That includes hen houses, which when placed in areas with high mallard density, can boost nest success by 60 percent. In the “duck factory,” which stretches from the Prairie Pothole Region of ...

Michigan State University PhD student Ben Luukkonen takes measurements of a mallard hen held by Shannon Stemaly with the Michigan Department of Natural Resources while Kylie McElrath with Ducks ...

Which points to another variable in the hen-mallard puzzle. "It's possible," Arnold said, "that some hunters selected by the Fish and Wildlife Service to send in wings of ducks they shoot send in ...

The mallard hen makes the classic “quack” we associate with all ducks. The tones range from bossy to pleading to contented. Mallards also make a staccato chattering sound, both when feeding ...

Which points to another variable in the hen-mallard puzzle. "It's possible," Arnold said, "that some hunters selected by the Fish and Wildlife Service to send in wings of ducks they shoot send in ...

At legal light, the 37-year-old noticed a few ducks in the distance and gave a couple quacks. Three birds turned his way, then split at his greeting call, with a pair of mallards breaking right and ...

In the 1999-2000 duck season, duck hunters killed nearly ... Naylor said that a mallard hen usually incubates a clutch of 10-12 eggs. Nest success averages about 15%, Naylor said, but biologists ...

1, 2025, and a duck hunting day for youths and veterans will be on Feb. 2, 2025. Also, the commission voted to reduce the daily limit on mallard hens from two to one. Jessica Feltz, the commission ...

If you’re reading this, you probably suck at calling ducks. Don’t feel insulted, though, because most people suck at calling ducks. Nash Buckingham once wrote, “A duck call in the hands of a ...