(Source: Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission) I hope all you turkey hunters south of State Road 70 took a nice bird or two this year, as your season is coming to a close. For those of us in the rest of the state (excluding Holmes County), we still have until April 20 to bag a good long-beard. But once spring gobbler season is over, there’s really not much hunting to talk about, so I thought I’d write about another bird – one that could sure use our help, especially as Easter approaches. Like the Osceola wild turkey, the Florida mottled duck has inhabited peninsular Florida for thousands of years. It is a valuable part of our state’s wildlife heritage and an important component…
