The Beginning of Duck Bands

By Chris Hustad

It was right around first light when I ventured outside of our sleeping quarters at J. Clark Salyer National Refuge Headquarters near Upham, ND last week (in early September). I noticed the picnic table was still full of grills, empty plates of goose, and some empty beer cans. Luckily, I packed it in [...]

How to Paint Scaup “Bluebill” Decoys

By John “crewchief252″ Potts
I use Liquitex acrylics, but any paint will do, and they are all very basic colors.
TITANUIM WHITE
MEDIUM PURPLE
MARS BLACK
BURNT UMBER
PAYNES GREY
HOOKERS GREEN
CADMIUN YELLOW ( MEDIUM )
First off, if you are painting an already painted deek, refer to my previous article about painting decoys as to how to prepare the decoy. If it [...]

Hunting the Common Eider in Maine

By Tony “Duckdiesel” Beal
The Early Bird Gets the Worm, not so…
As a life-long learner, I embrace what life has to offer and love to put my thinking into action. Generally speaking in terms of great sea duck hunting in Maine and elsewhere, one must be set up and ready before the first crack of dawn. [...]

Public Land Pursuit

By Darren Digby
“Yamaha783″
The idea of public hunting land, for many hunters, is both a windfall and a thorn in the side. Sure it’s a place to go for a few birds, but all too often a few birds in the bag come at the cost of a huge headache from overcrowded acreage. After all, [...]

GPS and Hunting – A Primer Course

By Erik Laing (kiskadinna)

Every year, without fail, there is a new gadget that comes along – designed to improve the lives of duck hunters. But in reality, many quickly fade in popularity because they just aren’t useful. However, every once in a while something comes along that truly does make our lives easier as hunters, [...]

Painting Decoys

Painting Decoys
By John Potts (aka Crewchief 252)

I see this question come up on every duck hunting website I have ever visited. I’ve also seen a dozen ways to do this, and they all seem to work. It’s just a matter of which one you want to use. This is my technique for repainting duck decoys [...]