Waterfowl & Duck Hunting Archives - Page 28 of 44

May 2, 2026

Know your limits, regs, times

Every year, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service conducts aerial surveys to estimate the breeding population of waterfowl across Canada and the northern United States. […]

Beaver ponds usually have enough natural vegetation that building a makeshift blind is not difficult.

A quick construction project

Pete Rogers

Building a good blind in a beaver pond is a matter of using what the beavers have provided. […]

Holman Byrd’s scaup (left) and canvasback decoys were made from cedar and tupelo; he also uses cork, which he says is indestructible.

Indestructible decoys? Make your own

Mike Marsh

Diving ducks come into the decoys flying extremely low, often barely above the surface of the water. When using large decoy spreads, low-flying waterfowl like scaup and canvasback can draw fire from hunters that riddles decoys with shot. […]

The draw to hunting smaller bodies of water is the variety of ducks that can be encountered.

‘Less is more’ duck hunting – With the right approach, beaver ponds can make for great duck hunting across South Carolina

Pete Rogers

The morning mist lifted off the still water as the sun began to peek over the horizon. Soft ripples revealed a beaver returning to his lodge. […]

The Yentzen

North Carolina Sportsman

Sure-Shot pioneered the duck call market with their patented double reed design. […]

A brace of lesser scaup, aka bluebills, is a distinct possibility for hunters heading to the New River.

Go take a dive! Big, open-water hunts for diving ducks is what North Carolina’s ‘coastal’ New River is famous for

Mike Marsh

North Carolina’s New River of the east is a wide, salty estuary, quite a contrast to the winding, freshwater New River of the state’s northwestern corner. […]

A bill in Congress proposes raising the price of the federal waterfowl stamp from $15 to $25.

Bill introduced in Senate would raise duck stamp price to $25

Craig Holt

A U.S. Senate bill was placed in the hopper Dec. 19 that would boost the cost for a federal waterfowl stamp from $15 to $25. […]

Carlton Tompkins of Capt. Froggy's Guide Service said aggressive calling is usually not required when hunting diving ducks or sea ducks on the Pamlico Sound.

Tone down your calling for diving ducks, Pamlico Sound guide says

Dan Kibler

Waterfowl hunters who have cut their teeth hunting swamps and small bodies of water for puddle ducks shouldn’t expect to have the same success on big-water, diving ducks without changing calling techniques, according to Carlton Tompkins of Capt. Froggy’s Guide Service. […]

Optimal conditions across the state and up north have provided South Carolina waterfowlers with a good start to the season; waterfowl managers believe that trend will continue.

Early duck hunting very good; SCDNR said it could be excellent season

Phillip Gentry

Excellent conditions for waterfowl have kicked off what could be one of the best ducks seasons in South Carolina in many years, according to waterfowl biologist Dean Harrigal of the S.C. Department of Natural Resources. […]

Ashleigh and Keith Peffer, Marines who participated in the Beaufort County DU chapter's Warriors Hunt, show off two of the ducks they harvested.

Beaufort DU Warriors Hunt puts Marines in range of great duck hunting

John Gribb

What do you get when you assemble 15 active duty GI’s – combat-experienced Marines actually – with the Beaufort Chapter of Ducks Unlimited and a half-dozen generous landowners? […]