14 Facts About Waterfowl hunting

Waterfowl hunting is the practice of hunting ducks, geese, or other waterfowl for food and sport.

Waterfowl hunting can be hunted in crop fields where they feed, or, more frequently, on or near bodies of water such as rivers, lakes, ponds, swamps, sloughs, or oceanic coastlines.

Market Waterfowl hunting started to take form, to supply the local population living along the Atlantic coast with fresh ducks and geese.

Some hunting guns have camouflage-patterned stocks and low-gloss finishes on the metal to reduce their visibility to waterfowl.

Boats are used while Waterfowl hunting to set up decoys, pick up birds, or travel to and from Waterfowl hunting areas.

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Boats for Waterfowl hunting are generally either propelled by motor or with oars.

Duck Waterfowl hunting is a cold sport and the hunter must be well insulated from the cold.

Waterfowl hunting that are fully protected in all Australian states and territories and therefore must not be shot include: the Cape Barren goose, Black swan, Freckled duck, Blue-billed duck and Burdekin duck.

Waterfowl hunting is plentiful in Canada, and there is a wide range of birds that are legal to hunt.

Legal Waterfowl hunting is limited to a set time period, which generally extends from fall to early winter, while birds are migrating south.

The reason for this is that snow geese populations have become so large that more Waterfowl hunting is needed to control their populations, as they are destroying their habitat.

Diver hunting is the major waterfowl activity along the coastal regions of the Atlantic local populations of greater snow geese seem to be increasing in number, as they have started breeding with lesser snow geese and their migration range is ever increasing.

North Carolina's Outer Banks, and the Core and Pamlico Sounds have been known for centuries for great waterfowl hunting drawing people from throughout the big cities of the northeastern states.

Waterfowl hunting are indigenous to marsh and wetland areas, which are shrinking at alarming rates due to the drought and farmers draining wetland areas to plant crops.