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Smaller duck species like this teal are among the first to migrate south in the fall, followed by bigger ducks, geese and swans.

Time for the big duck migration

Even though waterfowl hunters got a brief chance to bag a few ducks over the past two months, the meat of the season doesn’t arrive until now. […]

Green-winged teal are the No. 1 bird Category I waterfowl WMAs around South Carolina.

Public-duck splashdown

Terry Madewell

SCDNR’S Category I WMA waterfowl hunts are draw hunts; the application process begins around mid-September. Getting drawn for Category I hunts is usually a three-year process, so your odds of being drawn the first year are not high. […]

North Carolina’s coastal game lands are tops when it comes to waterfowl hunting because of the number of birds using the Atlantic Flyway.

The best in ducks

Craig Holt

North Carolina’s best waterfowl hunting for ducks, geese, swans is in the extreme eastern portions of the state, and public-land opportunities reflect that situation. The region serves migrating birds along the Atlantic Flyway every season. […]

Flag ’em down

Dusty Wilson

When ducks won’t come into shotgun range, a good guide will do just about anything for his decoy spread to be seen — including waving his arms in the air. […]

The SCDNR's Take One Make One program is holding a free youth duck hunting clinic on Monday, Jan. 15 in Laurens County.

Free youth duck hunting clinic in Laurens Monday, Jan. 15

Brian Cope

The SCDNR is dedicated to getting kids involved in the outdoors, and their Take One Make One (TOMO) program spends a lot of time, energy, and resources to make sure we pass those outdoor traditions on to the next generation. […]

Scaup, aka bluebills, are among the most-common ducks taken off North Carolina’s coastal sounds.

Late is great – North Carolina’s big-water ducks

Dusty Wilson

The last leg of the North Carolina’s duck season is here, promising what is likely the heaviest month of duck activity. Although many birds have already been schooled by barking shotguns, a savvy hunter can still bring them down, and there’s no better place to fill a limit with a variety of ducks than the Pamlico Sound and the southern Outer Banks. […]

Jennings Rose takes more sea ducks — and some divers — when he takes to the Pamlico Sound in a layout boat.

Lay out for sea duck success

Mike Marsh

Jennings Rose launched his 18-foot boat from a private ramp near Hobucken, N.C., with a smaller boat — a one-man layout boat — strapped securely to its bouncing bow. Nosing into the wind, he left the protective waters of a small creek, heading into Pamlico Sound for a day of duck hunting. […]

The N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission set waterfowl seasons for this fall and winter at its meeting in Raleigh on Thursday.

State sets late duck, goose seasons at meeting in Raleigh

North Carolina Sportsman

North Carolina waterfowl hunters will get their usual three-part season for ducks this fall and winter, along with two youth-only days and an extended season for snow and other light geese as the N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission set seasons on Thursday at its meeting in Raleigh. […]