Waterfowl & Duck Hunting Archives - Page 12 of 22

May 2, 2026

Rebrush your duck blind throughout the season; it needs to look great in January the way it did in November.

Top 3 late-season duck hunting tactics

January 17, 2016 Patrick Bonin

All of the prep work earlier this fall will culminate in the next few weeks as another duck hunting season heads into the history books. […]

Duck guide Rusty Shaw and his party of hunters display a successful day’s hunting in the Delta.

Don’t overlook steams, creeks and small rivers for duck-hunting hotspots

January 15, 2016 Phillip Gentry

The Mississippi Delta is blessed with an abundance of smaller rivers and creeks that wind their way across the area before dumping into larger flows that wind up in the Mississippi River. These waterways provide plenty of waterfowl resting and feeding grounds to both resident populations and those making southerly migrations. […]

Many waterfowl hunters are shunning electronic motion decoys for old school jerk cord tactics to put movement in the decoy spread.

It’s OK to jerk a duck decoy

January 15, 2016 Phillip Gentry

A lifelike decoy spread is often the key difference between a limit of ducks at the end of the day or going home wanting. […]

Taxidermy do’s and don’ts for ducks

January 15, 2016 Phillip Gentry

Award-winning taxidermist Shane Candler offers the following “tax tips” for waterfowlers to insure they get a good jump on a good mount. […]

Fasteel

January 1, 2016 Mississippi Sportsman

Fasteel, the flagship of the Kent Cartridge brand, is the go-to standard for waterfowl hunters. It has established a reputation among steel shotshells that is unrivalled. […]

With a record number of ducks expected in the migration, duck hunters in the Mississippi Delta will have a lot to smile about this season.

Traffic patterns — Tips for Mississippi Delta duck hunting

January 1, 2016 Phillip Gentry

The 2015 U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s Trends in Duck Breeding Populations Report indicates a record year of waterfowl production, with an estimated 49.5 million breeding ducks in the traditional survey areas. […]

Kenny Blakeney’s dog Gator displays his passion while retrieving a duck during an early morning delta duck hunt.

Delta doubleheader — Duck hunting in the morning plus deer hunting in the evenings

January 1, 2016 Michael O. Giles

Whistling wings buzzed directly overhead an instant before a flock of ducks suddenly crashed into our decoy spread in the pre-dawn darkness. An old lone Susie who was now swimming amongst the decoys called out to a group of mallards flying overhead. […]