Waterfowl hunting was a primary recreational activity on Humboldt Bay from the early 1900s to the 1970s and remains popular today. During duck season, members of the Humboldt Fish and Game Club met at the hunt cabin on the McBride family ranch, ate dinner together the night before the hunt, and the following morning paired up to hunt at assigned blinds. Hunters often achieved the limit of 50 birds per day in the 1920s, but limits became more restrictive in the 1930s. South Bay was and still is a focal point for waterfowlers using a variety of techniques, and local people made wide use of everything from simple to elaborate cabins on South Spit, stilt blinds in the bay, scull and layout boats, and the Humboldt Fish and Game Club while taking advantage of abundant natural resources.