Destinations
Forgotten Paradise
Forgotten Paradise Photos by Ben Peterson If you dread packing away your gear after the seasons close in North America, consider heading south — way south, beyond the U.S. border. The birds [...]
Torturous Fun
Torturous Fun A Chesapeake Bay sea duck hunt tests the limits of hunters and gear By Brad Heidel As the calendar flipped to 2019, I was excited to be headed to [...]
Bluebill Bliss in the Pacific Northwest
Bluebill Bliss in the Pacific Northwest By Paul Wait, Editor/Publisher A funny thing happened during the 2017 Delta Waterfowl Decoy Hunt, an event during which a trio of hunters spent five [...]
Called to Stuttgart
Called to Stuttgart Former champions revel in the history of duck calling’s ultimate contest By John N. Felsher Great waterfowl callers can bring birds down from the stratosphere and coax them [...]
Bucket List: Oklahoma Dabblers
Bucket List: Oklahoma Dabblers By Kyle Wintersteen A smart hunter kills ducks, plucks ducks and never breathes a word of it. A dumb hunter not only brags of his success, but [...]
The Flooded Timber of … Saskatchewan?
The Flooded Timber of … Saskatchewan? By Ken Bailey If I were to tell you that my most memorable hunts last fall included a fabulous flooded timber mallard shoot and a [...]
Spring Challenge
Spring Challenge By Kyle Wintersteen The blue-phase snow goose stands out as it descends from a whirling, veritable sea of white, its rosy red feet touching down mere yards from hunters’ [...]
Arkansas Snow Geese
Arkansas Snow Geese By Paul Wait Nearly every waterfowler knows that Arkansas is a top destination for hunting mallards in the green timber. But there’s another “Bucket List” waterfowl hunt to [...]
Upper Mississippi River Mallards
Upper Mississippi River Mallards Go Green on the Migration Super Highway Paul Wait, Editor/Publisher Duck hunters from across North America are drawn to the northern reaches of the Mississippi River to [...]
Saskatchewan Geese
Saskatchewan Geese Hunt Honkers, Snows and Specks Over Cut Grain Paul Wait, Editor/Publisher While many regions and locales lay claim to being the “goose capital of the world,” the Saskatchewan prairie [...]
Prince Edward Island Black Ducks
Prince Edward Island Black Ducks Canada’s Smallest Province Offers Big Trophy Potential Tyler Shoberg A fistful of greenheads might be the prize in flooded Arkansas timber, but along the Atlantic Coast, [...]