Waterfowl Hunters Look Forward to a Good Season on Refuges

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Waterfowl Hunters Look Forward to a Good Season on Refuges
Practice those duck calls, and check your decoys. Waterfowl hunting season is almost here, and signs point to a good year on national wildlife refuges.

The preliminary 2011 North American waterfowl survey, released by the U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service in late July, totaled 45.5 million, up 12 percent from last year