Go the Extra Mile for Duck Hunting Success

Truth be known, I don't live in a great duck hunting area.

I used to, back in the day when my local area near the Red River in North Texas was one of the Lone Star State's favored spots for grain farming, especially for the production of peanuts.

While some waterfowlers back east might find it hard to believe, mallard ducks – and other puddle duck species like pintails and wigeon – love to eat goobers left by the wayside when farmers come in and harvest the crop.

For years, one of my preferred methods for chasing greenheads was to find a harvested peanut field, obtain permission to hunt it and then return to set out a duck and Canada goose decoy spread and...