Waterfowl hunting

"Wildfowler" redirects here. For the racehorse, see Wildfowler (horse).
See also: Hunting in Australia and Hunting and shooting in the United Kingdom

Duck hunting using decoys near Toledo, Ohio, 1908.

Waterfowl hunting is the practice of hunting aquatic birds such as ducks, geese and other waterfowls or shorebirds for sport and meat. Waterfowl are hunted in crop fields where they feed, or in areas with bodies of water such as rivers, lakes, ponds, wetlands, sloughs, or coasts.[1] There are around 3 million waterfowl hunters in the United States alone.[2]

  1. ^ Petzal, David E. (1975). The experts' book of upland bird and waterfowl hunting. New York: Simon and Schuster. ISBN 978-0-671-21884-3.
  2. ^ "National Survey of Fishing, Hunting, and Wildlife-Associated Recreation" (PDF). U.S. Department of the Interior. 2022.