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The Ultimate Guide to Calling and Decoying Waterfowl: Tips and Tactics for Hunting Ducks and Geese by Monte Burch Paperback from The Lyons Press ISBN: 1592285236 The sport of hunting ducks and geese is alive and quite well in North America, thanks in large part to a resurgence of waterfowl numbers, which, in turn, can be traced to conservation groups such as Ducks Unlimited and Delta Waterfowl, Inc., as well as to sportsmen who impose limits on themselves far stricter than those issued by the law. Assembling the gear, fixing the decoys, working with the Labs and Chesapeakes, caring for the firearms, fixing the blinds or duck boats, and always looking for more hotspots to hunt, waterfowlers are a breed unto themselves. In these pages, read how to become adept at all aspects of duck and goose hunting-how to set the decoys in various conditions, how to call for the various species at different times of the year, how to get out there on the marsh or grain field and collect birds.

Misery Loves Company: Waterfowling and the Relentless Pursuit of Self-Abuse by Bill Buckley Hardcover from Ducks Unlimited, Inc. ISBN: 0961727985 This book takes a fun-filled look at the foibles, follies, pratfalls, and unpredictable world of the duck hunter, from the time his alarm rings at 3:00 a.m. until he stumbles into freezing marsh water two hours later, swamping his waders but not dampening his enthusiasm for the sport. Why do duck hunters do it? Sit in driving rain for hours awaiting ducks that may never come? Shiver in freezing boats and blinds in the most inaccessible, not to mention inhospitable, environs imaginable? Author-photographer Bill Buckley writes about these magic moments with humor and verve, but it is his brilliant color photographs that steal the show. The hapless hunter who watches helplessly as his partner's Suburban backs out of the driveway-and over the gun case that holds his favorite shotgun. Click! The faithful retriever that elegantly lifts its leg and makes a sop of the hunter's blind bag. Click! And the pained expressions on the faces of duck hunters caught in the act of "enjoying" their favorite sport. Click. Waterfowlers who sometimes question their own sanity can now take heart. "It's all right," Buckley writes, "if you like standing in swamp muck for hours on end. It's okay if your family thinks you're weird. Who cares if your girlfriend diagnoses you as obsessive-compulsive or sadomasochistic? The important thing is, you're not alone."

Hunting Ducks and Geese: Hard Facts, Good Bets, and Serious Advice from a Duck Hunter You Can Trust by Steve Smith Paperback from Stackpole Books ISBN: 0811728889 Covers preseason scouting, how and where to place a blind, use of decoys and calls Identifies and corrects common mistakes made when placing and setting up blinds and decoys, timing the hunt, and waiting for waterfowl This engaging guide covers all the how-to's of hunting waterfowl, including more advanced techniques like river hunting, flooded timber shooting, and prairie shooting. As managed areas become a fact of life for waterfowlers, Smith's advice on how to work within these systems is increasingly useful, as is his emphasis on the importance of hunting with dogs to maximize success ratios and minimize the likelihood of cripples.

A Ducks Unlimited Guide to Hunting Dabblers by Wade Bourne Hardcover from Ducks Unlimited, Inc. ISBN: 1932052003 This is a comprehensive guide to hunting mallards, wood ducks, wigeon, teal, pintails, and other dabbling ducks. Never has another book offered more details on dabbler hunting tactics, including: *Methods for hunting dabblers over decoys in marshes, flooded timber, agricultural fields, rivers, and small and big lakes *Strategies for pass shooting, jump shooting, and float hunting *Tactics for early- and late-season hunting *Advice on how to hunt public areas *And much, much more In-depth chapters cover how to call dabblers; how to set up the most effective decoy spreads for a wide variety of situations; how, and where, to set up duck blinds; and how to scout and locate the best hunting spots. A chapter on shotgunning recommends which gauges, actions, chokes, and loads to use for various species and types of hunting, and includes tips for becoming a good duck shot. There's even a chapter on how to plan a duck-hunting trip, complete with information on the top ten dabbler hunting destinations in the United States and Canada. Like author Wade Bourne's first Duck Unlimited guidebook, Decoys and Proven Methods for Using Them, this one is chockfull of enough new and detailed information to make it an invaluable resource for the novice and veteran duck hunter alike.

The Complete Hunter: Duck Hunting (The Hunting and Fishing Library) by Dick Sternberg, Jeff Simpson Hardcover from Cowles Creative Publishing Inc. ISBN: 0865730652 This guide provides hunters with the knowledge, methods and equipment for hunting ducks.

A Waterfowler's Bedside Book by Eric Begbie Paperback from Lulu.com ISBN: 141167023X A superb collection of waterfowling and wildfowling tales from a well known waterfowler. It covers duck hunting and goose shooting in Britain, America and Canada and deserves a place at every goose and duck hunter's bedside. Second enlarged edition.

