The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has estimated continental breeding duck populations at 34.2 million, down 12% from the 2019 estimate of 38.9 million and 4% below the long-term average since 1955, ...
After 20 years of above-average production, the duck-breeding grounds in Canada and the northern U.S. are beginning to dry out. (DU photo) Like residents of Winterfell, South Louisiana duck hunters ...