Manitoba Opener(for Fred)

[rbduck]

Opening day was Tuesday(Sept 8th) for waterfowl here. We scouted a few places the last few days and decided on a wheat field we had permission to hunt on. As we had other things to do, we didn`t get to the edge of the field until 7PM. No decoys or calls, just hoping for some pass shooting. Well, it was all over by 8PM. We had our limits of 20 Canadas for four hunters. Aside from the horrendous swarms of skeeters we also had a a major lightning storm roll in plus a real downpour of rain. Nothing like standing on the edge of a field with a 12ga. lightning rod in your hand. Quitting time! Great dog work also. Not too shabby for an opening day.
Those little dots in the pic are all skeeters.
http://www.hunt101.com/data/500/medium/IMG_5024.jpg

Ron:mrgreen:

[whitespringer]

Nice work, good way to start the season.

[Tanya]

Excellent! Nice shooting!

We are heading out to Manitoba in Oct. for snows. It'll be a different kind of hunt for us, never hunted them.

[huntwriter]

Congratulations, that's what I call a season opener. I am checking the fields every day in our neck of the woods but the geese are not here yet. As soon as they come I shall be waiting for them with my gun.:smile: