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FIRST TIMEStory and Photos by Craig BihrleFor several years, the Gameand Fish Department’sBecoming an Outdoors-Woman program, with thehelp of volunteers from Delta Waterfowl,has sponsored a waterfowl hunt.Last year, seven women signed up forthe weekend event, spending one daylearning about hunting ducks and geeseand improving shooting skills, then risingat 3:30 a.m. the next day to hunt. By luckof the draw or choice, one group set up tohunt ducks in a marsh, while the others setup in a stubble field where both ducks andgeese might come calling.While the marsh hunters had a decentday, the field hunters experienced one ofthose magical mornings that will likelyalways hang around near the top of thememory list: a brilliant and color-saturatedprairie sunrise; mallards landing in20 ND Outdoors August-September 2012
FIELD HUNTthe decoys even before the lasts tufts ofstubble were stuffed in layout blinds; geesedecoying readily, sometimes with duckscircling at the same time, waiting for thebig birds to land so they could start theirown approach; plenty of shooting chancesso everyone got birds to contribute to thepost-hunt meal; plenty of missed shots tostrengthen resolve for improvements thenext time out.Who knows if the 2012 BOW waterfowlweekend October 6-7 will provideanywhere near the same experiences, butthe images from that weekend last yearshould give all of us who hunt ducks andgeese a boost in enthusiasm as we countdown the days until the opener.CRAIG BIHRLE is the Game and FishDepartment’s communications supervisor.August-September 2012 ND Outdoors 21
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Page 4 and 5: 2012 HUNTINThe forecast for 2012 ca
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Page 8 and 9: Pheasant hunters shot683,000 birds
Page 10 and 11: BIGGAMECRAIG BIHRLEDeer licenses fo
Page 12 and 13: ELKFor season details, refer to the
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Page 31 and 32: CRAIG BIHRLEHunting permits for Nor
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