More land to possibly be added to Wabashiki Fish and Wildlife area

Under the Healthy Rivers INitiative, the Department of Natural Resources and its partners are working with willing landowners to permanently protect 43,000 acres in the floodplain of the Wabash River and Sugar Creek in west-central Indiana and another 26,000 acres of the Muscatatuck River bottoms in southeast Indiana.

Wabashiki Fish and Wildlife Area already encompasses 2,400 acres along the west bank of the Wabash River between Terre Haute and West Terre Haute. At this time it is not sure if the new area will be public hunting or controlled by land owners. READ MORE

Video tip: Blowing the bouncing hen or hiccup call

Want that extra edge when out in the duck blind?

The bouncing hen, also known as the hiccup call, adds an extra note that will help you call in those birds when the pressure is on. In this video, Shannon Smith will help you learn to blow the bouncing hen step by step.
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Pumpkin Photo Contest!

Show us your pumpkins!

Enter the Duck Junkies 2011 Pumpkin Photo Contest!

The contest is super simple!

1. Add your pumpkin pictures to the contest photo gallery (please don't submit pictures that do not belong to you)
   
2. Get your friends and family to vote for your picture

That's it!

The winner will receive a turn with the Traveling Decoy, a gift certificate to the online store and more!

Entries will be accepted until Monday, November 7th, 2011 and the winner will be announced the following week based on number of votes.

*(You must be logged in to submit or you will get a message saying you are not allowed. Maximum file size allowed: 2048 KB so please reduce large files before submitting. If you are having trouble submitting your photo, please email it to: photocontest@duckjunkies.com with yourDuckJunkies.com username and photo description.)

My Hero by W.S. Allen

These selfless folks are hero’s heroes...

The road looking out the windshield gives the illusion that it goes on forever. The hills, lakes, fields of golden corn and wheat, or rivers that are running wild with energy provided by the latest storm can’t or won’t impede the black strip of asphalt that looms just outside the 3mm thick piece of glass. READ MORE

He Has Come Full Circle by W.S. Allen

“Circles”

I love circles. We’ve all driven in circles at one time or another, some more times than others. Even if you don’t believe in them I’m sure you’ve all heard of crop circles. As a sophomore in high school after many hours trying to figure out what PI meant I learned how to find the circumference of a circle and who hasn’t heard of circle the wagons, circle back, form a circle, perfect circle, circle time, circle of friends, magic circle, and least we forget Arctic Circle? After everything is said and done Ferdinand Magellan was pretty fond of a circle. READ MORE

Outdoors with Kendall: Father Daughter Hunting

Nothing beats the intrinsic rewards of mentoring the next generation of waterfowlers, especially when it's your own child.

Follow our Pro Staff Rick McCurley this season as he films his daughter Kendall on dove, teal, duck, deer and squirrel hunts. Check back here often for the latest segment!

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New iPhone App: Migration Central

Duck Junkies has broadened waterfowl hunters migration information sources

DuckJunkies.com has launched an iPhone app, Migration Central, to compliment their existing web-based community and hunting resource for waterfowl hunters.

The online community provides hunters with networking opportunities and a wealth of information including a migration map featuring a detailed weather component.

Migration reports come from a variety of sources ranging from waterfowl professionals to weekend warriors.

The new mobile app for the iPhone allows waterfowlers to follow the migration from their iPhone. The app will automatically pull up current reports nearest to your location or allow you to search on your own.

Icing on the cake: All member reports submitted each week are entered into a drawing for gift certificates and prizes!

Waterfowl Scouting & Migration Map

IT'S MIGRATION TIME!

View migration reports from our Staff, Guides, Biologists and other members just like you!

Plus, all reports entered on the map each week are put in a prize drawing so encourage everyone you know to submit reports each week for a chance to win!

*Drawing will only be held if 10 or more reports are submitted

Another 1st in the Duck Blind

by Chris Skillings

As some of you may remember I posted a story last year in reference to my neice Talayia. The story was that she was able to kill her 1st mallard during the MN youth last season. The cool thing about that was that it was only the 2nd mallard shot on that pond in 15 years, it is primarally a wood duck pond.

Well two years in a row I can report another first in the duck blind this ones hits a little closer to home as it involves my son Xavier.

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On The X Outdoors

Webisode 1.0 "Scout N Shoot"

Is ready for viewing here.... it's gonna leave you looking for more!

Watch more waterfowl hunting, view our Beyond the Blind video tips and more in our Media section!