No one’s doubting your successful duck hunting trips of seasons past—whether you’ve been hunting waterfowl 20 years or the 20 days since you got your hunting license, you and those lucky enough to be tolling next to you have had hunts that had bragging all the way to next season.   However, let’s not be coy: we’ve all had those hunting… Continue reading →

Something you need to understand about retrievers before you start training is that these dogs were born to hunt. Of course, having a retriever with hunting pedigree gives them even a bit of a genetic edge. However, even the best duck hunting dogs have to be trained and have their skills refined before they can head out into the field or on… Continue reading →

If there is one thing we have stressed repeatedly, it is the fact that waterfowl are especially intelligent animals. Ducks and geese are able to observe and learn from their “experiences” on a daily basis. They can be the hungriest birds on the planet, but if they have come under fire in a similar setting in a particular area, they… Continue reading →