Duck blinds have come a long way since ancient Egyptians first started hunting over clay decoys along the Nile River in 2,500 B.C. But even back then hunters knew a key rule of waterfowling: The ...

MONTPELIER — The Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department reminds hunters that waterfowl hunting blinds may not be placed on or in the waters of the state earlier than the first Saturday in September.

When I started waterfowling in 1974—and back then, it was simply known by the all-inclusive term “duck hunting”—we didn’t have blind bags, the modern day equivalent of carry-on luggage for duck and ...

What supplies do you need to go duck hunting? For those who enjoy spending time outdoors, they may have an interest in taking up hunting. Hunters spend time in nature and learn a lot about the animals ...

Jess "The Undertaker" Essex of DeWitt pulled a Tom Sawyer type scheme to acquire a new duck blind at his lease on Mill Bayou. The old Essex blind is a classic bit of southeast Arkansas duck hunting ...

The tablet of graph paper, green colored with quarter-inch squares used for drafting, sat on the low table before me. The woodstove crackled with spruce near where Rigby sat on the end of the table, ...

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Nine fully grown men – and one “still-growing” boy – tucked their chins to their chests to avoid detection from the expansive flocks circling overhead. It was early January, the fields of corn long ...

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