Sporting

Explore the Santee Delta

Spend a day in the duck blind on South Carolina's Santee Delta

October/November 2016

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Decoys in the morning light.

Photo: Peter Frank Edwards

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A morning’s bag.

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A modern rice trunk regulates flow.

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Motte gets a post-hunt rinse.

Photo: Peter Frank Edwards

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A blue-winged teal atop a mixed take of Delta ducks.

Photo: Peter Frank Edwards

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Dan Ray on a dike at Annandale Plantation.

Photo: Peter Frank Edwards

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Phil Wilkerson.

Photo: Peter Frank Edwards

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Motte warms up by the fire after a morning hunt.

Photo: Peter Frank Edwards

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The gear shed at Rochelle Plantation.

Photo: Peter Frank Edwards

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Inside the Tom Yawkey Wildlife Center.

Photo: Peter Frank Edwards

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A hunter surveys the sky before calling it a morning.

Photo: Peter Frank Edwards

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The Santee Delta.

Photo: Peter Frank Edwards

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Hunters crouch behind a portable blind as ducks come into view just after sunrise.

Photo: Peter Frank Edwards

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Gadwall, pintain, and shovelers rise above an empty blind.

Photo: Peter Frank Edwards

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