Waterfowl

The annual Breeding Waterfowl Population Survey for 2024 estimates nearly 34 million ducks, which is a 5% increase from 2023.

A rabid otter attacked and bit a Florida man on his daily walk to feed ducks in a pond.

An April 2023 jury trial has been set for a landowner charged in harassing a group of duck hunters in east-central North Dakota.

This video is proof you don’t need tons of expensive gear to be a successful duck hunter.

If you’re a waterfowl hunter, then you’ll appreciate this incredible drone video that captures a large group of ducks — mallards specifically — as they lock their wings and drop their landing gear.

Doubling down on a Nebraska multi-species bird hunt requires a prime location and a double dose of specialized gear.

Minnesota artist Joe Hautman wins the annual Federal Duck Stamp Competition for the sixth time, tying his brother Jim for the most ever.

After a two year absence due to COVID, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the Canadian Wildlife Service conducted their annual Waterfowl Breeding Population and Habitat Survey during spring 2022. The latest information looks like good news for waterfowl and waterfowlers.

Waterfowl hunters can begin planning trips to Arkansas to hunt the famed timber and rice fields, with dates set for the 2022-23 and 2023-24 seasons.

When snow geese and specklebellies are so numerous that they look like a tornado — a “snow-nado” — there comes a time to stop shooting and simply watch the show.

It takes only a split-second for a waterfowl hunt to turn deadly. Learn from this true-life story of survival.

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.

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

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.

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

Duck hunters in the Southeast suffered through a tough season in 2018. So far in 2019 things aren't much better according to waterfowl migration reports from one major destination state.

Aerial surveys in Arkansas show mallard numbers are on track for the long-term November average, but other puddle and diver ducks have migrated south.