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…
Category: Waterfowl Hunting
The North Dakota Grand Slam
As in Baseball, The ND Grand Slam is A Most Exciting and Rare Event! Aside from a by the nose play at the plate to win a game or a Kirby Puckett, wall climbing, World Series saving, Home Run robbing catch there is probably not a more exciting play in baseball than the Grand Slam. As I sit here on…
Out of My Comfort Zone!: Part 1
Failed Attempt at a Bull Can Has Me Reminiscing Again About Another ‘Out of My Element’ Hunt I am a field hunter when it comes to Waterfowl, we leave the bedroom alone. Let em rest. Get em when they come to feed! Any hunt not in a wheat/barley, soybean, or corn field for me is kind of outside the norm.…
When Things Come Together in the Duck Factory Chaos Ensues
When things happen at the right time!! I stay up at nights thinking about the coming weekend’s hunt. My racing mind won’t let me sleep. The images of ducks buckling in from the stratosphere are too much for me to take. I always tell people I’m ‘living the dream’ when they ask how things are. That’s a lie, cause if…
Clinically Obsessed: My Pursuit of Waterfowl in the Duck Factory
Why I Hunt They used to call it the ‘Fabulous Hunting 40’! My grandparents owned 40 acres inside the borders of Lake Alice Federal Wildlife Refuge in the 60’s and 70’s. I am told by many it was Hunting Heaven. Dave Osborn, a Cando, ND native and former Minnesota Viking, used to hunt there and bring some of his football…