Outdoor report (Jan. 5)

Canada goose – through Feb. 18

White-fronted Goose – Jan. 27-Feb. 18

Light Goose – through Feb. 18

Sandhill Crane – Closed

Low Plains Early Zone Duck Season –Closed

Cheyenne Bottoms WA: No geese have been observed on the area for the last few days. Area is 99 percent ice covered. Pools 1A is 27 inches, 1B and 1C are 26 inches, Pool 2 is 20 inches, Pools 3A is 12 inches, 3B is 14 inches, 4A is 16 inches, 4B is 16 inches and Pool 5 is about dry. Hunting conditions are fair to poor. Success expected to be poor.

Jamestown WA: Water levels are poor to good, with Gamekeeper and Gun Club dry all season. All marshes are frozen. No waterfowl observed. Hunting conditions are poor to excellent, dependent on water conditions. Heavy ice is covering the area. Success expected to be poor.

McPherson Valley Wetlands: Water levels poor, marshes are mostly dry. Very few waterfowl are on the area. Water is 100 percent frozen. Hunting conditions are fair. Success expected to be poor.

Texas Lake: No waterfowl were observed. Area 100 percent ice covered. Pool 1, 2, 6, 7 and 8 are full, with Pool 9 60 percent full. Hunting conditions are fair to good. Hunting success expected to be poor.

Low Plains Late Zone Duck Season – Jan. 20-28

Cedar Bluff: Water level is 26.3 feet below conservation pool. Approximately 8,000 Canada and 4,000 snow geese are present. Conditions rated fair, with mud flats at the west end. Reservoir is 99 precent ice covered. Success expected to be good.

Cheney: Water level is 1.2 feet below conservation pool. Approximately 3,350 Canada and 120 snow geese are present. Hunting conditions are poor. Lake is 95 percent ice covered. Success expected to be poor.

Council Grove: Water level is 1.6 feet below conservation pool. Approximately 1,600 Canada geese are present. Hunting conditions rated difficult. Ice is covering 99 percent ice covered. Success rated fair to good.

Glen Elder: Water level is 0.6 feet below conservation level. Approximately 18,000 Canada and 350,000 light geese are present. Hunting conditions are fair, with some flooded shoreline vegetation. The lake is 99 percent ice covered. Hunting success expected to be fair to good.

Kanopolis: Water level is 0.1 feet below conservation level. Approximately 1,200 Canada and 100 snow geese are present. Hunting conditions are fair, with some flooded vegetation along shorelines. Reservoir is 100 percent ice covered. Hunting success expected to be fair to poor.

Lovewell: Water level is 1.4 feet below conservation level. Approximately 3,100 Canada geese present. Reservoir is 99.9 percent ice covered, with 6 inch ice. Most mudflats are covered and concealing vegetation is close to shoreline. Hunting success is expected to be poor.

Marion: Water level is at conservation level. Approximately 5,800 geese are on the area. Hunting conditions are fair. Reservoir is 99 percent ice covered. Hunting success expected to be fair to poor.

Quivira: Water levels fair but dropping, with water in some hunting pools but water is 99 percent ice-covered. Approximately 70 dark geese and 90 snow geese are present. Hunting conditions fair. Hunting success expected to be poor.

Webster: Water level is 0.5 feet above conservation pool. Approximately 15,000 Canada and 53,000 snow geese are present. Hunting conditions are fair, with little shoreline vegetation available. Reservoir is 95 percent ice covered. Hunting success expected to be fair to poor.

Wilson: Water level is 0.2 feet above conservation pool. Approximately 12,000 dark geese are present. Habitat conditions are fair to good, with some flooded vegetation in the west end. Reservoir is 99 percent is covered. Hunting success expected to be fair to good.

Low Plains Southeast Zone Duck Season – Jan. 6-28

El Dorado: Water level is 3.5 feet below conservation pool. Approximately 500 Canada geese are present. Hunting conditions are poor with reservoir 95 percent ice covered. Hunting success expected to be fair to poor.

Elk City: Water level is 0.3 feet above conservation level. Approximately 15,000 ducks, mostly mallards, and 10,000 snow geese are present. Reservoir is 99 percent ice covered with 3-4 inch ice. Hunting success expected to be poor.

Fall River: Water level is 0.3 feet below conservation level. Approximately 2,000 Canada geese are present. Hunting conditions are difficult with ice covering 90 percent of the reservoir. Hunting success expected to be poor.

Marais des Cygnes: Virtually no waterfowl are present. Most marshes have fair to good water but area is completely frozen. Hunting conditions expected to be good. Some ice forming in vegetated areas. Success expected to be poor.

Neosho: Approximately 500 ducks, mostly mallard, are on the area. Water levels are good but 100 percent ice covered with thickening ice. Hunting conditions rated excellent. Hunting success expected to be poor.

Toronto: Water level is at conservation pool. Few waterfowl observed on the reservoir. Hunting conditions are difficult with ice covering 95% of reservoir. Expected hunting success is poor.

High Plains Duck Season – Jan. 20-28

Norton: Water level is 12.7 feet below conservation pool. Approximately 1,000 dark and 150,000 light geese are present. Reservoir rise has inundated some terrestrial vegetation. Hunting conditions are fair, with 100 percent ice covered. Hunting success expected to be fair to good.

This story was originally published January 4, 2018 at 8:02 PM with the headline "Outdoor report (Jan. 5)."