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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. […]

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. […]

At Cole Lake Hunting Club near Isola, where hunters can choose fields or timber, a typical Saturday hunt can fill a camera lens with guys and ducks.

Why you shouldn’t overpressure ducks

December 15, 2015 Bobby Cleveland

For years, Lee Benoist and a group of friends depended on one duck hole in the Delta to provide them a winter filled with shooting. […]

Conditional awareness — Learn when to duck hunt timber and when to hunt ag fields

December 1, 2015 Bobby Cleveland

Twas cold and shivering, all through that pit blind in the heart of Mississippi’s Delta. The low, early morning sky spit a bit of sleet, rain and even snow through the light fog. […]

The USFWS's 2015 Trends in Duck Breeding Populations indicates duck numbers edged up slightly to 49.5 million this spring, the highest count on record.

Duck numbers remain high, USFWS says

July 2, 2015 From Ducks Unlimited

Despite drier conditions this spring compared to last year, overall duck numbers edged up slightly compared to last year in the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s 2015 Trends in Duck Breeding Populations, which was released today. […]

Singer/songwriter Zack Logan, Steve Chiasson and Sampson, a Chesapeake Bay retriever, on a duck hunt.

Top 5 mistakes duck hunters make

November 8, 2014 Andy Crawford

Here are some steps to take that have helped duck hunters work ahead of hunts to prevent headaches in the blind. […]

Duck numbers up 8 percent

July 3, 2014 Bobby Cleveland

Duck numbers are up for eight of the 10 most popular species, including the oh-so-important mallard, according to the 2014 breeding population survey released Wednesday by the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service. […]

This shot of hunters and their ducks from Saturday at Cole Lake Hunting Club near Isola is a prime example of Mississippi's 2013-14 season. A total of 15 hunters had a mallard limit.

Duck hunters had great season

January 27, 2014 Bobby Cleveland

Drew Burton and fellow hunters at the Cole Lake Hunting Club in Isola decided not to hunt on Sunday, the final day of the best duck season in Mississippi in his lifetime. […]

A cold winter is the key to a great season of Delta duck hunting.

On the edge of paradise

January 15, 2014 John J. Woods

Tommy Hoff is an avid duck hunter and he knows he has it good, living on the edge of one of the country’s best duck areas. […]

After cutting off the birds’ wings, rough pluck them to remove the larger and stiffer tail and body feathers.

How to clean ducks using paraffin wax

December 5, 2013 Jerald Horst

Both Pat Bordelon and Mike Branton love to eat ducks. They eat them roasted. They eat them smoked. They eat them in gumbo. They eat them as bacon-wrapped roll-ups. […]

Jacob Sartain (left) of Madison has enjoyed a great start to the duck season, and is confident that it will only get better in the weeks ahead. Early cold fronts in November started the migration that pushed mallards into Mississippi well ahead of schedule.

Waterfowlers excited as main season opens

December 4, 2013 Bobby Cleveland

Mississippi duck hunters are as jubilant and confident as they’ve been in decades going into the final and major part of duck season, which opened statewide on Wednesday. […]