With so many waterfowl on Assateague during the winter, are there many good hunting areas nearby?
A. The inland waters near Assateague Island provide some of the best waterfowl hunting opportunities in the United States. A long time destination for huge concentrations of migrating waterfowl along the Atlantic flyway, Assateague Island National Seashore and Chincoteague NWR provide protection to a great variety of waterfowl species. As a result, hunting recreation is fantastic near it’s boundaries at many areas in Chincoteague Bay. With an experienced Chincoteague hunting guide, you can expect to see large numbers of widgeon, gadwalls, mallards, pintails, teal, black ducks, snow geese, canada geese, swan, old squaw and many other diving ducks while hunting this rich habitat.
