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Liberal seasons and limits are the norm and not only is crow hunting fun, it's also excellent practice for upland bird hunting or waterfowling. Crows present all types of shots, and normally there will be plenty of birds so you can work on the shot giving you trouble - crossers, risers, incoming - whatever. With decoys set on the ground out front, waterfowlers simulate ducks settling into the decoys.

Bring more birds to your field with these expert tips for confidence spreads. Whether you're duck hunting or goose hunting, you'll want to place your decoys in a pattern that will attract birds to your area. Try these waterfowl decoy variations for a convincing spread.

Dove hunting is even better when you introduce dove decoys into your field. With the right placement, you'll bag more doves as they fly around to join the decoys. These dove decoy tips work for agriculture fields as well as waterholes.

Every hunter looks forward to the peak of the deer rut when the trophy whitetail bucks are all going crazy. Make sure you take advantage of the peak-rut by doing everything you can to bring bucks into view. These tips will help you get an advantage.

Learning how to use a deer decoy effectively can help you become a better deer hunter. Two Carry-Lite pros join this hunter for whitetail buck hunting in Kansas, and share their secrets to decoying deer. Read how big of a difference using a deer decoy can make.

Determining how many decoys you need to take on your duck hunting trip can be tricky. There are certain clues you can look for that will help you get a feel for how many duck decoys you should place, and what pattern you should use. For best results, vary your decoy spread according to these factors.

The Complete Hunter -- Waterfowl Hunting author and Knight & Hale pro staffer Nick Smith provides tips and trick to duck hunters and goose hunters looking to get the most out of their decoy spreads. A Q & A session follows the tips for further helpful information for your next goose hunting or duck hunting trip.

Mold-carvings from an award-winning carver, absolutely perfect paint schemes and flocked heads and necks make the new Full Body Canada Goose Decoys some of the best. Add to that a drop-on base that allows controlled movement that mimics geese feeding and you've got one great goose decoy. 

Arrange a realistic duck decoy spread makes for great duck hunting. These hunting tips for decoy placement explain how motion is essential for realism and how duck decoys need to be spaced. Maximize your duck decoy realism and you'll have more duck hunting success.

Pro staffer Bob Severe sets up a Carry-Lite Antelope Decoy in a hay meadow in Wyoming in front of a Moultrie game camera. See what happens as the game camera captures an antelope encounter with the antelope decoy!

Turkey decoys used to be clunky, plastic creatures that hardly resembled an actually turkey. Harold Knight reflects on the development of more effective turkey decoys and how he and David Hale collaborated with Carry-Lite to create the most realistic decoy on the market.

Good scouting of your hunting area and strategic decoy placement will greatly improve your chances of goose hunting success. These hunting tips from the pros will guide you through the best methods of tracking flock patterns and setting up your goose decoys.

These quick tips for hunting with deer decoys will help you improve your chances of bagging that monster buck or doe. Effective deer decoying plus smart scent strategies can equal an irresistible attractant for whitetails. Before you go deer hunting this season, make sure you've read these easy ways to get the most out of your deer decoy.

We've answered your most frequently asked questions about hunting with deer decoys. Learn about deer decoy placement and how to select the right scent, and make sure you don't make any of these common mistakes. Find out what other hunters are asking and see if your question has already been answered here!

Goose hunting can be an exciting challenge, and proper preparation can make the hunt even more enjoyable. How you set up and care for your goose decoys can make all the difference in your success. Follow these quick tips for using goose decoys and you'll be able to out-smart flocks of geese this season.

Your last goose hunt probably included frigid temperatures and frozen noses, but the Conservation Season of your state's Canada goose population can have you putting out decoys in your shirtsleeves.

Sometimes your hunting terrain dictates the use of a turkey decoy or two. In thicker woods a decoy may not be necessary, but anytime you're hunting very open woods, pastures or food plots, decoys become an important tool. When a gobbler can see a long ways, it needs that visual to seal the deal.

A coworker once said, "The best part of a vacation is just before you leave work for it. After that, your time is running out."

By 5 p.m. I was starting to lose it. Nine hours in a blind and still nothing hitting the waterhole. I once again moved from the three-legged stool to the hard, cracked ground.

Few instances in hunting offer more enjoyment than hunting ducks. Here are 10 tips that will help you be a better hunter this duck season.

They may be ignorant, but early season geese aren't stupid. Try these tips to see better success when shooting early season resident Canada geese

Kansan and Knight & Hale Pro Staffer Mick Bowman was frustrated with the deer he had been seeing...

There's more to successful use of decoys than simply sticking one out front. Here are eight tips on decoy use to make your turkey season more successful.

The response to the Pretty Boy and Pretty Girl turkey decoy system has been nothing short of revolutionary. Just two years ago mature gobbler decoys were virtually nonexistent in the woods. Now, a quick look at hunting television shows or hunting magazines reveal that the use of mature gobbler decoys has become a viable, popular and effective turkey hunting tactic.

Whether you're a veteran turkey hunter or a newbie heading to the woods for the first time, these tips can help you see more success this season.

Deer decoying is a relatively new tactic that lots of people are talking about! A decoy adds the visual to the scent (urines) and sound (deer call). Hunters can use a urine without a call or decoy, but shouldn't use a call without a scent (the call will position the deer downwind to scent-check). Hunters should also not use a decoy without a call and a scent.

Decoys are relatively new to deer hunting, but can add tremendous excitement and pull in bucks that would pass out of range. But it's not as easy and throwing out a decoy and expecting deer to overrun you.

Few instances in hunting offer more shooting than hunting snow geese. With the overpopulation and special seasons, snows are one of the few game birds that you can shoot until your shoulder falls off. And, you'll get goose bumps when the great white tornado of birds swirl down into your decoy spread.

Waterfowlers are a different lot. Ever wonder why they wake up at ungodly hours and suffer through weather that ranges from simply cold to "OH MY GOSH!" cold, just for the opportunity to take home a few ducks or geese?

As a rule, single-reed calls are louder, and most are used in big-water situations, so a double-reed might be a better choice for starting out. There are plenty of instructional cassette tapes and CDs and full length DVDs available that will help you become proficient with your new call. Then you've got to practice, practice, practice.

If you blanket the area around your blind with decoys, waterfowl will land out of range. When setting out decoys, always remember to leave a spot for waterfowl to land in.

The Pretty Boy and Pretty Girl decoys represent a new level of realism in decoys. No other decoy looks as real, as lifelike, as the Pretty Boy. Used in conjunction with the Pretty Girl submissive hen deke, gobblers will literally come running ready for a fight.

For turkey hunters each hunting trip brings new lessons, and many trips provide that one moment when things can go either way. One of the most difficult turkeys to harvest is a public-land bird. These educated birds see tremendous hunting pressure. PRADCO Outdoor Brands Account Executive Glenn Seiter harvested a big public land bird two years ago, even when other hunters had been working the same bird that same morning.