FRESNO, Calif. - If it looks like a duck, acts like a duck and flaps its wings like a duck, conventional wisdom dictates that it is, in fact, a duck. But not always. Not when the duck in question is ...

Half of my garage is solely dedicated to duck decoys. I have dozens upon dozens of mallards, black ducks, pintails, wood ducks, wigeon, and gadwall floaters. Then there are the full bodies, ...

Calm days can be brutal for duck hunting. Without wind, ducks can approach the “X” from any angle they like. Plus your spread will appear still and lifeless — unless you’re rigged up with the ...

It's no secret that adding motion to a decoy spread is the best way to increase realism. Stagnant water can flare birds far out of shotgun range. Traditionally, hunters solved this issue with jerk ...

Arkansas has joined Minnesota as states in the Mississippi Flyway that have banned the use of electrical spinning-wing decoys for duck hunting. According to an Associated Press article, the Arkansas ...

Scott Butz has a passion for inventing hunting and fishing paraphernalia. Butz, who launched Reel Wings wind-driven, wing-flapping goose and duck decoys in 2006, now has 11 patents pending. His latest ...

Beginning this season, spinning-wing decoys will be banned on two Arkansas wildlife management areas. (AGFC photo) As waterfowl-hunting technology gets more advanced, there are some hunters who ...