Duck Hunting Skagit Valley

I. LOVE. DUCK. HUNTING.

During the fall and winter, when I'm not fishing, you'll usually find me pursuing waterfowl throughout the wetlands of the Skagit River below Fir Island and the surrounding areas. I duck hunt 30-40 days per year. While I am not currently offering guided waterfowl hunts, duck hunting remains a significant part of my outdoor lifestyle.

We see plenty of mallards, pintail, wigeon, and teal, along with the occasional wood duck, spoonbill, and gadwall out in the Skagit Marsh. We usually don’t hunt out of the boat, but go deeper into the marsh by foot. The area is an interesting mix of marsh topography, river channels, and tides, and I may have involuntarily gone swimming while duck hunting on more than one occasion…

I'm an active member of the Washington Waterfowl Association, where I participate in hunter mentorship programs, maintain wood duck nesting boxes, and volunteer with conservation efforts that benefit waterfowl habitat and future hunters. I currently serve on the Board of Directors for WWA. If you're looking for a great group of local hunters and good friends, I highly recommend joining WWA.

I spend much of my hunting season afield with family and friends, but I do enjoy introducing new hunters to the sport through mentorship opportunities. I am particularly fond of introducing youth hunters to the sport.

I love answering questions about waterfowl hunting. If you have any, please ask me!

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Opening day duck hunting of 2024 with friends and family. We shot 28 ducks off the Skagit River.
Two friends of Wyman Guide Service showing off the birds they shot with him off the Skagit River.
The end of an evening hunt in the marshes of the Skagit River yielded a good line of ducks.
The owner of Wyman Guide Service and his son duck hunting Skagit River. Photo by taken by a friend who went with us.
The son of Wyman Guide Service showing off a great pile of ducks after hunting the weekend away in Skagit County.
Kody (a friend of Wyman Guide Service) with a stack of teal ducks while hunting on the Skagit River.
My wife picking up decoys after a great day of duck hunting in Skagit Valley, off the Skagit River.
A man and a boy in camouflage clothing on a boat, smiling, holding a string of ducks they hunted, with a setting sun and trees in the background.
Wyman Guide Service's wife after a great wigeon hunt in the Skagit marshlands.
Wyman Guide Service's son's opening day duck hunt was a blast! Three of us shot 15 ducks before it slowed down.
Evening Scenery on the Skagit River.
Wyman Guide Service's family after a great October duck hunt in wetlands of the Skagit River.
A great pile of mallards while hunting around Skagit River.
Tyler (Wyman Guide Service's son) with our string of ducks while hunting off the Skagit River.
Duck hunting in the wetlands of the Skagit River.
A line of ducks taken in the earlier part of the waterfowl season here in Skagit Valley.
Maddie and the Wyman Guide Service boat after a very fast 45-minute duck hunt in the Skagit River marshes.
Decoys waiting to pull in ducks in the wetlands of Skagit Bay here in Washington.
Taking two women out for a duck hunt in the lower marshes of Skagit Bay.
A pile of ducks we shot during a late-season duck hunt in off the Skagit River.
Pilings across Skagit Bay at sunset. Makes for some gorgeous duck hunting.
An early-season (September) goose hunt along the edges of Skagit Bay with friends.
Daughter of Wyman Guide Service doing the "duck dance" do to bring in the birds while hunting the lower marshes near Skagit Bay.
First-ever duck for this guy. A big fat mallard off the Skagit River.
Duck hunting the cattails of the Skagit marshes in Washington.
Wyman Guide Service taking out two kids during the late-season youth and veteran hunt in Skagit Valley.
Two large Canada Geese after the youth hunt of 2024 out in Skagit Bay.
The son of Wyman Guide Service showing off his amazing 7-bird limit of wood ducks that he shot in Skagit Valley from their handmaid layout boat.
A row of 5 mallards from a fast duck hunt in Skagit Bay.
Layout boat hunting in Skagit Valley.
A nice limit of ducks from a very fast 1-man hunt for Wyman Guide Service on the Skagit River.
The owner of Wyman Guide Service with his wife after a great duck hunt in Skagit Valley.
Wigeon decoys ready to draw in ducks to hunt in Skagit County.
The owner of Wyman Guide Service with a nice mixed bag of ducks while hunting on the Skagit River.
Kody with a goose he shot while hunting during the early goose season in Skagit Valley.
Tyler (the son of Wyman Guide Service) showing off a nicely-plumed pintail duck while hunting in the lower marshes of the Skagit River.
An old bridge in Skagit Bay here in Washington. The last of its kind in the bay.
A frost rainbow out in Skagit Bay on a cold morning out duck hunting.
Pilings across Skagit Bay on an early morning in Washington.
A frosty cattail on a cold morning while out duck hunting.
Decoys over water here in Skagit Valley.
Jump shooting a group of green-winged teal during the youth waterfowl hunt of 2024.