Alarming Article In The New Issue of Garden & Guns
Titled "Mallard Mix-Up" by T. Edward Nickens
According to the article, the release of game-farm Mallards that have escaped being shot have been interbreeding with wild Mallard stocks and have been for decades. But, the studies by DU in partnership with the University of Texas, El Paso, have determined that as high as 71% of Eastern Flyway Mallards, nearly 25% of Mississippi Flyway Mallards and 12% of Central Flyway Mallards carry the genes and appearance of these game-farm-raised European Mallards. not only do they carry the genes and appearance, but also exhibit some detrimental to the species traits.
Read up on it - It ain't good.
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"I'm a Setter man.
Not because I think they're better than the other breeds,
but because I'm a romantic - stuck on tradition - and to me, a Setter just "belongs" in the grouse picture."
George King, "That's Ruff", 2010 - a timeless classic.
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