The last day of the recently closed duck hunting season ended with a big bang for some local hunters. Not only did they get a bunch of birds, but one of the hunters ended up with what might be the ...

Unless you consistently hunt in the Atlantic Flyway, your odds of killing a banded black duck are nearly zero. Even for East Coast hunters who do target black ducks, shooting one with a band is very ...

Results from 25 years of duck-band returns and, more recently, mourning doves, have shed light on where migratory birds banded in the Devils Lake region end up when they fly south. Mark Fisher, ...

Editor’s note: This is the third in a series about the opening of the 2011-2012 duck season. J.A. “Bud” Oliver will be in a duck blind Saturday — for the 65th straight year. And he’ll be looking for ...