As migrating ducks and geese make their way south for the winter, duck hunters from every corner of the United States knock the dust off their decoy spread, and prepare for what they hope will be ...

Sept. 1 opened the 2023-24 waterfowl season, with early goose season. What has been called the “Early Goose” in the South Zone of New York State — our neck of the waterfowl woods — offers hunters a 25 ...

The Anatidae are the biological family of birds that includes ducks, geese and swans. The family has a cosmopolitan distribution, occurring on all the world’s continents except Antarctica and on ...

“We’re not worried about the ducks — they have tiny little turds compared to the geese,” he said. The club started using decoys in January. The first ones were made out of ...

Former competitive caller Mike Callian lives in Albany, Oregon, and serves in the marketing department for Dave Smith Decoys. Callian has spent a lifetime hunting ducks and geese throughout the ...

Be prepared to shoot the ducks that come in. If you have teal or divers buzzing your decoys and they’re legal, shoot those. Holding out for greenheads doesn’t help anyone, least of all your dog. Photo ...

I decided to upgrade my autumn experience by trying to bag at least one goose with every legal gauge of shotgun.

According to MassWildlife, these geese got their start in the 1930s when the state outlawed live decoys in duck hunting. With no real predators, the former captive geese flourished in the wild and ...