Posted By: HonkerHotline Web Member Central Minnesota 10-08-2011 15:31 Cloudy, Light Rain & Drizzle – 60-65 Degrees Not enthused at all about hunting in the Summer like conditions we have been provided with over the past couple of weeks, my neighbor coaxed me into getting out of bed this morning for a hunt. Hit a small shallow slough with a dozen duck dekes and a half dozen goose floaters. After the 30+ mile an hour winds yesterday, there was litterally none this morning making standing on the shore with nats buzzing your head tons of fun. At first light, we saw a flock of 8 teal buzz the decoys, but we were asleep at the wheel and didn’t capitalize on that opportunity. Afterward, we were kept busy enough with Woodies to keep things interesting. Ended up the morning with a two man limit of woodies, however we shot pretty well… Continue reading

Posted By: Double_Trouble_Golden Web Member McLeod County 09-24-2011 18:50 Sunny & Clear, Morning Fog – 50-60 Degrees First day was a blast. Out of all 4 of us we got 13 ducks. Had one other party on the lake with 60 decoys. We played it smart and only put out 10 Woodies. Lots of them still flying around. Morning fog was the best!!! Good dog action too, almost lost my golden. Shot a duck landed 30 yards in deep deep water. Kept swimming out before my dog could get it. As soon as she did the duck dove six times. It was like wack a mole! Swam for 6 mins before finally getting it. Too late for me since I was running to my boat and paddling my little heart to reach her. Just got to remember shes a lot fitter and better swimmer. Good Luck Y’all. Posted By: Paul-Burton… Continue reading

Posted By: Peter-Brown Field Editor Did Not Hunt 03-31-2011 16:45 Sunny & Clear, Winds Calm – 35-40 Degrees I’m finally getting situated in my new home north of Askov. We moved last November. It’s going to take a ton of scouting and talking to get some hunting spots around here. It will be interesting. That said, I’m seeing signs of Spring and birds. Canadas moving in , Sandhills this morning, a bunch of Turkeys in my road last week. (I missed out on a license) The reports I’m getting from SoDak White Goose hunters are “no shortage of birds, just tough to get”. Life is good !!!!!! Only about 6 months until the 2011 Fall season. [Edited By Peter-Brown on 2011-04-03 10:50] Posted By: CPAMAN Guest Did Not Hunt 03-20-2011 13:52 Sunny & Clear, High Winds – 40-45 Degrees Driving back from West Central MN on Friday, March 28th was… Continue reading

Posted By: CPAMAN Guest Rice/Skunk Lakes-Central MN 11-13-2010 17:59 Cloudy, Accumulating Snow – 30-34 Degrees – Open Water Perfect weather in Central MN for duck hunting. Not the heavy snow here that the Twin Cities is getting. Just a steady snowfall with winds at 15 mph. Problem. No ducks! Saw six birds on the two lakes-total! Two mallards and four divers. I shot a crippled goose on Skunk lake as I scouted the two lakes. Had to chase him around for several hundred yards. The only goose left in the area. Frustrating to say the least. P.S. Discovered when cleaning the goose that it was banded! [Edited By CPAMAN on 2010-11-14 10:58] Posted By: Paul-Burton Field Editor Brainerd area 11-13-2010 11:06 – – – Hunted big water 5 days in the last week and a half. Not much happening in this part of the state. Have bagged a few birds… Continue reading

Posted By: CPAMAN Guest Central MN 10-29-2010 12:44 Sunny & Clear, Winds Calm – 25-30 Degrees – Ice Hunted this AM after the lowest barometric pressure system EVER recorded in the USA this past week on Tuesday. Yesterday may have been the day to be out as winds were out of the NW at 20-30 mph and overcast until late morning. Hard freeze overnight with temps down to around 23 degrees. Ice on the bays of the lake and the more shallow areas. Water levels extremely high-as high as I ever seen for this late in October. I got to the landing early at around 5:50 am. That is a full 1.5 hrs before legal shooting. To my surprise, two vehicles were already there, and one vehicle was parked with the hunters already on the lake 20 minutes prior according to he other guy there who was just launching. Hardly… Continue reading

Posted By: kobear Web Member Douglas County 10-25-2010 08:42 Cloudy, Occassional Rain Showers – 40-45 Degrees Wet. Real wet. Thunder before legal shooting Saturday. Shotgun thunder after. Didn’t sound like alot of guys out but there sure were ducks. Ringbills and a gadwall. Never got the drop on any mallards, other ducks swung thru interfereing twice and they got me by suprise once. Sunday they were later but had some big flocks swirl right in. First ones caught me sitting them came so quick. Half were on the water before I stood up. Pulled down on the passers not landing, bang, bang, switched to the lifting off birds, bang. No ducks three clean misses dog not impressed. Ended with five ringbills. Posted By: kobear Web Member West central 10-22-2010 21:02 Sunny & Clear, Winds Calm – 45-50 Degrees Lots of birds bagged in the past week. Mallards and woodies in… Continue reading

Posted By: Peter-Brown Field Editor North Metro, Anoka Cty 10-07-2010 09:41 Sunny & Clear, Winds Calm – 45-50 Degrees Sorry I’m so late with this report, but it’s taken some time to get caught up after Saskatchewan trip. I’ve hunted the last few days on Geo.watch and today Reshanu. It’s been pretty slow. I did get three ducks this AM. I’m seeing mostly Woodies with the odd Teal and Mallards. A bunch of shooting right at legal each day, then it realy drops off. There seems to be a fair numbers of hunters out, with access seemingly easy with high water. The high water is screwing up some of my best spots, but I’ll adjust. Hunting for both ducks and geese is always better in this area with low water rather than high. I’ll keep after then and report again after the weekend. I’m headed north( Orr area) next week.… Continue reading

Posted By: dstohlberg08 Web Member glenwood 09-19-2010 20:02 Mostly Cloudy, No Precipitation – 45-50 Degrees Hunted a small lake near a friends cabin in glenwood this mourning,we shot 2 geese and missed a third. Very few geese seen in the area. Also saw very few ducks flying. So far in five hunts my group has killed 31 geese with 0 banded Posted By: CPAMAN Guest West Central Minnesota 09-19-2010 19:50 Mostly Sunny, No Precipitation – 50-60 Degrees My brother Andy and a friend took three youths including my nephew Tommy on their first waterfowl hunt Saturday AM. Andy and Tommy arrived at the spot, one they had never hunted, just before sunrise, but did not get set up until almost one hour after legal shooting. No matter as Tommy shot five BWT, a drake mallard, and a Canada goose in less than 30 minutes! Even more impressive was that it… Continue reading