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November 15, 2023

How To Beat The Crowds In Duck Season

It has never been cooler to be a waterfowler than right now.  Drake pullovers are standard issue equipment for date night or a dinner with the family these days. What this equates to is more and […]
August 23, 2022

Duck Counts Are In! What Does Fall Flight Look Like?

After being cancelled for the previous two years by concerns over COVID-19, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and Canadian Wildlife Service were able to conduct the annual Waterfowl Breeding Population and Habitat Survey this spring. The results […]
June 9, 2021

Federal Waterfowl Survey Cancelled

For the second straight year, safety concerns over Covid-19 have forced cancellation of the annual Waterfowl Breeding Population and Habitat Survey. The spring survey, which has been conducted every year from 1955 to 2019, is used […]
December 3, 2020

Christmas Gifts For The Duck Hunter

December is here and it is time to start Christmas shopping. If you haven’t already found the perfect Christmas gifts for the duck hunter in your life, here are a few suggestions. 1). Shot gun shells: […]
January 15, 2019

5 Late Season Duck Strategies

Duck season is winding down and the ducks have been hunted since September.  They start getting shot at in Canada, and through every other state along the central flyway.  If you are still using the same […]
December 17, 2018

Christmas Gifts For The Duck Hunter

Christmas is just around the corner and it’s time to start shopping.  If you haven’t already found the perfect gift for the duck hunter in your life, here are a few suggestions for the duck hunter. […]
December 6, 2018

Top 5 Waterfowl Hunting Mistakes

If you have hunted waterfowl for any length of time, you have certainly found some things that work and some that don’t.  There are very few absolutes in the world of duck and goose hunting, but […]
December 14, 2017

Be A More Ethical Duck Hunter

Anyone who has pursued waterfowl for any length of time will have certainly crippled and lost birds.  It is a simple fact of waterfowling.  However, I am seeing a growing trend of people who make a […]
November 30, 2016

Duck Numbers – Fact or Fiction??

Have you ever picked up a Ducks Unlimited, Delta Waterfowl or Wildfowl magazine and see articles that talk about duck and goose numbers?  They may talk about the 48 million bird projected flight or the number […]
November 18, 2016

Gonzo for Gadwall

Forget mallard. While we’re are at it, forget pintail, widgeon, and blue-winged teal; might as well throw wood duck, shoveler, and redhead on the forget pile, too, and toss in bluewing for good measure. These are […]