Yikes!! Either you have corn and birds or you are left wanting right now. The Golden Kernel is ruling the day and any areas that are not loaded with harvested corn are basically devoid of fowl. Access to the worked wheat next to the JAMMIN” corn field only produced these juvies! With not many options left we went to the…
A whole lot of nothing. About 3 hours of nothing to be exact, and then,……….. a skunk. That’s right, a squatty, waddling, butt scratching, bait stealing skunk. I watched that skunk steal the bear bait and scratch his butt for well over 30 minutes. In hindsight, that butt-scratching skunk probably saved my trip. He was calming. Watching his bait stealing…
Wow! what a Roller Coaster of a week and a half here in the Duck Factory! Birds are on the move. Peak Pressure! A week and a half ago was peak pressure week here on the Northern Tier of North Dakota. North Dakota, Minnesota, and Wisconsin all held their “No School” Teacher’s Conventions on this weekend and it brings a…
Part 3 of 4 I had vowed that if need be I would stay until Sunday night so that I could sit in the stand for a third evening on Sunday and then make the trek home after that, putting me back in Devils Lake around 3 a.m., I did not want to have to go that route, but I…
Story and Hunt from September 2015: Last Friday, myself and three friends departed for someplace in Minnesota for an adventure. Little did I know it would turn into an exercise in mind over body and a true exploration of what makes me tick. The other three members of the hunting party left last Friday morning so they could get an…
