Fly-By: Wood Duck

Ducks Unlimited Chief Biologist Dale Humburg talks about the fast-flying wood duck. Learn more about their biology and how you can improve your chances of bagging a few this season.

More wood duck facts are available in the DU Waterfowl ID Gallery:
http://www.ducks.org/hunting/waterfowlGallery/19/index.html

Get more hunting tips at First Flight / Opening Day:
http://openingday.ducks.org

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[Letsgohunting34]

my first 2 ducks were wood ducks.

[Imazor12345]

@citalopram40mg same here

[citalopram40mg]

first duck i shot was a woody

[MrDrakesOnly]

@Mrduckman97fly because your state produces them, as does mine (PA). We are a breeding and nesting ground for wood ducks. . Although they do not stand cold temperatures, most of the wood ducks that you're asking to shoot during your early season have not begun their migration yet, and get off the hook so to speak when it comes to you being able to get to them before they leave. Good luck this season you could always catch a straggler who's late to the party, got one in december last year.

[heykayde]

Perhaps you could think about shooting them with a camera? I hunt all kinds of birds that way and have been dying to get a good image of one of these beauties.

[gloripine]

mrduckman I live in Ohio and we jump shoot them from small creeks along cornfields plenty in the early season ,,I would like to try to decoy them in with a DC call

[hotrodkimbla]

@TheBlegg nevada equals banded wood ducks

[TheBlegg]

North Carolina= wood ducks

[Slabslayin]

@sniper...Ahhh, you mean you don't like a duck that tastes like a bad sardine??lol

[sethhamer]

@Mrduckman97fly Come to Georgia. All we have here is woodies. I would do anything to get in some pintails and mallards.