Waterfowl & Duck Hunting Archives - Page 12 of 44

July 21, 2026

December is duck prime time

For 60 days, waterfowl hunters in the Carolinas invest time and money into leases, impoundments, decoys and calls to pop a limit of winged migrants on a day-off from work. […]

Duck-banding info essential to managing waterfowl

Jeff Burleson

Since 1940, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has managed national fish and wildlife populations and their habitat to protect and promote the resources. As part of those efforts, USFWS manages migratory birds jointly with Canada and Mexico, and to make educated, informed decisions, hunter input and band data must be included. […]

Smaller duck species like this teal are among the first to migrate south in the fall, followed by bigger ducks, geese and swans.

Time for the big duck migration

Jeff Burleson

Even though waterfowl hunters got a brief chance to bag a few ducks over the past two months, the meat of the season doesn’t arrive until now. […]

Big Lake’s T-Rex duck calls

Carolina Sportsman

It wasn’t a long stretch for the call designers at South Carolina-based Big Lake Outdoor Products, who earlier this year debuted a pair of T-Rex duck calls, one in acrylic and one in wood. […]

Early Canada goose season is best kept secret in Carolinas

Brian Cope

The early Canada goose season opened this week in the Carolinas, but it’s probably the best kept secret in the outdoor world. […]

Artists are being sought for North Carolina's 2019 duck stamp competition. The winner will receive $7000.

Artists sought for 2019 North Carolina duck stamp competition

NCWRC Release

The N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission and the Washington Tourism Development Authority are seeking artists for their annual N.C. Waterfowl Conservation Stamp Print competition. […]

Approved landowners will receive up to five wood duck boxes along with predator shields.

Free wood duck boxes available to private land owners

SCDNR News Release

A limited number of free wood duck boxes will again be available to private landowners and other qualified applicants this fall through a partnership between the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources and the State Chapter of Ducks Unlimited. Interested individuals can apply for the available boxes via the SCDNR website (see link below). […]

Dare County man sentenced, fined in two waterfowl hunting incidents in December 2017

Dan Kibler

A Dare County man was sentenced last week to seven days in jail and fined more than $2,500 after pleading guilty to 10 misdemeanors relating to two incidents over a period of 11 days last December in which he confronted and threatened four hunters in a lake in the Alligator River National Wildlife Refuge in Hyde County. […]

Alpz Doggie Duck Blind

Carolina Sportsman

You’re pretty good at hiding yourself beside your favorite duck hole camouflage clothing, some brush and maybe a little camouflage cloth but that big, black, yellow or brown dog next to you, that’s another story. He wants to see those mallards come into the decoys as much as you do, and he needs to see them splash down when you make a good shot. […]