I will be going out with a buddy bright and early tomorrow morning. Going to try to get him one with his crossbow. Going to be pretty windy but it’s always windy down here amongst the wind towers. At least it will be pretty warm and not a foot of snow.
Congrats on your birds. Are still marking your kills on the Heartbreaker or did you run out of room?
Congrats. You are now officially “livin’ the dream.”
In a little over a month my buddy and me will put the waders on and load the big Otter sled with all our crap and wade out to a big downed cottonwood tree that has fallen into the lake and get after some crappies that have taken up spending time under it’s submerged branches. Always a good time.
Floyd Ragan the game warden in the Slayton area many years ago was on the record as saying he shot any cat that was more than a quarter of a mile from the nearest farm place.
I have had a lifetime license for over twenty years. One of the reasons you have to renew every year is if you need a pheasant or duck stamp, Walk-in-Acess, HIP certified, etc. these extra charges are on your new yearly license.
I’m loving that flat earth eclipse davemaze. Made my day.
Retired and when asked how I like it the answer is always “Living the dream.”
Got to check out my buddy’s new Ion Alpha Plus composite this past weekend. That thing was sweet to say the least.
Congratulations and welcome to the club. Now when asked “How are doing” the correct answer is “Living the dream!”.
RLK Guide Service.
You only need it on public ground.
We had one of the poorest openers that I can ever remember. Two wood ducks and two teal for four guys. I’m not sure I even saw a mallard. Hunting southern Murray county.
Just ordered a set of the General Grabber ATXs today. Had Falken Wildpeak ATs on my Ford F150 and got 21k on them and they were done. Maybe half the miles on gravel but not run hard at all. Lots of good reviews on them but not from me. Hoping for better performance from the Grabbers.
Shot these guys this morning. Thought we had eighteen for three guys but miscounted and ended up one short.
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We got nine bluewings for four of us. Didn’t see near the amount of teal as we have the past two years. The other three members of our party went dove hunting and had forty five by 9:30.
Wait til dusk and carefully cinch it down to the size of the nozzle of your leaf blower and hit it full force with air while spraying it with wasp spray alongside the nozzle at the same time. Wearing your ice suit would be a good idea too.
I have had 5.96” from about noon Thursday until 5:30 a.m. this morning.Been up since 1:00 a.m. with three pumps running in the basement to keep my furnace and water heater safe. Possibly a lot more coming tonight. A very bad time to be a newly hatched pheasant or turkey down in the Worthington area.
My season starts tomorrow. Got a couple of guys that I will be hunting with that we will try to get their birds first. I like if you don’t get one this season it just rolls into the last season.
Shot this cinnamon phased Jake a few years back.
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More notches on the Heartbreaker? Congrats on the nice birds.
X2. Xl for Mickey boots.
Thanks everybody for your answers. What I am seeing if you really want to know for sure that you should probably ask you local CO. Hate to imagine getting tagged for dropping a waxworm or minnow tail down the hole or even on the ice for that matter but you never know.
Back in the day when Floyd Ragan was the game warden in the Slayton area he was on record as saying he shot every cat he could if more than a quarter mile from the nearest farm.
It may be the day drinking but that was pretty dang funny Riverrat.
Nieka and I will be. Shot a rooster that flew over the blind this morning.
Our group will be going out. Going to be breezy but hopefully most of the rain will be done in the Worthington area. The crops are coming out fast. Real fast. Something to keep in mind is the amount of CRP,buffer strips,waterways, and even Walk-in-Areas that have been mowed and baled after being allowed to because of the drought. Most I have ever seen in my lifetime.
We were out Saturday and Sunday and I would say the hunting wasn’t too bad considering our two best spots are bone dry.Mostly bluewings and a few wood ducks. Did not see many mallards at all. Hunting pressure wasn’t too bad considering the lack of water in southwest Minnesota. My sixtieth straight opener so happy to still be able to get out.
Three of us shot 10 teal and a goose on Saturday. Was kind of disappointed because on Thursday there were a pile of teal on the slough we were hunting and Saturday only a fraction showed up. I not too sure that they didn’t go back north a ways to better water conditions from what I am hearing.
We will definitely be doing the early teal hunt. The slough we usually hunt is pretty much bone dry but there are a couple of other options. Will do some serious scouting this week to pin something down.
