Duck Hunting and Conservation

By Chris Lapp


Duck hunting is one of the most popular hunting sports in the world. It is as much a social calling as it is a hunt, in fact, representing a whole set of cultural standards and etiquette rules that many people do not even consider.



It has a whole culture all its very own, from a correct dress code to duck hunting dogs and assistants. The world of duck hunting is mature with cultural importance, but is also has a dark side and stands for a less than preferable aspect of human nature. Regardless of the perspective, there is something to be learned about duck hunting that could drop some light on either side of the ethical difficulty.

Duck hunting is mainly a sporting activity worldwide now, as commercial duck hunting has since been prohibited in most of the established countries. Duck hunting is, in reality, as old as time itself. There are early indications that ducks and geese were in some way hunted throughout the Ice Age. Cave drawings suggest that duck hunting was a sound practice early on in human existence, paving the way to ducks and swans appearing on cave paintings in Ice Age Europe. There is also evidence of duck hunting in Egypt, as a mural on the burial place of Khum-Hotpe shows a man capturing ducks in a stream. Ducks were likewise likely hunted by early guy in the Americas, as early Peruvian art shows.

With this international history, duck hunting enjoys a popularity that spreads around the world. It is especially popular in North America, where the largest number of localized ducks can be located.

Most ducks use the Mississippi River as a migratory guide, so many duck hunts take place along the river to use it as a guide for finding ducks. Arkansas is a major hotbed of duck hunting, with Stuttgart being considered the "duck hunting capital of the world".

Duck hunting is frequently considered prominent since of its simpleness. The devices of the trade are simplified enough, from a decoy set to a shotgun and duck call. The essence of duck hunting is based around the trickery of making use of the decoy and the duck hire tandem to draw the ducks out and into the air towards the decoy. After this occurs, the ducks are in open range for the hunt and the shooting starts. These hunts take place around rivers, streams, lakes and other bodies of water where ducks can be found.

Most marsh and wetland areas are shrinking at tremendous rates, except where duck hunters and their license fees and conservation efforts, albeit in their own interest, are growing duck and waterfowl habitat. However, there are several out of touch organizations that constantly spar with duck hunters over this reality.

One organization that is helping ducks and duck habitat is the prominent Ducks Unlimited. Ducks Unlimited is a worldwide company that stands as the leader in non-profit marshland security and the defense of waterfowl. Ducks Unlimited works with hunters to protect the marshlands and secure the hunter's way of life.

The primary goal of Ducks Unlimited is the conservation of localized habitats where ducks can be discovered, enabling hunters to continue protected and logical hunts of ducks and enabling the survival of more ducks by developing much better places for them to live.



Many duck hunters are very interested in the security of duck habitat. After all, it is in their best interest to create and secure places for ducks to live and reproduce. With the cooperation of hunters and marshland protectors, duck hunting will continue to thrive, well into the future.




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