Ducks are mysterious, which is part of their attraction. By species, they can appear wildly different from one another — think florid male wood ducks and more subtly colored male ringnecks. Their ...

In the 1999-2000 duck season, duck hunters killed nearly 1.13 million mallards compared to about 311,000 in the 2022-23 duck season. That's a 72% reduction. Luke Naylor, chief of the Arkansas Game and ...

Rob Vollrath has bagged his share of banded ducks and geese over the years, but nothing like the mallard he shot Oct. 28 in northern North Dakota. Besides a leg band, the drake had a tiny device with ...

In the spring of 1978, the Committee to Appoint Mallard Drake as University Duck (CAMUD) put a referendum on the Associated Students of the University of Oregon election ballot to “adopt the duck ...

HUMPHREY -- I can think of better ways to break in a brand new pair of waders. The occasion for this dubious field test was opening day of the second segment of duck season Wednesday at Bull Sprig, a ...

The mallard initially fought back before losing the battle with the aggressive turtle. A drake mallard and a turtle were spotted in a swampy standoff on a golf course in Arkansas, which ended with the ...

For the majority of waterfowl hunters across the country, the American black duck is a once-in-a-lifetime bird. A close cousin to the Mallard, the black duck will be forever associated with the ...

Ducks are mysterious, which is part of their attraction. By species, they can appear wildly different from one another — think florid male wood ducks and more subtly colored male ringnecks. Their ...