The classified section has proven to be another popular feature. Hunters wanting to buy or sell everything from decoys to duck boats find willing customers on classified page. But this isn't just a page for waterfowl hunters. The editors already have discovered things that none of us could have imagined. For example, last fall an oil worker 14 miles off the Texas coast reported redheads rafted up by the tens of thousands around the offshore rig.
Ducks are so nomadic that scientists often have a difficult time tracking their movements.
We asked Schlief if the reports verified the record duck populations suggested by recent fall flight indexes. The controversial FFI will be abandoned next year by the US Fish and Wildlife Service, partly because the number of migrating ducks observed by hunters has failed to live up to expectations generated by the index. Kris' Kitchen . Outdoor Secrets . Good Fishing .