Has anyone been out scoutin’ for the opener??? Obviously the SE opens next weekend, but for the rest of the state what does everyone think about what will happen?? I think that it will be a slaughter. There will be a ton of birds (both mallards and canadas) around that haven’t even seen decoys yet. I was going to head due-north to Fergus, but it turns out my buddy got permission on a triple-secret field in the lower half of the state so we are going to stay more to the south.
The Canadas are really starting to stack up in Rochester right now, every piece of water around town that is not frozen has some serious number of birds.
Good luck to everyone!
LARS