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How to Train a Pointer to Hunt

Instructions Step 1: Train your pointer in the basic obedience commands from the time he is a puppy since it will be easier to get him to listen. Begin to train him basic commands such as sit, stay and heel. Your pointer needs to learn to listen to you...

How to Train a Retriever to Hunt

Instructions Step 1: Train your retriever from a young age. It's best to start working with him when he is still a puppy. This will ensure that your retriever is loyal to you. Step 2: Introduce your retriever to the water while she is still a puppy. Make...

How to Identify Pheasant Tracks

Instructions Step 1: Search for tracks in areas that provide the features pheasants need. They thrive with access to grain and weeds for food, uncut grasses for nesting and raising their young, taller brush for windbreaks and wetlands. Step 2: Look for...

How to Get a Hunting License in Tennessee

Instructions Step 1: Complete a Hunter Education Class if you were born after Jan. 1, 1969, and are at least 10 years old. You can get a class schedule at the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency (TWRA) website. If you are less than 10 years old, you can...

How to Watch Ducks in the Fall

Instructions Things You’ll Need: Maps Binoculars Step 1: Check your field guide to see which species of ducks will be migrating into your area. Step 2: Study duck habitats. Learn the difference between diving and dabbling ducks and where each might...

How to Identify Ducks & Geese by Sight

Hello! Welcome to Expert Village. My name is Wayne Peterson and I'm the director of the Important Bird Areas Program for the Massachusetts Audubon Society. Today we're here at the Daniel Webster Wildlife Sanctuary in Marshfield, Massachusetts where we'll...

How to Attract Ducks to a Pond

Instructions Step 1: Make shallow edges. Ducks like to enter ponds that have shallow edges. Also, shallow edges encourage the growth of other wildlife that serve as food for the ducks. Be sure that the edges of your pond are shallow enough for a duck to...

How to Go Bird Watching in Kansas

Instructions Things You’ll Need: Bird watching guide A spotting scope or binoculars Sunscreen Water Notebook Step 1: Start birding in Kansas at the Cheyenne Bottoms Wildlife Area and find waterfowl in abundance and plentiful native bird species at...

How to Train Hunting Dogs to Use Decoys

Instructions Step 1: Start training a puppy early. That's when he's most likely to pick up things quickly. Make sure your puppy knows his basic commands like sit, stay and fetch. Step 2: Show your dog what a decoy looks like. Hold it up to his nose and...

How to train your dog to hunt

Instructions Things You’ll Need: A dog, training dummies, whistle, water (sometimes) Picking the right dog and the training routine Step 1: Decide what you want the dog to hunt. Will you be hunting waterfowl? Or maybe running rabbits or deer? Bear...

How to Hunt Duck

Instructions Things You’ll Need: Camouflage clothing or duck blind Hunting dogs Duck decoys Duck call Step 1: Practice shooting before hunting season begins. Don't wait until you're aiming at a bird to realize your shotgun skills are rusty. Step 2...

How to Identify Birds of Prey by Sight

Hello! Welcome to Expert Village. My name is Wayne Peterson and I'm the director of the Important Bird Areas Program for the Massachusetts Audubon Society. Today we're here at the Daniel Webster Wildlife Sanctuary in Marshfield, Massachusetts where we'll...

How to Find Birding Locations in Wisconsin

Instructions Things You’ll Need: Bird watching guide Spotting scope or binoculars Sunscreen Water Notebook Step 1: Start birding in Wisconsin at the Apostle Islands National Lakeshore in Lake Superior off the Bayfield Peninsula. The area is home to...