Sunrise through thick fog welcomes young hunters

[h2ofwlr]

Article by: DOUG SMITH , Star Tribune
Updated: September 13, 2014 - 6:50 PM

Sunrise through thick fog welcomed participants in an annual event to recruit young duck hunters.

ZIMMERMAN, MINN. – A lone wood duck flew out of thick fog and into the decoys. First-time waterfowl hunter Emily Schmidtbauer aimed and fired her 20-gauge once, shattering the morning silence.

The woodie flew off, unscathed.

“Did I miss by much?’’ she asked.

“Just by a little,’’ said Brian Ross, a veteran waterfowl hunter who on Saturday mentored 12-year-old Emily and her twin brother, Joseph, on Minnesota’s 19th annual Youth Waterfowl Day. The pair were among an estimated 5,000 youngsters 15 and under who climbed into duck blinds around the state with nonhunting adult mentors for the one-day special hunt.

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[triplecurler]

Let's live life through others?......

[soolong]

Well good to hear there were 4999 others out there bringing in the new generation of hunters. My son ripped through 2 boxes of shells and managed a limit. Lost one Mallard which I made sure we included in the bag limit. I think too many hunters go on shooting after they have lost wounded birds. Trying to make sure I teach him the right way so more generations can enjoy hunting in the future. He made some awesome shots and got a lot of practice. Cheers to all of the adult hunters who took the time to not hunt for themselves and took the time to make a future hunter. Hope you all did well!

[Trigger]

The DNR should have people sitting at all the boat landings with dead ducks to give to the kids that get skunked.

[Nershi]

The DNR should have people sitting at all the boat landings with dead ducks to give to the kids that get skunked.

Nah they should wait until opener. I bet there are far more birds lost per hunter when all the dongs are out the first couple weeks of the regular season. I've seen very little sky bombing and failure to attempt a retrieve on ywd.

Soolong thanks for the solid report in the other thread. It looks like you were a great guide!

[Trigger]

The DNR should have people sitting at all the boat landings with dead ducks to give to the kids that get skunked.

Nah they should wait until opener. I bet there are far more birds lost per hunter when all the dongs are out the first couple weeks of the regular season. I've seen very little sky bombing and failure to attempt a retrieve on ywd.

Soolong thanks for the solid report in the other thread. It looks like you were a great guide!

I'm thinking about the kids here. I could care less about anyone else. This is for the future of waterfowl hunting.

[StuStiltman]

The DNR should have people sitting at all the boat landings with dead ducks to give to the kids that get skunked.

Nah they should wait until opener. I bet there are far more birds lost per hunter when all the dongs are out the first couple weeks of the regular season. I've seen very little sky bombing and failure to attempt a retrieve on ywd.

Soolong thanks for the solid report in the other thread. It looks like you were a great guide!

I'm thinking about the kids here. I could care less about anyone else. This is for the future of waterfowl hunting.

I'm wondering how sarcasm from an adult will benefit the kids or the future of waterfowl hunting.

[soolong]

Thanks Nershi. Just a Dad trying to create smiles. Hopefully it inspires others to take their sons, daughters or neighborhood kids out. It doesn't have to be youth day to make a kids day. Anytime you can get a kid off of his phone or video game system and outside in nature is a win in my book!

[9manfan]

Anytime you can get a kid off of his phone or video game system and outside in nature is a win in my book!

X2.......some kids are really missing out.................

[Fish Felon]

My son ripped through 2 boxes of shells and managed a limit.

They should institute a one box limit on YWD.