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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

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

It’s Time to Stop Hunting Ducks So Damn Much

By Joe Genzel

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

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

By Joe Genzel

A mallard hen and drake perched on a concrete embankment near a city.
Conservation

Wild Game Populations Are Thriving in Big Cities

Luke Kjos takes aim with the new Benelli Super Black Eagle 3 20-gauge.
Guns

First Look: Benelli’s Super Black Eagle 3 Is Now Offered in 20-Gauge and 3-Inch 12-Gauge

By Natalie Krebs

Guide Jimmy Reel in the rags on a Texas snow goose hunt.
Hunting

5 Old-School Snow Goose Tactics That Still Work Today

By John Gordon

Putting the SX4 to the test on Texas ducks.
Hunting

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

By Joe Genzel

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

The Smartest Ways to Trick Late-Season Canada Geese When You Can’t Get on the X

By Joe Genzel

Greenhead mallard in Oklahoma.
Hunting

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.
Hunting

How to Kill the Smartest, Most Pressured Mallards

By Joe Genzel

A dropped deer in the shades of wild brush.
Conservation

Every Hunter Should Know What the Lacey Act Is, How It Works, and Why It’s On the Books

By Joe Genzel

Three sandhill cranes in flight against a clear blue sky.
Hunting

Want to Hunt Sandhill Cranes? You’re Going to Need Stealth, Ultra Realistic Decoys—and Dog Goggles

By Andrew McKean

wood duck
Hunting

Hunting the Wood Duck Migration: Northern vs. Southern Tactics

By Alex Robinson, Joe Genzel

A bearded man wearing glasses and orange reflective hunting gear collars his hunting dog that is standing in the bed of the hunter's truck.
Conservation

In the Future: These 4 Newcomers Will Help Fix Outdoor Media

By Joe Genzel

An elderly gentleman holding a rifle laughs and smiles with his grandchild in a tree stand.
Hunting

In the Future: Southern Duck Hunting Culture Will Adapt to Survive

By Joe Genzel

A black lab retriever peeks its head from a waterfowl hunting blind.
Hunting

Your Retriever Will Teach You These 5 Life Lessons

By Alex Robinson

A male hunter aims a shotgun in the air.
Hunting

The Never Say Die Dove Season

By Joe Genzel

A flock of ducks in sitting in a lake.
Hunting

Why Don’t We Hunt Ducks in the Spring?

By Joe Genzel

A large field with hay bales and geese.
Hunting

Hunting Early-Season Resident Geese in North Dakota is the Hottest Shoot of the Summer

By Alex Robinson

A hunter using a bird call in a hunting blind.
Hunting

5 Tips for Hunting Early-Season Resident Canada Geese

By Joe Genzel

A hunter kneeling beside a limit of Canada geese.
Hunting

The Time I Hunted with a Waterfowl Poacher (and Didn’t Know It)

