Seymour, who remains a passionate waterfowler, sets a lively pace.

Decoys are one of the most important pieces of equipment for the waterfowler.

This is outlawed in much of the country but the waterfowler answered back with the layout boats.

Every veteran waterfowler has a preferred load for duck and goose hunting.

But a skillful waterfowler will almost always get some shooting and, at times, superlative opportunities.

Every accomplished waterfowler has developed his own system for causing shot charge and flying bird to intersect.

These hardy, vivacious, fast-flying little ducks, frequently called butterballs, are not prime quarry for the waterfowler.

In addition to the need for going to larger shot sizes with steel, the waterfowler should also be aware that steel loads deliver tighter patterns.

Even if he owns a 12- or 10-gauge gun that wouldn't be damaged by steel shot, a waterfowler is sometimes blocked from using the ideal goose load by state regulations.

A useful gift for a waterfowler would be the durable, five-foot-high camouflaged netting that can be had from Herter's of Beaver Dam, Wis.

In response, the sensitive waterfowler can only say that he loves the birds he enjoys hunting and would not kill them if that placed their future of their species in jeopardy.

At such a time, the veteran waterfowler is happiest when he spots a flock of 15 or 20 birds coming his way because they will be more inclined to join the larger group of bogus birds.

Unlike the waterfowler who may move around in the blind to warm up or to ease cramped muscles when no birds are visible, the spring turkey hunter must remain motionless, particularly after a tom has responded to his call.

There was a 15-foot-high bank above it, an ideal setup for the jump-shooting technique I often used in my youth before I could afford decoys, and in less than a minute I was transformed from a grouse hunter to a waterfowler.

He does, however, believe that the federal wildlife agencies in the United States and Canada are "shifting their priorities away from waterfowl and their habitats" and that Ducks Unlimited has departed from its original role as the waterfowler's advocate.

Morton also introduced an online licensing system and community website for fishing and hunting, and expanded youth hunting opportunities by allowing Sunday hunting and introducing an official Provincial Hunting Day and Waterfowler Heritage Days.

Skeuse, an avid upland bird hunter and waterfowler who once had 46 original Parkers in his gun collection, said the reproduction venture seemed "like a natural thing to do," particularly because his four sons, who have joined his business, also enjoy guns and hunting.

He was a superb waterfowler and a staunch member of Ducks Unlimited, a supporter of aspiring wildlife artists, an acknowledged expert in antique duck, goose and shorebird decoys, and a master at handling the rudderless St. Lawrence sailing skiff.

Hampered, at least in the Northeast in winter, by bulky clothing, shooting from awkward positions in the confines of a blind and often in gale-force winds, the waterfowler must deal with a special set of conditions which cannot be approximated in a shooting school or on a trap or skeet range.

After Mr. Davoli, his wife, Cecelia, and their two children chatted for several minutes with Lyle G. Smith, a tribal member, police officer for the Town of Southampton and waterfowler, about Mr. Smith's hand-carved and hand-painted decoys, Mr. Davoli switched gears.