My late grandfather, whom I called Buckeye, was a dyed-in-the wool bird hunter, a lethal wing-shooter, and a lover of good hunting dogs.
Growing up in the late 1970s, I vaguely remember one of
It was an October day sometime in the early 1980s. At the time I was the wildlife manager assigned to Shawano and Oconto counties, working out of the Wisconsin DNR offices in the basement of
After a handful of years with adjusted or relocated sessions, the Illinois public waterfowl blind drawings will generally go back to normal in 2026.
DNR just released its annual schedule, which includes more than
The N.D. Game and Fish Department’s Breeding Duck Survey conducted across the state on May 11-13, estimated 2.4 million ducks – a decline of more than 250,000 ducks from 2025. Notably, the 2026 estimate is
More than 100 Ducks Unlimited supporters, philanthropists, and project partners on June 13 celebrated the restoration and enhancement of 186 acres in 48 prairie pothole wetlands in Minnesota’s Orange Waterfowl Production Area.
The event
A new camera is being tested by the Minnesota DNR this spring for waterfowl counts and population surveys.
As part of a pilot program, researchers are evaluating whether the MX-10 can improve aerial surveys
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and Fisheries and Oceans Canada personnel were scheduled to apply lampricides to the White River in Muskegon, Oceana and Newaygo counties between June 16 and June 25 – an effort
Pennsylvania’s 2026-27 migratory game bird seasons have been set.
Annual migratory game bird seasons are selected by states from frameworks established by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Game Commission selections were made after
Nine days of flying. Two weeks off. Two different planes. Variable wetland conditions statewide. Likely more settling ducks compared to last year.
Those are the broad strokes of what happened and what was observed
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