Last fall, we hosted Dr. Phil Lavretsky on the Gamekeeper Podcast to discuss the new initiative from Ducks Unlimited and the University Texas at El Paso, the duckDNA project. As if habitat loss, hunting pressure, and historic droughts in key nesting grounds aren't enough, ducks are also challenged by a less visible and pervasive issue, the degradation of wild duck genetics due to the hybridization with game-farm (released) mallards. Mossy Oak is proud to join the duck DNA project and other conservationist-hunters in gathering the crucial samples and important field data needed to understand the scope of the issue and what we can do as Gamekeepers to come alongside the animals we care so much about to ensure that wild ducks stay wild.