I was surprised to see another hunter had beaten me to the boat ramp. Waves from a hard north wind were lapping against the bank when the graying man walked up to me and asked if I was hunting alone.

The envelope rustled as Mike Boyd opened the flap. He tilted it and a duck band slipped into the palm of his hand. Boyd's ...

It can be tough out there for the freelance duck hunter. Modern waterfowl migrations (and the weather that drives them) are unpredictable, there’s tough competition on many public marshes, and private ...

Duck season's first segment opened Saturday, but duck hunting success was situational. There aren't many ducks in Arkansas right now. Without significant rainfall and cold weather, ducks will not come ...

Today, duck hunters pay into conservation by purchasing state and federal hunting permits. That includes the Federal Duck ...

It was 4:30 a.m. when I texted my hunting buddy that we were switching to plan B. I’d just received a notification on my phone from the Moultrie Mobile app. It revealed big groups of wigeon had moved ...

Fat off stale bread and hip to locations of warm sewage outflows, ducks are plentiful on the Allegheny River. “We saw hundreds of ducks today,” said hunter Tyler Bressler of Irwin as he and his family ...

Illinois waterfowl hunters have been in a feast-or-famine situation, largely due to water levels in some key migration areas.

Todd Taylor, a fowler from South Carolina, sits in his boat in Bayou Meto. Duck hunters like Taylor may be the saving grace of wetlands in the Natural State. Credit: Lucas Dufalla / Arkansas ...

The welcoming committee was in full voice as the three veterans walked into the marsh. They weren't visible in the predawn darkness, these raucous birds, but they were there alright. Canada geese, and ...

Two men were rescued after their boat overturned while they were duck hunting in the Mississippi River Wednesday morning.