If it walks, waddles and quacks like a duck, it’s probably a mallard but might be a redhead, a scaup, a canvasback, a pintail or some similar pattern. Unlike most casual observers who suffer not if ...

On the last day of the 2025 duck season in the heart of Arkansas' premier duck country, longtime hunter Todd Taylor said the hunt just wasn't as good as previous years. Sitting in his boat in the ...

Duck hunters are traditional and proud of it. We’re also — how should I put this? — an opinionated lot. So by nature, we are susceptible to old myths. Certain ideas get passed around duck camps, ...

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 ...

Texas duck hunters are hoping for some timely shots of winter weather in the next few weeks to push more birds southward ahead of the Christmas and New Year holidays. The second split of the 2025-26 ...

A few weeks ago I proposed a Duck Summit be held this winter in Minnesota, and suggested the Department of Natural Resources lead it. I can report now a Summit will be held, though where and when ...