How to Whistle Ducks

How to Whistle Ducks

Sometimes all it takes to call in ducks is a whistle. Sometimes you simply want to draw attention, sometimes, you really want to focus in on a particular species. And it’s not necessarily how you sound but when you sound that matters most.

How to Hunt Wood Ducks

Wood ducks are the total package. They’re undeniably beautiful, have a ghostly but stunning call, bomb into the decoys at incredible speeds, and are some of the best table fare of any waterfowl. For many, this duck is at the top of their target species. But wood ducks aren’t found just anywhere, and if you want them in your freezer, it’s best that you know where and how to target them. Food and Solitude Part of hunting wood ducks is knowing what...

How to Cook Diver Ducks

Diver ducks, migratory waterfowl that feed on fish, mollusks, and aquatic invertebrates, get a lot of praise on the wing but a bad rap at the table. Despite this reputation, hunters sure shoot a hell of a lot of them each season. According to the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, the take of shovelers, scaup, ring-necked ducks, eiders, oldsquaw, scoters, buffleheads, goldeneyes, mergansers, and canvasbacks is well beyond a million birds annually...