There is nothing like hunting on a weekend at a Maryland's Eastern Shores guided duck hunt. Leaving before dawn, setting out decoys and testing shooting skills is an adventurous undertaking, but the many experienced and professional outfitters and guided duck hunts on the Chesapeake Bay will help keep your excursion fun and exciting.
Lady Peggy Charters offers sea duck hunting with ducks such as scoters and old squaws flying by the boat creating a shooting challenge for even the most experienced duck hunter. Lady Peggy Charters also offer Canadian geese hunting as well as fishing for sea bass. Sea duck hunting takes place in the pre-dawn hours, about 4:30 a.m. and returns in the afternoon. Most duck hunting takes place in fall and winter. The charter also offers a Cast'n Blast trip with duck hunting in the morning and then fishing for stripped bass (in season) in the afternoon.
Lady Peggy is a 42-foot fiberglass, diesel engine boat equipped with a dinette, enclosed heated cabin and an open cockpit, according to Big Rig Charters.
Book accommodations at the Harrison's Chesapeake House at Tilghman Island. The onsite restaurant offers large heaping plates of down home country cooking. Enjoy hot steam crabs and cold beer on a waterfront deck.
Patrons must purchase a Maryland duck-hunting license to participate in duck hunting.
Lady Peggy Charters
722 Riverview Terrace
St. Michaels, MD 21663
410-310-5438
Ladypeggycharters.com
Black Duck Outfitters uses big rigs, incorporating a large number of decoys to fool the ducks into thinking there is comfort in numbers. Most ducks congregate among others for safety.
Diver duck hunting is legendary in Maryland's tidal rivers and Chesapeake Bay. Here the canvasback and the flying bluebill are your choice picks in a challenging duck hunt. Black Duck Outfitters use many duck hunting techniques handed down through generations of duck hunters and the master guides will help you to master these age-old techniques.
Guides may take you to a field goose hunt in fields or on the upper Potomac River for a combination of puddle duck and Canada goose hunts
Black Duck Outfitters
6509 Carrie Lynn Ct.
Mt. Airy, MD 21771
877-607-6014
Blackduckoutfitters.com
Hunt Sea ducks on Maryland's famous Chesapeake Bay, home to Surf Scoters, White Wing Scoters and Long Tail Ducks, according to R.A.W. Waterfowl Outfitters. R.A.W. Waterfowl Outfitters hunts out of a fully equipped, 21-foot Goliath powered by a 115 hp Suzuki 4 Stroke outboard motor. The Goliath offers a stable shooting platform with the best in open water blinds.
Sea duck season runs from Oct. 14- Nov. 24. Bring a Maryland duck hunting license, warm clothes, 10, 12, or 20 gauge shotguns with No. 1 or No. 2 steel or no-tox for large ducks. Drinks and snacks provided on the boat.
R.A.W. Waterfowl Outfitters
Captain Robbie Walker
4332 Old Stagecoach Rd.
Hurlock, MD 21643
410-228-0307
Rawwaterfowl.com
