USFWS to Establish National Wildlife Refuge in Pennsylvania

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today approved the establishment of Cherry Valley National Wildlife Refuge in eastern Pennsylvania.
The Service has established a boundary for the refuge, encompassing 20,466 acres in Monroe and Northampton counties, within which it may begin acquiring nationally significant habitat for wildlife as part of the National Wildlife Refuge System.
“It is [...]

Painting a Drake Mallard Decoy

By John Potts
In this article, I wrote it to be a very simple gunner paint job. But at the end, I put a few techniques to fancy it up a bit. If you’re planning on trying that, read the entire article before you start to paint the decoy.
COLOR LIST=Gesso ( white ), Titanium [...]

Calculated Shotgun Shell Pellet Count

The pellet count in shotgun shells is useful information for hunters and reloaders. Sometimes manufacturers’ shot counts are hard to find. People commonly post on the DHC Shotshell, Reloading, Ballistics, and Choke Forum
requesting pellet counts for various loadings.
For my own use, I assembled the following tables which give the calculated pellet counts [...]

15 Below Goose Hunt

If you’re an extreme waterfowler, you have to be a little nuts. I’ve experienced and read about more stories of guys doing crazy things, all in the pursuit of some birds. I’ve heard of guys braving high waves and nasty tides in the Pacific Northwest in layout boats with many “close calls”. [...]

New Army Corps/EPA Wetlands Guidance Highlights Need for Congressional Action

The guidance released yesterday from the Environmental Protection Agency and the Army Corps of Engineers on wetlands jurisdiction does not address a delayed permitting process, and highlights the need for a legislative solution to the regulatory quagmire that has followed in the wake of the Rapanos v. United States Supreme Court decision, according to Ducks [...]

ALUS WINS PRESTIGIOUS AWARD

ALUS WINS PRESTIGIOUS AWARD
Delta Waterfowl’s partnership with Canadian Prairie farmers paying big dividends for ducks
The momentum for Alternative Land Use Services (ALUS), Delta’s flagship waterfowl habitat conservation program, continues with the November 27, 2008 awarding of Manitoba’s prestigious Excellence in Sustainability Award to Delta Waterfowl and our Manitoba farm group partner, Keystone Agricultural Producers (KAP). [...]