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Waterfowl Hunting (Page 3)

In-depth waterfowl hunting coverage on ducks and geese.

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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 goose decoys

Best Goose Decoys of 2026

By Alex Robinson, Joe Genzel

The best duck calls for waterfowl hunting.

The Best Duck Calls

Hunter using one of the best goose calls.

The Best Goose Calls

By Joe Genzel, John Gordon

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)

Best Duck Loads: How to Pick the Right Shell for the Right Bird

Waterfowl Hunting

Best Duck Loads: How to Pick the Right Shell for the Right Bird

By John M. Taylor

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

Waterfowl Hunting

Canada’s Semi-Automatic Firearm Ban Would Include Many Common Hunting Rifles and Shotguns

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

Waterfowl Hunting

The 8 Best Tasting Game Birds

Waterfowl Hunting

The 10 Best Tasting Wild Game Animals

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

Fabarm XLR5 Chesapeake

Waterfowl Hunting

Fabarm XLR5 Chesapeake Review: Italy’s Next Gas-Driven, 3-Inch Auto-Loader

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

The Benelli Super Black Eagle 3 28-gauge.

Waterfowl Hunting

The Best .410 and 28-Gauge Semi-Auto Shotguns

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

Bird hearts are a delicacy.

Waterfowl Hunting

Eating Bird Innards: How to Pull, Prepare, and Cook Wild Bird Giblets

By Jack Hennessy

Gunsmith Rob Roberts and Benelli partnered on the M2.

Waterfowl Hunting

Shotgun Review: Benelli’s M2 Waterfowl Performance Shop Is Custom Built For Duck Hunters

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

11 Tough, Purpose-Built Waterfowl Shotguns

Waterfowl Hunting

11 Tough, Purpose-Built Waterfowl Shotguns

By Jarrod Spilger

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

The best dove guns in every gauge.

Waterfowl Hunting

The Best Dove Guns in Every Gauge

By Brad Fitzpatrick

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

Blue-wing teal will key on motion decoys.

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

Fewere snow geese are wintering in Texas.

Everything We Thought We Knew About Snow Geese Was Wrong

GPS transmitter on the back of a hen mallard.

Waterfowl Hunting

Biologists Can Track Waterfowl Better Than Ever, Thanks to This New GPS Transmitter

The customized Can-Am Defender.

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?

By Natalie Krebs

Zack Grooms with straps of ducks.

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”

By Jonathan Wilkins

Chance Black duck hunting on Reelfoot

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

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

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’

By Joe Genzel, Natalie Krebs

Keep it casual and don't get too addicted to snow goose hunting.

How to Be a Casual (and Ethical) Snow Goose Hunter

By Alex Robinson, Joe Genzel

The mallard/teal hybrid is truly unique.

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

By Outdoor Life Staff

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

Texas has long been a top 10 B&C whitetail state.

Waterfowl Hunting

There’s More to Texas Hunting Than Expensive, High-Fence Ranches. Here’s Why a Texas Hunt Should Be on Your Bucket List

Putting the SX4 to the test on Texas ducks.

Waterfowl Hunting

We Had Rob Roberts Customize a Winchester SX4 into the Ultimate Waterfowl Hunting Shotgun

Greenhead mallard in Oklahoma.

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

By Alex Robinson, Joe Genzel