Youth Waterfowl Day How did the kids do?

[gtofast1]

My son had his moments...Not too many ducks around the Sherburne Wildlife Refuge. Only saw 3 other trucks in the parking area. Might have to move west for the opener..

[magnumthunder]

Not many ducks. The ones she did shoot at were just a little to fast for her to hit. She did do good on the geese though! We seen more geese than ducks!

[rattlem'up]

i took my little brother out yetserday and sat on the Crow River and banged a few ducks. he managed to get 2 woodies, a mallard and a teal! i was surprised i thought those ducks would be fast for him but the ducks decoyed well.

[Roamer]

Took my son and a neighbor boy out to the farm pond. Labor Day weekend there were about 500 mallards woodies and teal on it. We figured why loose any sleep when we have this spot to ourselves so we left around 7 AM. Got to the pond at 7:45 no dekes involved just hid in the corn and were done by 9 AM. They wound up with a hen and beutiful drake woodie and 2 hens and 4 drake malards. My sons last year and I will take the neighbor next year along with one of my daughters.

Hunt safe, hunt ethical, and take a kid along you'll enjoy the experience more.

[Dan Thiem]

I took my 13 year old and his friend. They knocked down 3 geese and on hen woodie.

One of the geese had a band on it's leg. It said it was from Laurel, Md. We called the # on the band, gave them some info, and they are sending us some data on it.

Truly a great time, reliving my youth watching these kids and their excitment.

[mille lacs muskie bum]

I went for my last year and got a big goose and 1 teal.

[g'eye pilot]

Hunted a private wetland near Waseca... Only a few skidish ducks buzzing around at sunrise. But the geese were plentiful. We had four different groups come in, and my thirteen year old managed to cut a bird on each volley. We had to chase a couple of them, but retrieved all the birds. At one point upon returning to our set-up after chasing, there was a drake woodie sitting in the deeks. That would have been our best chance for a duck. Great day overall, nice breeze, and not too hot. We heard a couple of other volleys in the distance, but never saw another hunter.

[iceman16]

took my 13 year old neighbor and saw lots of ducks and geese. the ducks were flying alittle to fast for him to get but he did get one goose. it was fun just being out on the pond again cant wait for opener.

iceman

[ccarlson]

Took my 10 year old daughter and my 13 year old nephew out in northern Minnesota and had a tremendous duck hunt. The number of local birds were the highest I have seen in many years. As soon as the group to the south of us opened up about 5 minutes after shooting time began, the sky was a buzz for the next 2 hours.

I stood right behind my daughter to make sure the excitement of the moment didn't sacrifice the safety and as I would watch her try to pick a duck out of the flock, there was just so much flight activity in her field of view that she had a hard time staying on one target. She waffled a few but didn't drop any. You just can't practice for that by throwing out one or two clay pigeons at a time.

My mistake was thinking that one box of shells would be more than enough for the number of ducks I expected to see and for her shoulder. It was gone in about a half hour and she was still willing to shoot but we were out of the 20 guage shells. We both agreed that we would stick to shooting on the wing which I give her credit for.

My nephew dropped his ducks very well after a little warm up time with his 12 guage.

We went into town, picked up more 20 guage shells and she hunted again from 2-4 but only a pair came in that she missed.

I explained to them that what we saw that morning was not a normal day of hunting but it was a great way to get them both hooked for life.

Remember to include your kids in the regular season too!

ccarlson

[Nova]

Took my twin 14 year old sons out and had a great day. They managed there limit of birds by 9:15 am. They were a little rusty at first but managed to clean up the last 3 birds with 3 shots. Got a black duck for the first time in 10 years. Topped of the weekend by one of them getting his first bow deer..a 6 point. Awful hard to sit and watch them shoot and not be able to myself, but watching them have a blast was well worth it.

[Froggy4371]

Now that sounds like a great weekend and alot of fun!! Congrats!!

Froggy