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…
Category: Waterfowl Hunting
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…
Bleu Cheese Duck Fajita Wraps
Bleu Cheese Duck Fajita Wraps-An “After The Hunt” Culinary Delight Start with a day like this: Clean em, and put the honkers in a brine for later smoking. Keep the ducks fresh and cube them into 1/2 inch cubes. Keep them 1/2 inch cubes because we are only going to be frying them for mere seconds. You wil need: 1…
Pork Stuffed Crane (or Honker) Bean Soup
This is one of my favorite hunting season recipes to keep in the crockpot for the night before or lunch after the hunt. It is pretty easy and is one of those, throw it together and let the slow cooker do the work. What you will need: 1/3 cup olive oil 2 cups water 4-6 Crane or Honker breasts 1…
It Has Begun- My Waterfowl Obsession In The Duck Factory
Hobby or Obsession: Who Am I To Judge I have an Obsessive Compulsive personality. It has caused periods in my life that I wish I had back and resulted in many years of simply existing on this earth instead of truly living. My OCD at times just took over and I would get tunnel vision over very, very negative aspects…