First, I heard the hum of mud motors, then I saw the flood lights burning through the marsh. I had paddled my duck hunting kayak into a backwater spot by moonlight and then spent the last 20 minutes ...

BRAINERD — It was not what we wanted to see as Rolf Moen, of Nisswa, and his German short-haired pointer Sally, and I motored my duck boat in predawn darkness. What greeted us were flashlights ...

The other day, raindrops dimpled already wet grass as I walked into a field with four Labradors. This was in the middle of summer, and there were months to spare before autumn, when ducks fly and ...

Last week on the Outdoor Life Podcast I talked to executive editor Natalie Krebs about the hottest debate in waterfowl hunting: whether the prevalence of flooded corn is shortstopping the migration in ...

Duck hunting is one of the most popular waterfowl hunting traditions in the United States, drawing hunters to wetlands, ...

GUEYDAN, La. — The 2024 Gueydan Duck Festival has arrived, and while ducks are the star attraction, another animal is just as important—dogs. The loyal canines help hunters in duck hunting, such as ...

Ding Darling didn’t worry about being heard when the topic was waterfowl management. To stress the importance of conservation, the two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning editorial cartoonist simply sketched ...