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Intro to this species—landscapes, strategies, costs, and comforts.
Summary
The Gadwall (Mareca strepera) is a medium-sized dabbling duck known for its distinctive and understated beauty, characterized by its greyish-brown plumage, subtle black rear end, and intricate feather patterns that provide excellent camouflage in wetland habitats. Males display a striking black bill and a white speculum, while females are mottled brown, making them adept at blending into their surroundings. When hunting Gadwalls, hunters often appreciate their resilience and wariness, requiring stealth and patience. Effective hunting strategies include setting up near feeding areas in shallow waters, using decoys to attract these ducks, and recognizing their unique feeding behaviors, as they often dabble rather than dive. With their occasional vocalizations and graceful flight patterns, Gadwalls can present a satisfying challenge for waterfowl hunters seeking a rewarding experience in the field.
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Gadwall hunting is typically offered as part of mixed-waterfowl packages from October through January, with gadwall most abundant in mid- to late season alongside mallards, pintails, wigeon and teal. Hunts are fully guided and use shallow-water impoundments or flooded fields seeded with natural foods (wild rice, smartweed, duckweed) to concentrate puddle ducks. Comfortable ground blinds or box blinds, realistic cork and plastic decoy spreads, and trained retrievers are standard, and outfitters limit group sizes (often 3–10 hunters) and weekly hunts to reduce pressure and maintain high success. Whether hunting stocked impoundments in the Northeast or coastal marshes and rice country in Texas, gadwall pursuits deliver dependable flocks and fast-paced shooting in scenic wetland settings.
Explore HuntsAmenities
Gadwall hunts are offered in two primary formats: full-service lodge stays and day-only outings. Lodge-based packages include private rooms with standard beds and fully modern climate control for year-round comfort. Day hunts focus exclusively on guided shooting during daylight hours and do not provide overnight accommodations, sleeping facilities, or on-site heating and cooling.
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Puddle Duck Hunting in CT With Expert Guide - Half Day
The opportunity to harvest these birds starts in October and goes through to January, however, their migrations through New England differ significantly and vary annually depending on climate and weather. This, ultimately, results in optimal time intervals to hunt each species.
Maximum of 3 persons per guided trip.
Connecticut
Duck
Mallard
Black Duck
Wood Duck
Green-Winged Teal
475
Justin Leonhardt Outdoors
Fair Chase
Public
None - Day Hunt
No
Unspecified
Unspecified
Meals Not Provided
Unspecified
475
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Puddle Duck Hunting in CT With Expert Guide - Half Day
The opportunity to harvest these birds starts in October and goes through to January, however, their migrations through New England differ significantly and vary annually depending on climate and weather. This, ultimately, results in optimal time intervals to hunt each species.
Maximum of 3 persons per guided trip.
Connecticut
Duck
Mallard
Black Duck
Wood Duck
Green-Winged Teal
350
Justin Leonhardt Outdoors
Fair Chase
Public
None - Day Hunt
No
Unspecified
Unspecified
Meals Not Provided
Unspecified
350
North Texas Day Hunt - Duck
North Texas Waterfowl’s fall duck hunts are a great opportunity to hunt some of the best locations in Texas! Our North Texas guided duck hunts book quickly, so call today to make your reservation.
Whether you are looking to puddle ducks or diving ducks, we have the perfect trip for you. You will find that all of our duck hunting equipment is the best on the market and our guides will go the extra mile to ensure that your group has a great time hunting. We only take out one group of hunters each day, so your group will have our exclusive attention!
North Texas Waterfowl provides all of the equipment decoys, dogs, etc. We scout our various properties daily to ensure that our clients have ample birds and shot opportunities for a successful duck harvest. All of our duck hunts are fully guided.
Texas
Duck
Mallard
Blue-Winged Teal
Green-Winged Teal
Wigeon
300
North TX Waterfowl
Fair Chase
Private
None - Day Hunt
No
N/A
N/A
Meals Not Provided
Unspecified
300
Includes Dogs
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Puddle Duck Hunting in CT With Expert Guide - Half Day
The opportunity to harvest these birds starts in October and goes through to January, however, their migrations through New England differ significantly and vary annually depending on climate and weather. This, ultimately, results in optimal time intervals to hunt each species.
Maximum of 3 persons per guided trip.
Connecticut
Duck
Mallard
Black Duck
Wood Duck
Green-Winged Teal
350
Justin Leonhardt Outdoors
Fair Chase
Public
None - Day Hunt
No
Unspecified
Unspecified
Meals Not Provided
Unspecified
350
Central Texas Duck Hunt - All Inclusive - 2 Days / 2 Nights
It's hard to beat the excitement of a fun filled action packed brisk morning of Texas duck hunting. Most avid water Fowler's know that a good duck hunt depends on the alignment of several elements. Weather being one of the biggest variables that can determine the success of the hunt. Unfortunately we can not control the weather. But the availability of food and water to attract and hold migrating and wintering ducks are two very important elements that we do have control over. With the attraction of the water and food, knowledgeable and experience guides, comfortable and concealing blinds, well trained retrieving dogs any hunt could be a true mixed bag.
Texas
Duck
Blue-Winged Teal
Green-Winged Teal
Pintail
Mallard
1275
First Shot Outfitters
Fair Chase
Private
Lodge
Yes
Modern Climate Control
Bed
Meals Provided
Unspecified
1275
Includes Dogs
North Texas Day Hunt - Duck
North Texas Waterfowl’s fall duck hunts are a great opportunity to hunt some of the best locations in Texas! Our North Texas guided duck hunts book quickly, so call today to make your reservation.
Whether you are looking to puddle ducks or diving ducks, we have the perfect trip for you. You will find that all of our duck hunting equipment is the best on the market and our guides will go the extra mile to ensure that your group has a great time hunting. We only take out one group of hunters each day, so your group will have our exclusive attention!
