
Looking back at the work of Frank Bellrose, a giant of waterfowl conservation
After all these years, the memory is little more than a few images. I was a graduate student.
My new wife, Kathleen, and I were coasting to a stop under the shade of the

After all these years, the memory is little more than a few images. I was a graduate student.
My new wife, Kathleen, and I were coasting to a stop under the shade of the

After two days of competition, James Hautman, an artist from Chaska, Minn., won the 2025 Federal Duck Stamp Art Contest with his acrylic painting of three buffleheads. The announcement was made at an in-person event

It’s game survey season, in case you haven’t noticed – a time for raising expectations. Or lowering them.
Recently, outdoors headlines have been filled with surveys about pheasant counts, duck numbers, grouse counts …

Illinois waterfowlers got their first taste of a new duck season earlier this month with the brief teal season that ran Sept. 6-14.
Reports from hunters indicate there were plenty of opportunities to shoot

A new 70-acre addition to Ventura Marsh’s southwest corner will provide access to the west side of the popular wildlife area and filter runoff from 200 acres of land before entering the popular marsh.

The Illinois DNR is inviting hunters and the public to a moist soil habitat field day at Carlyle Lake State Fish and Wildlife Area Sept. 20.
Wildlife biologists and staff will lead tours at

I have a friend from South Dakota – a veteran, lifelong waterfowler who hunts a minimum of four days a week during the season – who didn’t purchase a decoy until he was in his

New York hunters are in “decision mode,” or soon will be as hunting seasons for big game and numerous small game species continue to open across the state.
In the Southern Zone, an early

Spring waterfowl surveys point to stable population numbers and habitat conditions for migratory birds, so Wisconsin waterfowl hunters should be excited about the 2025 season.
Based on the available data, the DNR is expecting
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