This Duck Hunter Ornament is about 4½ inches tall. The Duck Hunter Ornament shows Santa with two Labrador puppies, one black and one yellow. He is wearing a green, red and black plaid Tam O’ Shanter style hat with beige fur ear muffs on the side, beige vest over a green, red and black plaid shirt, green pants, green and beige boots. Select this link to view our Hunting Christmas Ornaments.
Duck Stamps.
By the turn of the century, commercial hunting and loss of habitat lead to a decline in duck and goose populations in North America, along with many other species of wildlife. The Lacey Act of 1900, which outlawed transport of poached game across state lines, and the Migratory Bird Treaty Act of 1918, which prohibited the possession of migratory birds without permission, such as a hunting license, marked the dawn of the modern conservation movement. Select this link to view our Old Hunter Plaque.
Jay N. "Ding" Darling, a conservationist and political cartoonist, was appointed the head of the Duck Stamp Program. This program required hunters to purchase a special stamp, in additional to a regular hunting license, to hunt migratory waterfowl. Revenues from the program provided the majority of funding for conservation for many decades and funded the purchase of 4.5 million acres of National Wildlife Refuge land for waterfowl habitat since the program's inception. Duck stamps have also become collector’s items. Select this link to view our Duck Hunting Santa Ornament.
Ducks.
Ducks are mostly aquatic birds, mostly smaller than their relatives the swans and geese, and may be found in both fresh water and sea water. Most ducks have a wide flat beak adapted for dredging. Select this link to view our Shotgun Hunting Christmas Ornament.
Ducks eat a variety of food such as grasses, aquatic plants, fish, insects, small amphibians, worms, and small mollusks. Select this link to view our Mighty Hunter Bear.
Diving ducks and sea ducks forage deep underwater. To be able to submerge more easily, the diving ducks are heavier than dabbling ducks. Select this link to view our Black Bear Hugging a Candy Cane.
Dabbling ducks feed on the surface of water or on land. They dive as deep as they can reach by up ending without completely submerging. Along the inside of the beak they have tiny rows of plates called lamellae like a whale's baleen which lets them filter water out of the side of their beaks and keep food inside. Select this link to view our Grilled Catfish Ornament.