The key to Cedarville
Farm's success is our ability to rotate hunting sites to keep from over-pressuring birds. By having exclusive hunting
rights to multiple quality properties and limiting membership to 5 persons per each of our hunting days (Saturdays, Sundays,
and Wednesdays), we have maintained our seasonal club goal average of 5 or more birds per man day of hunting and harvested
over 30,000 waterfowl since inception in 2002.
There are 28 duck
species and 11 goose species/subspecies in our area. Nine of the 28 duck species are rare or uncommon (Black Scoter,
Blue-winged Teal, Canvasback Duck, Cinnamon Teal, Common/Aleutian Teal, Eurasian Widgeon, Redhead Duck, Ruddy Duck). The Harlequin
Duck is restricted to 50 - 1 duck each permits. Two of the 11 goose species/subspecies are rare or uncommon (Ross's
Goose, Vancouver Canada Goose) and 1 subspecies (Dusky Canada Goose) is now closed to hunting. There are 2 harvestable
water birds in our area (Wilson's Snipe, American Coot). Of the 9 uncommon/rare ducks we've harvested Blue-winged Teal,
Canvasbak, Cinnamon Teal, Eurasian Widgeon, Redhead, and Ruddy Ducks at Cedarville. We've harvested all but the Ross's
Goose at Cedarville. We usually harvest a few hybrids and exotics each season.
Mallards and Widgeon
trade back and forth for our most abundant ducks with mostly Northern Pintail, Green-winged Teal, and Northern Shovelers filling
any empty spots on the lanyards. Western Canada Geese and Cackling Canada Geese are our most abundant geese.
