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

The 8 Wildest Duck and Goose Blinds (That Actually Work) 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) 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 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 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 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 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 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? 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 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 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 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 Photos: The Iconic Hand-Carved Decoys of the Illinois River Valley

the best duck loads

Guns

The Best Duck Loads, Range Tested and Reviewed The Best Duck Loads, Range Tested and Reviewed

By Alex Robinson

the best chokes for duck hunting

Gear

The Best Chokes for Duck Hunting, Range Tested and Reviewed The Best Chokes for Duck Hunting, Range Tested and Reviewed

By Alex Robinson

The best duck calls for waterfowl hunting.

Gear

The Best Duck Calls of 2025 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 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 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 Favorite Shotgun, Choke, and Ammo Combinations of 5 Diehard Duck Hunters (and One Outdoor Writer)

The buffering in TSS shot.

Guns

Tungsten Super Shot: An Inside Look at How the Deadliest Birdshot of All Time Is Made 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 Fcking Land” Video Takes Plea Deal Landowner in “I Own the Fcking Land” Video Takes Plea Deal

Guns

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

Duck hunter wearing Sitka Hudson jacket in icy bay.

Gear

Sitka Hudson Jacket: A Hardcore Shell for Waterfowl Hunters 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.

Guns

28 Gauge Benelli Super Black Eagle 3 Review 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 Best Duck Calls for Beginners

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

duck hunting video

Lessons We Can Learn from the Viral “I Own the Fcking Land” Video Lessons We Can Learn from the Viral “I Own the Fcking 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 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 How to Get Out of a Wingshooting Slump

By Alex Robinson

duck hunting dog

The Best Duck Hunting Dogs The Best Duck Hunting Dogs

Guns

The Coolest Ducks Unlimited Dinner Guns of All Time The Coolest Ducks Unlimited Dinner Guns of All Time

Laika's lock onto their quarry.

The Most Underrated Hunting Dog Breeds The Most Underrated Hunting Dog Breeds

By Jennifer Wapenski, Joe Genzel

Nash Buckingham's Bo Whoop.

Guns

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

Guns

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

Guns

Benelli M1 Super 90: A Classic Duck Hunting Shotgun Benelli M1 Super 90: A Classic Duck Hunting Shotgun

Winchester Bismuth is one of the best loads in waterfowl.

Guns

Shotshell Review: Winchester Bismuth Waterfowl Loads 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 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 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 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) The 28-Gauge Shotgun Can Kill Ducks as Effectively as a 12-Gauge (At Modest Ranges)

Beretta a400 extreme plus

Guns

Shotgun Review: Beretta’s A400 Xtreme Plus Is the Best Duck Hunting Gun on the Market 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. 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 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 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? Why Do Duck Hunters Despise Each Other?

Hunting ptarmigan in the unseasonable snow on Adak.

Hunting Adak Island, at the End of the Earth Hunting Adak Island, at the End of the Earth

By Natalie Krebs

Blue-wing teal will key on motion decoys.

How to Kill a Limit of Teal This September Without a Single Floating Decoy How to Kill a Limit of Teal This September Without a Single Floating Decoy

The customized Can-Am Defender.

Addison Edmonds Set Out to Make Can-Am’s Defender the Ultimate Side-by-Side for Duck Hunters Addison Edmonds Set Out to Make Can-Am’s Defender the Ultimate Side-by-Side for Duck Hunters

A loose decoy on Reelfoot Lake, which hunters were looking for when they found David Vowell.

What Really Happened to the Duck Hunters Who Were Killed on Reelfoot Lake? What Really Happened to the Duck Hunters Who Were Killed on Reelfoot Lake?

By Natalie Krebs

Zack Grooms with straps of ducks.

Zack Grooms Was a Devoted Uncle and a True Duck Hunter Zack Grooms Was a Devoted Uncle and a True Duck Hunter

By Natalie Krebs

A duck hunter steers a boat loaded with decoys through flooded timber.

The Story of Black Duck Revival: “I Never Found a Place I Belong, So I’m Making One” The Story of Black Duck Revival: “I Never Found a Place I Belong, So I’m Making One”

By Jonathan Wilkins

Chance Black duck hunting on Reelfoot

Chance Black Was an Outdoorsman, Goofball, and a Friend to Everyone Chance Black Was an Outdoorsman, Goofball, and a Friend to Everyone

By Natalie Krebs

The A390 Silver Mallard

The Beretta A390 Silver Mallard Was the Best 3-Inch Semiauto Shotgun Ever Built The Beretta A390 Silver Mallard Was the Best 3-Inch Semiauto Shotgun Ever Built

Three men in navy TBI Agent uniforms search a muddy wet field for David Vowell.

Authorities Find the Body of David Vowell, the 70-Year-Old Tennessee Man Accused of Killing Two Duck Hunters on Reelfoot Lake Authorities Find the Body of David Vowell, the 70-Year-Old Tennessee Man Accused of Killing Two Duck Hunters on Reelfoot Lake

By Natalie Krebs

Cyprus trees on Reelfoot Lake in Tennessee, where two men were killed in January 2021.

After Two Duck Hunters Were Killed on Reelfoot Lake, Investigators Are Searching for David Vowell, the 70-Year-Old Suspect Considered ‘Armed and Dangerous’ After Two Duck Hunters Were Killed on Reelfoot Lake, Investigators Are Searching for David Vowell, the 70-Year-Old Suspect Considered ‘Armed and Dangerous’

By Joe Genzel, Natalie Krebs

The mallard/teal hybrid is truly unique.

The 8 Coolest Hybrid Ducks and Geese You’ve Ever Seen The 8 Coolest Hybrid Ducks and Geese You’ve Ever Seen

By Ryan Chelius

There's only one species of mallard no matter what continent you shoot one on.

18 Facts You Didn’t Know About Mallards 18 Facts You Didn’t Know About Mallards

This is what most days hunting ducks look like, though social media would have you believe otherwise.

It’s Time to Stop Hunting Ducks So Damn Much It’s Time to Stop Hunting Ducks So Damn Much

Greenhead mallard in Oklahoma.

Our Obsession with Greenheads Is Ruining Duck Hunting as We Know It Our Obsession with Greenheads Is Ruining Duck Hunting as We Know It

By Alex Robinson, Joe Genzel

Two hunters by a small creek, showing off their limits of ducks.

How to Kill the Smartest, Most Pressured Mallards How to Kill the Smartest, Most Pressured Mallards

Hunting the Wood Duck Migration: Northern vs. Southern Tactics Hunting the Wood Duck Migration: Northern vs. Southern Tactics

By Alex Robinson, Joe Genzel

A hunter wading through flooded timber while duck hunting.

How to Hunt Late-Season Mallards in Fields vs. Water How to Hunt Late-Season Mallards in Fields vs. Water

duck breasts in a glaze

Cook Wild Duck Like a Real Chef (While Drinking Bourbon in Camp) Cook Wild Duck Like a Real Chef (While Drinking Bourbon in Camp)