Features
Finding an opener
On Opening Day Of Duck Season, We Choose Quality
Over Quantity, Always Hoping We Might Get Both
By Jay Strangis
North Meets South
Making New Friends
Along The Snow Goose Trail
By Dean Davenport
Freelancing Then & Now
Find ‘Em, Hunt ‘Em—It’s Still
The Same, Only Different
By Jack Hirt
Strike! While The Iron Is Hot!
After A Typically Slow Start, Two Days
Of Duck Action Made The World Right
By Wendell H. Shepherd
Bob’s Desert Ducks
Showing Me The Best Of What
Something Could Be, Was Just His Nature
By Nick Hahn
Free & Flowin’
River Systems Provide Some Of The Best Duck
Hunting, With No Shortage Of Public Access
By John Felsher
Arkansas Pinch Hit
Forsaking Timber Mallards
For A Rice Field Mix
By David Rearick
Lake Michigan Longtails
Experiencing Surprising Numbers
Of Sea Ducks On The Big Lake
By Ron Peach
Gear Guide Section
88 Pages Of Great New Gear
Featuring Shotguns, Loads, Chokes, Decoys, Blinds, Boats, Mud Motors,
Hunting Accessories, Clothing, Calls …
Departments
Hunt Book
Flyway Watch—Duck, Duck, Gray Duck
Model 12—The Perfect Repeater
Never Be A Baby Bird, er, Duckling
Mechanical Calls
Waterfowling—Not A Hobby
Oregon’s Mixed Blessings
Marsh Notes—Roasted Duck At Stonehenge?
Non-Traditional Outdoor Degree
From The Editor
Migration—What’s Normal
Decoying
Using Natural Cover
By Michael Hungle
Duck Dogs
All About A Dog
By Robert Milner
Shotshells
Proper Practice
By Tom Roster
Shotguns
The Waterfowling Double
By Jarrod Spilger
Close Calls!
Gator Snack
By Wayne Brown
Market Hunter
Find An Outfitter, Call, Boat, Retriever, Waterfowling Accessory
PotShots
A Piddly Little Pond
By Jim Dougherty