Duck hunting looking up, thanks to Flyway Foundation

From: Tribune-Review/Pittsburgh Tribune-Review | Date: October 29, 2006 | Copyright information

South Carolina duck hunters are expecting a good season this year, thanks to some work that's gone on here in Pennsylvania. The Flyway Foundation, a South Carolina-based group, provided the Game Commission with more than 200 duck nest boxes last winter. Hunters from groups like the Northwestern Pennsylvania Duck Hunters Association put the boxes out in a number of counties, including Butler, Lawrence, Crawford and Erie. The hope was that making it easier for birds to raise broods here would b...

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