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If you are like myself, getting ready for duck hunting season can be a little chaotic trying to get everything in finished up like decoys, dog training and scouting for birds. Even though these are all important aspects to duck hunting, one key concept is missing: patterning your shotgun.

In this article you’ll learn about confidence decoys and how to imitate a contented flock of waterfowl. This waterfowl hunting tactic helps your decoy spread look more realistic. Typically confidence decoys are comprised of other water or wading bird species such as geese, crows, swans, sea gulls etc.

Trouble distinguishing one duck species from another? This article will teach you to use plumage patterns, size, shape, flight characteristics and other distinguishing factors to identify common North American ducks.

Whether you are an octogenarian duck hunter or planning your very first waterfowl hunting trip, selecting a

If you've ever sat in a duck blind late in the season, when most of the mallards have already migrated further south, the weather is the worst of the winter and what ducks you do see are hunter smart and call shy, you need to regroup and adapt to a handful of tactics that will improve your late-season duck hunting odds.

Big, open water is the domain of diver ducks like canvasbacks, redheads, bluebills, ringnecks, buffleheads and goldeneyes. However, seeking out smaller lakes and reservoirs and applying the right techniques can pay big dividends.

A friend of mine and his son went duck hunting the other day.