River Honkers
By Nick Johnson Have you hung up your waders and retired the decoys for the season? I hope not! There is still season left and now is the time to [...]
An Epic Journey: Snow Goose Migrations
By: Nick Johnson I can recall as a kid, staring blindly into the cobalt-blue spring sky searching for the source of strange bark sounds and low murmuring chatter. Brilliant white [...]
Iowa Waterfowl Hotspots and Conditions
By Brodie Wubben Owner, Fowlwater Outdoors I have waterfowl hunted in northern and central Iowa my entire life chasing waterfowl and would like to share some of my experiences and [...]
Early Season Duck ID
By Nick Johnson It is common knowledge among waterfowl hunters who hunt early season that the drakes of many species of ducks appear dull and somewhat ugly in color. That [...]
Waterfowl Lingo!
Have you ever walked outside and listened to the Snow Geese or Canada's and wonder what on earth they could be screaming about? Or how about a group of mallards [...]
Small Spreads Take Limits Too
By: Nick Johnson I can remember the first band I ever shot like it was yesterday. I was hunting by myself at a public marsh in central Iowa. I had [...]
Field Hunting Mallards
As I looked through my binoculars, I couldn't help feeling like an artillery battery waiting for the next wave of fighters. Checking the horizon for that distinct line in the [...]
Snow Fall Canada’s
Few things compare to waterfowl hunting, and nothing compares to watching geese in the snow. The sound seems amplified; the acoustics of that distant moan or group would rival any [...]
Prepare Now For Waterfowl Season
Ugh the lull of summer! The turkey woods have gone silent, the mushrooms are all but gone, decaying or hidden in a jungle of poison ivy and May apples. The [...]
A Waterfowl Journey
By: Nick Johnson It starts with a change. That first real bite of cold in early fall when the leaves have barely started to turn and daylight periods grow shorter. [...]
