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The Benelli Super Black Eagle 3 28-gauge.
Guns

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

By John Gordon

Snow geese are more apt to contract avian influenza.
Conservation

Smoke a Goose with the Wing Still On? Waterfowl Importation Ban Could Cause Confusion for Hunters at Canadian Border

By Joe Genzel

Nash Buckingham's Bo Whoop.
Guns

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

By Joe Genzel

The Beretta A390 and SBE3 left eject.
Guns

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

By Joe Genzel

The 105 CTi was a great concept that fell flat.
Guns

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

By John M. Taylor

Use shadows to hide from ducks.
Hunting

Use Shadows to Improve Your Hide and Your Decoy Spread (and Kill More Ducks and Geese)

By Bill Buckley

How to call ducks and geese.
Hunting

How to Call Ducks and Geese

By Bill Buckley

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

Benelli M1 Super 90: A Classic Duck Hunting Shotgun

By John Gordon

Snowstorm on the prairie pothole region
Hunting

Could North Dakota’s 30 Inches of “Duck Snow” Save Your Duck Season?

By Keegan Sentner

Winchester Bismuth is one of the best loads in waterfowl.
Guns

Shotshell Review: Winchester Bismuth Waterfowl Loads

By Joe Genzel

Ducks Unlimited Season Review: Waterfowl Numbers Down, Drought Lingers
Hunting

Ducks Unlimited Season Review: Waterfowl Numbers Down, Drought Lingers

By Kristen A. Schmitt

HPAI wild birds map
Conservation

Avian Flu Spreads Across Southeastern U.S. and Beyond, Killing Hundreds of Wild Birds Along the Atlantic Flyway

By Kristen A. Schmitt

A study will healp researchers determine mallard health in the Atlantic flyway.
Hunting

A New Telemetry Study Could Solve the Mysterious Decline of Atlantic Flyway Mallards

By Kristen A. Schmitt

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

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

By Joe Genzel

Bird hearts are a delicacy.
Hunting

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

By Jack Hennessy

Black ducks were once thought to be in peril because of hybridization with mallards.
Hunting

New Research Shows Atlantic Flyway Mallards Actually Might Not Be In Trouble. Was the Bag Limit Reduction Unnecessary?

By Kyle Wintersteen

USCG helicopter on tarmac
Hunting

18-Year-Old Duck Hunter Dies, Another Teen Missing After Boat Capsizes in Chincoteague Bay

By Dac Collins

Stop jump-shooting late-season ducks.
Hunting

It’s Time to Stop Jump-Shooting Late-Season Ducks on Public Water

By Joe Genzel

Is this canine found in Utah a wolf or a hybrid?
Hunting

Duck Hunters Find a Dead Wolf in Utah. Officials Say It’s Likely a Hybrid

By Dac Collins

Get on the X.
Hunting

5 Strategies That Will Give You the Best Chance to Limit on Late-Season Mallards

By Joe Genzel

Striped bass fish kill.
Fishing

Duck Hunters Discover a Thousand Dead Striped Bass on Nova Scotia Beach

By Natalie Krebs

There may be too many waterfowl outfitters
Hunting

Is the Commercialization of Waterfowl Good for Duck Hunting?

By Joe Genzel, John Pollmann

Lone duck decoy
Hunting

South Louisiana Man Arrested for Allegedly Harassing Duck Hunters

By Dac Collins

The author's Christmas band
Hunting

A Banded Goose Didn’t Save Christmas, But It Damn Sure Helped

By Joe Genzel

mallard hunting missouri river
Hunting

At the End of My Slowest Duck Season Ever, All I Wanted for Christmas Was a Limit of Mallards

By Alex Robinson

Gunsmith Rob Roberts and Benelli partnered on the M2.
Hunting

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

By Joe Genzel

apex ammunition and mallard
Hunting

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

By Alex Robinson

Jamie Antonio Hall is missing after a tornado in Western Tennessee killed his brother and nephew.
Survival

Two Duck Hunters Died in a Tornado That Hit Reelfoot Lake, Family Still Missing Third Hunter

