When it comes to diver ducks, “for a lot of hunters — they’ll shoot them if they’re there,” said Jason Olszak, Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries’ Waterfowl Program manager.

With the duck season rounding third and heading home for the last days of another 60-day season, the final survey from the State Waterfowl Study group showed a decline in ...

Ducks Unlimited receives waterfowl reports from state officials across the nation, and the latest one from Louisiana just arrived. Here's what the biologists with the Louisiana Department of ...

In 2012-2013 there are 97,300 active duck hunters in the state hunting 857,100 days in the field and spending $43 million on trips and equipment. Those hunters harvest up to almost 3 million ducks ...

Mandeville residents Bubby and Beau Douglas had a great hunt in the timber of Northeast Louisiana during January's only cold snap. Since then, duck numbers have declined dramatically throughout ...

Despite lower-than-normal duck counts, first-split duck hunters like Sheree Grimsley had some success. That should improve during the Coastal Zone's second split. (Photo by Todd Masson, NOLA.com ...

Diving ducks, on the other hand, do as their name suggests, diving from 10 to 30 feet deep as they forage for clams, mussels, crayfish, crabs, and deeply submerged vegetation.

There are two basic duck classifications -- puddle ducks and diving ducks. While puddle ducks leap from the water, diving ducks use their feet, skittering along to gain flight speed.