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Waterfowler's Journal | Nowhere to Hide

1 month ago | ducks.org | Will Brantley

Wearing a ghillie suit will help hunters blend into the background in open environments such as harvested croplands, shorelines, and riverbanks. A wide-open field or marsh full of birds can be both tantalizing and frustrating. You can see the birds. You know where you need to be. But where will you hide? Sometimes all that’s required is some extra effort, outside-the-box thinking, or a little of both. Mike Miller operates Whiskey Creek Outfitters, near Fort Cobb Reservoir in southern Oklahoma.
Understanding Waterfowl: Fair-Weather Friends

1 month ago | ducks.org | Scott Stephens |Nathan Ratchford |Mike Brasher

By Scott Stephens, PhD; Nathan Ratchford; and Mike Brasher, PhDBlue-winged teal are often the last dabbling ducks to return to the breeding grounds in spring and the first to head south in late summer and early fall. Over the past couple of decades, blue-winged teal have been among North America’s most abundant dabbling ducks, with a peak breeding population estimate of 9.2 million in the traditional survey area in 2012.
2025 DU Member Photo Contest

1 month ago | ducks.org | Chris Jennings

2025 Ducks Unlimited Member Photo Contest presented by Drake WaterfowlOverall CategoryClayton Walker - Wickliffe, KentuckyThe first year can be pivotal in a dog’s development, as Clayton Walker can attest; he says his yellow Lab, Stoney, gained a wealth of experience this past season. Walker’s winning submission to this year’s DU Member Photo Contest is a snapshot from that eventful season.
Gearing Up: High-Performance Retriever Gear

1 month ago | ducks.org | Chris Jennings

1. Gunner Offers New Color OptionsGunner has launched several new color schemes for its popular kennels, food containers, and dog bowls. New colors include pink, tan, red, marigold, blue, teal, gunmetal, black, DU Green, lavender, navy, Saskatoon, Sulphur Springs, and blaze orange. Gunner products can be customized with name plates and special engravings on request. gunner.com2.
A View from the Hi-Line | Ducks Unlimited

2 months ago | ducks.org | Andrew McKean

By Andrew McKeanDevin Brooks watches from under the bill of his camo Independence Bank cap as a four-pack of American wigeon tips into the prairie wind and gives our decoys a hard look. They’re too far out to shoot, but Brooks is coming unglued, and so is my restive Lab, as the birds cup and brake and nearly turn in. “No way. No. Way.
Make Your Own Snow Goose Jerky

Mar 7, 2025 | ducks.org | Will Brantley

With no bag limits in most states, spring snow goose seasons give hunters the opportunity to harvest large numbers of birds. Making jerky is a great way to turn large quantities of meat into tasty snacks that can be enjoyed year-round. At the end of a successful spring snow goose hunt, you’ll be faced with a good problem to have: What should you do with all that meat?
Become a Better Waterfowl Caller During the Off-Season

Mar 7, 2025 | ducks.org | John Pollmann

Like any skill, practice is the key to success. The off-season is the perfect time to refine and improve your technique. The months between the closing and opening days of the waterfowl season are the perfect time to brush up on your skills as a duck and goose caller. Here are four ways that you can improve your calling and put more waterfowl in the decoys this fall.
Shotgunning: Making a Duck Hunter

Mar 7, 2025 | ducks.org | Phil Bourjaily

First hunts should be one-on-one events, and the mentor should be fully focused on the student. As a new hunter gains experience, he or she will benefit from hunting with a variety of different people. Holly Heyser, information officer for California’s Delta Protection Commission, has turned several novices into full-fledged waterfowlers.
Cupped Wings: Riding Around

Mar 6, 2025 | ducks.org | T. Edward Nickens

If there’s a piece of water with a duck on it, he’s going to stop and take a look. Or back up his truck or turn the quad around or pull over to the side of the road or, just as likely, stop smack-dab in the middle of the blacktop for a gander. Every time. He’s not going to pass a duck up. You can bank on that. If there’s a piece of water without a duck on it, empty and lifeless and sad looking, he’s most likely going to stop as well.
Waterfowler's Journal: Hunt of a Lifetime

Mar 6, 2025 | ducks.org | Will Brantley

In South America, you'll encounter a variety of waterfowl species such as silver teal. The sky was alive with ducks. It was June, which is wintertime in Argentina. The chill of duck season was in the air, and we had a dozen decoys bobbing in the water 20 yards from our hide. Our brush blind was just big enough for two people and wouldn’t have fooled much back home, but it was more than adequate here. A dozen teal of some sort flitted over and splashed into the decoys.