Waterfowl Hunting(Page 2)

In-depth waterfowl hunting coverage on ducks and geese.

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mallards flying in the blue sky
Hunting

Where Are All the Ducks?

By Natalie Krebs

Hunters in an old stone house they used as a goose blind.
Hunting

The 8 Wildest Duck and Goose Blinds (That Actually Work)

By Joe Genzel

How to call ducks and geese.
Hunting

Goose Hunting Tips and Tactics

By Joe Genzel, Alex Robinson

Early-Season Teal Hunting Tactics You’ve Never Tried (But Should)
Hunting

Early-Season Teal Hunting Tactics You’ve Never Tried (But Should)

By Joe Genzel

Sitka waders
Gear

The Best Duck Hunting Waders of 2025

By Joe Genzel, Alex Robinson

Mallards and pintails
Hunting

Mallard Numbers Are Up This Year, Plus Duck Hunters Might See a 3-Pintail Limit Next Season

By Natalie Krebs

The Browning A5 being unloaded at the skeet range
Guns

The Best Shotguns of 2025, Tested and Reviewed

By John B. Snow

A bird that died of avian botulism.
Conservation

Hundreds of Ducks Dead Amid Reports of Avian Flu and Botulism at Two Critical California Refuges

By Katie Hill

A chocolate Lab was beaten by his owner, a 15 year old.
Opinion

3 Teens Arrested After Viral Video Surfaces of a Kid Abusing His Duck Dog

By Natalie Krebs

The best hunting dogs include English setters.
Hunting

The Best Hunting Dogs for Birds, Big and Small Game, and Tracking

By Natalie Krebs, Brian Lynn

An anti-hunting activist in bright clothing stands on top of a vehicle at a public boat ramp in Australia.
Hunting

During Australia’s Duck Season ‘Circus’ Anti-Hunting Activists Will Steal Your Birds, Paddle Through Your Decoys, and Film Your Kids

Story and Photos by Natalie Krebs

what distance to pattern a shotgun
Guns

What Distance Should Be Used to Pattern a Shotgun? (And Everything Else to Know About Patterning)

By Andrea Bogard

Mike Wec with his leucistic American black duck.
Hunting

No, It’s Not a Game-Farm Mallard. DNA Test Confirms First-Ever Documented Leucistic Black Duck

By Natalie Krebs

Male mallard duck in flight sets record speed.
Conservation

Migrating Mallard Clocked at 103 MPH, Breaking Recent Speed Record

By Katie Hill

Mallards resting on an NWR
Conservation

Proposed Rule Could Curb Predator Control and Planting Grains for Waterfowl in Refuges. Hunting Orgs Now Wonder, Is USFWS Turning Against Duck Hunters?

By Andrew McKean

browning 10 gauge
Guns

The 10 Gauge: Everything Hunters Need to Know

By Joe Genzel

A flock of Canada geese takes off from a snowy river bank.
Conservation

A Stretch of the Yellowstone River Long-Closed to Waterfowl Hunting Might Reopen Soon. Some Hunters Aren’t Thrilled

By Katie Hill

Rue Mapp scouts for ducks
Hunting

Rue Mapp Is Learning to Hunt, But She’s Got a Bigger Mission

By Christine Peterson

onx
Conservation

The onX Effect: Digital Mapping Apps Have Changed the Way We Hunt. Now What Will They Do With All Our Data?

By Christine Peterson

Group of hunters posing in front of the best snow goose decoys.
Gear

The Best Snow Goose Decoys of 2025

By Joe Genzel

Hunters line up for a duck blind lottery in darkness. Photo by Tom Fowlks
Hunting

Can Hunting Survive in California? And If It Can’t, Who’s Going to Pay to Conserve the State’s Wildlife and Habitat?

Story by Christine Peterson, Photographs by Tom Fowlks

Three plucked birds sit on a table after a demonstration of how to pluck a duck.
Hunting

How to Pluck a Duck

By Natalie Krebs

Dead snow geese with avian influenza are frozen into a lake.
Conservation

The Story Behind the Snow Goose Mass Die-Off Video

By Katie Hill

We tested the Spandau Arms S2.
Guns

Spandau Arms S2 Review: Field Testing a $500 Semi-Auto Duck Gun

By Ashley Thess

Hand carved decoys
Hunting

Photos: The Iconic Hand-Carved Decoys of the Illinois River Valley

By Joe Genzel

A gigantic raft of mallards lit up by a spotlight in the flooded timber.
Hunting

Watch: Hundreds of Mallards Swim Out of Flooded Timber, Swarming Hunters

By Dac Collins

A flock of Canada geese stand on a riverbank in North Dakota.
Conservation

North Dakota Saw a Record Number of Canada Geese This Winter

By Dac Collins

the best duck loads
Guns

The Best Duck Loads, Range Tested and Reviewed

By Alex Robinson

A mallard hen sitting inside a manmade duck nesting house.
Conservation

Mallard Numbers Have Declined Nationally. New Hen House Bill Aims to Help

By Andrew McKean

the best chokes for duck hunting
Gear

The Best Chokes for Duck Hunting, Range Tested and Reviewed

By Alex Robinson

sandhill crane decoys
Conservation

Drive-By Shooter Cited for Firing Rifle into Decoy Spread

By Dac Collins

the best goose decoys
Gear

Best Goose Decoys of 2025

By Alex Robinson, Joe Genzel

The best duck calls for waterfowl hunting.
Gear

The Best Duck Calls of 2025

By Joe Genzel

A man fires one of the best semi auto shotguns.
Guns

The Best Duck Hunting Shotguns of 2025

By Joe Genzel, Alex Robinson

Hunter using one of the best goose calls.
Gear

The Best Goose Calls of 2025

By Joe Genzel, John Gordon

North Dakota duck brood survey
Conservation

North Dakota Is Poised to Have Its Best Diver Duck Season in Decades. But Mallard Numbers Keep Declining

