As of Aug. 1, the Bird Banding Lab of the U.S. Geological Survey discontinued the practice of mailing certificates displaying banding information on reported birds according to reports from Delta Waterfowl. Hunters can still collect an electronic certificate by providing an e-mail address when they report the band. The BBL will send an e-mail...
Ducks Unlimited charted band return data from 1990 to 2000 for all duck species banded north of Texas during the breeding season, and then identified the top five duck production areas for the state. Of the 5,403 duck bands reported in Texas, DU officials said 37 percent were banded in Saskatchewan, 19 percent in...
Over the last three days I had the honor and privilege of taking part in the Ducks Unlimited (DU) Sporting Expo at the Gaylord Texan Resort in Grapevine. Texas Fish & Game (TF&G) magazine shared a booth with Academy Sports & Outdoors and I signed a few books, met lots of our readers from...