Winter Duck

About Outfitter

Dear Friends, Thank you for taking the time to consider our team for your next waterfowl adventure. Rest assured, you are looking in the right place. Basswood Lodge started in 1997 as a family run business and continues to be today. Everyone on my team is a part of my extended family. We are truly blessed to live this life and we take nothing for granted. I grew up hunting, fishing, and trapping the marshes and rivers of the St. Lawrence River Valley. From a young age my parents taught me the value of a good days work. I have taken this mentality and applied it to everything I have done in life. We own a lot of ground and have exclusive access to the most productive ground that exists here. I expect everyone on my team to have the same work ethic I have. I can promise you no grass grows between our toes while trying to give you the experience you came here to get. I have built a crew of professional waterfowl guides who take every aspect of the business as seriously as I do. Not many outfitters these days have as much skin in the game as we do.

Experience Overview

Primary Species - Canvasbacks, Redheads, Scaup, Mallards, Black Ducks, Goldeneyes, Canada Geese Our winter duck hunting takes place on the St. Lawrence River, Lake Ontario, or in the Finger Lakes Region. We hunt a mix of boat blinds and shore blinds on the big water. We also gun fields for Mallards, Black Ducks, and Canada Geese. This is the best time of the year to chase divers on big water and can be an exceptional time to kill big fat migrating Mallards and Black Ducks. The St. Lawrence River and Finger Lakes Region winter huge numbers of migrating waterfowl. Many trophy species exist this time of the year and we will be set on any given day to hunt the type of birds you want, however we will hunt what the weather and bird patterns dictate. Like with all winter duck hunting anywhere, weather plays a huge factor in the success of any given day. All of our big water guides possess a USCG Captain's License. All of our winter duck hunts start at legal shooting time, half hour before sunrise, and will go until

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