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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.
The talk around the fish-supper table rambled from the one that got away to the comeback of the beaver and eventually wound up with a plan to help out Georgia’s waterfowl population. Wood ducks are glad it did. Back in 1999, David Beecher, of Lyons, and a group of friends were discussing how the beaver…
The largest turn-out of duck callers in the history of Georgia’s state calling championships showed up in Macon at GON’s Outdoor Blast. The 2010 event attracted 27 callers from five states. Up for grabs were state-championship titles in the Georgia State Duck Calling Contest, which sends a Georgia caller to the World’s Duck Calling Championship…
Charles Petty may list his home as Harrisburg, Ark. these days, but Georgia still claims this native son as the best duck caller our pine hills have ever produced. Born in Clarkston, Charles is a former Georgia State Champion duck caller who has been guiding duck hunters in the Jonesboro, Ark. area for the past…
Chad Poole, of Soperton, used a Buck Gardner Kryptonite call and plenty of wind to earn the title of Georgia’s 2009 State Duck Calling Champion. Chad faced tough competition to claim the title in this year’s event, which was held in Macon at the Outdoor Blast on Aug. 7. Placing an extremely close second was…
At last: The bag limit on wood ducks has been raised to three birds per day! In a state where wood ducks are No. 1 in the harvest, and where most hunters have only woodies to hunt in a beaver-pond swamp, that’s great news. “Historically, the No. 1 question we heard from duck hunters is…
A ticket to Stuttgart, Ark. for the Super Bowl of duck calling — not to mention the coveted title as the 2008 Georgia State Champion — went to Clint Shipman of Byron during Georgia’s sanctioned state event held at the Outdoor Blast in Macon on Aug. 8. Competitors had to blow in three rounds of…
Hope the birds are flying on opening day. Getting your limit of fast-flying doves may be even more of a challenge this year. A good wood-duck hole could be a lot more fun this winter, too. How does three woodies heading home for the oven taste? The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) has already…
The GONetwork and the Henry County Water and Sewerage Authority (HCWSA) hosted the third-annual Kids Duck Box Building Day on Feb. 16. The event, held at HCWSA’s Cubihatcha Outdoor Center in Locust Grove, attracted about 75 people, including 31 kids. The project, which began as an effort to simply get kids involved in an outdoor-related…
Despite the drought, many duck hunters have had a good season already. If you have water in your pond or beaver pond, you are likely to have some woodies. Here are some reports from around the state: • Altamaha WMA: Jay Daniell of Tifton said the hunting was good on Rhetts Island on Dec. 15…
The morning was cold — not cold enough to ice the pond, but cold enough to make me wonder if I had time to pour another cup from the thermos. As usual, it took a chilly morning in the water to discover a new hole in my waders… an even more convincing argument for a…
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…