Ducks Unlimited Magazine Executive Editor Chuck Petrie Loses Cancer Battle MEMPHIS, Tenn., July 25, 2005 – The duck hunting and conservation fraternities suffered a loss with the recent death of Charles “Chuck” Petrie, ...

... biologists in the 13-state Mississippi Flyway learned the USFWS was adding 600,000 mallards estimated in Michigan, Minnesota and Wisconsin. These ducks are not counted in the annual Mid-Continent Survey conducted in May. In past years, all anybody heard about when it came to setting the length ...

... totals are not complete, but the talk is: A 60 day season has been proposed. Nov. 19-Dec. 4 Dec. 16-Dec. 24 Dec. 26-Jan. 29 Daily bag limit of 6 ducks, no more than 4 mallards (one hen). Canvasback season Dec. 31-Jan. 29.

... States, the Mississippi Flyway touches 14 states, including Tennessee and Mississippi. "One study has shown that hunters can kill 36 times more ducks with the 'robo-duck' decoys," James said. "That's scary -- and it can only lead to bad things in the future." James said many Arkansas hunters ...

... decoys at its October 2004 meeting. Commissioners have said in the past that the spinning and flapping wing decoys helped hunters kill more young ducks that were attracted to the wing flashes. One other state has followed Arkansas' lead in banning the decoys, James said. "Minnesota banned the ...

Ducks Out of Water? The future of waterfowl hunting is down to its last defense. by Bob Marshall Waterfowlers traditionally spend their summers wondering if the upcoming duck season will bring more, or less: Will the bag ...

... of the 10 major duck species is about the same as a year ago — 31.7 million, statistically similar to the 2004 estimate of 32.2 million ducks. But look closely at the population estimates for individual species and data on habitat conditions, and things become a bit murky. Mallards, ...

... on local duck nesting success. Now, a series of research projects aims to learn more about what that success means to the overall density of ducks in the area, nesting success outside the trapping sites and whether the predator work has aided shorebird populations. There's also a study under ...

... Waterfowl Committee. The routine goes something like this: The 13 MFC states take numbers generated from the annual U.S.-Canadian breeding-ducks and breeding ponds count in Prairie Canada and the north-central U.S. and agree on a days/limits recommendation. A couple of days later, the USFWS, ...

... Service announced its liberal frameworks for the 2004-05 duck season, the agency said it was a borderline decision. There were just enough ducks, mallards in particular, to choose liberal over moderate under guidelines established by the Adoptive Harvest Management plan. The 2005-06 decision ...

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... known as the Missouri Coteau. South Dakota, at the coteau's southern tip, is "ground zero for this grassland loss," according to a researcher from Ducks Unlimited, a conservation and hunting group that fears the destruction could drain much of the life from this indispensible place. Using satellite ...

... director of the DNR's Division of Fish and Wildlife. The MWA's demise comes at a time when Minnesota's duck hunters are frustrated by the lack of ducks in the state. A recent rally for ducks and clean water at the Capitol attracted 5,000 hunters and others concerned about wetlands and the environment, ...

... is implicit in 60-day seasons and six-bird daily bag limits. Zentner said Louisiana's legislature held hearings this year asking, "Where are the ducks?" Hunters in Minnesota and Iowa ask similar questions. "Maybe some of the birds are hunted hard enough that they are staying in refuges until ...