While the Mississippi River was far from setting any kind of record for flood stages, duck hunters from all across the state agreed that the 2009-10 duck season was a wet one. Many hunters reported that there was just too much water, especially in the Delta region, for ducks to have to commit to just one area to feed and loaf. […]
When you mention diving ducks to most Mississippi hunters, especially in the Delta, most will give you a weird look and say a few choice words. The scaup and other divers that are prize waterfowl in some parts of the country just aren’t that popular in the Magnolia State. […]
The internet has dramatically revolutionized hunters’ access to timely information about every aspect of hunting. This includes site information, state licensing, harvest data, hunting rules and regulations, public hunting areas, federal lands, hunting tips, tricks, tactics and strategies and everything else in between. […]
Tallahatchie County could be the hottest waterfowling hotspot in the Mississippi Delta, which is quite a statement given the world-renowned status of duck hunting across the Magnolia State’s Delta region. […]
For waterfowlers, the season begins this month with the arrival of flight after flight of blue-winged teal. […]
Recent rainfalls in Canada has increased potential duck production and survival dramatically as potholes filled and habitat increased. […]
Duck callers from across the country will gather in Stuttgart, Ark., March 19-20 to compete for positions in the World’s Championship Duck Calling Contest held later this year. The Arkansas Duck Calling Classic, hosted by Ducks Unlimited and Mack’s Prairie Wings, is one of the largest sanctioned duck-calling competitions in the country. […]
A Natchez man was arrested in Louisiana for allegedly allowing his son to shoot a duck during closed season, the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries reported. […]
It’s February. You’re sick of deer hunting. Your rabbit dogs are dead tired. The woods are too wet to squirrel hunt. Turkey hunting is more than a month away. It is way too cold to fish — besides the bass boat is still in storage. […]
Few duck hunters will argue that Mississippi’s alluvial valley offers the best duck hunting in the state. The heart of the Mississippi flyway, the Delta area provides the three most important things to migrating ducks: food, water and cover. […]
State biologists counted an estimated 400,491 waterfowl in the Mississippi Delta during their December aerial survey conducted Dec. 16-18, the Mississippi Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks Department reported. […]
The lonely, wailing cry of a wood duck hen greeted the morning as pink daylight edged farther across the sky.
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