SE MN Ducks on Friday?

  • drakesdemise
    Residing in St. Paul, MN doing weekly travel throughout the five state Upper Midwest
    Posts: 976
    October 22, 2008 at 12:36 am #213072

    Hey fellas,
    Specifically Kris, Jake, Lars, MM, Moss, Erick, etc.
    I need some insight for duck/goose hunting in SE MN for Friday.
    I’m going to be in Winona area on Thursday for business.
    I may bring my big boat, as it is the only one that I have home right now.
    I’m looking for a decent hunting spot, with or without fellow IDOers, that a guy can get into with a 16ft alumacraft and a 50HP.
    Please PM me if you can offer a suggestion or if we might hook up on Friday.
    Good luck
    cheers

    kris_brantner
    My river
    Posts: 1678
    October 22, 2008 at 1:15 am #40709

    do you have a wi licence?

    drakesdemise
    Residing in St. Paul, MN doing weekly travel throughout the five state Upper Midwest
    Posts: 976
    October 22, 2008 at 1:55 am #40713

    I do not Kris, but I’ve done crazier things when I thought that they were worth it
    What do you have up you sleeve?
    cheers

    drakesdemise
    Residing in St. Paul, MN doing weekly travel throughout the five state Upper Midwest
    Posts: 976
    October 22, 2008 at 2:05 am #40714

    This is great humor, WI and MN can not even price their “non resident” licenses the same way
    Small game in WI = $85.00, in MN = $84.50
    Duck stamp in WI = $7.00, in MN = $7.50
    Total investment in WI = $92.00, in MN = $92.00

    drakesdemise
    Residing in St. Paul, MN doing weekly travel throughout the five state Upper Midwest
    Posts: 976
    October 22, 2008 at 12:07 pm #40723

    Thanks Soby, I have heard the same reports from that area, except for the people that have higher quality, traditional spots.
    For a river amatuer like myself, I would not consider that without an experienced local in the boat with me
    I was actually hoping to find another water spot on one of the few inland bodies of water down there, i.e. Zumbro, Shady, Rice or any of the many that I might not know about.
    Keep the advise coming
    cheers

    lars
    Rochester, MN
    Posts: 308
    October 22, 2008 at 1:04 pm #40728

    I haven’t been out since saturday, sad I know, but my buddy is going out today and I’ll shoot you a note about how he does/what he sees. The Zumbro has about 2 or 3 spots to legally hunt because of the houses on the lake and it never gets “loaded” with birds. I don’t think that Shady is even legal to hunt, the whole lake may be in the city limits, reguardless its too shallow to run an outboard. I have not been to Rice Lake in several years but I know the pressure is high to very high from what I remember and is part of the reason I do not go there anymore.

    Jake
    Muddy Corn Field
    Posts: 2493
    October 22, 2008 at 1:53 pm #40735

    Lake Shady starts to get real good this time of year….don’t need a boat, you should be able to walk in right off the hwy, or city park….either way, you can only shoot two geese….should be a quick In-and-out

    erick
    Grand Meadow, MN
    Posts: 3213
    October 22, 2008 at 6:59 pm #40768

    I am an hour away from that are Drake….the geese are getting to be pletiful in the area!

    drakesdemise
    Residing in St. Paul, MN doing weekly travel throughout the five state Upper Midwest
    Posts: 976
    October 22, 2008 at 11:51 pm #40793

    I got ‘er dialed in guys, thanks for the help
    I will be hunting in the Albert Lea area on Friday with a couple of my customers.
    Will report when I return
    good luck
    cheers

    lars
    Rochester, MN
    Posts: 308
    October 23, 2008 at 1:16 pm #40828

    Confirmed, you cannot hunt lake Shady East of HWY 52.

    My buddy took a 3 hour tour near Trep. and jump a dozen ducks total. My other buddy was bow hunting the islands down there and heard 1 volley of shooting. My old Baseball coach in Winona said his buddy went to Reno Bottoms and never shot the gun. We are going out of Winona area tonight and I’ll report some findings.

    erick
    Grand Meadow, MN
    Posts: 3213
    October 23, 2008 at 1:35 pm #40829

    Quote:

    I got ‘er dialed in guys, thanks for the help
    I will be hunting in the Albert Lea area on Friday with a couple of my customers.
    Will report when I return
    good luck
    cheers

    I will tell you this….Albert Lea is holding birds in the area nothing amazing but there around

    mallard_militia
    Fulton County, Illinois
    Posts: 1108
    October 26, 2008 at 12:05 am #41122

    Glad you guys did well. Spent most of last month traveling for work in California. Did see some Mallards in the LA. aquaducts though. Let me know if you head down that way again. Had many goods hunts in that area.

    drakesdemise
    Residing in St. Paul, MN doing weekly travel throughout the five state Upper Midwest
    Posts: 976
    October 26, 2008 at 11:26 pm #41153

    Sure thing MM , we may be talking about common ground
    Good luck
    cheers

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