Opener Stories!!

[icecold]

Did much better today than opener 3 mallards and 1 woody hunted till 11:00 seen quite a few more birds today than on the opener, much better weather for todays hunt.

[fisherking01]

I'm not gonna stir up any trouble, just venting. Surely not worth persuing for a duck, and on second thought, it wouldn't send a very good message to my son. I let him know that I didn't appreciate thier actions, and would like to act better myself.

We usually have many more opportunities to hunt than 80 percent of the state's duck hunters, so there will be better days. It was great to be out and see friends that only make it up for opener.

Today after the rain, I checked out some of our other hunting spots. found one body of water holding about 150 mallards, teal and woodies. Another with mallards and geese. Peeked through the cattails and watched the birds for about a half hour and then snuck back out. Figure that after a morning of being blasted at, they deserve to have a place to rest. Pretty fun just watching. Brent

[The_Duckslayer]

Got up this morning at 4AM. Watched a cool thunderstorm while having a cup of coffee. Then it passed so I went out and hunted. The good news is I only got one less duck than my son and I did yesterday! The bad news is yesterday we only got one duck! Hunted in the rain yet again today... Hope there are better days ahead. There was a lot of shooting on the lake that I was on I was just on the wrong end of it. Next weekend it's up early and claim a spot on the other end! Never fired a shot today!

Fisher, I hear ya on the use of the f-n-heimer but the younger generation. I get tired of it as well but they do not think that it is a bad thing for them to be doing. My kids, aged 23-29 do NOT use that language at my house. I know that they do elswhere but I can not control that. They did not learn it here. Take care and N Joy the Hunt././Jimbo

[fish4cats]

Did not go out Saturday, and glad I didnt. The group I hunt with shot 1 goose, no ducks

Went out this a.m., river bottom woodies. 6 guys, 12 woodies in a half an hour. 8 drakes, 4 hens.

[Shack]

Sure heard a lot of gun shots while laying in my bed this morning!

The boys north and south of me sure put some rounds out! Must of been a good morning!

Fall is here!

[No_Net]

My cousin and I managed to shoot our limits each day. On

a private slough just south of swan lake. We shot 3 woodducks, 1 mallard, 1 spoonie, 1 widgeon, and 18 teal. One of the best openers I have had.

[aland147]

Had the worst opener in 20 years of duck hunting. But i have been saying that every year for the last 5 or so years. Saw a few flocks but nothing like the good ole days, shot 2 single ring bills that decoyed. Couple of the trends i am seeing in central MN are very very low water levels, which correlates with no wild rice, fewer and fewer hunters, and the few ducks around show absolutely no interest in decoys. Call me old school, but i still dont and have never liked this september opener thing. I am very frustrated.

[guppie]

The meterologists arent as dumb as they look! If they are forcasting rain and it is not raining when you get out of the truck, bring the waterproof coat anyway!

I got SOAKED!

[mr marbles]

I sure like that 9:00am opener, 3 guys 18 ducks, wind, rain, lightning, sittin in a big pot hole!and a few beverages after the hunt and a barbeque, it was perf!!

[Jarrod32]

Well, I shot AT some ducks, anyway...

[bluebill]

hunted with my 13 year old daughter both days could it rain any harder sat. shot at 3 mallards & 2 woodies came home with 3 mallards today hit a spot my brother and 2 buddys filled out on sat. 6 teal 1 woodie best saying was dad you folded that one nice shot dad she will be a waterfowler im so proud

[trailratedtj]

saterday 3 woodies, 1 blue wing, and a widgeon. 4 guys

today 1 woodie, 2 mallards, 2 geese, 1 green wing. 3 guys

saw lots of birds saterday. saw alot of birds early today.

hopefully more to come this week. Still need to get the pup out and see how he does.

[USPENAMC]

i can say that i at least tried.... two days saw a few ducks on sunday but too far away... i drove all over the place maybe i needed to stay put

went to Rapids lake unit on sat then went to a place near gaylord minnesota then i went to Buffalo lake on sunday all day and didnt see much. If anyone wants to share a spot or some tips let me know. I put alot a miles on as you can tell so i dont mind putting some more. If nothing else im already looking at booking a guided hunt maybe this weekend

[tacklejunkie]

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3 of us had no problem getting our woodies. Not much else around. Did manage one mallard and one blue wing teal. Hoping for more variety tomorrow!!

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VIVA VIAGRA!!!

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[swedishpimple]

Lots of woodies and teal in the Bemidji area. We got 6 woodies on Sunday and a couple of teal. We also lost a honker in the extremely thick wild rice we have this year. We pulled the pin after we filled on woodies and did not see any mallards or ringers around.

[Borch]

It funny how it varies based on where you hunted. In the entire weekend we saw 7 teal(6 of those in one flock) and 1 woodie. Lot of mallards though and a few ringnecks. Water levels continue to be low but in much better shape after all the rain the past two weeks.

[Eric Wettschreck]

Both Saturday and Sunday we had great hunting. It was rainy and windy. We shot our limits of ducks. 1 Redhead and the rest were blue wing teal.

One of the more fun openers I've had in a while. Water level is a little low but no where near what I thought it would be.

[BoxMN]

We saw a decent number of ducks, but less than I expected. Had 4 groups of guys on my buddy's farm in West Central MN. Sat were some woodies and a couple geese, and actually beautiful weather - strong wind, blue/cloudy skies. Had some fun "misses" that we got to hassle each other for.

Sunday was wet, and ended up with a handful of redheads and a goose on the lake point, a couple woodies on one end of the slough, and 7 or so ringbill shot on the other end of the slough. Quit by 9 am due to being wet and birds stopped flying.

Lots of fun was had, that is the main thing. Have a great season everyone

[ec30_06]

We got our limits both days. (2 guys) Mostly greenheads and woodies with a few teal and spoonbills. Hunted south of new prague.

[paceman]

My buddy and I got our limits in 20 minutes Saturday (teal and canvasbacks) and two geese. Sunday was much slower. Got 6 and a goose hunting until 9:00 am but it still was one of the best openers un many years.

[Ely Lake Expert]

3 of us went out saturday morning and got 10. We shot really bad, we should of limited out. 1 hen mallard, 1 hen woody, 2 drake woodies, 5 greenwing teal, and 1 bluewing teal.

Sunday was much slower not many birds in the air. We got 3 total, 1 hen mallard and 2 greenwing teal.

[bubs]

two of us got 9 rings,3 mallards, 2 red heads,1 bwt,1 pintail,1 bluebill, 12 sat 5 sun. we left the blind at ten on sunday with birds still flying I got a triple in the air with two shots after my buddy put his gun away .

[Sartell Angler]

saw as many ducks as on any opener I can remember (since about '99) and these are also the best reports I have seen on an opener.

Looks like a banner season!

[Rozman]

Those look like some big geese!!

[deadfeathers]

Finally made it out for the first hunt of the season on Monday. Went to a little pond on public land near my house and there was two hunters already there. Pulled up and asked if I could join them. Got the response of NOPE, we were here first and want to hunt alone. No Problem I can understand, two buddies out together hunting want to share the experienance together. SO I beat feet 45 miles down the road to a place I took my son on the youth hunt. Flooded bean field, the birds were stacked in there. Didn't want to hunt there initially, cause a buddy and I were going to hunt it later this week. Ended up with 3 drake mallards, 2 teal, and a spoony. Great day with me and the dog. Heading to the river tommorrow, down by kellog out of pritchards. Any reports on the river ?????????