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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. […]
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Ducks
It’s Never Too Late For Carolina Ducks
You might have to hunt for late-season spots to hunt ducks in the Carolinas. […]
Ducks
For big water, use a big decoy spread
A few decoys are just not enough when hunting big waters in the Carolinas. […]
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Camouflage that kayak for waterfowl hunting
A kayak is a great duck-hunting tool, if you can hide in one. Follow these tips to stay hidden from the ducks. […]
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Impoundment timing is key
Planting for wildlife involves many critical steps, but none is more critical than the timing of planting crops for waterfowl, especially for hunters without extremely large areas. […]
Ducks
Late-season ducks on the clock
Waterfowl hunters need to adjust their calling, decoy spreads and locations as January arrives and the end of the season approaches. Here’s how two guides face late-season challenges. […]
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. […]
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Flag ’em down
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. […]
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Everyman’s duck
As I stood in the dark swamp, knee deep in water, I could hear the whistling of duck wings as they flew by and landed in flooded timber around me. Looking up, I could see ducks in groups of three to as many as 10 silhouetted against the breaking light of the morning sky. […]