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Effective duck calling
There is a big difference between “Contest Calling” and “Blind calling.” Here are the dos and don’ts for effective duck calling.[…]
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Huey Lewis baits ducks to end hunting near Montana property
MISSOULA, Montana (AP) — Rock musician Huey Lewis and several of his Stevensville-area neighbors are feeding ducks along a slough that runs through their property, effectively closing the area to duck hunting.[…]
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Nooner Ducks
Poor Zach. Maybe I should have warned him. This was the first Louisiana duck hunt for Pelayo’s brother-in-law, and he was dressed like a male model for Cabela’s catalog.[…]
Waterfowl & Duck Hunting
Weather hasn’t driven ducks down yet
If you were one of the hunters who had an abysmal duck opener, cheer up. Better days are yet to come.[…]
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A Deed for Ducks
As far back as 1929, men, who sipped the best bourbon around tables with white-linen cloths, wrote deeds. They sought to own the land for the mineral rights to the black gold deep in the soil below.[…]
Waterfowl & Duck Hunting
Ducks cranking up behind cold front
If a Monday morning marsh hunt with Hackberry Rod & Gun is any indication, Louisiana waterfowlers reluctantly counting down the days of the 2006-07 season may finish with a flurry thanks to the cold front making its way across the state.[…]
Waterfowl & Duck Hunting
Atchafalaya Delta WMA holding variety of ducks
This duck season has been all about being in the right spot at the right time, and there’s no better public spot to hunt through the end of the season than Atchafalaya Delta WMA.[…]
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Health Club Ducks
What’s more exasperating than watching flock after flock after flock of ducks (mostly greys) land far out into the open water 300 yards away from your decoy spread, which was lovingly placed in a sheltered little cove and strategically set out from 20 to 35 yards downwind of where you huddle, perfectly hidden, in a grove of marsh alders blowing yourself hoarse on a duck call?[…]
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2005 Duck Forecast
Monday, Nov. 7 — The jet stream, that great river of air that drives the continent’s weather, stretches in a mildly undulating line from Oregon to Maine, pushing storms and weather fronts from west to east across North America.[…]