I grew up in northeast Ohio in the 1970s, which meant, as a duck hunter , I grew up hearing duck sounds from mallards and black ducks, both of which quack. My father and I didn’t attempt to call wood ...

In regards to ducks, duck callers, and duck calling, Nash Buckingham once said, “A duck call in the hands of the unskilled is conservation’s greatest asset.” Mr. Buckingham may be spot on when it ...

Hunting waterfowl as a pastime goes back centuries, and while some of the hunting technology has advanced considerably, one tool has remained constant: the handheld duck call. To attract their prey, ...

I was nestled in a blind I had placed near a small pond. Through a tiny port in my hideout I saw a drake wood duck winging my way. Like a maple leaf in the wind, the wood duck — dressed in his ...

All diehard duck hunters have their favorite species, and they’ll usually rank them something like this: greenheads, canvasbacks, and pintails. But living and hunting in the northern half of the ...

Zach Raulie is a travelin' man, which may be the reason he recently won the Florida state duck calling championship for a third time. As a district sales manager for Winnebago, Raulie travels a good ...