The Duck Hunter's Book: Classic Waterfowl Stories Paperback from Lyons Press ISBN: 1592284221 This book should have a place in every duck hunter's library--from the novice to the expert.

161 Waterfowling Secrets by Inc. Ducks Unlimited Paperback from Ducks Unlimited, Inc. 161 Waterfowling Secrets provides the avid hunter with valuable tips and ideas to become a more successful waterfowler. Chapters are devoted to helping you improve your skills with: blinds & concealment; boats; calls & calling; decoys; guns & loads; retrievers; safety; tactics; waders and more. (6 x 9, 86 pages, b&w photos, illustrations)

The Duck Gods Must Be Crazy: More Stories of Waterfowling Obsession by Doug Larsen Hardcover from Ducks Unlimited, Inc. ISBN: 1932052224 In this follow up to his best-selling book Don't Shoot the Decoys, author Doug Larsen offers more humorous observations on the sport of waterfowling. The book begins with a hilarious "Open Letter to the Duck Gods," in which Larsen wonders aloud about what he has done to deserve the wrath of the duck hunting deities, which have obviously conspired against him to ruin his hunting season, his physical and mental health, and his family life. "Three weeks into the season," he writes, "with only two weeks left to go. Everything seems to be going against me, and I wouldn't know a limit of ducks if I tripped over one." From there Larsen lets his duck hunting fancy take flights that are sure to tickle the funny bones of waterfowlers everywhere. These include ruminations on why there aren't any duck hunting movies (in the story "Black Duck Down"), a duck hunt with two sharp-shooting and keen-witted little old ladies in the Louisiana bayou (in "A Duck for Gumbo"), a chapter devoted to, of all things, "Coot Tactics," and seventeen other new and original stories of "waterfowling obsession." Indeed, what was said when Larsen published his first book is even more apt with the publication of his second: "If Gordon MacQuarrie is the voice of the old duck hunters, then Doug Larsen is the voice of the new."

Waterfowl Hunting: Ducks and Geese of North America (The Complete Hunter) by Nick Smith Hardcover from Creative Publishing international ISBN: 1589232372 Each year more than 4 million hunters pursue waterfowl species in North America alone. This basic outdoor reference for hunters covers bird identification and actual hunting strategies for 27 major species of puddle ducks, diving ducks, and geese. The author also discusses several different styles of hunting waterfowl-from the water and from land-plus different kinds of blinds and their relative usefulness in various habitats. How-to information on calling and decoying is covered in detail, including decoy placement strategies and all the popular patterns. Both US and Canadian species and hunting opportunities are discussed. Includes index.

American Duck Shooting (Classics of American Sport)
by George Bird Grinnell, Jim Casada
(Paperback - August 1991)

American Wingshooting : A Twentieth Century Pictorial Saga
Ben O. Williams, Charley F. Waterman
Hardcover: 160 pages ; Dimensions (in inches): 0.64 x 11.24 x 9.30
Publisher: Willow Creek Press; ;
ISBN: 1572231904

Arizona Game Birds
David E. Brown, Paul Bosman (Illustrator)
Hardcover / Published 1989
 

By Dawn's Early Light by E. Donnall Jr. Thomas Book Description: "Hunts are best measured by the endurance of the memories they produce," E. Donnall Thomas Jr. writes in this, his first collection of waterfowling essays. He might have added that good books are likewise measured by how vivid, and how long, they remain in the mind of the reader. By Dawn's Early Light is a book that will stay with you long after you have read it. Though he has pursued big game, upland birds, and a variety of fish all over the world, Thomas reserves a special place in his heart for duck and goose hunting, That's because waterfowling is to him a uniquely American sport. A sport of home and hearth, of memories made even more poignant by the knowledge that the first light of dawn is fleeting and will not last. Thomas captures these moments so well that his memories become ours. Hardcover from Ducks Unlimited, Inc.

Duck Hunting (Hunting & Fishing Library) by Jeff Simpson, Dick Sternberg Hardcover - 144 pages Creative Publishing International; ISBN: 0865730652

161 Waterfowling Secrets : Time-Honored, Field-Tested Waterfowling Tips and Advice from Ducks Unlimited Members
Ducks Unlimited Magazine Staff

Paperback - 78 pages
Willow Creek Press; ISBN: 0961727926

Carving Decorative Duck Decoys : With Full-Size Templates
by Harry V. Shourds, Anthony Hillman (Contributor)
(Paperback - September 1984)

Carving Miniature Duck Decoys
by Anthony Hillman
(Paperback - November 1985)

The Duck Stamp Story
by Eric Jay Dolin, Bob Dumaine
Listed under Philately

Collecting Antique Bird Decoys and Duck Calls
by Carl F. Luckey
(Paperback - March 1992)

