Nine fully grown men – and one “still-growing” boy – tucked their chins to their chests to avoid detection from the expansive flocks circling overhead. It was early January, the fields of corn long ...
As someone who grew up field hunting stubborn Canada geese in Illinois, I can’t think of a better feeling than when Sept. 1 hits. It’s the kick-off to resident honker season, when young, uneducated ...
Duck blinds have come a long way since ancient Egyptians first started hunting over clay decoys along the Nile River in 2,500 B.C. But even back then hunters knew a key rule of waterfowling: The ...
TEMPERENCE – The geese – a flock of about 30 – came from upwind, flying toward our decoy set from behind us. They seemed fixated on our dekes, ignoring the well-grassed, A-Frame blind the four of us ...
Snow goose hunting season is not far off and can't come soon enough. Duck season is either over or nearly over for most of us. Canada geese are already closed in most states. What better cure for ...
FRANKFORT, Ky. (WBKO) - The Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources has scheduled dates for public drawings to select season-long waterfowl hunting blind sites at four wildlife management ...
The early morning air is crisp and still. From your blind at the edge of a lake, you hear the faint sound of wings overhead.
Filmmaker Emma Lou Reid had never been in a duck blind until assisting on a New Orleans artist’s project several years ago. What she discovered took on a life of its own. “In the Blind,” a documentary ...
The Charles family has worked this farm since the 1860s, mostly in the poultry business. This pit blind is just out the back door from the home of Ken’s older brother and fellow waterfowl hunter, ...
BILLINGS - Larry Webster came in to The Billings Gazette office recently with my work already done for me. Webster, an avid sportsman who lives on a small ranch near Roberts, brought in one of my ...