After a hard season, the easiest thing to do is blame other duck hunters. But the challenges we’re facing are much bigger ...

First, I heard the hum of mud motors, then I saw the flood lights burning through the marsh. I had paddled my duck hunting kayak into a backwater spot by moonlight and then spent the last 20 minutes ...

Duck hunting doesn't require you to spray your boots with something that smells like it should be flushed. Successfully connecting with a duck that's zipping past your decoy spread at 50 m.p.h.

ANNAPOLIS, MD — Maryland’s Department of Natural Resources has designated Saturday, February 7, 2026, as a special youth, veteran, and military waterfowl hunting day, providing one of the final ...

Duck hunters chase birds in humid swamps of the south, frigid prairies of the north, and everywhere in between. While the terrain and subspecies are all different, the one thing duck hunters in all ...

GUEYDAN, La. — The 2024 Gueydan Duck Festival has arrived, and while ducks are the star attraction, another animal is just as important—dogs. The loyal canines help hunters in duck hunting, such as ...

ON CASS LAKE -- The temperature hovers around 20. A northwest wind drives snow across a steel sky. And Gene Olson of Coleraine is right where he wants to be -- chest-deep in 35-degree water. Olson is ...

Duck hunters will celebrate duck season Dec. 3 at the sixth Duck Season Social in North Little Rock at the Venue at Westwind. The Duck Season Social is promoted as a gathering of conservationists who ...

The other day, raindrops dimpled already wet grass as I walked into a field with four Labradors. This was in the middle of summer, and there were months to spare before autumn, when ducks fly and ...