Some years ago, my cousin and I embarked on a two week plus, road trip, DIY waterfowl hunt to the interlake region of Manitoba. It was early October.
The Sunday that we arrived, the marsh we were going to hunt off Lake Winnipeg was covered with waterfowl, as was the sky. We smiled after such a long road trip.
That night a major north wind and snow storm hit. When we opened the motel room door predawn, the drift was half way up the door way. Not good.
Once we got there, the marsh and sky was devoid of all waterfowl, but two coots. We hunted anyway and did not talk much, nor fire a shot.
Long story short, thank goodness for Oak Hammock. To this day it was the worst waterfowl hunt in Canada I've ever had.
No matter where you go, you are always at the mercy of the weather and the birds. Yet we still go.