Florida's first split-phase general duck hunting season ends today at sunset, with the next and final phase running Dec. 12-Jan. 31. The last phase usually is best, with Northern ducks pouring into… ...

Willy Smith, my duck hunting buddy from Willmar, also is smitten by duck boats. He owns a Grumman Sport Boat and also a Lund Snipe, the latter a 14-footer that can be used for duck hunting but at ...

Layout boat hunting has caught on here on the Great Salt Lake, where the shoreline is full of pass-shooters, but relatively few hunters access the open water. My boat, a 9 ½-foot molded-fiberglass ...

Layout hunting has been practiced for decades on lakes in Wisconsin and elsewhere. But beginning in 2021 the practice took on a special emphasis in Wisconsin with the advent of the open water zone ...

At Wait's invitation, Kakatsch and I joined him for a half-day of layout hunting on Green Bay. This variety of waterfowl hunting gets its name from a small, low-profile "gunning" boat used in the ...

Nuggets and observation in Aaron Yetter’s latest blog after the aerial waterfowl survey include more ducks than usual, a layout boat, buffleheads, mallards and swans.

Open-water duck hunting comes to Lake Superior, ... Once decoys are set out, the tender boat returns to shore, and the hunter lies back in the layout boat waiting for flocks of ducks to come by.

Waterfowl may be taken in open water on Minnesota waters of Lake Superior as long as the duck boat, layout boat, etc., remains anchored. Other watercraft restrictions, such as the requirement for ...