Hey guys,

I've been hunting ducks for two years now and I'm working on expanding knowledge, skill and hunting areas. I've spent all of my time hunting in marshes (which I've enjoyed) but when we have cold snaps like this I have a hard time getting the canoe through the ice. I just got permission to hunt on a field in Abbotsford. I still have to go take a look at it but they tell me that when it's not covered in snow a large part of the field is flooded and they often see ducks in it.

My questions is...what is the right time/conditions to hunt fields as opposed to the marsh - where it seems they would be almost all the time? What do I need to be looking for? And what differences do you find hunting a field as opposed to a marsh?

Any advice or thought are really helpful! Thanks a lot