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Black Ducks in Peril

The Atlantic Flyway’s most iconic bird has dwindled to less than half its historic population. Will new research turn the tide?

How to Build a Better Wood Duck Box

Few ducks are as beautiful in plumage and flight as the wood duck. Though sparsely encountered by hunters after the first cold snap, there's another way to enjoy this particular bird—by building wood duck boxes. Through perfecting its assembly, you can observe, appreciate and give back to arguably North America’s most beautiful bird.

6 Tips for Windy Weather Gobblers

Harold Knight and David Hale show you how to kill big gobblers on blustery spring days.

You Killed a Wild Turkey—Now What?

Even the latest spring turkey seasons throughout the country will be closing within the next few days—were you among the many hunters that took their first gobbler this year? If so, now it's time to decide what to do with it. Georgia Pellegrini offers the following recommendations.

Memorable Misses

Every hunter blows an occasional shot on game. It’s the unexplained misses that keep us up at night.

Final Approach Releases New Gadwall Floaters

The new Gadwall floating decoy from Final Approach will be available in August 2013, and ships in six-pack sets.

Wild Turkey for Thanksgiving

Where legal, a fall turkey hunt is the chance to hunt the icon of the fall feast; this is an opportunity to get off a morning bow stand and spend the midday scouting and hunting on your feet.

Minnesota DNR: We Underestimated Pheasant Counts

From concerns over loss of prairie habitat to alarmingly low roadside survey numbers, it's been a bad news cycle for the ring-necked pheasant. A recent report out of Minnesota, though, offers some hope.

A Playbook for Public-Land Toms

Ernest Hemingway advised, if you want to write, begin with “one true sentence” and follow it with another. So here’s the truest way to kill a public-land tom.

Ducks Unlimited Canada: Initial Habitat Report Good to Excellent

Ducks Unlimited Canada has announced that it's initial habitat report suggests a strong breeding season for waterfowl.

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