Waterfowl Hunting (Page 2)

In-depth waterfowl hunting coverage on ducks and geese.

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The 7 Best Late-Season Duck Hunts

By M.D. Johnson

The 6 Best Deals on Duck Hunting Waders for Black Friday (Save Hundreds)

By Alex Robinson

Beretta AX800 Suprema Review: This Could Be the Ultimate Duck Hunting Semi-Auto

By Alex Robinson

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Copper Wire Thieves ‘Cripple’ Arkansas Duck Waters Just Ahead of Opener

I Shot a Limit of Mallards, then Tagged the No. 4 All-Time Record Buck

By Earl T. McMaster

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

By D.J. Carrison

The 3 Motion Decoys All Duck Hunters Need on a Calm Day

By Alex Robinson

Video: We Tested Benelli’s Advanced Impact Barrel Claims

By Alex Robinson

The Best Duck Hunting Waders, Tested and Reviewed

By Joe Genzel, Alex Robinson

The 9 Biggest Myths in Duck Hunting

By Alex Robinson, Roy Holdford

Watch: Police Rescue Duck Hunter Who Got Stuck in a Quicksand-Like ‘Honey Pot’

By Natalie Krebs

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A Hunter Was Reunited with His Lost Duck Dog Thanks to Social Media, and This Clever Trick

This Duck Hunt Almost Killed Me. That’s Why I’ll Never Hunt Alone Again

By H.A. Shanklin

Wisconsin DNR Warns Hunters Not to Eat Mallards Shot in Green Bay. But What Happens When Contaminated Ducks Migrate?

By Alex Robinson

The Mexican Desert Holds a Surprising Number of Ducks and Quail. Here’s Why

By William J. Schaldach

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After a 20-Year Closure, I Finally Got to Hunt Snipe Again. They’re Still Impossible to Hit

By Hart Stilwell

Pintail Numbers Increase, Mallards Are Stable, and Other Takeaways from This Year’s Duck Survey

By Jonathan Olivier

The Ducklegger War: How an Undercover Agent Busted a Massive Ring of Market Hunters and Waterfowl Bootleggers

Where to Hunt Ducks: 4 Underrated States for Freelance Waterfowlers

By Alex Robinson

Nash Buckingham Once Shot a 25-Black-Duck Limit (and 8 Geese) During the Glory Days of Waterfowl Hunting

By Nash Buckingham

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Want to Improve Your Wingshooting This Fall? Change Up Your Summer Training

By Alex Robinson

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Prime Day Deals for Your Hunting Dog: Collars, Training Gear, First Aid Kits, and More

By Alice Jones Webb

Nash Buckingham on the Most Memorable Wingshots of His Career

By Nash Buckingham

My Dog and I Were Trapped in My Sinking Pickup

The Best Duck Calls for Beginners, Tested and Reviewed

By Alex Robinson

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Kansas Gov. Vetoes Bill to Limit Nonresident Waterfowlers to Hunting Just 3 Days a Week

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

By Scott Haugen

How to Train a Duck Dog Throughout His First Hunting Season

By Natalie Krebs

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The 10 Gauge: Everything Hunters Need to Know

Podcast: I Nearly Died on a Duck Hunt

By Alex Robinson

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Benelli vs. Beretta: Which Italian Shotgun Maker Is Your Favorite?

Goose Hunting Tips and Tactics

By Joe Genzel, Alex Robinson

The Best Duck Hunting Shotguns of 2025

By Joe Genzel, Alex Robinson

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An Anti-Hunting Politician Accused Donald Trump Jr. of Shooting a Protected Duck in Italy. Here’s the Backstory

By Natalie Krebs

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

By Natalie Krebs

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After Record Levels of Cancer-Causing Chemicals Were Found in a New Mexico Lake, Hunters Are Urged to Contact Their Doctors

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

By Andrew McKean

Why Duck Hunters Die

By Alex Robinson

The Best Duck Decoys

By Alex Robinson

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

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

The Best Motion Duck Decoys, Field Tested and Reviewed

By Alex Robinson

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Podcast: How to Miss Fewer Birds

By Natalie Krebs

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 2026

By Alex Robinson

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

By Alex Robinson, Joe Arterburn

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

By Ashley Thess

How to Hunt Ducks

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

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Where Are All the Ducks?

By Natalie Krebs

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

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

By Natalie Krebs

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

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

By Natalie Krebs

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

By Natalie Krebs, Brian Lynn

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

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

By Andrea Bogard

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

By Natalie Krebs

Migrating Mallard Clocked at 103 MPH, Breaking Recent Speed Record

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

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

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

By Christine Peterson

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

By Christine Peterson