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A Ducks Unlimited Guide to Hunting Dabblers
This is a comprehensive guide to hunting mallards, wood ducks, wigeon, teal, pintails, and other dabbling ducks. Never has another book offered more details on dabbler hunting tactics,
*Methods for hunting dabblers over decoys in marshes, flooded timber, agricultural fields, rivers, and small and big lakes
*Strategies for pass shooting, jump shooting, and float hunting
*Tactics for early- and late-season hunting
*Advice on how to hunt public areas
*And much, much more
In-depth chapters cover how to call dabblers; how to set up the most effective decoy spreads for a wide variety of situations; how, and where, to set up duck blinds; and how to scout and locate the best hunting spots. A chapter on shotgunning recommends which gauges, actions, chokes, and loads to use for various species and types of hunting, and includes tips for becoming a good duck shot. There's even a chapter on how to plan a duck-hunting trip, complete with information on the top ten dabbler hunting destinations in the United States and Canada. Like author Wade Bourne's first Duck Unlimited guidebook, Decoys and Proven Methods for Using Them, this one is chockfull of enough new and detailed information to make it an invaluable resource for the novice and veteran duck hunter alike.
*Methods for hunting dabblers over decoys in marshes, flooded timber, agricultural fields, rivers, and small and big lakes
*Strategies for pass shooting, jump shooting, and float hunting
*Tactics for early- and late-season hunting
*Advice on how to hunt public areas
*And much, much more
In-depth chapters cover how to call dabblers; how to set up the most effective decoy spreads for a wide variety of situations; how, and where, to set up duck blinds; and how to scout and locate the best hunting spots. A chapter on shotgunning recommends which gauges, actions, chokes, and loads to use for various species and types of hunting, and includes tips for becoming a good duck shot. There's even a chapter on how to plan a duck-hunting trip, complete with information on the top ten dabbler hunting destinations in the United States and Canada. Like author Wade Bourne's first Duck Unlimited guidebook, Decoys and Proven Methods for Using Them, this one is chockfull of enough new and detailed information to make it an invaluable resource for the novice and veteran duck hunter alike.
232 pages, Hardcover
First published October 1, 2002
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March 4, 2016
Hunting Dabblers
March 3, 2016
Hunting Dabblers was a fantastic book about waterfowl hunting. This book written by Wade Bourne provided me with many good tricks and tips for the upcoming 2016-2017 waterfowl season. It includes some photos so you can get a perfect picture of what he is talking about if you are new to the wonderful sport of waterfowl hunting. I would recommend this book to anyone who is eager to learn about waterfowl hunting and the different kinds of ducks.
March 3, 2016
Hunting Dabblers was a fantastic book about waterfowl hunting. This book written by Wade Bourne provided me with many good tricks and tips for the upcoming 2016-2017 waterfowl season. It includes some photos so you can get a perfect picture of what he is talking about if you are new to the wonderful sport of waterfowl hunting. I would recommend this book to anyone who is eager to learn about waterfowl hunting and the different kinds of ducks.
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