It’s been a tough season for waterfowl hunters around the Chesapeake Bay, and it’s going to get even tougher next season. Concerned by a sharp drop seen last year in the Atlantic population of Canada […]
If you think you’ve been seeing more ducks, geese and swans around the Chesapeake Bay this winter than usual, you’re onto something. Recent aerial surveys have tallied more than one million waterfowl of all types […]
Merkle Wildlife Sanctuary: Nothing says winter like a V-shaped formation of Canada geese winging across a steely sky, their honking carried on a chilly breeze. Cold weather brings tens of thousands of geese, migratory ducks […]
By John Pollmann. Becoming a better waterfowl hunter isn’t something that happens overnight, but involves a continual process of examining the various aspects of the hunt that help put ducks and geese in the bag. The […]
If ducks and geese in your area have learned to recognize traditional decoy spread configurations, it’s time to leave complacency behind and invent a new decoy strategy. The following decoy spreads were devised by savvy […]
A crisp morning breeze turned the waters of Tubby Cove into a corrugated surface of sparkling silver. We had arrived early and found hundreds of geese, ducks and swans loafing in the morning sun. Tundra […]
If ducks and geese in your area have learned to recognize traditional decoy spread configurations, it’s time to leave complacency behind and invent a new decoy strategy. The following decoy spreads were devised by savvy […]
A wise old waterfowler once told me that a duck call is one of the best conservation tools ever invented. Blow a call well, he explained, and you will bring ducks in close enough to […]
The past ten years have meant a significant change for waterfowlers. The migration of geese and ducks changed and hunters had to adjust. The huge flocks of geese that once flowed into the southern Illinois […]
By joining Ducks Unlimited, you’re doing your part for wetland conservation and ensuring the future of waterfowl hunting for generations to come. For only $35, you’ll receive member benefits for one year, and as an […]
While the majority of my time in the fall is spent in the woods chasing whitetails, I was able to squeeze out a “cast and blast” trip on Lake Champlain recently. The plan was to […]
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