by Casey Hartwell | Aug 12, 2026 | Blog, Waterfowl
Waterfowl · California Forecast El Niño Is Coming. It Probably Won't Save Your Season. Forecasters give this El Niño an 81 percent chance of going very strong from October through December. Seventy-five years of Sacramento Valley rain records say that means less than...
by Casey Hartwell | Jul 31, 2026 | Blog, Gear, Waterfowl
HUNT BUMS | FINAL APPROACH / MARIO FRIENDY (V6 editorial) Divi Code Module. Paste as is. No DOCTYPE, html, head or body tags. Generated by build.py. Do not hand edit. Edit _body.html or _addendum.css and rebuild, or the schema and the read time will drift from the...
by Casey Hartwell | Jul 2, 2026 | Blog, Waterfowl
Waterfowl Guide · California California Duck Season 2026-2027 Every date, zone, limit, and stamp for 2026-27, straight from CDFW. No fluff. Screenshot it and show up ready. 5Zones · 7-Duck Limit · Oct to Jan Updated for 2026-27 · Verified...
by Casey Hartwell | Jun 15, 2026 | Big Game, Blog, Fishing, Upland, Waterfowl
Conservation · The Fight Over Hunting’s Future The Blueprint to End Hunting Starts in Oregon A ballot measure called IP28 would criminalize hunting, fishing, and farming, and gut the funding that pays for wildlife in all 50 states. Its backers admit it probably won’t...
by Casey Hartwell | May 27, 2026 | Blog, Firearms, Gear, Upland, Waterfowl
Shotgun Review · Waterfowl Benelli Super Black Eagle 3 We ran the 12-gauge SBE3 hard through a Sacramento Valley waterfowl season. Here is what Benelli’s flagship inertia gun gets right, and the few things it doesn’t. 9.2Hunt Bums Rating ·...
by Casey Hartwell | May 13, 2026 | Blog, Gear, Waterfowl
Waterfowl · California California Duck Hunting Guide California duck hunting is incredible, frustrating, muddy, regulated, and absolutely worth figuring out. This is the real-world guide to refuges, rice blinds, weather, gear, and what new hunters need to know. 7Duck...
