Waterfowl & Duck Hunting Archives - Page 28 of 44

Chris House of Wilmington shot this drake ruddy duck or “butterball” on a New River diver hunt.

Fill out a bag limit with oddballs, butterballs

While most of the ducks on the New River are lesser scaup, other oddball ducks can help fill out a daily bag limit of six that can only include two scaup. […]

Leslie Mills killed this huge buck on Clay Creek Hunting Club property in 2011.

Wildlife Habitat Improvement:

Jeff Burleson

Minutes from Charlotte and just south of the state line in Chesterfield County lies Clay Creek Hunting Club. Consisting mostly of planted pines, agriculture fields, oak ridges swamp and creek bottoms, Clay Creek has almost the perfect collection of habitat types to support a wide range of game species, but trophy whitetail bucks are the primary emphasis for this seasoned group of hunters, and they see the results of their work in a real way. […]

Not every duck knocked down falls into open water for easy retrieval. Make sure you mark down every duck that falls so you don’t lose any.

Mark that duck down

Pete Rogers

Retrieving ducks from beaver ponds or other small bodies of water can be a bit tricky. […]

Ducks

Know your limits, regs, times

Jeff Burleson

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. […]

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. […]

The Yentzen

North Carolina Sportsman

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

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. […]

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. […]