NETT LAKE -- In a rosy mist rising from the Nett Lake River, Glenn Merrick and I paddled a well-used Grumman Sportboat toward Nett Lake early on a recent October morning. We both knew we should have ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. It can be tough out there for the freelance duck hunter. Modern waterfowl migrations (and the weather that drives them) are ...

Hunting success through the duck season is usually bimodal. A peak occurs during the opening week due to lots of hunters and ...

What lures bird-watchers to Lake Apopka is the same thing that brings hunters there. But one group shoots pictures, while the other shoots ducks. Both pastimes are legal recreational activities around ...

Hunting during the months of December and January can be a challenge. Gone are the 60-degree afternoon temperatures, light jackets and long days. These conditions are replaced by numb fingers, frost ...

I was surprised to see another hunter had beaten me to the boat ramp. Waves from a hard north wind were lapping against the bank when the graying man walked up to me and asked if I was hunting alone.

It's just before daylight on a late January morning, and I'm riding in a boat driven by Ford Overton, a former chairman of the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission. We're on Jacob's Lake (sometimes ...

catch us at midmorning, when our guts are growling and our guard is down. Typical of late-season ducks, the pair is within gun range before anyone notices them. Someone in the blind hisses “ducks” ...

There are 27 bodies of water in Utah currently under harmful algae watch or warning advisories, which has state officials urging waterfowl hunters to be aware of water conditions.