One More Week Until the End of Duck Season: In our county, the second part of regular duck hunting will end January 26^th, giving us just one more week. In order to hunt ducks you must have a valid hunting license with a current federal duck stamp endorsement.

The federal duck stamp origins can be attributed to President Herbert Hoover signing the Migratory Bird Conservation Act in 1929. This Conservation Act allowed money raised to be used for the preservation of wetlands for waterfowl habitat. The Duck Stamp, previously known as the Migratory Bird Hunting and Conservation stamp was created in 1934, when the Duck Stamp Act was passed and signed. This gave National Wildlife refuges a way to collect money to help conserve native wetlands. 98% of proceeds from each stamp go towards the Migratory Bird Conservation Fund.

As a friendly reminder there are various bag limits in place and they are as follows:

• 5 mallards (only two may be hens)
• 3 wood ducks
• 2 redheads
• 2 canvasback
• 1 scaup
• 1 pintail
• 1 “dusky” duck (mottled duck, Mexican-like duck, black duck and their hybrids are closed the first five days of the season in each zone)
• All other species not listed: 6

To get more information about bag limits visit the Texas Parks & Wildlife website. Lastly, be sure to stop by Arcola Feed to pick up your wildlife feed and supplies.