Birds, Turkeys & Waterfowl

You’re in the field with a shotgun, and wild turkeys are big on-the-ground targets, so there’s no way you can miss, right? Wrong.

Vast improvements in shotgun design and ammunition have made measurable performance differences. Does a .410 make sense for turkey hunters?

Patience is the key to recovering a bow-shot gobbler. Here's why.

In an ongoing effort to increase waterfowl recruitment, Delta Waterfowl’s professional trappers recently initiated the strategic removal of top nest predators across 26 sites in North Dakota and Manitoba.

If you have wood duck houses on your property, be sure to complete annual maintenance on them before the ducks arrive.

You don’t have to be a champion caller to kill a wild turkey. Here are four tips to increase the odds of tagging your first tom or jake this spring.

The usual bowhunting tips and tactics don’t work on experienced old turkeys. Here’s what does.

South Florida’s turkey season is the first one to open in the continental United States, and this video from opening day, March 6, 2021 showcases the Sunshine State in all its gobbling glory.

A father and son make a post-Christmas trip to target ducks — and field test new Benelli shotguns.

Hunting the American woodcock can relieve some of the despair when grouse numbers plummet toward the bottom of their 10-year cycle. Give this challenging and fun little bird a try and you might never go back.

The 86th World's Duck Calling Championship, held each Thanksgiving weekend in Stuttgart, Arkansas, has been postponed to 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

One pair of waders is better than none, but to stay comfortable hunting and fishing in all conditions, it makes sense to own two pairs with different insulation qualities.

If you're preparing for waterfowl season don't overlook these simple tips to be ready on opening morning.

Richard Clifton of Milford, Delaware, won the 2020 Federal Duck Stamp Art Contest with his painting of a single lesser scaup drake.

These tips for killing more doves cover everything from dove hunting shooting technique and scouting to finding good cover and what to pack for the field.

The New Jersey Division of Fish and Wildlife, NYS Department of Environmental Conservation and Canadian Wildlife Service are working on a multi-year, collaborative Atlantic brant migration and breeding ecology study.

Waterfowl hunting traditions include buying federal and state duck stamps each season. The process is now easier with online purchase opportunities.

New research indicates that the nation’s largest private lands conservation program, the USDA Conservation Reserve Program can magnify its impacts on bobwhite quail, grassland birds and other wildlife if applied to the landscape at scale in locations already targeted by complementary management activities.

Doubling on wild turkeys is difficult with archery gear, but it’s even tougher when two hunters share one bow.

Hunters, retailers and firearms manufacturers are scrambling to make sense of Canada's extensive gun ban, which lists about 1,500 firearms and has language regarding the bore size of shotguns.

Sometimes you miss a wild turkey and have trouble finding your arrow. Spoiler: That doesn’t happen here.

The author explains why it makes sense to carry broadheads and arrows designed for head/neck shots and models for body shots every time you pursue wild turkeys.

Think you’ve seen just about everything when it comes to turkey hunting footage? Trust us, you’ve never seen anything like this video.

Killing a turkey with archery gear is a challenge, but you can up your odds if you avoid this one common heat-of-the-moment mistake.

Tired of whiffed shots or tracking turkeys after a marginal body hit? Try these tips.

To increase your odds of tagging a turkey this spring, avoid these three common bowhunting blunders.

You don’t need a ground blind for bowhunting turkeys. The key is hiding behind one or two strutting decoys.

If you want to step away from the typical sit-in-place ground blind system this spring, then give bow-mounted turkey decoys a try.

This spring while bowhunting turkeys, the author won’t pass shot opportunities on jakes. Will you?