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No. 1 key to duck success

January 15, 2017 Phillip Gentry

Duck numbers along the Mississippi River Flyway have fluctuated both up and down throughout history. […]

You don’t have to wait to get home or to the camp before breasting out ducks, if you know this trick.

How to field-breast ducks

January 13, 2017 Jerald Horst

A fast method of field-breasting ducks from Bob Marshall, the former outdoors editor for the New Orleans Times-Picayune newspaper. […]

Regardless of the weather conditions in the Delta, cold weather from Canada to Memphis should push plenty of ducks into the Mississippi Delta this season.

Looking for a repeat — 2017 duck-hunting forecast

January 1, 2017 Phillip Gentry

Farmers and duck hunters are well known for lamenting the weather forecast, which makes it doubly tough on Steve Prather of Leland.

He is both a farmer and an avid duck hunter — a guide, as a matter of fact, for Mississippi Delta Hunters. […]

Austin Partridge of Terry killed his first black duck Wednesday on a WMA hunt in the Delta.

Arctic blast pushed ducks down

December 22, 2016 Bobby Cleveland

Last week’s severe arctic cold blast that raced across and froze out most areas of the upper Mississippi River flyway was an early Christmas gift to duck hunters in the Magnolia State. […]

Delta duck hunters with the ability to pump water will have the advantage again when the second three-day weekend season opens Friday (Dec. 2-4). Their dogs may have some more ducks to retrieve.

Second brief duck season opens today

December 2, 2016 Bobby Cleveland

Normally, a three-inch rain similar to the one that hit Mississippi on Monday and Tuesday this week would have a dramatic impact on duck habitat in the Delta. […]

Quail might not be available to all hunters, but those who have birds can start shooting Nov. 24.

Quail, duck seasons open over holiday

November 23, 2016 Bobby Cleveland

Mississippi wing-shooters have plenty to be thankful about this long holiday weekend, with two hunting seasons set to open statewide: quail on Thursday (Nov. 24) and ducks on Friday (Nov. 25). […]

Become a Decoy Doc

November 17, 2016 Joe Anglin

A little TLC can bring older duck decoys back to life, so when you need to greet those northern red-legged greenheads they are all ready for the show. […]

Jacob Sartain (right) is a dedicated waterfowler who knows that mornings like this are no accident, and that it takes a year-round commitment to produce quality duck hunting.

The season that never ends — Keys to managing duck-hunting habitat

November 1, 2016 Bobby Cleveland

Mallards suddenly appeared — mysteriously and seemingly out of nowhere — and begin to fly around the waterhole dotted with molded plastic representatives of themselves. […]

Bad news for September blue-wing teal hunters — the early migrating birds have shown a 22 percent loss in population over the past year.

Duck numbers slightly down

August 17, 2016 Bobby Cleveland

Despite a 21 percent loss of nesting wetland habitat in the breeding grounds, the breeding duck population estimate of 48.4 million ducks remains well above the long-term average. […]

Duck season returns Saturday for one more day of hunting, and while shooting is limited to hunters aged 15 and under, the Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks encourages participation by licensed adults. […]

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. […]