North Texas Waterfowl provides all of the equipment decoys, dogs, etc. We scout our various properties daily to ensure that our clients have ample birds and shot opportunities for a successful duck harvest. All of our duck hunts are fully guided.
Texas
Duck
Mallard
Blue-Winged Teal
Green-Winged Teal
Wigeon
300
North TX Waterfowl
Fair Chase
Private
None - Day Hunt
No
N/A
N/A
Meals Not Provided
Unspecified
300
Includes Dogs
High-Quality Duck Hunting in New Jersey
Our fresh water impoundments have the two ingredients essential for great puddle duck hunting- shallow water and a variety of natural foods.These impoundments provide ducks with high quality natural foods-wild rice, duck weed, smart weed and duck celery. These impoundments are 60-100 acres which means there is plenty of food throughout the gunning season. We also plant some wild rice each spring. These large impoundments are also big enough for birds to loaf on all day long without being disturbed. Also our impoundments are far apart which means we are hunting different bunches of birds to help keep our hunting consistently good.
We like to use hand -carved cork decoys along with GHG decoys because of their realism and larger size. Most of the birds we are hunting travel in small bunches so 2-3 dozen decoys is plenty along with a few mojos when conditions dictate.
We take a large variety of puddle ducks over the course of the season on these large impoundments. In the early season, (Oct -Nov) we mainly take smaller ducks- blue-wing teal, green-wing teal, wood ducks and mallards. In the late season, (Nov-Dec) we take a larger ducks and variety- a few straggler teal and wood ducks but mainly mallards and gadwall and some days pintail, widgeon and shovelers. We also take some Canada geese when conditions are right.
New Jersey
Mallard
Blue-Winged Teal
Green-Winged Teal
Pintail
Gadwall
175
Kevin Popo Guide Service
Fair Chase
Private
None - Day Hunt
No
Unspecified
Unspecified
Meals Not Provided
Unspecified
175
Oklahoma Day Hunt - Duck
North Texas Waterfowl’s fall duck hunts are a great opportunity to hunt some of the best locations in Texas! Our North Texas guided duck hunts book quickly, so call today to make your reservation.
Whether you are looking to puddle ducks or diving ducks, we have the perfect trip for you. You will find that all of our duck hunting equipment is the best on the market and our guides will go the extra mile to ensure that your group has a great time hunting. We only take out one group of hunters each day, so your group will have our exclusive attention!
North Texas Waterfowl provides all of the equipment decoys, dogs, etc. We scout our various properties daily to ensure that our clients have ample birds and shot opportunities for a successful duck harvest. All of our duck hunts are fully guided.
Oklahoma
Duck
Mallard
Blue-Winged Teal
Green-Winged Teal
Wigeon
300
North TX Waterfowl
Fair Chase
Private
None - Day Hunt
No
N/A
N/A
Meals Not Provided
Unspecified
300
Includes Dogs
Two-Day Duck Hunt Over Ponds
Our group offers the finest wild duck and goose hunting available in this area. Our ponds are designed and built for waterfowl hunting. We typically have good populations of mallards, gadwall, teal, and wood ducks that frequent our hunting areas.
In the regular waterfowl season, we only offer 2 day duck hunts and only have one 2 day hunt per week to limit hunting pressure. We can accommodate up to 10 hunters and require a minimum of 4 to book a hunt. Most of our permanent hunting areas have 2 spacious blinds that will accommodate up to 5 people and have been built to keep you out of inclement weather.
Alabama
Mallard
Gadwall
Green-Winged Teal
Blue-Winged Teal
Wood Duck
Chattokee Lodge
Fair Chase
Private
Lodge
Yes
Modern Climate Control
Bed
Meals Provided
Unspecified
Includes Dogs
High-Quality Duck Hunting in Delaware
Our fresh water impoundments have the two ingredients essential for great puddle duck hunting- shallow water and a variety of natural foods.These impoundments provide ducks with high quality natural foods-wild rice, duck weed, smart weed and duck celery. These impoundments are 60-100 acres which means there is plenty of food throughout the gunning season. We also plant some wild rice each spring. These large impoundments are also big enough for birds to loaf on all day long without being disturbed. Also our impoundments are far apart which means we are hunting different bunches of birds to help keep our hunting consistently good.
We like to use hand -carved cork decoys along with GHG decoys because of their realism and larger size. Most of the birds we are hunting travel in small bunches so 2-3 dozen decoys is plenty along with a few mojos when conditions dictate.
We take a large variety of puddle ducks over the course of the season on these large impoundments. In the early season, (Oct -Nov) we mainly take smaller ducks- blue-wing teal, green-wing teal, wood ducks and mallards. In the late season, (Nov-Dec) we take a larger ducks and variety- a few straggler teal and wood ducks but mainly mallards and gadwall and some days pintail, widgeon and shovelers. We also take some Canada geese when conditions are right.
Delaware
Mallard
Blue-Winged Teal
Green-Winged Teal
Pintail
Gadwall
175
Kevin Popo Guide Service
Fair Chase
Private
None - Day Hunt
No
Unspecified
Unspecified
Meals Not Provided
Unspecified
175
Puddle Duck Hunting in CT With Expert Guide - Half Day
The opportunity to harvest these birds starts in October and goes through to January, however, their migrations through New England differ significantly and vary annually depending on climate and weather. This, ultimately, results in optimal time intervals to hunt each species.
Maximum of 3 persons per guided trip.
Connecticut
Duck
Mallard
Black Duck
Wood Duck
Green-Winged Teal
475
Justin Leonhardt Outdoors
Fair Chase
Public
None - Day Hunt
No
Unspecified
Unspecified
Meals Not Provided
Unspecified
475
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