9:27… I JUMPED into the bay to retrieve the harlequin. The water appeared calm—until I started tracking the speed at which the current was ferrying my bird. I ...

The Kenai River Flats smelled like ducks — the damp chill in the air and the sound of flights overhead mixed with the decomposing tidal swamp to make up the recognizable qualities of the waterfowl ...

Our gear was packed the night before. It has been our tradition to wake up ready to go hunting on opening day. The only thing we did before leaving the house was make a pot of coffee. The moon lit the ...

I love duck hunting, but I don’t get to go very often. And we have good duck hunting around here, but down South they are really fanatical. If you’re a duck hunter then no doubt you’ve heard of the ...

Jade Hicks, 18, a student at Thunder Mountain High School, took top honors in the 2024 Alaska Junior Duck Stamp Contest with a painting of an American Wigeon titled “Perusing in the Pond.” Hicks’ ...