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US Waterfowl Census- Gonna Be a Good Year

Image via Wikipedia The preliminary estimate of total ducks from the 2009 Waterfowl Breeding Population and Habitat Survey was 42 million, which is 13 percent greater than last year’s estimate and 25 percent greater than the 1955-2008 average, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced today. The Waterfowl Breeding Population and Habitat Survey samples more [...]

Philadelphia Eaglet Released into Wild

Image by Getty Images via Daylife DOYLESTOWN – For the second time in 13 years, Pennsylvania Game Commission and Philadelphia Zoo officials teamed up to foster a zoo-hatched eagle into a wild nest in the Commonwealth. This time the eaglet was placed in a wild nest already holding two eaglets near Doylestown, Bucks County. The [...]

Waterfowl Hunting Stimulates Economy

Image via Wikipedia Waterfowl hunters spent $900 million on a variety of goods and services from food, transportation, guns and decoys to hunting dogs, clothing and other incidental expenses in 2006, according to a new report issued by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. These trip and equipment-related expenditures generated more than $2.3 billion in [...]

2009-2010 Ohio Hunting Seasons Approved

Image via Wikipedia Lots of changes to this year’s Ohio Hunting Seasons: September 1 will again kick-off the state’s fall hunting seasons – with the opening of the squirrel-hunting season that runs through January 31 – under regulations approved Wednesday by the Ohio Wildlife Council. The statewide muzzleloader season will move to early January. Season [...]

Ohio Waterfowl Hunter Survey Online

Image via Wikipedia Ohio Department of  Natural Resources wants to hear from Waterfowl Hunters COLUMBUS, OH - The Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) Division of Wildlife is seeking input from Ohio’s waterfowl hunters to help the agency evaluate its waterfowl management program. Every year, the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service provides guidelines to state wildlife [...]