It’s no secret that decoying geese is a thrill. They are big birds and noisy in the air. Seeing geese close in on the spread and hearing them get louder as they come into range makes any waterfowler’s ...

Finding the X (the spot where geese are feeding) is easy; getting access to hunt it usually is not. In the last decade, it’s become increasingly difficult to hunt the agriculture fields that waterfowl ...

I’ve never been overly fond of hot weather. It’s this love for cooler temps that drives my passion for water fowling even after Old Man Winter gets his hands on the Midwest. I used to get excited, ...

We waited in the harvested corn field, scanning the morning sky. All was quiet for many minutes; then in the distance, we heard the first melodic strains of flying geese. I could soon make out the ...

Dawn broke slowly last Saturday over Matt Porter’s “golden pond.” In predawn darkness, we heard the sleepy murmurings of shadowy waterfowl on this 15-acre shallow pond near Wauconda. A wan light soon ...