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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.

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.

Tips and Tactics for Hunting Diver Ducks

Want to dabble in divers but don’t know how? Here’s a primer to get you started.

Roosted Toms: How Close is Too Close?

The surest way to not kill a gobbler at daylight is to spook it on the roost. Knowing how close you can get before setting up is key. Here are some tips.

3 Maxims Every Turkey Hunter Can Take to the Bank

Turkey hunters know there's only so much they can count on when it comes to bird behavior. As random as it may seem, the turkey equation can become easier to solve by employing these three tactics.

Turkey Tactics: Calling the Same Ground Again and Again

Not all of us have the luxury of multiple hunting spots to choose from. If you're stuck hunting the same ground all season with no change in sight, a slight change in tactics could make all the difference.

Early-Season Whitetail Plays

The whitetail opener can be a tale of two vastly different types of deer: Those bucks that can be relatively easy to kill, and those that aren’t. Here are some early-season strategies for both.

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.

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 Analyze Turkey Season for the Perfect Strategy

Turkey hunters must analyze the ever-changing circumstances of the spring breeding season lest they fail to recognize changing behavior among wild turkeys and strike out. Use these strategies to tackle four typical spring turkey behaviors to bag a turkey dinner.

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