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Weather Triggers
Cold Front
Rides fronts in huge pushes; spring reverse migration follows the snow line north
Wind
Swirls down-wind in tornadoes over the spread
Temp / Ice
Follows the snow/thaw line both directions
Habitat
Rice, corn stubble, sheet water, refuges
The Daily Clock
How to Hunt It — Hour by Hour
1
Refuge Roost
Night
Hundreds of thousands raft refuge water, lifting in white sheets.
Run It
Hunt the traffic lanes off refuges
Distance from the roost = decoying birds
2
Morning Swarm
Mid-morning
Tornadoes onto feed fields, juveniles low, adults circling at altitude.
Run It
1,000+ windsock spreads
E-caller loud, then louder
3
Midday Sheet Water
Midday
Loafs on shallow sheet water in blinding white rafts.
Run It
Sheet-water sets kill afternoons
Whites-only spread, hide harder
4
Evening Return
Last hour
Waves stream back to the refuge high and called-out.
Run It
Under the lane for pass shots
Pick juveniles out of the wads
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