale in Louisiana. Peaks late — December timber is the show.

Atlantic Flyway

ME · NY · PA · MD · VA · NC · SC

St. Lawrence → Chesapeake Bay

Goose-forward and diver-rich: resident Canadas open September, sea ducks and buffleheads own the winter bay, puddlers thread the tidal creeks.

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