For public-land waterfowlers, taking the road less traveled and the willingness to put in some extra work can often pay “duck” dividends. (Lynn Burkhead photo)
By Lynn Burkhead, OutdoorChannel.com
In a perfect waterfowler's world, we'd all have unlimited access to the best duck hunting around, even if it was behind lock and key.
But that scenario isn't rooted in duck hunting reality for most of us, meaning that enterprising waterfowlers must often chase a limit of quackers on public ground.
Such a task isn't always easy, but it can be done with surprising regularity by hunters willing to do some homework and to go that proverbial extra mile.
For those willing do so, the rewards can be sweet indeed, the kind of limit that produces immense satisfaction, not to mention several plump greenheads headed for the dinner table.
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