Rainmaker

CDFW News | CDFW Completes 2025 Waterfowl Breeding Population Survey The California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) has completed its 2025 waterfowl breeding population survey. The results of the survey show both mallard and total duck species have increased this year.

Yellowstone Lake

Want to help conserve?! Take 10 seconds and go follow the link in our bio, and will donate $1 to Ducks Unlimited! Seriously, that’s all you have to do. Let’s get to clickin’ for conservation!

www.ducks.org/clicks

📷: Ed Wall

WATERFOWL WEATHER LIVE: Tune in tomorrow to Ducks Unlimited's YouTube or Facebook at 10AM CST to hear from Ducks Unlimited’s Dr. Mike Brasher and Dr. Scott Stephens along with Mandy Bailey, chief meteorologist for KTEN TV in Denison, Texas, as they look into current and upcoming weather patterns across North America.

Bailey shares a look ahead over the next 7-10 days. Plus, Stephens will provide boots-on-the-ground updates from the prairies with firsthand reports on snow and ice conditions and more.

2024 State Waterfowl Survey Results and Roles in Adaptive Harvest Management This year’s state waterfowl surveys offer mixed results that will continue to influence Adaptive Harvest Management (AHM) decisions across our flyways.

Help us name our new foodplot. It’s chopped out of a thick creek bottom next to a cutover. Stays kind of wet in the winter just enough high ground to plant. Best name gets one of my signed turkey books. .

🦆15 UNIQUE TRAITS OF KIDS WHO HUNT🦌:

1. They know right and left, but they ALSO know N/S/E/W.
2. They are the only kids on earth who both understand and utilize wind direction and speed.
3. They are capable of uncharted levels of patience and silence among children…in the hunting blind.
4. They appreciate the Little Debbie’s brand on a whole different level.
5. Their bird ID skills are better than any (non-hunting) adult’s.
6. They respect guns and spend years learning how to use one safely before ever being allowed to shoot it.
7. They’re trained to avoid walking on sticks and do so out of habit - everywhere.
8. They not only get up earlier on weekends than schooldays, but look forward to it more than ANYthing.
9. They know how to set their own alarm by age 5.
10. They know where the birds in the sky arrived from, geographically.
11. That dead squirrel on the playground? You can guess which kids aren’t afraid to inspect.
12. They have an engrained respect for animals and often want to be veterinarians when they grow up.
13. They actually think about where their food on the table came from - and appreciate it.
14. They’ll never fight the getting dressed process when it comes to putting on camo.
15. They WILL pass it on.

Happy !!!