LAKELAND – Some residents near Lake Parker are hoping Florida’s duck hunting season doesn’t start off with a bang this Saturday. “We are watching and waiting to see if we have a repeat of last year,” ...

ON CASS LAKE -- The temperature hovers around 20. A northwest wind drives snow across a steel sky. And Gene Olson of Coleraine is right where he wants to be -- chest-deep in 35-degree water. Olson is ...

NICOLLET, Minn. — Ducks were everywhere. Buffeted by a howling south wind and peppered by rain drops, flocks of teal, mallards, wood ducks and redheads crisscrossed the gray sky over Swan Lake. The ...

When Chris Melberg's phone alarm rings at 3 a.m. Saturday, the strict choreo­graphy of opening day at his duck-camp cabin near Thief Lake in northwest Minnesota will swiftly unfold — and likely ...

CO (Conservation Officer) Brady Manteufel (Bagley) a bear causing damage to hay and hay bale covers was reported. Manteufel checked waterfowl hunters and some anglers this week. Fair to good success ...

Minnesota duck hunters enjoyed above-average success during the season's opening weekend, according to random bag checks conducted by the Department of Natural Resources. "My assessment is that we had ...

A "double-whammy" of dry conditions in Iowa and further north likely led to a rough season for regional duck hunters.

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NICOLLET -- Gathered in the cabin that my father and his brothers built, on the land my grandfather and great grandfather have owned, we sat Sept. 29 in anticipation of the next day. A 9 a.m. reveille ...

Michigan State University PhD student Ben Luukkonen takes measurements of a mallard hen held by Shannon Stemaly with the Michigan Department of Natural Resources while Kylie McElrath with Ducks ...