>>1362601Hunting regs are area specific. Look up the game regs re: what license you need and if management area stamp required. Public land often has different rules than private (ex. turkey in Florida, you can use a shotgun anywhere, but a rifle only if on private land.)
Stalking is hard, but fun; a little dangerous as you may get mistaken for a deer. Stand is great, but follow the regs and "etiquette" as to marking, placement, where to park, where to walk, etc.
If you can afford it, joining a hunt lease is best. If not, plenty of public options but apply for any lotteries early and scope out the areas, don't just show up one day with gun in hand.
Duck hunting requires the use of steel shot, and you need a separate waterfowl stamp. Shotguns must be plugged to hold no more than 3 rounds in most areas.
The firearms are the easy part. The regulations are the hard part. Read, talk to people, and research anything you aren't sure of.
Most wildlife officers will give exactly one tenth of a rat turd that you were unaware of the law that says you can only hunt with a gun with serial number on the left side of the barrel on alternating Thursdays when the sun is retrograde in Aquarius and any duck you shoot must be heading in a southeasterly direction as you shoot only from its left side using only steel #4 shot while wearing 288 square inches of hunter orange, and only from a boat with a horn and whistle while wearing a USCG approved flotation device. They'll just issue you the ticket(s) and leave you to figure it out before your fine and court date.
If by dog hunting you mean using retrievers for waterfowl, it's still a thing and it's pretty cool, but your dog needs training or he's going to scare off more ducks than he retrieves. If you mean "hunting" for deer with dogs, that's unsporting crap that only white trash drunk idiots do, and they give hunters a bad name.
