March/April 2013
Issue Contents

Features

Men In White
Field Testing On The First
Outing Of Snow Season
By Jay Strangis

What A Day!
A Frustrating Hunt Proves
Worth The Price Of Admission
By Jack Hirt

Niagara River
An Icy Foray For Big-Water Birds
In The Western Basin Of Lake Ontario
By Tony Zappia

Sound Reason
Loaded With Ducks, But Not Hunters, Mississippi’s
Wide-Open Sound Offers Great Shots At Divers
By John N. Felsher

Black Bottom Vengeance
We Wanted To Hunt This Duck-Filled Swamp
In The Worst Way—But Not Literally
By Allison Crews, a.k.a. Swamp Witch

A Welcome Wind
Chasing Down The Perfect
Duck Spot For A Blustery Day
By Gary R. Zahm

Departments

Hunt Book
Flyway Watch—Good Hunting Despite The Weather
Looking Back—Governor/Duck Hunter
Lore And Tradition—The Old Corn Shucker—Win. 1897
Looking Back—The Grand Kankakee Marsh
Things That Matter—Father Goose
Looking Back—Vintage Crow Hunting
Marsh Notes—Violations Have Much In Common
Power Line Proposed Near Squaw Creek Refuge

From The Editor
Traditions
By Jay Strangis

Decoying
Tucked Away
By Michael Hungle

Shotshells
Pattern, Chokes And Speed Limits
By Tom Roster

Shotguns
Stoeger’s M3000
By Jarrod Spilger

Duck Dogs
Starting A Puppy On Blinds
By Robert Milner

Boats Guide
2013 Preview
New Models & Proven Performers
By David Rearick

Close Calls!
Set Adrift
By Jarrod Lettenmeir

Market Hunter
Find An Outfitter, Call, Blind, Retriever, Waterfowling Accessory

PotShots
Three Greenwings
By Jim Dougherty