While flooded corn might be in the spotlight, the reality is that duck hunting is changing. The best hunters will adapt.

I was surprised to see another hunter had beaten me to the boat ramp. Waves from a hard north wind were lapping against the bank when the graying man walked up to me and asked if I was hunting alone.

It can be tough out there for the freelance duck hunter. Modern waterfowl migrations (and the weather that drives them) are unpredictable, there’s tough competition on many public marshes, and private ...

Todd Taylor, a fowler from South Carolina, sits in his boat in Bayou Meto. Duck hunters like Taylor may be the saving grace of wetlands in the Natural State. Credit: Lucas Dufalla / Arkansas ...

On the last day of the 2025 duck season in the heart of Arkansas' premier duck country, longtime hunter Todd Taylor said the hunt just wasn't as good as previous years. Sitting in his boat in the ...