Waterfowl & Duck Hunting Archives - Page 34 of 44

May 2, 2026

Expert duck callers such as Josh Green know less calling means more results when it comes to mallards.

Jump-shooting will whack woodies

Jump-shooting is a popular past-time among duck hunters, and it produces plenty of woodies — especially in the western half of the state, where duck habitat is limited to waterways. […]

Upstate waterfowlers can find tremendous hunting opportunities on public rivers and lakes, but doing more scouting is key to finding hot spots.

Rig’Em Right Decoy Anchors for duck hunters on the move

Phillip Gentry

Based in Morehead City, North Carolina, Rig’Em Right Waterfowl owner Matthew Cagle has developed a revolutionary way to collect and store duck decoys without the hassle of tangled lines. […]

Guide Clark Purvis displays the take from a morning waterfowl hunt in a swamp: puddle ducks and geese.

Eastern mixed bag

Craig Holt

Eastern North Carolina offers waterfowlers the best chance to hunt a variety of divers, puddlers and sea ducks. […]

Wood duck boxes are a common sight across North Carolina, thanks in part to the efforts of a high-school shop teacher from Alamance County.

High-school teacher increased wood ducks

Craig Holt

In the mid-1970s, North Carolina was home to relatively few native wood ducks. That began to change when a “shop” teacher at Western Alamance High School put his students to work building and selling wood duck boxes. […]

Not all the ducks killed in South Carolina are killed in coastal marshes and impoundments. Lots of ducks hit the water for the last time in big Upstate rivers and reservoirs.

Public Affairs

Phillip Gentry

No question, there are easier things to do than hunt public land across the sprawling metropolis of South Carolina’s Upstate, which doesn’t boast of any rice fields or vast acres of marsh grass. […]

Making use of the terrain is all important; Blake Hodge uses a layout blind to conceal himself on a sandbar.

How to hunt creeks

Phillip Gentry

The Upstate is blessed with an abundance of smaller rivers and creeks that wind their way across the area. […]

Eastern North Carolina is hard to beat if you’re targeting wood ducks.

Totally Quackers

Craig Holt

The most-colorful, handsomest duck North Carolina waterfowlers have a chance to hunt is the male wood duck. […]

Blake and Daryl Hodge of Wrecking Crew Guide Service specialize in hunting public waters in the Upstate.

Join the crew

Phillip Gentry

Based in the Upstate, Wrecking Crew Guide Service is well known for hard-core attitude of pursuing waterfowl and excellent calling. […]

Waterfowl hunters need to be able to identify different species of ducks under poor light conditions to make sure they don’t exceed the limit for certain ducks.

Do your duck homework

Jeff Burleson

Wing shooters warmed their barrels last month on droves of mourning doves, and maybe a few hunters took-on Florida-style duck hunting in 80-degree weather for the early arriving blue-winged and green-winged teal. […]

October is a the perfect time to do a preseason makeover of your duck blind.

Repair and brush up your duck blinds

Jeff Burleson

Even though a few webbed migrants have arrived in the Carolinas’ swamps and marshes, the slug of migratory ducks are yet to arrive. […]