Jul 13, 2026 · 34 min · 12 segments
There are many ways to hunt ducks, and each has a time and place where it can be effective. On this episode I cover four strategies for hunting in different conditions to help get you started…
You're going to hunt ducks in a blind on water and try to call them in to your spread.
This is maybe the most traditional approach or one of the most traditional approaches is you're going to get out there.
You're going to build a blind or find a blind or find some way to hide near the water's edge.
And you're going to put out some decoys and you're going to call those ducks in.
I think this is probably what many people think of when they think of duck hunting.
It is proven in many times, many ways, many places, many parts of the country, many different kinds of water.
It is just maybe the go-to standard that most people think of or at least many people think of when they're thinking about duck hunting.
And you know what you need to do this is whatever is required to accomplish that, some kind of a hide.
You could bring a blind, you could build a blind, or you could just fine brush the hide in, whatever the case may be.
And when I say poles, I mean I've had old deer hunting blinds that, you know, have ended their service life.
And so instead of just throwing everything away, I'll save like the long black poles that are in them.
And I will use those in order to create just sort of a perimeter and then I'll hang some mesh over it.
And then I'll get local brush and lean it up against the mesh in order to brush it in.
Weighs very little, takes up very little space to carry into the woods, even a distance.
You know, if I'm going in real far, I'll just take a roll of mesh and four of those sticks.
And that can be enough sometimes in order to do a little starter blind at the water's edge.
You could build something out of washed up wood and timber and fallen sticks and whatever.
Or there's been other times where I've just, there's been big, thick, green, leafy brush on the side of the water.
And I just put my stool inside of the brush and sit down and I can see out well enough and then stand up to shoot.
You're going to hunt ducks in a blind on water and try to call them in to your spread.
This is maybe the most traditional approach or one of the most traditional approaches is you're going to get out there.
You're going to build a blind or find a blind or find some way to hide near the water's edge.
And you're going to put out some decoys and you're going to call those ducks in.
I think this is probably what many people think of when they think of duck hunting.
It is proven in many times, many ways, many places, many parts of the country, many different kinds of water.
It is just maybe the go-to standard that most people think of or at least many people think of when they're thinking about duck hunting.
And you know what you need to do this is whatever is required to accomplish that, some kind of a hide.
You could bring a blind, you could build a blind, or you could just fine brush the hide in, whatever the case may be.
And when I say poles, I mean I've had old deer hunting blinds that, you know, have ended their service life.
And so instead of just throwing everything away, I'll save like the long black poles that are in them.
And I will use those in order to create just sort of a perimeter and then I'll hang some mesh over it.
And then I'll get local brush and lean it up against the mesh in order to brush it in.
Weighs very little, takes up very little space to carry into the woods, even a distance.
You know, if I'm going in real far, I'll just take a roll of mesh and four of those sticks.
And that can be enough sometimes in order to do a little starter blind at the water's edge.
You could build something out of washed up wood and timber and fallen sticks and whatever.
Or there's been other times where I've just, there's been big, thick, green, leafy brush on the side of the water.
And I just put my stool inside of the brush and sit down and I can see out well enough and then stand up to shoot.
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