I have a three year license, where the hell can I ge my hip cert at? It's not an option online, do I have to go in to a license agent and can they do it manually? Google has been no help, all of the SCDNR pages just say you need it but not how

Shot over a full spread of spoonies for 3 buffleheads, 2 spoonies, and 2 blue winged- teal for a limit! Not much else here right now ‘cept for spoonies and divers but the teal showed up on the front of this storm.

Any one out there with a bad back ever spent time in a layout boat or ground layout, looking for any tips tricks or recommendations (or is it not worth it) for a guy with a bad back before I go out and buy

Drake on the left is bigger with a lighter shorter beak. Drake on the right is smaller with a longer and darker beak.

Recommended shot size for Mallards and Wood Ducks? Never been duck hunting. From my little bit of research seems mallards are medium duck and wood ducks are small? Would #4 be good or should I up it to #3?

4 man before 9 on Sunday. The few fronts we’ve had finally pushed some fresh birds down.

Could someone recommend some quality brands for equipment. I used drake and used to love them but had some stuff break and rip prematurely and am curious about other brands.

Went to jump a river after work in southern Idaho and came out with three common mergs. Going to breast them out, brine, and put them into some sausage after I get a few more birds.

We don’t get a whole lot of birds besides teal and grays. I would rather pick out drake gadwalls but I’m struggling to differentiate them on the wing. What should I be looking for?

Shot this grey duck in Texas off of east bay last Friday and was trying to get an identification on it. Came in with some teal.

Its my last weekend of duck hunting this year. What style of duck hunting should I focus on? ● 10 foot old town predator: run and gun, small spread, no geese, quick, lightly brushed in. ● 12 H12: slow but stable, medium size spread w/ a couple geese, diver, has a fully brushed in layout blind ● Old Town Discovery 158, quick and agile, not good in wind, massive gear hauler, large spread, gang lines and lots of geese floaters, no blind

I have no dog and i would be going out on my own. I may have to break ice.

I hunt in the worst weather and my bag at times could be literally floating in frigid swamp water. What's your favorite thermos that will keep things piping hot no matter what.

Early Christmas for me! Friend of mine gave me two GK calls (one duck, one goose). Now I have to create some opportunities to put them to good use! 😜

What kind of spread would you run for a combo shoot of canadas and snows? We’ve got about 50 dozen snow decoys (mix of socks and silos) and another 15 dozen Canadas (mix of full bodies and silos/silo socks). We have permission on several fields with good Canada feeds, but there is a boat load of snows in the area that seem to switch where they’re feeding daily. Should we run mostly snow decoys with some Canadas or vice versa?

I found a deal that sounds a little too good to be true, $150 for a dozen brand new northern flight full body geese. I was curious if they were worth getting or are they just Chinese junk.

Have been field hunting geese for the last 10 years. Recently moved and bought a jon boat. I have access to a couple private ponds and public access to some bigger water now that I have the boat. Needing to buy some floaters for ducks and geese. Does anyone know of any holiday sales? Also, if anyone in Eastern Illinois needs a new hunting buddy, I have a field goose spread, a jon boat, and bring good snacks to the blind to share.

Wife will start hunting with me (maybe one or two times a year) and I would like to get her some waders. She's 5'1 and petite - should I go with child waders? If so, who makes good ones? Thanks

Went duck hunting today and had a blast. It was a target rich environment, but I did not hit anything! I have mentioned in a previous post that at the moment, all I have to use is the pump action Mossberg 20 gauge that I have had since childhood which only has a 22 inch barrel. It has a modified choke. The birds were flying from the north and headed south. The wind seemed to be coming from the southwest. They were flying fast, and they would change altitude frequently, flying in groups of 3 to 9. I was surrounded by birds so I know that wasn’t the reason why I went home empty-handed today, I’m assuming it’s maybe because my shotgun is not configured appropriately for this kind of hunt? My next gun is going to be a 12 gauge pump, Any suggestions for how I should configure it?

Also, do any of you with more experience than me have any suggestions for some tactics that I may not know about?

I appreciate anybody that takes the time to respond to this, I hope you have a great rest of the season. Stay safe.

Do not know if this would be the right sub, but no one in my family hunts, I’m 17 getting into it. Need to get a shotgun, I’m using one from 1931, and it’s time to upgrade, I’d like a semi auto and a good quality. But not a ton of money. Any suggestions?

Alright guys. I feel wierd asking this but I'm genuinely curious 😂

I saw a post awhile back on Facebook where someone called a goose a Spicy _____. It was funny as hell and I'm hoping someone here can remind me of it. Its kinda like how bees are called spicy raisens 😂.

To add to this tho. What other nicknames have you given birds? I usually call geese swamp turkeys. I've called turkeys thunder chickens etc. Lets here whatever you call them and if it's specific like for a mallard, note it. Looking forward to some good ones but ideally want to find out what the spicy goose is called. It was spicy flying something or other. I cannot remember for the life of me.