To the waterfowl enthusiast, the canvasback duck channels a swagger reminiscent of Elvis Presley, and not just because people in the music world called him “the king.” Challenging on the wing, widely ...

Once seen as mere hunting tools, duck decoys have waddled their way into the world of collecting hobbies. It’s easy to see why: These handcrafted works of art are painted with intricate details and ...

Waterfowl hunters can look forward to a 60-day season this fall and increased bag limits for canvasback ducks and bluebills, according to state wildlife officials. The Natural Resources Commission on ...

Duck season is quickly approaching. With just a few weeks until opening day, it’s a great time to take stock of your gear and figure out what you need to upgrade—or what you’re missing. Fortunately, ...

If it walks, waddles and quacks like a duck, it’s probably a mallard but might be a redhead, a scaup, a canvasback, a pintail or some similar pattern. Unlike most casual observers who suffer not if ...

"More plenty of swans, cranes, geese, ducks and mallards, and divers sorts of fowls none would desire," wrote Captain John Smith in his 1608 account of Virginia called "A True Relation." But that's ...

A bright afternoon sun reflected off the water as I motored across a shallow slough toward a weed-choked point along the Mississippi river bottom. Small flocks of ringneck ducks passed overhead and ...