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We’ve all spent a day flagging and calling flock after flock, finally sucking a group in on gliding wings only…»

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There are pessimists in all walks of life, yet I’m still taken aback by how many are encountered among our…»

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Given the pessimism in some circles of our sport, perhaps you’re like me: you resist optimism and the sincere belief—right…»

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Winchester was at the 2013 SHOT Show in Las Vegas to introduce its new Winchester AA Tracker shotshell, which features…»

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Flambeau Outdoors was at the 2013 SHOT Show in Las Vegas to showcase its newest additions to the Storm Front…»

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There were some pretty exciting things to see at the 2013 SHOT Show in Las Vegas—an old school Volkswagen bus…»

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Two hours ‘til daybreak. Reach down in the truck bed, find the big black plastic feet in your flashlight beam.…»

Wildfowl 2012 Holiday Gift Guide

How’s that song go? It’s beginning to look a lot like flooded cornfields…ground blinds…OK, we know, it’s Christmas. But here…»

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Hunting guides occasionally get strange requests.  Paul Grindol, a guide for Hackberry’s Rod and Gun Club in Hackberry, La., gave…»

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There is a magic about duck hunting in that we enjoy it as much now as when we were young…»

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Out of the pale morning light came the faint sound of cackling. Quickly, our hunting crew tucked tight into their…»

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Sunrise revealed the most pathetic spread I’d ever been a part of. More of our bluebill decoys were touching than not,…»

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There’s no substitute for skimming  across the water in a real duck boat, complete with a bad-ass mud motor jutting…»

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Sunrise over a western South Dakota stock dam can be a gamble for shooting puddle ducks. It’s tough working birds…»

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  It’s obvious aluminum boats are the toughest and offer the best utility for building the ideal blind, judging by…»

BANDED is set to launch its 2012 waterfowl lineup

If you watch Sportsman Channel at all, you’ve probably seen the BANDED commercials. You know, the ones with Chad Belding…»

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There’s no substitute for skimming  across the water in a real duck boat, complete with a bad-ass mud motor jutting…»

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It’s refreshing to see more and more celebrities helping to bring the outdoors lifestyle to the mainstream. On Tuesday, late-night…»

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Full disclosure: for the last few years, I’ve been sitting in cubicles at various insurance companies, talking about synergy with…»

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While the “year of the duck” became the year of hard luck for many fowlers in parts of the country…»

Surprisingly, no geese landed on my blacktop spread.

My old man stood at the end of the driveway. He would wrench on that goose call for hours, my…»

Rice Pond Decoys

Lately, I’ve been feeling like Bernie Lootz — at least in the goose blind. You know Lootz, a down-on-his-luck character…»

Franchi Semi-Auto

The brand new Franchi Affinity semiautomatic shotgun was introduced Tuesday at SHOT Show in Las Vegas. Available in both 12- and 20-gauge,…»

Jim McConville, Alex Mack, and Joe Thomas show off some nice birds.

When the training, performance and business commitments of being a NFL lineman dictate that you only get a couple of…»

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For 20 years now, lead shot hasn’t legally left the barrel of a shotgun pointed at a duck or goose…»