Hunting Small-Water Puddle Ducks: How to Downsize When Puddlers Avoid Big Waters
During the waterfowl season, ducks favor refuge—and for puddle ducks, that often means a puddle, where they can chow down on duckweed, pondweed, and smartweed in relative peace and quiet. Sometimes the puddle is nothing more than a slowing or widening of a stream that seeps into a field. It could even be a knee-deep drainage ditch or a beaver pond. Mallards, teal, and other dabblers don’t need much in the way of water; they’re called puddle ducks for a reason.