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Ducks in Historia

Among all the duck-hunting haunts up and down the Mississippi Flyway, a spot in the middle of a water-filled woods just south of Tunica, Miss., between the Mississippi and Coldwater rivers provides wingshooters with a glimpse of Southern tradition. This is Beaver Dam Lake, made famous not only by its fabulous fowling but by one of the South’s prominent sporting scribes, Nash Buckingham.

High-Tech Tricks to Fool High-Strung Ducks

Ducks alive this time of year are pretty adept at spotting trouble. To bag a daily limit now, look toward a high-tech advantage: motion decoys to draw wary birds, a drone to scrutinize your setup from high above and the HuntStand Pro mobile app to find new spots you overlooked months ago.

How to Pull Ducks Into Low-Visibility Setups

Filling your strap with ducks can be difficult if you can't see the birds and they can't see your spread. Consider this advice when hunting brush-choked ponds, wooded creeks and flooded timber and even in fog to convince ducks to drop in.

Delta Waterfowl Partners with Gundog Grind Coffee

This will provide money from purchases of Delta Waterfowl Medium Roast directly to The Duck Hunters Organization, helping Delta deliver on its mission to produce ducks and secure the future of waterfowl hunting in North America.

Take a Waterfowl Vacation: 5 Days in Ciudad Obregon

The end of duck season is a sordid affair. Yes, there’s work to be done, with mud and muck encasing nearly everything you own, and the contempt you hold for your alarm clock is palpable. … But why quit now? The best hunting of the year is waiting south of the border.

Hardware: Federal Premium Black Cloud TSS

Federal’s new Black Cloud TSS ammo blends the company’s super-dense Heavyweight TSS pellets with its existing Black Cloud steel FliteStopper pellets to maintain velocity farther, hit harder and penetrate deeper than any waterfowl load ever has.

Ducks of Reelfoot Lake

Formed more than two centuries ago by the largest earthquake east of the Rockies, Tennessee’s only natural lake, Reelfoot, is filled to the brim with history, local legends and perhaps the state’s best duck hunting.

How to Become a Waterfowl Scout Master

The more you know and the better you play, the more you score—especially if you are where the ducks and geese want to be.

21st Century Duck Hunting Tips

Duck hunters have more gadgets available to help them kill ducks today than at any other time in history. Don’t be afraid to use them.

2018’s Best Boots for Late-Season Hunts

Whether scouting food plots for that end-of-season monster whitetail, chasing faint bugles in the Western high country or waterfowl hunting over a frozen field, we’ve got your feet covered.

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