Before embarking on a training regimen for your retriever, ask yourself this simple question: What is his job going to be? Most hunters would agree that a retriever's basic job is to sit calmly in the ...

Behind many of the acres conserved for waterfowl is a team of people with a shared passion for wetlands and other wildlife habitats. This is especially true for Ducks Unlimited's lands program, which ...

It was a mostly dry summer in the Chesapeake Bay watershed and the Carolinas, but the corresponding lower water levels in many areas may have had a positive impact, allowing for excellent growth of ...

View the 2025 Waterfowl Population Survey results now. Around this time of year, hunters start to wonder: What will this year’s fall flight look like? The clearest picture is now available with the ...

The hunting season is here. Whether rushing to your local sporting goods store or going online, purchasing a hunting license is one of the most important and exciting first steps for getting afield.

Weather, migration, hunting conditions—regardless of the topic, it’s just about all good news coming from the prairie provinces of Canada this fall. Minus a brief stretch of inconsistent waterfowl ...

$2.2 million conservation effort expanded a once-landlocked WMA into nearly 300 acres of restored wetland and prairie habitat in southern Minnesota.

If there is such a thing as “beginner’s luck” for a waterfowl hunter, Mason Bowden could very well be the poster child. Last fall, the young hunter joined his dad, Nate, on an early-season hunt for ...

Ducks Unlimited started in 1937 during the Dust Bowl when North America's drought-plagued waterfowl populations had plunged to unprecedented lows. Determined not to sit idly by, a small group of ...

A great way to have fun, meet new people and help drive DU’s conservation mission. Make an immediate impact on wetland and waterfowl conservation with a one-time gift to Ducks Unlimited. Because of ...

Ducks Unlimited doesn’t just advocate for wetlands. We create them. Reconstructing and protecting nature takes experts, science and funding. We started in 1937 and today are the leading organization ...

The Ogallala Aquifer is a critical natural resource spanning over 111 million acres across eight states in the Central Flyway (Dennehy). The Ogallala provides drinking water for at least 2 million ...