The other day I received an e-mail from a fellow in Sandpoint, Idaho, complaining about duck decoys with motorized wings. He said hunters who used the decoy had an unfair advantage over those who didn ...

Serious waterfowlers tend to be a hidebound bunch, their actions often dictated more by tradition and a personal code of conduct than convenience or legal strictures. Examples are easy to find. It is ...

Results from the most in-depth study to date on the effectiveness of motorized duck decoys indicates waterfowlers who use the increasingly popular machines take significantly more ducks per hunt than ...

Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. Guys like gadgets. That's certainly part of the appeal of a motorized duck decoy, complete with ...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) They re known as moto-ducks: motorized duck decoys that add a new dimension to decoy realism by mimicking the flashing wings of landing ducks. But California wildlife officials ...

When it comes to waterfowl hunting, there isn't much Scott Butz doesn't know. That's why for the past five years, the 38-year-old Argusville, N.D., man has worked on ways to improve his hunts. "We saw ...

A flap continues over robotic ducks, those wing-flapping decoys -- sometimes called robo ducks -- that hunters have been using to attract high-flying ducks in recent years. They remain a legal, viable ...

Opening day of duck season is still a couple of months away, but it’s never too early to start getting your gear ready. The key to a successful hunting season is preparation. Part of that involves ...

The Department of Natural Resources will ask the Minnesota Legislature for $12 million this year in the first installment of an ambitious push to buy more wildlife management areas both for hunting as ...

As we progress through the month of September, we see more and more attention being focused on hunting activities. Last week marked the opening of the small game season and archery deer. This weekend ...

For years, hunters have realized that adding movement, however slight, can bring a decoy spread to life. Waterfowlers have been the main experimenters with motion. Whether it’s through the use of a ...