Brookfield, MO Barometric pressure

[Jody Graff]

Does anyone have any information about how barometric pressure plays into waterfowl movement patterns? I just started hunting waterfowl a couple of years ago and can't help but think that there is something I am missing out on concerning the barometric pressure!

We have experienced days that the ducks move well, some when they didn't move at all. On days that there were similiar wind conditions, cloud cover and temperatures the ducks did not move the same... Is there an unknown contributor here or does it have something to do with the barometric pressure? I am an avid outdoorsman, my brother pays close atention to the BP for deer hunting, should I be tracking it for similiar reasons for duck hunting?

Any information that could shed some light on this would be great!

Jody Graff

[DocWatson]

Just hunt the cold fronts :D It works for fishing though :rolleyes:

[Allen Riggs]

I've noticed that as the barometer moves, the birds do to. I have heard and believe that they can feel the pressure and sense a coming cold front and FOWL WEATHER.

[Jody Graff]

Pro-Staffers... Have there been similiar posts to this one, have there been any studies done??? Does anybody have any solid assumptions??? Thought this would be the place to ask. Any information would be greatly appreciated!

[Jason Connellee]

Sent you a PM Jody.

[Chris Jones]

I am by far not a weatheman or a scientist. But I have noticed some diffrences in the way bids act. The days when it is steady or rising barometer (blue bird days), they seem to be very unpredictable. They do not respond to calling or decoy spreads. They seem to be in the air for something to do. Now the days of falling barometer is a whole diffrent ball game. They can sense a stom coming and are urgent to feed. These are the days we all deam about, they won't stay out of you decoys and your done by 8.