Ducks
Duel with December’s big-lake ducks
A big wave of migratory birds arrives in the Carolinas in December, and big water is a target. […]
Duck
Hunting Reports
Winsley Hodge prepares for first duck hunt
Winsley Grace is 2-years-old and from Ridgeville, SC. She is getting ready for her first duck hunt with daddy (Jonathan Hodge) come November. […]
Hunting Reports
Opening Day wood ducks
Mark Malloy and his buddy bagged a two-man limit of woodies near Reidsville, NC on the opening day of the 2020 season. […]
Dove
SCDNR lists migratory bird season dates for 2020-21
The SCDNR has published South Carolina’s 2020-21 migratory bird seasons and limits. First up is Early Canada Goose season, followed by Mourning Dove season. […]
Newsletters
Tuning up your retriever during duck season
During the hunt is a great time to tune up your retriever, but sometimes the dog handler needs just as much fine tuning. […]
Ducks
N.C.’s early duck season received little attention
Mark Malloy of Rockingham County killed his limit of wood ducks during North Carolina’s 2019 early general duck season, which came and went with little fanfare. […]
Ducks
Duck hunting has been great at Clarendon Club
Due to a number of factors, the waterfowl season has been one of the toughest in recent memory for many hunters in the Carolinas and beyond, but Clarendon Club has been a shining spot, producing limits of a variety of ducks on a regular basis. […]
Ducks
How to predict when duck hunting will be the best in the Carolinas
The habitual behaviors of waterfowl give hunters a unique set of tools to monitor the location and distribution of birds especially when migratory movements are peaking.
Columns
Paddle up some public puddle ducks
One of the biggest problems with public duck hunting in the Carolinas is an overabundance of people who want to hunt and a limited amount of public water. Tales of getting to the best spots at 2 a.m. and sleeping in the boat until legal shooting light make the prospect of public duck hunting even less palatable. […]
Ducks
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. […]