By Natalie Krebs

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

How to Kill the Toughest Ducks and Geese

By Joe Genzel

11 Tough, Purpose-Built Waterfowl Shotguns
Hunting

11 Tough, Purpose-Built Waterfowl Shotguns

By Jarrod Spilger

Shotguns: 7 Features for the Perfect Duck and Goose Hunting Gun
Guns

Shotguns: 7 Features for the Perfect Duck and Goose Hunting Gun

By Curtis Niedermier

5 Best Shotguns for Goose Hunting
Hunting

5 Best Shotguns for Goose Hunting

By John M. Taylor

The 28-gauge has returned to duck hunting.
Hunting

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

By John Gordon

Pennsylvania Farmer, Employee Face Federal Charges for Allegedly Poisoning Geese
Hunting

Pennsylvania Farmer, Employee Face Federal Charges for Allegedly Poisoning Geese

By Joe Genzel

Beretta a400 extreme plus
Guns

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

By Joe Genzel

Tule white-fronted geese had to alter their migration this fall due to wildfires.
Hunting

Smoke From Western Wildfires Likely Disrupts Waterfowl Migration in Pacific Flyway

By Joe Genzel

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

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

By Alex Robinson

A 10-man limit in western Alberta.
Hunting

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

By Joe Genzel

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

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

By Alex Robinson, Natalie Krebs

minnesota teal season
Hunting

Minnesota’s Early Teal Experiment: More Opportunity for Duck Hunters or a Threat to Duck Hunting as We Know It?

By Alex Robinson

Lower Klamath NWR will get water this fall.
Hunting

Two Historic Public Waterfowl Meccas See Water Management Changes This Fall

By Joe Genzel

Duck hunting Canada looks a little different this fall.
Hunting

What Duck Hunters Need to Know About Crossing the U.S.-Canadian Border This Year

By Brian Lovett

The best dove guns in every gauge.
Guns

The Best Dove Guns in Every Gauge

By Brad Fitzpatrick

Hunting Scenes Are No Longer Required for Duck Stamp Artwork
Hunting

Hunting Scenes Are No Longer Required for Duck Stamp Artwork

By Bob McNally

Duck hunters are jerks to one another.
Hunting

Why Do Duck Hunters Despise Each Other?

By Joe Genzel

Duck hunters and duck stamp numbers don't add up.
Hunting

Is the USFWS Low-Balling the Total Number of Duck Hunters in the U.S.?

By Emily Reed

Hunting ptarmigan in the unseasonable snow on Adak.
Hunting

Hunting Adak Island, at the End of the Earth

By Natalie Krebs

Blue-wing teal will key on motion decoys.
Hunting

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

By Joe Genzel

There will be fewer ducks in the fall flight this year.
Hunting

Duck Hunters Should Expect to See Older and Fewer Ducks This Fall

By Andrew McKean

Fewere snow geese are wintering in Texas.
Hunting

Everything We Thought We Knew About Snow Geese Was Wrong

By Joe Genzel

GPS transmitter on the back of a hen mallard.
Hunting

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

By Bob McNally

The customized Can-Am Defender.
Hunting

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

By Joe Genzel

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

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

By Natalie Krebs

Zack Grooms with straps of ducks.
Hunting

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.
Hunting

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
Hunting

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

By Natalie Krebs

The A390 Silver Mallard
Hunting

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

By Joe Genzel

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

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.
Hunting

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.
Hunting

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

By Alex Robinson, Joe Genzel

A cutting board with goose meat—breast, wings, legs, and tenders—and feet for the stock pot.
Hunting

Why Do I Salvage Every Scrap from Ducks and Geese? It’s Cheaper

By Jonathan Wilkins

The mallard/teal hybrid is truly unique.
Hunting

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

By Ryan Chelius

The author's Lab is a well-trained snow goose dog.
Hunting

7 Surefire Ways to Ruin Your Spring Snow Goose Hunt

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

18 Facts You Didn’t Know About Mallards