dont look up when they are flying in and dont jump when you hear them fly right over you

head to toe camo and be still there is alot of eyes lookin for you, if your not confident with ur call dnt call, shoot stright, good luck

May I suggest that you check out the book A young hunters guide to waterfowling and conservation.author JIM SPENCER.It can provide you many answers.good luck an happy hunting.

I can relate! I hunted for about two years before getting my first wild duck. Wild ducks are extremely smart and so much more wary than I ever expected. Here are a few of the things that were a breakthrough for me:
1. First and foremost, I realized that a duck's sight is about 50 times as good as mine and they pick up color like it was a flashing neon sign. I camoflage everthing that shows and I DON'T move. I don't EVER leave empty shells lying on the ground... they will see them on the first pass every time and will never drop down within shotgun range. I am certain, that I would have gotten plenty of ducks in year 2 had that darned empty shotgun shell not been lying on the beach near the decoys.
2. I had messy decoys. If you use decoys, you have to tend them and make sure they are in a good locations, a good formation and that they don't have ice on them or they aren't waterlogged and tilting. These are a dead give away to highly wary waterfoul. If your decoys look bad, you may as well stay home and watch football. If the decoy isn't painted nice, I leave it at home.
3. I didn't know how to call (what beginner does?). If you don't know how to call, don't try to blast a call at them... learn how to call effectively before you make a sound. Google "duck calls" and listen to the three primary calls: "recognition", "come back" and "feeding'. Although calling is great and they always do it on TV, I have probably shot as many waterfoul without having made a sound than I have by calling. Being quiet doesn't scare them away, but blowing a bad call flares them like setting off dynamite.
4. Hunt sunup, sundown and crappy weather... if it is too miserable to go outside, that is the best time to hunt ducks and geese. They sit tight or fly high when it is sunny and calm. If it is drizzling rain/sleet/snow and the wind is blowing with a terrible chill, they will be diving in for cover and moving around near the ground.

I hope these help have a little better luck in your first year... good hunting and let us know how you do.