Minnesota duck hunters may see slightly more birds than last year, but the waterfowl populations are threatened as last year’s drought dried up wetlands across the state, reducing habitat that the ...

For duck hunters and their dogs, the first day of the season is the best time of year. That’s because the chance to pull on waders and slog through wetlands and shallow lakes in the still-dark of ...

A majority of Minnesota waterfowlers want September duck hunting to end, including the state’s early teal season, Youth Waterfowl Weekend and over-water hunting during the early Canada goose season.

In Minnesota and across North America, Delta Waterfowl works to produce more ducks, save prairie wetlands and ensure a bright future for duck hunters. Minnesota is known as the “Land of 10,000 Lakes.” ...

An acrylic painting of buffleheads in flight by James Hautman of Chaska, Minnesota, won the 2025 Federal Duck Stamp Art Contest. The image will be featured on the 2026-27 Federal Migratory Bird ...

The temperature hovers around 20 degrees. A northwest wind drives snow across a steel sky. And Gene Olson of Coleraine, Minn., is right where he wants to be - chest-deep in 35 degree water. Olson is ...

OSAKIS TOWNSHIP, Minn. — Two adults and two kids were rescued after their duck hunting boat capsized on Bird Lake in central Minnesota. The Douglas County Sheriff's Office says the boat capsized a ...

Minnesotans will have a 60-day, three-zone duck waterfowl season opening on Sept. 22, the earliest the season has opened in 45 years, Department of Natural Resources officials announced Tuesday. The ...

ST. PAUL — Minnesota's duck hunting season will open a week earlier than usual. Opening day shooting hours also will be earlier, and the annual youth waterfowl hunt will fall on an earlier date this ...