Tips to Improve Your Waterfowl Species ID
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Imagine a beautiful, crisp fall morning. The air is quiet, and you can see your reflection in the mirrored surface of the lake you’re perched on. Suddenly, you hear the sound of whistling wings above your head, approaching your decoys fast. Are you confident that you’ll be able to quickly identify what species of waterfowl is overhead in the dim light of dawn? Or is there a little voice of doubt in the back of your head? Shoot or don’t shoot?!
Having good waterfowl identification skills is obviously important to make sure you don’t exceed your bag limits. But it’s also just a skill that you should work to develop further each year. If you call yourself a hard core duck hunter (or any hunter, for that matter), you should work to master your craft over time and learn as much about your game animal as possible. That’s what ethical hunting and being hard core is all about. You respect the animal enough to make good hunting decisions. Plus, knowing your ducks from a distance is just plain fun – it’s an enjoyable hobby to sit in your duck boat and just identify ducks, to say nothing about hunting them! Now let’s dive in (forgive the pun) to the juicy tips and techniques.
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