Waterfowl

Temperature Helps Determine Decoy Set-Ups

Some hunters will set their decoys really close together when the weather is hot. That’s a mistake. Other hunters will set their decoys too far apart from each other when the weather is very cold. That's also a mistake.

Waterfowl, How-To

Tips for Late Season Duck Hunting Decoy Spreads

When I'm hunting stale ducks during the late season, I use two types of decoy spreads. I’ll put out smaller decoy spreads in a really secluded area and perhaps only two dozen decoys in a pothole. The water may be so shallow in these little potholes that we may not be able to get our boat blind in to them. We may have to wade into them, which is nothing new for many duck hunters.

Waterfowl, Mossy Oak Bottomland, Mossy Oak Shadow Grass Blades

Hunting Stale Ducks with Proper Duck Calling

At the end of the season, the ducks probably know so much about duck hunters that they even know the manufacturer of the duck call you're using. When you're hunting ducks that are so stale that they're really hard to hunt, and getting out of the bed before daylight becomes difficult.

Waterfowl, How-To

Wood Ducks: the Awesomeness of Waterfowl Hunting

The wood duck drake has – in my opinion – some of the most startlingly beautiful plumage of all 41 North American waterfowl species. Woodies are moderately-sized dabbling ducks; at approximately 20 inches long with a wingspan of around 28 inches, a mature wood duck is still 25-percent smaller than their mallard counterpart.

Waterfowl, Mossy Oak Shadow Grass Blades, Mossy Oak, Firearm

Duck Hunting Basics

Late the previous afternoon, I had followed a flight of mallards and pintails as they left their staging water and headed out for an evening feed. Ducks have a sixth sense for finding the best feed in the country, so I wasn’t surprised that these hungry "quackers" had set their sights on a recently harvested pea field—and that’s exactly where I set up the next day. Just think like a hungry duck, and you’ll find

Waterfowl, Mossy Oak Bottomland, Mossy Oak Shadow Grass Blades, How-To, Firearm

Whistling Wings Free Waterfowl Video Series

Mossy Oak Productions launched its waterfowl-specific series “Whistling Wings” over 10 years ago. Though no longer on the air, Mossy Oak has re-released this pioneering series on the all-new MossyOak.com. Waterfowlers and fans can now watch every episode, from any device, completely free.

Waterfowl, Video

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