Waterfowl hunt North Dakota 2017

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J D Lewicki

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This is how we roll in North Dakota.
It was cold, this was three weeks ago, first weekend in Nov...23 degrees when I was picking up the decoys on the last evening.
Water was instantly freezing on the Ducker.
My son shot his first banded bird - a decent Canada tagged in Becker MN - 1 year old female.
It was a really successful hunt, fun was had by all.


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We hunt around the Valley City area...I don't recall seeing so many big northern Mallards as we did this year. We finally timed it just right.
Interestingly, we got most of our ducks in the field setup this year, (seven dozen goose decoys with a dozen Mallards) but it was really cool.
 
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That looks like fun! A midwest trip has been on my mind for several years now, going to have to actually do it one day. I really like your smaller aluminum boat, what kind is it? It has a really neat old-school look to it.
 
Why, thanks for asking, that is a genuine vintage Alumacraft Ducker... we end up using it as a retriever.
Funny thing is, I have taken this out numerous times to get downed birds, thinking we would scare off circling ducks; invariably they will land in spite of a big guy in a boat picking up ducks in the water.


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