2015 Waterfowl Season

[Neighbor_guy]

Well it's officially only hours away. Good luck to everyone who's hunting this year.

Be safe. That waters cold. Those shotguns bite hard. Nobody wants to hear a horror story about someone here on the boards or anyone in the state for that matter. After all, it's just a duck, not worth getting hurt over. 

Most importantly HAVE FUN!!!! Enjoy the sunrise in the blind. Take a kid or a friend who's never been in the duck blind. Try a new spot or slew. Chase a band. But most of all enjoy yourself and the season. 

I realize that we have had a pair of early goose seasons and a youth waterfowl hunt, but this is the big one. 

Please share your experiences. Share pictures. Stop by and tell stories with as much or as little details as you feel like sharing. We will enjoy your successes and laugh with you at fails. 

[BoxMN]

We are going to have three girls (two granddaughters and a niece) from 10 to 15 and my youngest grandson (who finally does not have a hockey conflict...) at 13 out with us. Should be a great time! Hopefully see some ducks, maybe get a shot at them in the am, then jump some sloughs, then lunch, then trap and target shooting at the farm, and then build a blind in the slough. Then some atv riding and maybe one last slough jumping and then dinner. Likely all while wearing shorts, haha!

Have fun everybody! Be safe.

[TylerS]

I can't wait! It's officially the best time of year. 

Supposed to be warm tomorrow, but a stiff south wind is perfect for our hide. We've never been beat to our set yet, but I'm not going to push our luck. Better get there bright and early!

Have four guns and a young squirt just along to enjoy the experience. Hopefully he brings home a few memories. 

[monstermoose78]

I am pumped up !!! I cant wait for morning

[fishersofmen]

Good luck everyone! Its going to be warm tomorrow, I know one thing I am not forgetting the bug spray this year last year we got eaten alive!

[fishuhalik]

I gotta stay off this page. You guys are killing me!! Ours doesn't open til October 24th. With that said though, I get to shoot fully plumed birds until the end of February :)

[Bryce]

[monstermoose78]

Nice work Bryce!! I did not do that well but for me it was the best I have done on opener. Hunted the pond and enough chances to fill a limit but it seems I can only hit wood ducks. The date is off by a day on my camera I will see have wife fix it when she gets home.

[MJ1657]

Nice work guys! 

[monstermoose78]

Did you make it out @MJ1657

Edited September 26, 2015 by monstermoose78

[MJ1657]

Did you make it out @MJ1657

No my hunting partner had a homecoming parade this morning. Got a little hidey hole to try out and I want it to be fresh and i had to milk this morning.......We will give it a shot tomorrow morning. 

[Neighbor_guy]

traveled 200miles due west of the house, barely slept due to the excitement.... And it was over before the sun even came up. 

As anticipated it was mostly a teal shoot. But we did get a hen mallard, a hen spoonbill, and a widgeon tossed into the mix. 

Going to scout a different spot for tomorrow morning this afternoon. The rest of the time will be spent studying for an upcoming test. (Fun right???)

[bobberineyes]

Webster area neighbor guy?

[monstermoose78]

Good Luck with the test!! Looks like you had some fun this morning. @Neighbor_guy I got a spot for you to check out near home with your yak. 

[fishersofmen]

Me and the boy got a few but it was very slow. Could not believe the lack of teal. Got nothing after the first half hour it was nice to be back out though.

[Todd Caswell]

Duck opener was as I expected, hunted the pond behind my parents, never really has been good but I hate dealing with people on public water on the opener, one Wood Duck, and Libby made a nice retrieve across the pond and up in the grass, could have pulled the trigger on a couple other woodies but they were pass shots not in the decoys. Dinner was grilled duck breast over a bed of wild rice, smashed red potatoes and green beans.And Libby got to clean up the plate.

 

 

 

[MJ1657]

[fishuhalik]

All my buds did really good. Sounds like the guys that put in the time scouting did really good with limits and guys that hunted the same spot they do every year did marginal at best. Put the miles on guys. It pays off!!!

[Neighbor_guy]

Webster area neighbor guy?

Morris area

Did well today again. Checked two different shallow sloughs yesterday afternoon. Found one with loafing ducks and hunted it this morning. No big ducks, but came back one short of a two man limit. Still an awesome lunch. 

[monstermoose78]

I shot like normal today and no ducks hit the water. Should have had my limit of wood ducks today.

[Bryce]

Our Morris area lease had horrible numbers compared to the past so sounds like it's spotty. First time pelicans and cormorants lead us to believe something has changed. 

[Siwulat]

Got my first ever ducks this afternoon. Public land metro ish. 1 hen and 1 drake woody. So stoked! 

 

 

[MJ1657]

Nice work @Siwulat!

[bobberineyes]

Morris area

Did well today again. Checked two different shallow sloughs yesterday afternoon. Found one with loafing ducks and hunted it this morning. No big ducks, but came back one short of a two man limit. Still an awesome lunch. 

nice weekend,  just curious is all, we've done a lot of openers eastern sodak, early years was nothing but big ducks, lately been nothing but little ducks....took this year off out there. 

[123fish]

We had a very good Opener down here in the far southwest corner. Six of us shot a six man limit of about half mallards and half bluewings along with two spoonies and a couple of honkers. Real good time.