On Its 75th Birthday: The Untold Story of the ‘Real’ Father of the Duck Stamp

The story of how Pulitzer Prize-winning newspaper cartoonist Jay Norwood “Ding” Darling became the father of the federal duck stamp has been repeated so often it’s become an urban legend.
While the colorful Darling may have been many things, father of the federal duck stamp wasn’t necessarily one of them, according to an article in the spring issue of Delta Waterfowl magazine.

On Its 75th Birthday: The Untold Story of the ‘Real’ Father of the Duck Stamp

The story of how Pulitzer Prize-winning newspaper cartoonist Jay Norwood “Ding” Darling became the father of the federal duck stamp has been repeated so often it’s become an urban legend. While the colorful Darling may have been many things, father of the federal duck stamp wasn’t necessarily one of them, according to an article in the spring issue of Delta Waterfowl magazine.

On Its 75th Birthday: The Untold Story of the ‘Real’ Father of the Duck Stamp

The story of how Pulitzer Prize-winning newspaper cartoonist Jay Norwood “Ding” Darling became the father of the federal duck stamp has been repeated so often it’s become an urban legend. While the colorful Darling may have been many things, father of the federal duck stamp wasn’t necessarily one of them, according to an article in the spring issue of Delta Waterfowl magazine.

Delta Member to Myth Makers: Snow Geese Aren’t ‘Winged Liver’

Bismarck, N.D.—Beneath a gun-metal-hued South Dakota sky, as thousands of barking snow geese vectored over him power-line high, Scott Doheny wasn’t thinking about transforming wild protein into a culinary tour de force, which, he says, is often the case. In fact, he wasn’t even thinking about slapping the trigger and putting some cold steel down range—the winged shock and awe above had pickled his brain.

Delta Member to Myth Makers: Snow Geese Aren’t ‘Winged Liver’

Bismarck, N.D.—Beneath a gun-metal-hued South Dakota sky, as thousands of barking snow geese vectored over him power-line high, Scott Doheny wasn’t thinking about transforming wild protein into a culinary tour de force, which, he says, is often the case. In fact, he wasn’t even thinking about slapping the trigger and putting some cold steel down range—the winged shock and awe above had pickled his brain.

Delta Member to Myth Makers: Snow Geese Aren’t ‘Winged Liver’

Bismarck, N.D.—Beneath a gun-metal-hued South Dakota sky, as thousands of barking snow geese vectored over him power-line high, Scott Doheny wasn’t thinking about transforming wild protein into a culinary tour de force, which, he says, is often the case. In fact, he wasn’t even thinking about slapping the trigger and putting some cold steel down range—the winged shock and awe above had pickled his brain.