When you get right down to it, there are three main tasks that we ask bird-hunting dogs to do—retrieving, flushing, and pointing. Some dogs are specialists, excelling at one of these skills. Others ...

NAWCA is a federal program that awards competitive grants for wetlands conservation projects. It has conserved more than 30 million acres of habitat, benefiting the ducks and geese you see in the ...

MEMPHIS, TENN. – Oct. 9, 2026 – The Ecological Project Permitting Act of 2026, introduced by Senators John Boozman (R-AR) and Angela Alsobrooks (D-MD), would help accelerate ecological restoration ...

Weather, migration, hunting conditions—regardless of the topic, it’s just about all good news coming from the prairie provinces of Canada this fall. Minus a brief stretch of inconsistent waterfowl ...

As many of you know, conservation efforts are partly funded by the Wildlife Restoration Act, also known as the Pittman-Robertson Act. This act places an excise tax on firearms, ammunition, and archery ...

1st First Place: The winner of the 2026 Federal Duck Stamp Art Contest is Robert Hautman of Delano, Minnesota, with an acrylic painting of a long-tailed duck pair ...

Heading toward the final weekend of Louisiana’s nine-day early teal season, hunters are reporting varied success across the state. With the weather forecast remaining dry and hot, hunters are ...

It’s hot, it’s dry, and it’s calm. That doesn’t seem to matter to Texas bluewings. Waterfowlers along the coastal corridor from Chambers to Colorado Counties enjoyed what many considered to be the ...

Louisiana duck hunters will once again see a nine-day early teal season due to below-average population numbers. When the season opens on September 19, hunters across the state will be greeted with ...