As a new duck hunter, you have a long list of tasks ahead before your first opening day, particularly if you don’t have a seasoned hunter to guide you through the process of learning to duck hunt. To ...

It can be tough out there for the freelance duck hunter. Modern waterfowl migrations (and the weather that drives them) are unpredictable, there’s tough competition on many public marshes, and private ...

Ducks and geese share webbed feet, a branch on the avian family tree, and overlapping habits and habitats. Sometimes you will have opportunities to take both ducks and geese on the same hunt, but more ...

Duck blinds have come a long way since ancient Egyptians first started hunting over clay decoys along the Nile River in 2,500 B.C. But even back then hunters knew a key rule of waterfowling: The ...

IT’S 5 A.M. IN SUMNER, MISSOURI, and the moon is blood red. A lunar eclipse. As we ride out to the morning hunt, I can barely see my hand in front of me—just enough to see that it’s shaking a little ...

Once nearly wiped out by overhunting and logging, nest boxes kept wood ducks from vanishing – and volunteers are still putting them up today.

Hunting during the months of December and January can be a challenge. Gone are the 60-degree afternoon temperatures, light jackets and long days. These conditions are replaced by numb fingers, frost ...

I watch the sun rise through cypress trees on a cold Monday morning in late January. Across the state, groggy Arkansans are ...

Duck Dynasty made duck hunting look like a family-bonding adventure. But what they didn’t show is just how brutal the job can really be. From crack-of-dawn treks to mastering migration patterns, the ...

On the last day of the 2025 duck season in the heart of Arkansas' premier duck country, longtime hunter Todd Taylor said the hunt just wasn't as good as previous years. Sitting in his boat in the ...

Manitoba has released its new waterfowl hunting regulations for Americans, with their explanations for the changes. Details are below. Note that if you want to hunt ducks and geese in the province ...