CLOSE THE SEASON

[Riverratpete]

My father who was a avid duck hunter all through the 50's,60's,70's and even the 80's always said "If you want to hunt ducks in REAL numbers you have to go west, except for the Bluebills through North Central Minnesota the ducks follow the prairie/forest line" He doesn't hunt ducks anymore but I know for a fact he and his buddies shot ALOT of ducks in their day...out western Minnesota.

[icecold]

Jiggen fool. You hit the nail right on da head, My relatives from the dakotas always call me and give me grief, they know I love to duck hunt and always ask me if there are any ducks in minnesota, And they always say there cant be because they are all over by Bismark and inbetween Fargo The feilds are thick with feeding ducks and geese, But I still hunt in Minnesota because I find it a challenge to draw ducks into my spread, It the hunt not the quanity.

[jiggin' fool]

Ice Cold,

Yes sir, it IS the quality of the hunt, not the quantity. Trouble is..., we have a hard time finding the quality here, due to all the pressure. Having hunted the Dakota prarires, as well as the Canadian provinces, I can tell you it is a beautiful thing to watch a flock of ducks work the spread and the calling. It is very hard to do here. I live in S.E. MN and do quite a bit of duck hunting down on the Mississippi river, around Weaver. It has gotten to be a sad, sad deal. Every flock of ducks that TRIES to come down, gets 17 different hail-calls thrown at 'em, and when they do eventually circle down, as soon as they get 70-yards off the water..., BLAM, BLAM, BLAM..., the sky-busters let go!!!!!!

Lately, I have been hunting the "other" rivers, smaller stuff, and larger farm ponds. I may see only a fraction of the ducks I do on the big river, but you know what...., they actually work the call. Swinging over 3,4 or even 5 times, before committing. But eventually, they drop those orange feet, and when the smoke clears, there is a beautiful drake or two floating in the water, and a handsome black lab making a retrieve. That usually ends it for the day..., but I will trade one sweet flock, for all the skybusting, duck-call blowing, (NOT duck-calling), spot-crowding hassle of the "popular-spots" any day.

And of course, then there are the honkers!!!!!!!! But that's another story.

Have a great season all!!!!!!!!

[kevfish]

TO ME THE SEASON IS CLOSED THIS YEAR BECAUSE I WILL NOT BUY A LICENSE AND HUNT THIS YEAR- I CAN SIT IN MY YARD AND LOOK AT THE CLEAR BLUE SKYS.

[jblabsnduck]

Good for you

Just one less guy I have to worry about finding my little honey holes

[mr wizard]

You should still buy the stamps. See ya next year. Can't wait for it to start!

[wyldewal]

After finally finding time to read all these posts I have made up my mind. No matter what they do with the season, now or in the future, I WILL BE OUT THERE. My love of the sport is that great thet even if they closed the season in the future I would still be out there. I would still put up the blind, put out the dekes, and still watch the sun rise over them, with my children along side of me, reliving the days when we could pull the trigger. Dreaming of the day when they allow us to hunt again.

For me it is not how many ducks I kill, it's how I feel when the first light hits the decoys, and the rush of adrenilin when the flock buzzes just out of range, and too many other feelings to count. For these reasons and many, many more, I WILL ALWAYS BE OUT THERE.

[Eric Wettschreck]

If you're not going, can my kid borrow your shotgun?

[Sartell Angler]

Quote:

---

After finally finding time to read all these posts I have made up my mind. No matter what they do with the season, now or in the future, I WILL BE OUT THERE. My love of the sport is that great thet even if they closed the season in the future I would still be out there. I would still put up the blind, put out the dekes, and still watch the sun rise over them, with my children along side of me, reliving the days when we could pull the trigger. Dreaming of the day when they allow us to hunt again.

For me it is not how many ducks I kill, it's how I feel when the first light hits the decoys, and the rush of adrenilin when the flock buzzes just out of range, and too many other feelings to count. For these reasons and many, many more, I WILL ALWAYS BE OUT THERE.

---

I'm in the same boat my man!

[kevfish]

He sure can

[kevfish]

glad i could help you out

[kevfish]

I dont think so