Duck Hunting Tips

Find proven duck hunting tips and techniques we have developed and tested hunting the Midwest and Mississippi River over the last twenty years that will help you put more ducks within reach of your shotgun. Whiles it’s easy for hunters including myself to sit back and dream how new decoys or calls are going to be the magic bullet consistent success is really a result of our own hunting skills. Hopefully the articles below will help you further your knowledge or give you a thought that sparks some new ideas.

Wood Duck House Plans Find detailed wood duck house plans with step-by-step instructions along with location tips, yearly maintenance plan, and a video of moving day.

How To Repair Waders Instructions and tips to repair hip boots or chest waders that will help you get back out without having to purchase new and save some money .

Wood Duck Hunting Tips And Techniques Woodies are a unique fowl that require a few modifications to typical location and hunting techniques for success.

How And Why To Play The Wind Learn how to use the wind to your advantage when determining hunting location.

Do You Have A Top 5 List? Whether you hunt public land or private having a backup plan can make the difference of having a great day or heading home disappointed.

Understand The Location You're Hunting Understanding the type of location you'll be hunting is critical when determining the type of strategies that will be necessary to succeed.

Duck Habits And Tendencies When you start to realize and understand how ducks react to different influences you can start to "think" like a duck.

Mallard Duck Wisdom To become a top mallard duck hunter, you have to study and learn as much as you can about the mallard duck.

Keep Your Eyes To The Skies Have you ever watched a flock of ducks or geese disappear over the horizon only to scratch your head and wonder where in the world they could have gone?

Pinpoint Potential Duck Hunting Hotspots Here are some of the situations we have learned from our experiences to look for before and during season.

Building A Scouting Network Since little accurate information is passed on about specific hunting locations or success, today's waterfowl hunter needs an inside source that can be counted on and trusted.

Tips For Asking Permission To Hunt Gaining permission to hunt private land can be a tough proposition. Here are some do’s and dont’s that will give you the best chance.

Scouting Tips For Better Duck Hunting The most overlooked aspect to shooting more ducks the entire season day after day is not the magic decoy or call, but rather simply scouting.

How And When To Pass Shoot Ducks This technique can be a very effective when used at the right time and location for many different species and situations.

When Rivers Become Duck Hunting Hot Spots Here’s how we have used rivers to enjoy fabulous duck hunting while others are struggling to identify an opportunity.

Eight Public Land Hunting Tips While the pitfalls of heavily hunted public land can seem over whelming at times, here are some basic tips you can use for success.

Duck Hunting Terms And Slang Learn how to better understand duck hunting conversations and articles with our dictionary of terms and slang.

Ten Commandments Of Shotgun Safety Nothing is more important than gun safety. If your unsafe with a shotgun I doubt you will ever have to many hunting buddies...

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