| A good duck hunter knows, or rather, | | | | require a bit of intensive research on foot. Aerials |
| understands the duck. Only then can he | | | | images can also be relied upon for identifying |
| manipulate the duck to capture it. You see, ducks | | | | water bodies. Adventurous hunters can use a |
| have excellent color vision, contrary to the | | | | GPS system to locate water bodies. |
| popular idea that they are color blind. They can | | | | It is also necessary to understand the flight |
| also survey a wide visual area at one glance. This | | | | pattern timings, flock size, and feeding of the |
| is due to the wide set eyes on either side of the | | | | ducks. Flight patterns include the exact location of |
| head that allows the duck to detect predators. | | | | migration, and also other locations where a few |
| The area best to blind to a duck will probably be | | | | ducks decide to inhabit for a few days. Weather |
| the region just behind its head. It is not easy to | | | | also plays a major role on the success of a hunt. |
| hunt a duck, as its morphology is suited to | | | | An intelligent hunter will always watch the flight of |
| supreme vision and its natural learning capacity to | | | | ducks a few days before hunting. From the flight, |
| work against hunters and other predators. Hence | | | | one can notice the direction of bird movement, |
| understanding a duck and its features helps the | | | | indicating a possibility of water in a particular |
| hunter take better decisions in duck hunting. | | | | direction. |
| Choosing the perfect hunting location is as | | | | Different flocks have different time intervals, so |
| important as knowing the duck. The perfect | | | | when observing, time of arrival etc should also be |
| location ensures a good flock size and also a | | | | considered. This allows proper planning of the duck |
| successful hunt. The perfect locations are those | | | | hunt. Making a good duck call is also necessary to |
| that offer food, water, and seclusion to the | | | | lure birds. A duck's call mimics the sounds that |
| ducks. The area should be calm and relaxing, | | | | ducks produce in the wild. There are various |
| assuring the ducks of a safe place to rest. Finding | | | | devices and methods that can produce a duck |
| such an area would be a real treat for any duck | | | | call, all of them producing the similar results. |
| hunter. | | | | Making duck calls with friends would create an |
| Ducks love swimming, and potential bodies of | | | | illusion that there are multiple ducks in the area |
| water you may find them in are drainage ditches, | | | | and be more inclined to approach if they feel safe. |
| reservoirs, ponds, marshes, creeks, flooded plains | | | | But, making too many duck calls not only makes |
| or regions of high waterfall etc. A good idea is to | | | | the area seems chaotic, but also drives away the |
| ask locals of the different areas frequented by | | | | birds. Thus a number of factors have to be |
| ducks. It is advised to search for new and unique | | | | considered before going on a hunting expedition to |
| locations that ducks frequent. This location might | | | | get successful results. |
| not be the same as the last season, and may | | | | |