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in MN Duck Hunting - Geese - Waterfowl-Sandhill Cranes

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Not MN and a few guys hunting before anyone assumes that bag limits were ignored. My first time hunting out of state in a few years due to school so it was nice to bag a few. 

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With the border shut down knowing ND would be busy we decided to go early in the season mid week to avoid the crowds and we went to a part of the state many do not consider duck country. Put a lot of

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Well tango got his first duck! My first of the season as well

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Saturday was a great day for ducks. Today was a great day for geese.

First pic is me with 3 drake mallards, 1 hen mallard, a woody, and a blue wing teal. I did not see many teal in my area. Second pic is our 6 man limit of honkers from this morning. grinfull-19983-24641-dsci0506.jpg

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Went out solo on Saturday with the pooch and got this in an hour or so.full-40472-24687-img_0422.jpg

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Made the mistake on the hen but was rewarded with a band for the desk drawer anyway. The most rewarding experience was the pintail that I got after shooting the mistake hen mallard. I didn't want to shoot another hen but knew by the shape (long and skinny) and flying style (straight and banking-no quick turns)that it was a pintail and okay to shoot.

Hunt was public and less than 1 .5 hrs from the west metro. Didn't see as many teal as usual but was happy opener was as early as it was.

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Very nice pics guys!!! Here's a few more.....My dad was a trooper crawling through the cattails with me and Nemadji had some great retrieves.

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Love the second and third pics, certified jumbo. Good to hear about your dad (I assume the old timer pictured above)still crawling through cattails.

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Awesome pics Tyler! Looks like you got hundreds of birds coming in on that first picture!

Ha, yeah it does look like that, doesn't it? Those are actually geese going out to the fields to feed. Ducks were a different story. Few and far between, but we managed to entertain ourselves for the morning, at least smile

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Limit from this afternoon's hunt on the Miss. Willie(the dog) and my first ducks together (adopted this year).He did very well.

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Pics from my hunt yesterday. Best day of duck hunting I've ever had. I recapped the day in the "Waterfowl Reports" thread.

1st half of the day. 5 drakes and 1 hen. Thought it was a young drake, oh well!

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My old man standing in the beaver pond with a few brown drakes. You can see almost the entire pond in the pic. There were around 2000 mallards sitting there when we got there. He wouldn't fire a shot here, let me do all the shooting. I hope I can be as good of a dad as he's been, I consider myself extremely fortunate. He's taught me everything I know about hunting & fishing and can't wait to pass the same knowledge onto my boy.

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This is why I love beaver pond hunting. This was our "spread" that was drawing in hundreds of mallards.

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Total take for the day. 5 drake mallards, 1 greenwing, 5 drake woodies and a hen. And a grouse that decided to show it's head on the drive home. What a day!!

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fish - excellent pics and beautiful ducks, what a hunt.

and yes odonata - last saturday was a "pendelton moment" with the old man. once we unloaded the guns, the flask came out!! Hope we have a few more this fall. look forward to seeing you next wkd.

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Thanks guys. None of the woodies were real trophies, but I'm getting 2 of em mounted for my dad for this Christmas to put above the fireplace at their new house. Sometimes a trophy isn't the animal itself but the memory that goes with it.

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