Duck Hunting(Page 2)

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Tales of Spring Subsistence Hunting in the Arctic: Bot Fly Larva, Caribou Fetus, and Boiled Eiders

By Scott Haugen

A black lab retrieves a duck in water.

How to Train a Duck Dog Throughout His First Hunting Season

By Natalie Krebs

sea duck hunters

Podcast: I Nearly Died on a Duck Hunt

By Alex Robinson

A man fires one of the best semi auto shotguns.

The Best Duck Hunting Shotguns of 2025

By Joe Genzel, Alex Robinson

Mikey Stovall holds a pintail. He was

7 Hunting Buddies Died in the American Airlines Plane Crash. They Were Returning from a Duck Hunt

By Natalie Krebs

An illustration of a duck hunter paddling in a windswept lake.

Why Duck Hunters Die

By Alex Robinson

Two Irish hunters crawl after curlew in an illustration.

I Moved to Ireland, Where Snipe are the Ultimate Game Bird

Author setting up the best duck decoys.

The Best Duck Decoys of 2025

By Alex Robinson

Breda B3.5SM Review: The Italian Shotgun You Haven’t Heard of, But Should Know About

By Alex Robinson

How to Handle and Freeze Birds You Plan to Mount, According to a Taxidermist

By Natalie Krebs

best motion duck decoys

The Best Motion Duck Decoys, Field Tested and Reviewed

By Alex Robinson

A duck hunter shakes his fist at a sky full of ducks.

It Should’ve Been the Best Mallard Hunt of Our Lives. Instead, We Almost Died

By James D. Nunnally

The Best Duck Hunting Jackets of 2025

By Alex Robinson

Author setting up the best duck decoys.

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.

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

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

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

By Alice Jones Webb

A successful morning of teal hunting.

How to Hunt Ducks

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

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

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

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

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

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

Mallards and pintails

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

By Natalie Krebs

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

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.

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.

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.

Migrating Mallard Clocked at 103 MPH, Breaking Recent Speed Record

Mallards resting on an NWR

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

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.

How to Pluck a Duck

By Natalie Krebs

We tested the Spandau Arms S2.

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

By Ashley Thess

Hand carved decoys

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

the best duck loads

The Best Duck Loads, Range Tested and Reviewed

By Alex Robinson

the best chokes for duck hunting

The Best Chokes for Duck Hunting, Range Tested and Reviewed

By Alex Robinson

The best duck calls for waterfowl hunting.

The Best Duck Calls of 2025

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

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

By Alex Robinson

A jet sled for duck hunting

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

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

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

The buffering in TSS shot.

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

By Nick Charney

i own landowner ND pleads guilty

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

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

Duck hunter wearing Sitka Hudson jacket in icy bay.

Sitka Hudson Jacket: A Hardcore Shell for Waterfowl Hunters

By Ashley Thess

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

28 Gauge Benelli Super Black Eagle 3 Review

By Alex Robinson

snow geese avian flu

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

By Alex Robinson

duck hunting kayak

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.

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

duck hunting video

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

By Alex Robinson

tx teal lead photo

A Rookie’s Guide to Knocking Down Ducks When You’re the Worst Shot in the Blind

How to Get Out of a Wingshooting Slump

By Alex Robinson

duck hunting dog

The Best Duck Hunting Dogs

The Coolest Ducks Unlimited Dinner Guns of All Time

Laika's lock onto their quarry.

The Most Underrated Hunting Dog Breeds

By Jennifer Wapenski, Joe Genzel

Nash Buckingham's Bo Whoop.

If These Nine Shotgun Writers Could Only Have One Gun, Which Smoothbore Would They Pick?

The 105 CTi was a great concept that fell flat.

The Remington 105 CTi: A Semi-Auto that Almost Revolutionized Shotgun Design

By John M. Taylor

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

Benelli M1 Super 90: A Classic Duck Hunting Shotgun

Winchester Bismuth is one of the best loads in waterfowl.

Shotshell Review: Winchester Bismuth Waterfowl Loads

The four boys who died in the N.C. plane crash.

8 Duck Hunters Die After Single-Engine Plane Crashes into the Atlantic Ocean

apex ammunition and mallard

Apex Stacked Shotshells: A More Affordable Way for Duck Hunters to Shoot TSS

By Alex Robinson

Sea ducks, like eiders and long-tails, are tough birds.

How to Kill the Toughest Ducks and Geese

The 28-gauge has returned to duck hunting.

The 28-Gauge Shotgun Can Kill Ducks as Effectively as a 12-Gauge (At Modest Ranges)

Beretta a400 extreme plus

Shotgun Review: Beretta’s A400 Xtreme Plus Is the Best Duck Hunting Gun on the Market

Field & Stream Bought a $33,000 Duck Stamp Contest Entry. Here’s Why.

Field & Stream Bought a $33,000 Duck Stamp Contest Entry. Here’s Why.

By Alex Robinson

A 10-man limit in western Alberta.

If You’re a DIY Duck Hunter Heading to Canada, Don’t Waste Your Time Field Hunting

USFWS studies show the duck crippling rate is one in five birds.

Are Duck Hunters Really Losing 1 in 5 Birds? Here’s How We Can Do Better

By Alex Robinson, Natalie Krebs

Duck hunters are jerks to one another.

Why Do Duck Hunters Despise Each Other?

Hunting ptarmigan in the unseasonable snow on Adak.

Hunting Adak Island, at the End of the Earth

By Natalie Krebs