ST. PAUL – The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources reminds waterfowl hunters that electronically issued federal stamps are valid for the entire season. Each stamp purchase includes a validation ...

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 ...

A few weeks ago I proposed a Duck Summit be held this winter in Minnesota, and suggested the Department of Natural Resources lead it. I can report now a Summit will be held, though where and when ...

Looking back, I feel lucky to have had this latest so-so season for ducks. I was in the game all the way through this season.

MINNEAPOLIS — Minnesota waterfowlers will hold a Duck Summit March 27-28 in Nicollet — near the shores of venerable Swan Lake, which once was one of North America’s migratory bird meccas. The planned ...

In his Chaska, Minnesota, studio, Jim Hautman added a few finishing touches to his latest painting of a bobcat in the wilderness. "The scene of this one is in southwestern Montana," he said, while ...

MAZEPPA, Minn. — Taylor Nelson and Jeremy McDonough shot a few geese Sunday evening and got rid of the waterfowl hunting itch — only for a few days. The friends expect it will be back even stronger ...

It's a twist that would make Tex Avery proud: a duck has temporarily taken over the nest featured on Minnesota's EagleCam. The state Department of Natural Resources, which operates the camera, said a ...

The estimated spring tally of 64,000 blue-winged teal is the lowest blue-winged teal population in Minnesota since the survey started in 1968, the DNR said. Breeding numbers of blue-winged teal in ...