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WIDE WORLD OF WATERFOWLING.

Prepare for duck season all year-round with our huge collection of waterfowl hunting videos and articles. From the most effective calls, blinds and decoy arrangements, to the mouthwatering recipes that make it all worthwhile. You’ll learn valuable lessons for duck season success from the comfort of your home.

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New Sub Gauge Shotguns for 2026

Today turkey hunters have an abundance of choices for the sub gauge shotgun that delivers results in nearly every type of action and budget.

Turkey, Small Game, Waterfowl

Taming the Kick: Ways to Reduce Recoil

We have a gunsmith talk to us about how to reduce recoil in rifles, shotguns, muzzleloaders, and handguns.

Turkey, Big Game, Small Game, Deer, Waterfowl, Predator, Gear

Fighting Duck Depression: 5 Things Waterfowlers Must Do In The Offseason

When waterfowl season ends, you may be left wondering how you ever filled your time before. Here's some ideas on how to keep yourself preoccupied until next duck season.

Waterfowl, Mossy Oak Gamekeepers

Mossy Oak's Fox Haas Kills Turkey at 94 Years Old

Mossy Oak patriarch Mr. Fox Haas killed a wild turkey at 94 years old from a golf cart blind custom built by his grandson. Here's the story.

Turkey, Deer, Waterfowl, News, Video, Mossy Oak Companions, Mossy Oak Gamekeepers

Bottomland Book Club: Big December Canvasbacks

“This book is continually on the top of my list to any waterfowling friend with an appreciation of history, the art of decoys and boat building and a love of adventure.”

Bottomland Book Club, Waterfowl

15 Things Every Hunting Camp Should Have

Whether it’s a long-standing family deer camp or a temporary setup for a weeklong trip, having the right equipment in camp makes everything run smoother and keeps the focus where it belongs: on the hunt and the people you’re sharing it with.

Turkey, Fishing, Big Game, Small Game, Deer, Waterfowl, Predator

4 Tips for Hunting Late Season Ducks

If you are still using the same calling routine and decoy spread that you were in November, it can be costing you a full limit on your duck strap. Let’s go over a few tips, tricks and strategies to help you kill more ducks this late in January.

Waterfowl, Mossy Oak Bottomland, Mossy Oak Shadow Grass Blades, Mossy Oak Duck Blind, How-To

Tips for Setting Up Duck Decoys

Decoys are visual aids used to draw attention, give birds and animals a reason to close the distance, and to add realism to a hunting ambush setup.

Waterfowl, How-To

Mossy Oak's 2025 Christmas Guide for Hunters

When you've got hunters and anglers to buy gifts for, you're always going to win when it comes to getting them something they can use outside.

Turkey, Fishing, Big Game, Small Game, Deer, Waterfowl, Predator, Gear

Genetic Projects Advance Wildlife Management

In the course of the last few years, there have been groundbreaking projects taking off across the country inviting hunters who harvest waterfowl or wild turkeys to register and participate in genetic research.

Waterfowl, Conservation, Mossy Oak Gamekeepers

Choosing the Right Waterfowl Ammo

Never has the modern waterfowler had so many options for ammunition choices. We’ll talk about the evolution of waterfowl ammo and how to make a solid choice on what to use.

Waterfowl

On Ponds and Potholes: Duck Hunting Small Water

Hunting over small bodies of water for waterfowl can absolutely be a productive way to spend a morning. Here we talk about strategies for hunting these small spots in early season and late season.

Waterfowl

Bottomland Book Club: Excerpt from THE JON BOAT YEARS

Jim Mize wrote a fine book of hunting and fishing tales, and we’ve got the chapter on a wet morning duck hunting on an island in South Louisiana for y’all.

Waterfowl

How Wildlife Managers Determine Waterfowl Populations

Among the most important components involved in calculating how many birds can and will be taken in a given year is the annual waterfowl population surveys.

Waterfowl, Conservation, Land Management

From the Archives: Bob Dixon and Steve Burnett on the Art of Mix and Matching Camo

By Terry Madewell, originally published in the 1994 edition of Mossy Oak Bowhunting Magazine As big whitetail bucks are inclined to do, this one had done the unexpected. I'd studied this buck's pattern for a couple of weeks, being extremely careful not to leave any scent in the wrong places. I'd selected a stand site where the dense underbrush funneled into a 40-yard-wide strip. I was sure this was where he would walk and I

Turkey, Big Game, Deer, Waterfowl, Predator, How-To