As of sunset Tuesday, Jan. 31, the 2022-23 regular season duck hunt was a wrap, and duck numbers appeared to be down, according to estimates. On Jan. 27, results of the third and final Arkansas Game ...

The annual survey of breeding ducks across North America found overall duck numbers down 7% from last year. Blue-winged teal numbers were down 19% from last year but were 2% above the long-term ...

There's good news in duck-breeding country. Total duck-breeding numbers in the traditional duck breeding areas of the U.S. and Canada are at an all-time high of 45.6 million birds, according to the ...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service released its report on the 2023 Waterfowl Population Status in mid-August. The numbers of ducks slid from the 2022 estimate, with the drop attributed to extremely ...

Despite lower-than-normal duck counts, first-split duck hunters like Sheree Grimsley had some success. That should improve during the Coastal Zone's second split. (Photo by Todd Masson, NOLA.com | The ...

The midwinter (aerial) waterfowl survey took place after an influx of arctic air into Arkansas. That comment was part of a recent report by Luke Naylor, head of wildlife management for the Arkansas ...

If you thought there were fewer ducks in South Louisiana in January than what you remember from past seasons, you weren't mistaken. According to the state's coastal waterfowl count, most of which was ...

It’s no big secret about it being grinding season in south Louisiana. Sugar houses are fired up and taking all that cane we’ve seen growing for the past year and turning into, we can only hope, some ...

Duck hunters are traditional and proud of it. We’re also — how should I put this? — an opinionated lot. So by nature, we are susceptible to old myths. Certain ideas get passed around duck camps, ...

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (KTHV) – It's day two of Duck Week here at THV11 and tonight we've got the forecast for duck season. Every year, duck counts are made to give a rough figure of just many birds will ...

WASHINGTON -- The annual survey of waterfowl across prime North American breeding regions tallied 32.3 million ducks this year, down 7% from 2022 and down 9% from the long-term average. The U.S. Fish ...