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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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"Instant Old Friends" of 30 Years: The History of Companions

Companions. It’s a word that evokes an old buddy helping you drag out a deer, a good dog acting as your shadow, a cold drink on the front porch with your loved ones.

Turkey, Fishing, Small Game, Deer, Waterfowl, Conservation, News, Mossy Oak

Ed Wall: The Photographer Behind the Mossy Oak Drake Mallard Shirt

The newest in the line of Mossy Oak Companions embroidered wildlife shirts, the Drake Mallard Shirt, was designed using one of Ed Wall's photographs of a mallard landing on the water.

Waterfowl, Mossy Oak Companions

Wildlife Artist Profile: Ryan Kirby

Ryan Kirby, wildlife artist hailing from Boone, North Carolina, says “I’ve always approached my paintings like the first time you see a turkey come out on the hillside, strutting into focus. You’re not looking at the squirrel 20 yards to the right—you’re laser-focused on him.”

Turkey, Deer, Waterfowl, Mossy Oak Bottomland

Alaska Duck Hunting for Sea Ducks

Story and photography by Mossy Oak's talented photographer Rob Kinney The Alexander Archipelago is a 300-hundred-mile-long chain of islands lying off the southeastern coast of Alaska. Amidst the dense evergreen forests and rapid tides of the fjords you’ll find some of the most wild and most beautiful duck hunting you can imagine. Thousands of miles away from home, new friends become “instant old friends” around the shared bond of waterfowl. My favorite trips almost always

Waterfowl, Bucket List Trips

Charles Grubbs: Duck Call Pioneer

Charles Grubbs is arguably one the earliest pioneers of modern duck calls.

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Tom Turpin - Duck Call Makers

If there was ever a Duck Call Maker’s Hall of Fame, Tom Turpin from Memphis, Tennessee would be in the first induction class.

Waterfowl

The History of the Legendary Bayou Meto WMA

The crown jewel of the nearly 50 publicly accessible green tree reservoir hunting area is the famed George H. Dunklin, Jr. Bayou Meto Wildlife Management Area (WMA) south of Stuttgart.

Waterfowl, Land Management

Coot Decoy - Confidence Decoys for Ducks

In the world of wanting ultra realistic decoys that encompass fully flocked, flocked heads and swiveling head decoys there is little talk of coot decoys.

Waterfowl

Late Season Duck Calling Tips and Techniques

Here are a few late season calling tips that might help you bag your limit.

Waterfowl, How-To

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

Wingshooting Tips - Lost Brake Duck Hunting

These tips all come from tried and true duck hunting experts, hunters experienced in learning what works and what doesn’t work on quick-flying waterfowl.

Waterfowl, How-To

The Passenger: American Conservation's Vaunted Wild Pigeon

The last of the living passengers were gone from Earth by the early 1900s. As a population, science suggests they were North America’s most successful birds during their time here.

Waterfowl, Conservation, Mossy Oak Gamekeepers

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

Legendary Arkansas Duck Call Maker Chick Major Inspires Generations

The following excerpt about Chick Major is from the book “The Grand Prairie: A History of Duck Hunting’s Hallowed Ground” by author and publisher Brent Birch.

Waterfowl, News

Species Profile: Wood Duck

The wood duck (Aix sponsa) is the only member of its genus in North America, and one of only two species worldwide. Its common name is derived from its preferred habitat - flooded timber and bottomland swamps.

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