Five veteran hunters share their advice for evading detection by wary waterfowl

By Wade Bourne

It's like a bad record that keeps on playing. Ducks are circling over the blind when a hunter inside decides to peek. The birds see him, and their reaction is quick and obvious...

The Prairie Pothole Region encompasses five U.S. states, three Canadian Provinces and supports 50 to 70 percent of North America's waterfowl population during the breeding season. If you are looking for an early-season hunting destination, this is where the adventure...

Avoid these common errors and oversights to ensure a successful start to your waterfowl season

By Wade Bourne

Many of these problems result from the long layoff between hunting seasons. What was second nature last year now requires careful thought and planning. The ad...

DU TV Host Wade Bourne explains how to rig a simple jerk cord to add motion to your decoy spread.

By Bill Monroe, WF360 Pacific Flyway Migration Editor

Pacific Flyway waterfowlers have been impatiently waiting for weather to push ducks out of Prairie Canada and British Columbia. With extended weather forecasts calling for a hard freeze north of the border early nex...

Breeding Duck Numbers Up 8 Percent

Abundant precipitation boosts breeding pair estimates again

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today released its report on 2014 Trends in Duck Breeding Populations, based on surveys conducted in May and early June. Total populations w...

These wooden structures help boost local wood duck populations

—Scott Stephens

In precolonial times, the wood duck was likely the most abundant waterfowl species in eastern North America. Unfortunately, their distribution within densely settled regions made them readil...

If you’re going to duck hunt with a retriever, you have to have a hunting retriever stand. There are just too many places you can’t take a dog without one. Most guys who hunt, have some sort of old deer stand they can lock on a tree to use when hunting flooded timber,...

Dare to be Different

How many snow goose decoy spreads have you driven past over the years? Seriously, think about it. What did you notice? I swear most snow goose decoy spreads are close to the same. They consist of 300-600 snow goose decoys (usually windsock type), a...