By Joe Genzel

Attaching duck feet to a wall plaque with epoxy.
Hunting

4 Off-Season Waterfowl Projects that Will Improve Your Decoy Spread (and Your Home)

By Joseph Albanese

Several geese on a pile of hay.
Hunting

8 Tips for Perfecting the Art of Pass Shooting Waterfowl

By Joe Genzel

Hunter walking to a hunting blind.
Hunting

50 Hunter Stereotypes from Every State

By Drew Palmer

A man tilling a field
Conservation

How to Plant a Sunflower Field for Better Dove Hunting This Summer

By Joe Genzel

Twilight in the Louisiana delta.
Hunting

Video: Meet the Duck Hunting Queen of Plaquemines Parish

By Alex Robinson

Sous vide goose meat.
Hunting

8 Ways to Prepare Snow Goose Meat

By Brad Fenson

Toe Tags
Hunting

9 Migratory Bird Laws You Didn’t Know

By Joe Genzel

A large flock of snow geese.
Hunting

6 Ways to Hunt Snow Geese on Your Own

By Joe Genzel

Pair of Aces custom hunting call
Hunting

The 16 Most Awesome Turkey And Duck Calls You’ve Ever Seen

By Colin Moore

Hunters and a dog on on the New England coastline.
Hunting

Photo Essay: Hunting Eiders on Opening Day in New England

By Bill Buckley

A collection of custom shotshell ammo used in Canada goose hunting.
Guns

5 Top Custom Shotshells That Are Better Than Steel

By Alex Robinson

A hunter wading through flooded timber while duck hunting.
Hunting

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

By Joe Genzel

duck breasts in a glaze
Hunting

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

By Joe Genzel

How to butcher a duck.
Hunting

How to Butcher a Duck

By Alex Robinson

Specks feeding
Hunting

5 Keys to Killing Reverse Migration Mallards and Geese

By Joe Genzel

I Got Alpha-Gal (The Tick-Borne Disease That’s a Hunter’s Worst Nightmare)
Survival

I Got Alpha-Gal (The Tick-Borne Disease That’s a Hunter’s Worst Nightmare)

By Alex Robinson

How to Hunt Ducks Without a Dog or a Boat
Hunting

How to Hunt Ducks Without a Dog or a Boat

By Tom Carpenter

how to train your dog for duck hunting
Hunting

8 Ways to Ruin Your Duck Hunting Dog

By Tony J. Peterson

a waterfowl hunter in a lake
Hunting

What Makes Specialized Waterfowl Shotguns So Special

By Jarrod Spilger

9 Overlooked Early Season Goose Hunting Tips
Hunting

9 Overlooked Early Season Goose Hunting Tips

By Matt Wettish

This Season’s Duck Hunting Forecast
Hunting

This Season’s Duck Hunting Forecast

By Brian Lovett

Mallard Limit Cut to 2 in the Atlantic Flyway. Will Duck Hunters Stay Home?
Hunting

Mallard Limit Cut to 2 in the Atlantic Flyway. Will Duck Hunters Stay Home?

By Ryan Chelius

The 4 Best Summer Bird Hunts
Hunting

The 4 Best Summer Bird Hunts

By Will Brantley

hunter aiming shotgun at sea ducks
Hunting

Hunting Sea Ducks on the Chesapeake Bay

By Cosmo Genova

How To Make Sea Duck Bacon Bombs
Hunting

How To Make Sea Duck Bacon Bombs

By Cosmo Genova

hunter tossing out duck decoys
Hunting

Photo Essay: Duck Hunting North Dakota’s Prairie Potholes

By Alex Robinson

waterfowl hunter shooting at snow geese
Hunting

5 Tactics for a Better Snow Goose Hunt

wild goose in pan
Hunting

How to Cook Wild Goose

By Jamie Carlson

waterfowl hunter setting out a decoy spread
Hunting

5 Tips for Hunting Late-Season Diving Ducks

By Will Brantley

waterfowl hunting band lanyard
Hunting

10 Facts You Didn’t Know About Bird Bands

By Joseph Albanese

black lab retrieving duck from pond
Hunting

How to Plan the Ultimate Waterfowl Hunting Road Trip

By Alex Robinson

How to Flock Duck and Goose Decoys
Hunting

How to Flock Duck and Goose Decoys

By Joseph Albanese

green headed mallard duck flock in flight
Hunting

Find a Flood-Timber Hotspot to Limit Out on Public-Land Mallards

By John Gordon

collage of short reed goose calls
Hunting

Bargain Short-Reeds: 4 Easy-to-Blow Goose Calls That Won’t Break the Bank

By Jarrod Spilger

waterfowl hunter with dog next to a pond
Hunting

How to Pick the Right Duck Hunting Lease

By John Gordon

Hevi-Shot Hevi-X Shotshells
Hunting

Snow Goose Hunter’s Gear Guide

By Joseph Albanese

What Happens When CRP Land Disappears?
Hunting

What Happens When CRP Land Disappears?

By Bryce Oates

young geese hunter in field
Hunting

The Goslings: The Kids Who Won’t Let Waterfowl Hunting Die

By Alex Robinson

swan hunter
Hunting

Got a Swan Tag? Here’s How to Hunt These Giant Birds

By Andrew McKean

Anatomy of a Goose Call
Hunting

We Cut These Goose Calls in Half to Show How They Work

By Tom Carpenter