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 ...

As someone who grew up field hunting stubborn Canada geese in Illinois, I can’t think of a better feeling than when Sept. 1 hits. It’s the kick-off to resident honker season, when young, uneducated ...

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 ...

TEMPERENCE – The geese – a flock of about 30 – came from upwind, flying toward our decoy set from behind us. They seemed fixated on our dekes, ignoring the well-grassed, A-Frame blind the four of us ...

FRANKFORT, Ky. (WBKO) - The Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources has scheduled dates for public drawings to select season-long waterfowl hunting blind sites at four wildlife management ...

Snow goose hunting season is not far off and can't come soon enough. Duck season is either over or nearly over for most of us. Canada geese are already closed in most states. What better cure for ...

The Charles family has worked this farm since the 1860s, mostly in the poultry business. This pit blind is just out the back door from the home of Ken’s older brother and fellow waterfowl hunter, ...

I’ve never been overly fond of hot weather. It’s this love for cooler temps that drives my passion for water fowling even after Old Man Winter gets his hands on the Midwest. I used to get excited, ...

BILLINGS - Larry Webster came in to The Billings Gazette office recently with my work already done for me. Webster, an avid sportsman who lives on a small ranch near Roberts, brought in one of my ...

CARLISLE -- Thursday morning appeared to be a total loss until late-waking specklebelly geese painted a postcard picture of an Arkansas autumn. The hunt, arranged by federal magistrate judge Joe Volpe ...