Flyway Highway Endorsed Outfitters

Craig and Harold get to "Whack & Stack" waterfowl all over North America so they have a pretty good idea of where to go and which outfitters to use. The boys have put together a list of folks that they highly recommend. All the outfitters listed below run top notch, professional operations. And most importantly, they know how to "put you on the birds"!

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1. Outfitter name -
Assiniboine Guiding & Outfitting

Location - Brandon, Manitoba
Contact name - Brian Mackie
Web site - www.agando.ca
email - blmackie@westman.wave.ca
Phone - 204-726-9510

We had a great time hunting with Brian Mackie. Brian was born and raised in the Brandon area and really knows how to put hunters on the birds. He has access to a lot of acreage and has great relationships with the local farmers (which is critical in Canada). He puts you up in a clean, comfortable motel in town with a great restaurant across the parking lot. We were very impressed with Brian's efforts to give us a first class hunt. There is no doubt he's an outfitter that's genuinely interested in his hunters having a good experience! This is one place we'd really like to go back to in the future.

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2. Outfitter name -
Duxmen Outfitters Guide service

Location - Jonesboro, AR
Contact name - Zach Fahlberg
Web site - www.duxmenoutfitters.com
email - teamduxmen@yahoo.com
Phone - 870-897-3066

The guys at Duxmen Outfitters have a great operation. Located in the heart of Arkansas duck country near Jonesboro, Duxmen offers hunters classic flooded rice field hunts and some timber hunting as well. We shot teal with them in September and had such a good time we came back in January for Mallards! If you're looking for a first class hunt with experienced, hard working guides, you need to get in touch with these guys!

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3. Outfitter name -
Paradise Wings Lodge

Location - Brinkly, AR
Contact name - Ronnie Steinbeck
Web site - www.paradisewings.com
email - paradisewings@earthlink.net
Phone - 870-734-2030

Paradise Wings Lodge is right outside of Brinkly, AR. Ronnie Steinbeck (the owner) has a really cool lodge that will make hunters feel right at home. And make sure to request his rib eye steaks one night for dinner. They're awesome! Speaking of awesome, the hunting can be described as that as well. Ronnie's got everything; flooded rice and bean fields, flooded buck brush, and flooded green timber. He also does dry field snow goose hunts as well. His staff is professional and courteous. The hunting is great. You really cant go wrong with Paradise Wings!

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4. Outfitter name -
Thousand Islands Waterfowl Specialists

Location - Alexandria Bay, NY
Contact name - Jim Costello/Charlie Wood
Web site - www.tiwaterfowl.com
email - jjcostello@verizon.net
Phone - 315-482-6316

Jim Costello and Charlie Wood have a pretty neat operation up there in Northern New York. The 1000 Island area on the St. Lawrence river they hunt is very scenic. Also, they're based in the small resort town of Alexandria Bay so there's lots to do. You'll probably, however, be too busy hunting. The waterfowl hunting in this area is spectacular! We did primarily diver duck hunts on the river. We also got into the honkers one day which was a nice bonus. You'll be pleasantly surprised by the numbers of ducks and geese in this area!

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5. Outfitter name -
X-Treme Waterfowl Outfitters

Location - Quill Lakes, Saskatchewan
Contact name - Jerry Bien
Web site - www.xtremewaterfowl.com
email - h2odog@sasktel.net
Phone - 306-949-6086

We've hunted a lot of places in Canada the last four years. X-Treme Waterfowl Outfitters ranks right up there with the best of them. They're located in the famous Quill Lakes area of Saskatchewan. They've got birds, and lots of them! They also have one of the nicest lodges we've been to in Canada. We shot limits of ducks and light geese when we were there and even got into the sandhill cranes one day. That was really cool!

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6. Outfitter name -
Roy Carter's Big Island

Location - St Paul, Kansas
Contact name - Roy Carter
Web site - www.cartersbigislandhuntingclub.com
Phone - 620-232-4829

Carter's Big Island in S.E. Kansas is a special place. Roy has, without doubt, one of the finest Mallard hunting spots in the lower 48. We had one of the best Greenhead hunts we ever had while there. And it's not just us. Apparently everyone "Whacks'em & Stacks'em" at Carter's big Island. He also has the biggest piece of flooded green timber in the state. This is one place Harold and I definitely want to go back to!

