Waterfowl hunters tend to believe more is more: 3 ½-inch guns, big outboards, trailers full of decoys, large party hunts. If it can be made bigger, most waterfowlers think it’s better. Yet sometimes ...

It's no secret that adding motion to a decoy spread is the best way to increase realism. Stagnant water can flare birds far out of shotgun range. Traditionally, hunters solved this issue with jerk ...

Decoy setups and numbers during this time of year are more species dependent. Divers over open water might require a larger, but specific (only goldeneyes and bufflehead) spread because migrators are ...

Duck decoy enthusiasts from across the south will converge on the Bluebonnet Swamp Nature Center in Baton Rouge on Aug. 22 for the fourth annual Louisiana Duck Decoy Show. Shreveport’s Bruce Lowe, one ...

MINERVA, Ohio — On a snow-covered and wind-tossed day in the rolling hills of Columbiana County, caught in Ohio's winter breeze, are the sounds of a wood carver at work. Although he is grounded in his ...

Florida's first split-phase general duck hunting season ends today at sunset, with the next and final phase running Dec. 12-Jan. 31. The last phase usually is best, with Northern ducks pouring into ...

Though Jefferson City borders the Missouri River, it is not, at least in this era, considered as a major site for waterfowl or duck hunting. Jefferson City was, however, a major center for wooden duck ...

To the untrained eye, the rows of ducks on display at the Charleston Marriott during the Southeastern Wildlife Exposition just look like a cute collection of wooden waterfowl. But the decoy exhibit ...