When you go on an outfitted hunt, you’re going with a guide (or guides) who is more than likely busting their ass to bring you a good, fun, successful hunt. They are providing a service, and tipping is not only the norm but culturally expected- and rightfully so.
Anytime you’re working with firearms, the danger of injusry is just one simple mistake away. We wanted to know how outfitters and guides could be more prepared for the worst, so we asked an expert.
Hunting honkers over larger bodies of water is a different kind of hunt. Find your loaf or run some traffic and check out these tips to take down a few geese over the big wet.
It’s the beginning of a new season, and we’re going to have a few new hunters! Ryan Barnes lays out five tips for introducing new hunters to waterfowl hunting.
Every now and then you notice something someone else is doing or has with them, and think, “that’s a great idea, I should do that (or bring one of those with me) next hunt” - here are a few things you may or may not already have with you on hunts to make things a little easier.
If you haven’t done it yet, you should probably give your shotgun(s) a full taking-care-of as the season transitions from the end of waterfowl, into turkey now and then to the off-season.
So you’re getting a new pup and it’s going to be a duck dog- but how will he/she get there? Will you dedicate the time and energy to training him or her yourself, or send your new four-legged hunting buddy to a pro?
