Ducks Unlimited Names Dale Hall New CEO - By Tony Dolle of Ducks Unlimited

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• On: 04/19/2010 10:58:53
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Former U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service Director to Lead Conservation Organization

Dale Hall, Ducks Unlimited CEO

MEMPHIS, Tenn., April 14, 2010 – Ducks Unlimited Inc., America’s leading wetlands and waterfowl conservation group, announced today that H. Dale Hall has been named the organization’s new chief executive officer. A former director of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (2005-2009), Hall is widely respected as a visionary conservationist and one of the country’s most effective wildlife professionals.

"We are extremely pleased that Dale Hall is stepping into this key role for Ducks Unlimited," said DU President John R. Pope. "Dale is a consummate conservation leader whose energy, vision and dedication will help our organization meet the serious challenges facing North America’s waterfowl. In light of increasing threats to the quantity and quality of our continent’s waterfowl habitat, he is uniquely qualified to lead DU at this critical juncture."

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Choosing the Right Fields By Pro-Staffer Noah Faulkner

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• On: 04/01/2010 21:27:35
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If you are just getting started in field hunting, choosing the right fields to hunt can be very difficult. Here are a few tips that I use myself, to help you narrow down a field to hunt:      

• The first item to take care of is to locate bodies of water in the general area you plan on hunting. It is ideal that the birds are using this field to roost at. A roosting location is a body of water where the birds feel safe, returning daily to spend the night on. These roosting locations can range from large lakes and quarries, to small farm ponds and creeks. You cannot just simply locate a body of water, you must be certain that the birds are returning to this location every night. Once you have located a roosting location, this is where you want to start narrowing down on where to hunt.
  

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Timberdoodle Trails by Pro-Staffer Ray Arment

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• On: 04/01/2010 21:17:46
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I was invited by my friend, Karl, to central PA for an upland hunt. I arrived at his camp on a cool November evening, walked my dogs, and carried my duffle bags into camp. Karl, his father, a friend and I stayed up talking about previous hunts they had at this camp. We also talked about dog training and then finally went to bed.  A great breakfast of eggs, homefries and scrapple welcomed our morning as we packed up and headed out to the woods. I put on my Coat, chaps and then grabbed my Beretta 12 gauge over and under and my Deutsch Drahthaar, Bessi as Karl got his Deutsch Drahthaar, Bella, out of the truck and ready for the hunt. Starting out through some thick and thorny woods, I flushed a grouse and missed. Bessi then went on point and I heard a Timberdoodle, known to most as a Woodcock

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