Wildfowl

Wildfowl Magazine is the best magazine out there for the serious goose and duck hunters. Loaded with useful information on guns & loads, decoys & calls, boats & blinds, retriever training, gear & gadgets, Canadian reports and conservation. Join us in the blind each issue!

Wildfowl

For the Love of Ducks

Killin’ and Grillin’

Double Trouble- • A pair of summer droughts will affect production and migration. Here’s what you need to know.

FIFTH FLYWAY

BY THE NUMBERS

UPDATE: SCI SUPPORTS 50 YEARS OF HUNTING & CONSERVATION

Pain Management • The best options for helping your aging retriever deal with everyday discomfort.

Waterfowl BAND REPORTS

Beginner’s Luck • One neophyte bags an ancient, banded bird.

THE BAND

California Specks • Two hunters have a specklebelly smackdown in the Golden State.

Duck Blind Gumbo • A Cajun classic that will keep you warm between volleys.

November Necessities

Hevi-XII Tungsten • A super-lethal duck load from Hevi-Shot.

Upside-Down Duck Boat Blind • Foolish fowl turn themselves inside-out to land in this Hoosier State hunter's decoys.

MATERIALS

Dealing With Low Drive • What to do if your duck dog just can’t find a higher retrieving gear.

Following a Path • How to correct this training-induced habit.

The OTHER Places • There are no fences in the sky. Hunting pressure, warm weather, flyways shifting... fewer birds in historic destinations. Yet numbers are above long term averages, so where did they go? They found The Other Places. WF celebrates these emerging bright spots.

QUEST FOR Long-Tails • The Western Great Lakes are emerging as hot spots with booming numbers of one of our most stunning little ducks.

FLYING HIGH • Olympic medalist and FORLOH front man Scotty Lago talks about falling for waterfowling, duck hunting New England, blowing calls at Ms. New Hampshire, and snowboarding with full-auto weapons.

OLD SCHOOL Rules • Pump guns, silhouettes, jerk cords, goose flutes, and just learning to hold still and sound like a duck goes a long way, even now.

Ammu-wishin’ • Surviving the Great Shot Shell Shortage of 2021.