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7. Outfitter name -
Black Duck Outfitters

Location - Manitoba, Saskatchewan, N. Dakota, Maryland
Contact name - Scott Barmby
Web site - www.blackduckoutfitters.com
email - scott@blackduckoutfitters.com
Phone - 877-607-6014

From sea ducks and divers on the atlantic coast to green heads on Manitoba's famed Delta Marsh, Black Duck Outfitters offers an impressive variety of waterfowl hunting options. We've filmed several episodes of the Flyway Highway with Scott Barmby and plan on doing more. He is one of the most knowledgeable outfitters we're come across. His East Coast operation is terrific for those big Eiders and crafty Old Squaw. The diver duck hunting is awesome as well. His lodge in Manitoba is close to the Delta Marsh, a destination all waterfowl hunters should visit at least once. Black Duck also does Snow Goose hunts all over the central plain states. These guys are basically a one spot shop for virtually all types of waterfowl hunting. Scott runs an extremely professional operation and has some very good guides working for him!

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8. Outfitter name -
Log Barn Outfitters

Location - Endeavour, Saskatchewan
Contact name - Dwight Greba
Web site - www.logbarnoutfitters.com
email - info@logbarnoutfitters.com
Phone - 306-547-4330

Harold and I have hunted ducks and geese in a lot of places over the last 3 seasons. This place is arguably my favorite out of all of them. Log Barn Outfitters is located right up against the Boreal Forest in north east Saskatchewan. The Boreal Forest is a huge ecosystem that literally rings the earth's northern latitudes. It's some of the last great wilderness left on out planet. It has a huge and diverse wildlife population - including waterfowl!

Most of North America's waterfowl population breed here. These ducks and geese come out of the forest's enormous wetland habitat each Fall and make their way south along the various flyways. Log Barn's fields are some of the first ones the birds fly over when they come out of the forest in that part of Saskatchewan. Talk about being at the right place at the right time! The hunting is obviously incredible. Huge numbers of "uneducated" birds are the norm. Log Barn also offers Deer and Bear hunting as well. Some of the biggest bucks you've ever seen are hanging on the wall of Dwight's wild game room!

The lodging and food are great. Dwight, his son, and wife Cindy are some of the friendliest folks we've come across on the Flyway Highway. As you can tell we love this place. You will too!

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9. Outfitter name -
Divers Inc. Duck Guide Service (Formally Mallard Place Duck Club)

Location - Scottsboro, AL
Contact name - Chris Cook
Web site - www.diversinc.net
email - chriscook@diversinc.net
Phone - 256-582-5421
Cell Phone - 256-506-6279

When you think of Alabama you think of the Crimson Tide. Well, its time to start thinking about duck hunting there as well. Northern Alabama offers some outstanding waterfowl hunting! Divers Inc. Duck Guide Service is situated on 67,900 acre Guntersville Lake which is part of the Tennessee river system. This river system actually funnels ducks from both the Mississippi and Atlantic Flyways. The birds congregate on the lake and near by waterfowl refuges. What's really cool about hunting at Divers Inc. Duck Guide Service is the variety of ducks. Puddlers and divers are present in large numbers. If you want an opportunity to shoot a trophy Bull Can, this is the place! The lodge is very nice and the the food is first class. There's something to be said for "Southern Hospitality". You'll find it at Divers Inc. Duck Guide Service along with the great hunting!

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10. Outfitter name -
Mallard Point Duck Hunts

Location - Paragould, AR
Contact name - Keith Shumard
Web site - www.mallardpoint.net
Phone - 870-573-6771

Flooded green timber duck hunting is my (and Harold's) favorite way to shoot ducks. There's something about leaning up against a 100 year old oak tree in thigh deep water waiting for the ducks to spill into the hole from the canopy of tree tops above. When everything is right, it's arguably the most awesome experience in waterfowl hunting!

You can experience this type of hunting at Mallard Point. Also, their lodge on the famous Black River in Brookings, Arkansas is a sight to see. It's right on the tree lined river bank and built up on stilts since it's surrounded by water most of the season. It's easily the coolest lodge we've been in on the Flyway Highway! They have a second lodge a few miles away that's closer to the many rice fields they hunt as well. Mallard Point offers some of the best field and timber hunting Arkansas has to offer. If we have a chance to get back there again we'll be all over it!

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11. Outfitter name -
Penobscot Bay Outfitters

Location - Searsport, Maine
Contact name - Todd Jackson
Web site - www.seaduck.net
email - info@seaduck.net
Phone - 207-338-1883

Sea ducks! We had never hunted them before we hooked up with Captain Todd at Penobscot Bay Outfitters. Now we're hooked! Shooting Eiders and Old Squaws on the beautiful Maine Coast was my personal favorite hunt of last season. The Maine Coast is one of the most scenic sights in North America. The sea duck hunting there can be fast and furious. Hunting these types of ducks on the ocean was a very different experience for us. It was a great change of pace from all the inland hunting we do most of the season.

Captain Todd runs a first class operation. His experience and equipment, critical for this type of off shore hunting, is top notch. The lodge is very nice. The food, especially the fresh Maine lobster, is outstanding. Harold and I were so impressed with Maine sea duck hunting that we plan on doing it every season for now on. Its that good!