Avian Flu
The principal reservoir for avian influenza viruses appears to be wild waterfowl
Invasion of the Hogs
Feral hogs continue to expand their range—and as they do, bird hunters had better brace for the invasion and become part of the conversation about how to manage them.
The Mallard Mystery
Researchers remain stumped as to why mallard numbers in the Atlantic Flyway have fallen 45 percent in the past 20 years.
Playing Chicken
Preventing prairie chickens from going the way of passenger pigeons
Hail, Columbia
Chukars and Huns in the Columbia River breaks
Snowed Under
The original goals of the Light Goose Conservation Order were to reduce the mid-continental population of light geese by 50 percent. Results have been mixed.
Texas’s Laguna Madre
Waterfowling in Texas’s Laguna Madre.
Landlocked
The issue of landlocked public lands.
Monumental Hunting
Due to uncertainty and disinformation, many hunters are missing out on quality opportunities on national-monument lands.
Montana’s Malta Region
This area of eastern Montana offers hunting for sage grouse, sharptails, Huns, pheasants and waterfowl.
Acting for Migratory Birds
A recent legal opinion that the illegal taking or killing of migratory birds under the Migratory Bird Treaty Act does not include incidental taking or killing could have adverse effects on waterfowl.
Sage Grouse Update
I have spent nearly 50 years in sage grouse country and I seldom hunt them anymore, simply because they don’t provide much challenge on the wing.