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  2. Waterfowl hunting - Wikipedia

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    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 ]

  3. Punt gun - Wikipedia

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    A punt gun is a type of extremely large shotgun used in the 19th and early 20th centuries for shooting large numbers of waterfowl for commercial harvesting operations. These weapons are characteristically too large for an individual to fire from the shoulder or often carry alone, but unlike artillery pieces, punt guns are able to be aimed and fired by a single person from a mount.

  4. Layout hunting - Wikipedia

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    Two-man layout boat and decoys. Layout boat hunting is a sub specialty of traditional waterfowl hunting which is done in a low-profile un-motorized boat with a unique design that allows the hunter to maintain a close position to the water in order to conceal them in open water areas that are frequented by diver and ocean ducks.

  5. The American Sportsman - Wikipedia

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    The American Sportsman is an American television series that aired from 1965 to 1986 on ABC which presented filmed highlights involving the program's hosts and celebrities participating in hunting and/or fishing trips along with outdoor recreational activities such as whitewater kayaking, hang gliding and free climbing.

  6. Richard K. Yancey Wildlife Management Area - Wikipedia

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    Dick" Yancey was referred to as the "great duck man" and made a video sponsored by Ducks Unlimited supporting the Louisiana duck hunting season for 1965–1966 as well as the September teal season. The Bureau of Sport Fisheries and Wildlife was against extending the 1965–66 Teal season that Yancey pushed for, but it became a reality.

  7. Delta Waterfowl Foundation - Wikipedia

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    Delta Waterfowl Foundation is a non-profit organization operating in both Canada and in the United States, whose mission is to secure the future of waterfowl and waterfowl hunting. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Charity Navigator has ranked it among the top 10 conservation groups promoting the protection of wildlife and game lands for hunters and fishermen .

  8. Ladd S. Gordon Waterfowl Complex - Wikipedia

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    The largest is La Joya and the second largest is the Bernardo Waterfowl Area (BWA). [1] There are smaller Waterfowl Management Areas (WMAs) at Casa Colorada, (420 acres (170 ha)), and Belen with 230 acres (93 ha), at both of which corn and alfalfa are cultivated to provide food for the birds. The WMAs are supported by sale of hunting and ...

  9. Upland hunting - Wikipedia

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    Upland hunters use all types of shotguns from break-action single-shots to semi-automatics, calibered from .410 bore through to 12-gauge.The quintessential shotgun for upland hunting is a double-barrel shotgun in a smaller gauge such as a 16-, 20-or 28-gauge, using small round pellets known as birdshots, which are also commonly used in duck hunting.