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Author setting up the best duck decoys.
Hunting

How to Decoy Ducks: Expert Tips and Tactics for Finishing Birds Close

By Alex Robinson, Joe Arterburn

A painting of a brown Chesapeake Bay Retrieve on a yellow background.
Hunting

The Duck Dog Who Wouldn’t Quit, Even If It Killed Him

By Dan Nelson

A pair of mallards dabble bottoms-up in a pond.
Hunting

What Do Ducks Eat? Here’s What Every Waterfowl Hunter Should Know

By Alice Jones Webb

A successful morning of teal hunting.
Hunting

How to Hunt Ducks

By Joe Genzel

A close-up of a gray wolf in the woods.
Conservation

Wisconsin Duck Hunter Shoots, Kills One of Five Gray Wolves That Surrounded His Blind

By Dac Collins

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

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 2024

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 2024, Tested and Reviewed

By John B. Snow

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

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

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

Rue Mapp scouts for ducks
Hunting

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

By Christine Peterson

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

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