Alton Brown didn't let me down this year. Turkey was nice and moist, didn't taste like the usual shitbird that it is. Was well-received by the crowd, too. Couple things learned - Foil pans = no go, unless you like to puncture them and set off the smoke alarms. Convection roast = cooks fast, but the ...

General: 2 November 2017 Waterfowl hunting success has been excellent over the past week for both diving ducks and dabbling ducks. As of Monday, Rice Lake NWR was still holding >900,000 ring-necked ducks. Scaup and other diving duck abundance increased in most areas and late season migrants (golden...

General: 26 October 2017 Waterfowl hunting success was fair in most areas over the past week. Hunters continue to see an increase in species diversity in their bags’ as birds move in and out of areas at this time of year. Ring-necked duck numbers are still very high on refuges in northern Minnesota...

A day late on this one, sorry fellas! General: 19 October 2017 Waterfowl hunting success was spotty in most areas over the past week with the warm temperatures and no large migrations of ducks into the state. Most reports indicated success was good in the south zone when the season re-opened last Sa...

Hah! I've been trying to get on her more regularly now that the house project is finishing up. I even found my decoys the other day in the storage unit.. actually using them is another story though. Most of the contracts I've seen over the past few years have been CPM based (cost per thousand impres...

Appears to have been abandoned. Best I can tell, they rely heavily on existing community stewards to keep things running smooth & they do not waste any time trying to fix it if things fall apart. The site continues to generate organic search traffic based on the existing (legitimate) content, an...

General: 12 October 2017 Waterfowl hunting remained fair in most areas over the past week. Hunter reports indicated that more mid-season migrants were showing up in hunters’ bags, which include species such as gadwall, wigeon, and pintail. Redheads and canvasback numbers increased as well and small...

5 October 2017 Waterfowl hunting remained fair in most areas last weekend but hunting pressure has declined considerably. At this point in the season, most hunters are waiting for some cold fronts to move additional migrant ducks into the state. The Central Zone reopens on Saturday and the South Zo...

28 September 2017 Despite the warm temperatures, rain, and mosquitoes on opening weekend, most reports indicated a very good opener across most of the state. Blue-winged teal, wood ducks, and mallards were the most common species in the bag with some ring-necked ducks present in northern Minnesota....

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