Muddy Creek Outfitters

Muddy Creek Outfitters handles the work so you sit back and hunt. Captain Matt Loveland started the operation in 2010 after growing up chasing waterfowl in Central New Jersey—and he's been obsessed since age 6. Now he spends waterfowl season putting clients where the birds actually are.

90% of trips run over water—private ponds, flooded timber, bogs, creeks, and rivers. You can target:

• •Puddle ducks (wood ducks, teal, mallards, black ducks, pintails, mergansers) in flooded timber and farm ponds
• •Diver ducks in open bay, two-man layout boats from Barnegat Bay to Great Bay
• •Sea ducks (scoters and long-tailed ducks) from Barnegat Inlet up to two miles offshore

Canada geese hunts use either layout blinds, box blinds, or pit blinds in hay, wheat, rye, corn, and soybean fields. Water hunts run a decoy rig of 50 floaters on creeks, rivers, or private ponds. Equipment includes over 150 full-body decoys and 5 dozen shell decoys—all top-tier, constantly maintained.

"A thrill that not many get to experience! Chase down snow geese from one end of the state to the next!"

This means serious scouting and miles on the road to find birds every hunt.

Captain Matt and Janine Loveland run bow fishing aboard a 2015 20' custom bow fishing boat on the Delaware River and tributaries. Target carp, catfish, and snakehead. The boat accommodates 1–6 shooters with bows for both right and left-handed archers.

Captain Matt Loveland owns and guides—he's a competitive duck caller who placed third in the 2012 Keystone Regional Duck Calling Competition and took first in the 2011 New Jersey Open Goose Calling Contest. When he's not calling or scouting, he's training retrievers.

Janine Loveland books trips and guides bow fishing excursions. She grew up outdoors and handles boat operations.