Don't Shoot the Decoys: Original Stories of Waterfowling Obsession
by Doug Larsen
Book Description: Waterfowlers may be passionate-even obsessive-about their sport, but at least they don't take themselves too seriously. That's because duck and goose hunting is so often a humbling experience. In that respect, these 20 stories by Doug Larson are like the classic wildfowl tales of, say, Gordon MacQuarrie-that is, they celebrate the sport of waterfowling while tickling the funny bone. But while Larson is in many ways a traditionalist when it comes to waterfowling-and storytelling-his voice is refreshingly new. Larson's subject, in fact, is the modern hunter's struggle to come to terms with the past while living fully in the present. For instance, while he expresses a love for the hardy duck chasers in canvas coats who humped dozens of cork decoys through mud and mire to secret blinds, he also admits "adapting" to the comforts and conveniences of four-wheel ATVs, portable blind heaters, hollow-body plastic decoys, and polyester "fleece" parkas. On the other hand, he takes pokes at the modern trend to overcomplicate the sport. "Whatever happened to throwing rocks?" he asks in a chapter on motion decoys. Though the book finds humor in the "small" moments associated with duck and goose hunting, it occasionally delivers a real zinger that will bring tears to the reader's eyes, as in the hilarious chapter titled "Concrete," in which Larsen discovers what can happen when a son takes his non-hunting dad waterfowling for the first time.
Hardcover from Ducks Unlimited, Inc.

Duck Hunting (Hunting & Fishing Library)
by Jeff Simpson, Dick Sternberg
(Hardcover)

Duck and Goose Cookbook
by A. D. Livingston
Listed under Cookbooks

Natural History of the Waterfowl
by Frank S. Todd
Hardcover
Ibis Pub Co; ISBN: 0934797110
Special Order

Last Stories of the Old Duck Hunters (Gordon MacQuarrie Trilogy)
by Gordon MacQuarrie
(Hardcover)

Handbook of Waterfowl Identification
by Frank S. Todd, James F. Clements (Editor)
Listed under Waterbirds

Hunting Ducks and Geese
Steve Smith, David Roebuck (Illustrator)
Hardcover / Published 1984

Misery Loves Company: Waterfowling and the Relentless Pursuit of Self-Abuse
by Bill Buckley
Hardcover from Ducks Unlimited, Inc.

Retriever Training for the Duck Hunter
by Robert Milner
Listed under Gun Dogs

Painting Duck Decoys : 24 Full-Color Plates and Complete Instructions
by Anthony Hillman
(Paperback - April 1985)

Waterfowl Identification : The Lemaster Method
by Richard Lemaster
Listed under Waterbirds

Ralf Coykendall's Duck Decoys and How to Rig Them
by Ralf Coykendall, Bob Cary (Illustrator)
Paperback - 137 pages Reprint edition (October 1989)
The Lyons Press; ISBN: 1558210393

Stories of the Old Duck Hunters : & Other Drivel (Gordon MacQuarrie Trilogy)
by Gordon MacQuarrie, et al (
Hardcover)

Successful Duck Hunting : A Look into the Heart of Waterfowling
by M. D. Johnson, Julia Johnson (Photographer)
(Paperback)

Goose Hunting: Doing it the Right Way
by Bill Marchel (Photographer), Teresa Marrone (Illustrator), Dennis E. Hunt (Illustrator)
Paperback - 120 pages
Dennis Hunt Hunting Products Inc; ISBN: 0965390853

Grouse Hunter's Guide : Solid Facts, Insights, and Observations on How to Hunt the Ruffed Grouse
Dennis Walrod
Hardcover / Published 1985

Waterfowling Horizons : Shooting Ducks & Geese in the 21st Century
by Christopher S. Smith, Jason A. Smith
Hardcover - 270 pages (December )
Wilderness Adventures Pr; ISBN: 1885106505

Waterfowl : An Identification Guide to the Ducks, Geese and Swans of the World
by Steve Madge, Hilary Burn (Illustrator)
Listed under Waterbirds

Wingshooter's Guide to South Dakota : Upland Birds and Waterfowl
by Ben O. Williams, Chuck Johnson
(Paperback)

Wingshooter's Guide to Idaho : Upland Birds and Waterfowl
by Ken Retallic, Rocky Barker
(Paperback)

Wingshooter's Guide to North Dakota : Upland Birds & Waterfowl
by Chuck Johnson, Jason A. Smith
Paperback: 260 pages
Wilderness Adventures Press; ISBN: 1885106238; (July )

North American Waterfowl
(National Audubon Society Pocket Guides)
by Richard K. Walton
Listed under Waterbirds

Shotguns and Shooting: A Celebration of the Gun
Michael McIntosh, et al
Listed under Firearms

Waterfowling Boats, Blinds & Related Gear
by Chuck Lichon (Editor)
Paperback - 120 pages
Outdoor Pubns; ISBN: 0965978400
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The Compleat Waterfowler : A Discourse on Duck Hunting with a Little Goose on the Side
by Buck Peterson, J. Angus McLean (Illustrator)
Paperback - 208 pages
The Lyons Press; ISBN: 1558213910
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