Waterfowl & Duck Hunting Archives - Page 40 of 44

May 2, 2026

A kayak can get a waterfowl hunter through shallow or narrow waterways and back into ponds that are rarely hunted and hold plenty of ducks.

Paddle to Puddlers

Andy Stevenson borrowed a kayak back in the mid-1980s to hunt waterfowl on a unique Carolina Bay on his family’s farm near Allendale and Fairfax. […]

Growing up and living in eastern North Carolina has taught Matthew Cagle a thing or two about waterfowl hunting.

Public Ducks the Right Way

Phillip Gentry

Growing up in eastern North Carolina can have a profound effect upon a young outdoorsman. […]

Capt. Rom Whitaker and his son, Cameron, take a bead on low-flying ducks from their curtain blind on a shallow reef in Pamlico Sound behind Hatteras Island.

Curtain duck hunting blinds

Jerry Dilsaver

Many hunters place curtain blinds in the same category as sink boxes, but that is not accurate. […]

Hunters on a Bear Island WMA hunt with their mixed bag

November duck season strong on WMA’s

Jeff Dennis

Strong harvests of wood ducks and green-winged teal led to WMA hunters taking an average of 2.2-ducks per hunter, and a respectable number of Northern Pintail kept some anticipation in the blind. […]

Duck hunters in the Lowcountry’s ACE Basin either have connections with a plantation owner who plants food plots and possibly buys raised mallards, or they are rugged individualists with masochistic tendencies. […]

‘Bluebird’ mornings can be a waterfowl hunter’s worst nightmare, but a well-placed curtain blind and a good decoy spread can make the difference between a poor hunt and a good one.

Curtains on Hatteras Waterfowl

Jerry Dilsaver

The distant flock of ducks pulsed in the early morning light, swinging wide towards Hatteras. […]

The long-arm excavator is essential when working on waterfowl impoundments

Goose Creek Game Lands enhanced

Jeff Dennis

Ducks Unlimited and partners have completed a wetlands restoration project in Pamilco County, improving both public and private hunting lands. […]

Sunrise Woodies

Phillip Gentry

It’s hard to imagine how sitting in a deer stand during the rut could infuse a die-hard South Carolina hunter with the urge to duck hunt, but it happens. […]

Blake Hodge added to his reputation as a duck-calling phenom Aug. 21 by winning the "Calling for Hope" contest in Wallace.

South Carolina youth takes North Carolina duck-calling contests

Jeff Dennis

Fourteen-year-old Blake Hodge will be a rising ninth-grader at Buford High School this year in Lancaster, S.C., but he’s already a phenom in the waterfowl-calling community. […]

Blake Hodge, 14, of Lancaster teamed with Kent Cullum to win the World Duck Calling competition in Texas.

Lancaster youth takes World Duck Calling title

Jeff Dennis

Blake Hodge will be a rising ninth grader at Buford High School this year. His summer education included schooling the 2010 Team Real Duck two-man World Duck Calling Contest on July 24 in Texas. […]