What is Waterfowl hunting?
{{unreferenced|date=December 2011}} '''Waterfowl hunting''' (also called '''wildfowling''' or '''waterfowl shooting''' in Britain) is the act of [[hunting]] [[duck]]s, [[geese]], or other [[waterfowl]] for [[Game (food)|food]] and [[sport]]. In many western countries, waterfowl hunting is illegal, and duck hunting is mostly an [[Outdoor activity|outdoor sporting activity]]. Many types of ducks and geese share the same habitat, have overlapping or same [[hunting season]]s, and are hunted the same. Thus it is possible to hunt different species of waterfowl in the same trip. Waterfowl can be hunted in crop fields where they eat, or, more often, on or near bodies of water such as rivers, lakes, ponds, swamps, sloughs, or oceanic coastlines.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=David|first=Arlette|date=2014-10-01|title=Hoopoes and Acacias: Decoding an Ancient Egyptian Funerary Scene|url=https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/677251|journal=Journal of Near Eastern Studies|volume=73|issue=2|pages=235–252|doi=10.1086/677251|s2cid=164075553|issn=0022-2968}}</ref> ==Reference== {{reflist}} [[Category:Hunting]]