Waterfowl hunting facts for kids

Waterfowl hunting (also called wildfowling or waterfowl shooting in Britain) is when people hunt birds like ducks, geese, or other waterfowl. They do this for food or as a sport. In many Western countries, hunting waterfowl is a popular outdoor sport.

Many kinds of ducks and geese live in the same places. They also have similar hunting seasons, which means they can be hunted at the same time. This makes it possible to hunt different types of waterfowl on the same trip. Hunters often look for waterfowl in farm fields where the birds eat. More often, they hunt near water, like rivers, lakes, ponds, swamps, or along ocean coasts.

Images for kids

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  Lov na race; čakališče na je jezeru pri jami Lisišče (1759) by Franz Anton von Steinberg, showing waterfowl hunting.

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  Three waterfowl hunters wearing camouflage and holding shotguns.

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  An illustration called "Sea Duck Shooting Over Decoys" from Feathered game of the Northeast (1907).

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  A photo of a waterfowl hunter getting into his boat, around 1900–1912.

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  Snowden Slights, known as 'the last of Yorkshire's Wildfowlers'.

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  Ducks caught illegally in a net in Lake Ontario, 1916. This photo was given to the Canadian Conservation of Fish, Birds and Game Committee.

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  Retired professional baseball player Dazzy Vance hunting waterfowl on Crystal River in Florida. This area is near the Atlantic and Mississippi flyways.

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  Duck hunters in a hunting blind. You can see decoys in the water.

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  A duck hunter with two mallards and one redhead. A Labrador Retriever dog and duck decoys are in the background.

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  Waterfowl flyways across North America.