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Duck Hunting
Georgia 2024-2025 Waterfowl Hunting Dates
Early Teal Sept. 14-29
Canada Geese Sept. 7-29; Oct. 12-27; Nov. 23 - Dec. 1; Dec. 7 – Jan. 26
Duck Nov. 23 - Dec. 1; Dec. 7 – Jan. 26
Youth/Military Waterfowl Nov. 16-17
Duck Species Daily Bag Limits: 1 Black or Mottled Duck, 2 Canvasback, 1 Fulvous Whistling Duck, 2 Mallards (only 1 mallard may be a hen), 1 Pintail, 2 Redheads, 1 Scaup, 3 Wood Ducks. Possession limit is three times the daily bag limit.
An abundance of rain and good breeding production up the Eastern coast means Georgia duck hunters should expect a good season. However, news is not the same in other parts of the country. The Prairie Pothole Region of the Midwest and Canada has been very dry. Delta Waterfowl forecasts that poor breeding conditions in the…
Brunch with your opening day dove shoot? The traditional late BBQ lunch as dove hunters shuffle their feet killing time before heading to the field on opening day may be replaced by a brunch after the shooting starts at daylight. The 2021-2022 migratory bird season hunting dates and regulations were recently approved by the Board…
By Justin Kennedy Anyone who has had any relationship with me in my life knows of my love and passion for hunting ducks. I have been obsessed with the outdoors since I was old enough to understand what they were, but duck hunting held a special place in my heart. Names like Montana, Farve, Manning…
At Avian-X, designing a decoy as real-looking as the ducks flying overhead, requires carefully observing wild ducks and commissioning the world’s best decoy carvers to craft true-to-life models. From dabblers to divers, there’s a Topflight decoy for every duck hunter. Above the water, Topflight decoys employ the precise size and shape, realistic postures, and…
It was a dark, cold 30-degree December morning as we were motored across St. Catherines Sound looking for the small red blinking light on a channel marker. We were headed to the ocean side of St. Catherines Island in the predawn black, the taste and scent of the salt hitting our faces. The ride wasn’t…
Just as the first hints of gray light eased into the sky, the sounds of wood ducks calling on the horizon came to my ears. Wing beats came next as they swung around the hole, then the sharp rush of air that comes when ducks begin their descent. Shots rang out, and the familiar and…
The conditions in Georgia were very good for wood ducks this spring and summer as tropical weather patterns and storms filled up the beaver swamps across the state. Woodies are the main event for most Georgia duck hunters, so that’s the good news. An unknown, however, is how the flocks of migratory ducks will look…
Hunters can now begin making plans for Georgia’s 2020-2021 waterfowl seasons as the migratory bird hunting dates and regulations were recently approved by the Board of Natural Resources. A big change for the upcoming season is the addition of two extra days of hunting for active duty and military veterans, who will be allowed to…
Blake Jeffers has done some great video work for GON, and he is also the agriculture teacher at Metter High School in Candler County. Blake has always been proactive in getting his students involved in outdoor education. “This past week I took my classes out to our local industrial park, which gets heavily used by ducks…
It is no secret that I love duck hunting. I love my wife and my two wonderful children, but the love of duck hunting causes a man to do some pretty strange things. When my wife asks me a question, I’ll often answer with a duck call. I threw my shoulder out throwing a decoy…
Duck Recipes
Poor Man’s Peking Duck Upscale Chinese restaurants offer peking puck, a famous dish dating back more than 400 years. The traditional method uses a specific rare duck, and it takes days to prepare. We’ll make our version using a mallard, and it will only take about four hours. 1 mallard plucked, cleaned 1 bunch green…
Roast Duck With Wild Rice Dressing No hindsight ip unit displayed. 1 wood duck, dressed giblets 1 cup cooked wild rice 4 tbsp. butter black pepper seasoning salt 2 oz. jar pimentos 2 oz. jar mushrooms 2 tbsp. chopped bell pepper 1 celery stalk, washed 1 medium onion, chopped 1/4 cup chicken broth 1 apple…
Barbecue Wild Duck Ingredients 2 wild ducks, halved 1 cup ketchup 1/2 cup lemon juice 1/4 cup brown sugar 1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce 1/2 teaspoon salt 1/2 teaspoon pepper 1/2 teaspoon paprika 1 teaspoon hot sauce Mix sauce ingredients in saucepan. Heat to a low boil and simmer for about 5 minutes. Place duck halves…