Duck blinds have come a long way since ancient Egyptians first started hunting over clay decoys along the Nile River in 2,500 B.C. But even back then hunters knew a key rule of waterfowling: The ...

TEKAMAH, Neb. — It’s cold and dark as a group rolls out of pickup trucks, crunches through thin snow past oodles of bird decoys and huddles into a long, rectangular box placed just so, right under the ...

Jess "The Undertaker" Essex of DeWitt pulled a Tom Sawyer type scheme to acquire a new duck blind at his lease on Mill Bayou. The old Essex blind is a classic bit of southeast Arkansas duck hunting ...

For a sport that begins before the sun rises, duck hunters must have functional blinds that not only fill their bags, but also keep them comfortable during a long day of hunting. “A lot of expense, ...

catch us at midmorning, when our guts are growling and our guard is down. Typical of late-season ducks, the pair is within gun range before anyone notices them. Someone in the blind hisses “ducks” ...