Waterfowl Hunting

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Sandhill cranes coming in for a landing

In Wisconsin, Home of the Sandhill Crane Recovery, Legislators Are Now Considering a Hunt In Wisconsin, Home of the Sandhill Crane Recovery, Legislators Are Now Considering a Hunt

By Andrew McKean

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

Why Duck Hunters Die 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 I Moved to Ireland, Where Snipe are the Ultimate Game Bird

Author setting up the best duck decoys.

Gear

The Best Duck Decoys of 2025 The Best Duck Decoys of 2025

By Alex Robinson

If you can't get access to the field geese are feeding in, you must get under them.

How to Hunt Late-Season Canada Geese When You Can’t Get on the X How to Hunt Late-Season Canada Geese When You Can’t Get on the X

Guns

Breda B3.5SM Review: The Italian Shotgun You Haven’t Heard of, But Should Know About 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 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 The Best Motion Duck Decoys, Field Tested and Reviewed

By Alex Robinson

A hunter with a rooster and his dog.

Podcast: How to Miss Fewer Birds Podcast: How to Miss Fewer Birds

By Natalie Krebs

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

By James D. Nunnally

Gear

The Best Duck Hunting Jackets of 2025 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 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 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 What Do Ducks Eat? Here’s What Every Waterfowl Hunter Should Know

By Alice Jones Webb

Author holds tundra swan on a boat.

Why Hunt Swans? Among Other Reasons, It’s Wicked Fun Why Hunt Swans? Among Other Reasons, It’s Wicked Fun

By Ashley Thess

A successful morning of teal hunting.

How to Hunt Ducks 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 Wisconsin Duck Hunter Shoots, Kills One of Five Gray Wolves That Surrounded His Blind

mallards flying in the blue sky

Where Are All the Ducks? Where Are All the Ducks?

By Natalie Krebs

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)

How to call ducks and geese.

Goose Hunting Tips and Tactics Goose Hunting Tips and Tactics

By Joe Genzel, Alex Robinson