Though the gunshots can be noisy, duck hunting is legal and in season until Jan. 18 in the southern half of the state. Since ducks are migratory birds, traveling state to state or even country to ...

He wrote a chapter in one of his 34 books about his time duck hunting in the Natural State. The book titled “An Outdoor Journal,” has 300-plus pages and was first published in 1988.

The drakes are also gorgeous and what most hunters visualize when they think of duck hunting. Add the fact that they live in almost every wetland habitat imaginable, taste great, and come into the ...

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