Here you’ll have better luck going the DIY route. You can still get permission by door knocking in South Dakota, though success rates vary. There’s also a ton of Conservation Reserve Enhancement ...

September goose seasons were originally established by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, which then delegated the decision-making process to individual states to address the problem of burgeoning ...

The modern conservation movement grew from duck hunting as early conservationists noticed dwindling waterfowl populations. Waterfowl hunters contribute to habitat expansion through fees that fund ...

Ducks and geese share webbed feet, a branch on the avian family tree, and overlapping habits and habitats. Sometimes you will have opportunities to take both ducks and geese on the same hunt, but more ...

In an effort to reduce damage to fragile ecosystems caused by snow geese's arctic breeding habits, and to reduce the ...

I don’t talk enough about hunting because I operate under the mistaken impression that hunting is losing steam as far as popularity is concerned. I was thrilled to read a report that Illinois youth ...

LA GRANDE — Hunters harvested more than 350 ducks during the first three weeks of the waterfowl season at Ladd Marsh Wildlife Area. The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife tracks hunting statistics ...

During a typical spring migration, hundreds of thousands of snow geese can descend on the wetlands at the Loess Bluffs National Wildlife Refuge on a given day in late February and early March.

This story is from Texas Monthly’s archives. We have left the text as it was originally published to maintain a clear historical record. Read more here about our archive digitization project. Al Wayne ...