Birds, Turkeys & Waterfowl

California officials dramatically scaled back habitat restoration planned during construction of two massive tunnels under the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta to send water to farms and millions of people.

“It's kind of a unique area in terms of the Continental Divide on the Helena National Forest,” said John Gatchell, MWA conservation director. “It's proximity to rich wildlife habitat and what we've seen showing up with the diversity of life, it's a neat thing for people to get engaged with.”

Visitors can walk through a man-made cypress swamp, go bowling or shoot arrows at the archery range. A 105-room hotel designed like a hunting lodge has balconies overlooking the indoor swamp. There are also live ducks, alligators and fish.

Think about taking a kid or an adult who hasn’t hunted before the next time you go hunting. There are programs available to make it easier to take someone hunting for the first time.

Turkeys can be hunted with air rifles in California, Virginia and Maryland (fall only). Here's why airgun turkey hunting isn't as crazy as it sounds.

With more than 8,600 student athletes representing over 250 teams, clay target shooting has quickly become a favorite sport of Minnesota's high school students. It's also one of the safest, with zero reported injuries or gun-free zone violations since 2001.

It may sound crazy, but you can create a fake duck pond if you’re facing drought conditions during the season. And it really works.

Youth hunters in Ohio topped last year's totals in the annual youth turkey hunt over the weekend.

Last spring's waterfowl survey numbers promised more birds than we had seen in ages. But did all those birds really add up to an epic duck season?

I recently visited the American Suppressor Association’s shoot outside of Nashville, Tennessee just prior to the NRA show. I walked away a sold-out fan of suppressed shooting, too.

The first phase of the ban will begin this summer and requires non-lead ammo be used for all hunting on California’s state-run wildlife areas and reserves. Lead ammunition was already banned in the state’s condor areas, but beginning in July, no lead ammo will be permitted on California Department of Fish and Wildlife areas.

Two days after being shot in the head, neck and shoulder, Jerry Cusick ambled into the snowy pre-dawn woods. He was barely able to swing his shotgun but determined to shoot a wild turkey.

The Ladies Shotgun Course at Gunsite Academy in Arizona will test your mettle and help you nail the basics of using a shotgun for protection — whether at home or while hunting.

Turkey hunting is wildly popular, with millions of hunters heading to the woods each year in pursuit of this wily game bird. But the sport of turkey hunting looks nothing like it did 40 years ago, and there are several factors which have contributed to this growth.

It could be a good year for gun rights and gun owners. The state Legislature is proposing to make Florida one of the few states offering tax breaks for purchasers of guns, ammunition and gun club memberships.

Can you turn your duck-hunting shotgun into a home defense gun? Sure, but it will take some work. Here's what the perfect home defense shotgun looks like.

Been calling to a turkey that's been spooked, got henned up, or is walking away? You can still kill him. Here's how.