UNION CITY, Tenn. – Waterfowl in northwest Tennessee is on the rise.
A ground and aerial survey by the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service this month showed a total of about 400,000 ducks on several wildlife refuges in northwest and West Tennessee.
Officials told the Union City Daily Messenger that waterfowl have been rather inactive recently because of cold weather.
Additionally, it’s been hard for hunters to get to duck blinds because of ice.
Meanwhile, corn and milo planted on 500 acres of the refuges for the waterfowl will soon run out.