After a hard season, the easiest thing to do is blame other duck hunters. But the challenges we’re facing are much bigger ...
The modern conservation movement grew from duck hunting as early conservationists noticed dwindling waterfowl populations. Waterfowl hunters contribute to habitat expansion through fees that fund ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Mallards in flooded corn on Reelfoot National Wildlife Refuge in Tennessee. Last week Senator John Kennedy of Louisiana waded into ...
One hundred seven days. That's how long waterfowl hunting guide and call maker Bill Saunders spends in the field each year. His season starts with chasing ducks and geese in early fall and it ends ...
Ducks and geese share webbed feet, a branch on the avian family tree, and overlapping habits and habitats. Sometimes you will have opportunities to take both ducks and geese on the same hunt, but more ...
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MD opens waterfowl hunt to youth, military Feb. 7

ANNAPOLIS, MD — Maryland’s Department of Natural Resources has designated Saturday, February 7, 2026, as a special youth, veteran, and military waterfowl hunting day, providing one of the final ...
SUAMICO (WLUK) -- The Green Bay Duck Hunters Association holds its Youth Waterfowl Day on Saturday, Aug. 5. Jason Petrella, the Programs and Natural Resource Manager for Brown County Parks said, this ...
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Chesapeake Bay Ducks Geese Surge in Survey

Aerial survey teams from the Maryland Department of Natural Resources and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service counted ...
MADISON, Wis. - The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) reminds waterfowl hunters to prepare for the opening of the regular goose and duck hunting seasons in September. Regular Goose ...
It can be tough out there for the freelance duck hunter. Modern waterfowl migrations (and the weather that drives them) are unpredictable, there’s tough competition on many public marshes, and private ...
Last week Senator John Kennedy of Louisiana waded into a heated waterfowl debate when he wrote a letter asking the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to investigate the practice of flooding standing crops ...