With duck populations at the peak of long-term averages, expectations for every hunt are always high. The reality is, even when ducks are plentiful, hunts can fall short of expectations. And it may…
If you take care of gamebirds bagged in the hunted field or forest, they will take care of you at the dinner table. Having the right tools and techniques for field dressing gamebirds can make the job…
Whether you hunt deer, bear, pronghorns, turkeys, elk, quail, ducks or squirrels, the following eight hunting tips will up your chances of success.
Whether you're a veteran hunter or a newbie, these…
One of the greatest rewards of hunting upland game birds, waterfowl and wild turkeys is the delicious dinners that result from successful hunts. But for the ultimate in wild game dining, proper field…
Waterfowl hunters are a passionate group of people. Passion levels can generally be measured by the amount of time an individual waterfowler spends preparing for the upcoming season. If you want to…
Cinnamon teal ducks in flight. Photo credit: Magnus Manske, commons.wikipedia.org
Hunters often look forward to early teal season as the first opportunity to hunt ducks for the year. The reason…
Blue-winged teal are very early migrators. One avid waterfowl hunter, Diamond Dunn of Corning, Arkansas, has said he's seen them in his area as early as the first week of August.
A cold snap up north…
It was one of the best shooting performances on ducks that I'd ever seen, and from one of the most unlikely shooters.
It was Youth Waterfowl Day in Tennessee. Thirteen-year-old Rob Clouser was in a…
The canoe slides like a whisper on the river, just inches from a slick, muddy bank. Its two occupants are on high alert. The man in the front cradles a shotgun at port arms. The one in the back…
In the South, some tornadoes are to be feared; others are to be welcomed.
This tornado was in the latter category. It was a cyclone of ducks — a vortex of rushing noise and wind. There were 500 or…
As an avid duck hunter in northern Wisconsin, I thought that I knew what good duck hunting was all about. I can still remember jumping ponds or sitting on the shores of Lake Superior working hard to…
The Delta region of southeast Missouri is home to thousands of acres of rice fields, many of which are flooded for waterfowl season.
Scott Downing blew a truly southern style highball call to a…
