From the back of the skiff, on a homemade poling platform bolted to the johnboat hull, Walter “Joe Guide” Dinkins is taking no chances. “Watch close, now,” the 59-year-old says. “Watch good. These ...

The team has had great success capturing clapper rails using an airboat, thermal imaging camera, spotlights and dip nets. Forty-two birds have been banded and outfitted with radio-transmitters in the ...

And you can heat up a shotgun barrel hunting these birds: Shooting a limit of clapper rails is common on a good tide, and the daily limit is 15 clapper and king rails in aggregate, plus another 25 ...