If you learn how to find free duck hunting games online, you can follow duck hunting from the great outdoors to a computer without paying anything. There are many options for finding free deer hunting games or even free hunting games online, but to find free duck hunting games requires a little more work.

Looking down barrel of your shotgun at first light as ducks drop towards your decoys has much more appeal than aiming a prompt across a screen with a mouse, but you will not have to wait for the season or get up early in the morning to enjoy duck hunting online. For some people who are not duck hunters the Internet world is a window into the world of waterfowl hunting, as well as a fun diversion.

Knowing your computer and its limitations is as important as the shells you put in your shotgun. For old computers you may be limited to the older flash games. You will need to try out the sites that host the best games just like you would checking out the marsh or water to see what prey it holds. When you do strike out on your own to look for new games there are things to look for and things to avoid.

Know what your computer can handle. Many of the older duck hunting games online are flash games that require only the simplest of computers to run. There are some more advanced 3D games that require a little more memory, but few require much over 500MB.

Make sure your mouse is clean. As with most shooting games being able to move your aim around with your mouse easily is important. But in duck hunting, with the fast moving targets is even more necessary. A joy stick can help. There is not much in the way of having to lead duck as you would in the wild and this can take some time getting use to.

Play with your screen display. In duck hunting your targets are often fast moving and there is little time to adjust your shot. And many of the older games only give you a limited screen so making sure you utilize what you have is important. In some games you will find it hard to aim with the mouse considering the size screen you are given. Sometimes the best solution is to move on to a better game. The better games are out there, filled with waterfowl waiting to be clicked upon and dropped from the sky.

There are several types of games to choice from when looking around. Some try to resemble real life duck hunting while some are more simple shooting games. Listed below are some well known game sites and what they have to offer

• Hunting.net offers a simple shooting game called Duck Hunter. It is only a small screen and hold you to limits since it says it promotes ethical hunting. http://www.huntingnet.com/games/

• Myhunting games.com offers Two games: the classic Nintendo Duck Hunt with laughing dog and all and Duck shooter which has a real back ground with animated ducks that fold when you hit them.http://www.myhuntinggames.com/

• I-mockery offers a flash game for all of those players who would like to exact revenge on the annoying dog from Nintendo’s Duck Hunt called: Kill the Dog from Duck Hunt.http://www.i-mockery.com/minimocks/duckhunt/

• TabarnaSoft.com has a 3D duck hunter game called Duck Hunt 2010. It requires a download of software. View the featured video tfor a quick demo.http://www.tabarnasoft.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=17&Itemid=19

• Acid play offers a down loadable 3D game. The graphics are limited and shooting the birds is not the easiest. The game has an annoying dog, but the game alows you to shoot the dog laughing at you at any time.http://www.acid-play.com/download/duck-hunter-3d/

• Terragame.com offers a demo of the 3D game Ultimate Duck Hunt.http://www.terragame.com/downloadable/hunt/ultimate_duck_hunting/index.html

At some point, you may want to search for additional free duck hunting games yourself. Many sites offer free games and there is always a chance of finding a demo of a high graphics game. One thing to keep in mind is to try and avoid spam sites. Make sure you have a a quality spyware program installed in addition to a fire wall.

Many sites offer the free version of the old Nintendo game Duck Hunt. While this was a fun game for its time, and still fun to play, many of your search results are taken up with offers for it. Try bypassing any site that has the words Nintendo and classic if you have already gotten tired of the annoying dog. New games and new companies are building hunting and duck hunting games. With a little searching you might find the next best game to become free. Just keep looking cyberspace like you would the sky for approaching fowl.