By Katie Hill

atlantic flyway mallards feature
Hunting

Good News for Duck Hunters: Mallard Limit in the Atlantic Flyway Returns to Four

By Dac Collins

duck hunter walks towards foreground decoys through ankle-deep water covered in red vegetation, sprawling trees behind
Hunting

This Old-School Duck Slayer Is Opening New Hunting Opportunities Around the World for Americans

By Alex Robinson

A jet sled for duck hunting
Hunting

The Ultimate Walk-In Duck Hunting Gear I Can’t Live Without

By Joe Genzel

Two hunters, man and woman, sit on a rock next to a limit of king ducks.
Hunting

The Favorite Shotgun, Choke, and Ammo Combinations of 5 Diehard Duck Hunters (and One Outdoor Writer)

By Joe Genzel

Best Duck Loads: How to Pick the Right Shell for the Right Bird
Guns

Best Duck Loads: How to Pick the Right Shell for the Right Bird

By John M. Taylor

A bird-bone flute instrument.
Hunting

Hunters Were Making Duck-Bone Bird Calls 12,000 Years Ago

By Dac Collins

utah swan hunting proposal 1
Conservation

Some Hunters Target Trumpeter Swans. Utah Wants to Stop It Before All Swan Hunting Gets Shut Down

By Andrew McKean

The buffering in TSS shot.
Guns

Tungsten Super Shot: An Inside Look at How the Deadliest Birdshot of All Time Is Made

By Nick Charney

A turkey hunter in Montana listens for gobbles.
Hunting

Hunting License Sales Have Fallen Back to Pre-Pandemic Levels

By Natalie Krebs

i own landowner ND pleads guilty
Hunting

Landowner in “I Own the F*cking Land” Video Takes Plea Deal

By Dac Collins

Bird hunting restrictions in Manitoba
Conservation

Manitoba Is About to Get Way Less Accessible for American Waterfowlers

By Katie Hill

farmer discs decoys
Hunting

Watch an Arkansas Farmer Deliberately Disc a Spread of Snow Goose Decoys

By Dac Collins

steel shot
Guns

Is Steel Shot Effective? Here’s What the Data Say After Decades of Testing

By Tom Roster

A black lab retrieves a duck in water.
Hunting

How to Train a Duck Dog Throughout His First Hunting Season

By Natalie Krebs

Indiana hunters tip kayaks
Hunting

After Duck Hunters Flip Their Kayaks, Indiana Game Warden Recovers Shotguns with a Magnet

By Katie Hill

Duck hunter wearing Sitka Hudson jacket in icy bay.
Gear

Sitka Hudson Jacket: A Hardcore Shell for Waterfowl Hunters

By Ashley Thess

photo of hunters with car, hunter walking in marsh
Hunting

The Golden Age of Jump-Shooting Ducks on the Prairie

By Ben East

The Benelli M1 Super 90 was one of the best shotguns ever built.
Hunting

Canada’s Semi-Automatic Firearm Ban Would Include Many Common Hunting Rifles and Shotguns

By Dac Collins

The Benelli SBE 3 28 gauge is one of the best duck hunting shotguns.
Guns

28 Gauge Benelli Super Black Eagle 3 Review

By Alex Robinson

These are the best duck calls for beginners.
Gear

Best Duck Calls for Beginners

By Alex Robinson

snow geese avian flu
Hunting

We’re Experiencing the Deadliest Bird Flu Outbreak in History. Here’s What All Bird Hunters Need to Know

By Alex Robinson

pintail ducks flying
Hunting

Dusty Brown Sacrificed It All for a Duck Season That Never Ends

By Joe Genzel

A magazine spread featuring an illustration of a duck and a US naval destroyer.
Hunting

Hunting Ducks from a U.S. Naval Destroyer During the Korean War

By D.J. Carrison

duck hunting kayak
Hunting

Duck Hunting from a Kayak, Tips and Tactics

By Alex Robinson

A landowner and duck hunter got in a fight over trespassing in North Dakota.
Hunting

The Landowner and One Hunter From the Viral “I Own the F*cking Land” Video Are Charged with Misdemeanors

By Katie Hill

hunting permission
Hunting

How to Get Permission to Hunt Ducks and Geese (Without Pissing Off the Locals)

By Alex Robinson, Dac Collins

duck hunting video
Hunting

Lessons We Can Learn from the Viral “I Own the F*cking Land” Video

By Alex Robinson

Wild turkey
Hunting

The 8 Best Tasting Game Birds

By Brad Fenson