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<blockquote data-quote="Grnwing" data-source="post: 4648601" data-attributes="member: 14910"><p>ND is my home. You are going during a dry cycle- a lot of pot holes are dried up and were burned last year. They dry cycle has continued this year. There are still going to be birds but you also picked a lull week. You aren't going to see a lot of mallards and you will be spotty on Canada's and may have some snow's showing up. Field hunting can be great but do ask for permission and please don't rut up the fields and leave your garbage(pick up shell hulls). Send the farmer a thank you note afterwards. The harvest may been in full swing or just starting, that can dictate a lot of where fresh birds maybe going. If you hunt the potholes- don't expect the birds to hang around. That time of the season, you ll be shooting Gadwalls and teal. If you have a good hunt one morning, great savior it and scout another spot for the next day and maybe 3 or 4 days later you can come back to that pothole. Scouting is the key. A week of hunting will put 2-5k miles on the trucks. To give you perspective, when I hunt, I am looking at an area from Bismarck, to Rugby to Devils Lake. Having a central location, like Turtle Lake is great but, when you find the birds 3 hours away at 4PM, driving back and forth eats up a lot of free time that could be used to be doing other things. Keep it light and simple. You may want to bring your fishing gear and hit Audubon and some other surrounding lakes that I will not post on a public forum. As far as Turtle Lake, there is a Amoco in town to get fuel and small hardware store if you need the basics. The folks are friendly but see there fair share of OOSERs (primarily Minnesota and Wisconsin) that may have them standoffish. </p><p></p><p>The real boom in waterfowl hunting up there is starting its downward swing. Back in the early 90's the potholes started filling up and through the early 2000's it was consistently phenomenal. The last 5 years, it has steadily decreased as it has become very popular destination for freelance waterfowlers and most importantly, the water is going away. </p><p></p><p>Feel free to shoot me a PM and i can answer any questions you may have.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Grnwing, post: 4648601, member: 14910"] ND is my home. You are going during a dry cycle- a lot of pot holes are dried up and were burned last year. They dry cycle has continued this year. There are still going to be birds but you also picked a lull week. You aren't going to see a lot of mallards and you will be spotty on Canada's and may have some snow's showing up. Field hunting can be great but do ask for permission and please don't rut up the fields and leave your garbage(pick up shell hulls). Send the farmer a thank you note afterwards. The harvest may been in full swing or just starting, that can dictate a lot of where fresh birds maybe going. If you hunt the potholes- don't expect the birds to hang around. That time of the season, you ll be shooting Gadwalls and teal. If you have a good hunt one morning, great savior it and scout another spot for the next day and maybe 3 or 4 days later you can come back to that pothole. Scouting is the key. A week of hunting will put 2-5k miles on the trucks. To give you perspective, when I hunt, I am looking at an area from Bismarck, to Rugby to Devils Lake. Having a central location, like Turtle Lake is great but, when you find the birds 3 hours away at 4PM, driving back and forth eats up a lot of free time that could be used to be doing other things. Keep it light and simple. You may want to bring your fishing gear and hit Audubon and some other surrounding lakes that I will not post on a public forum. As far as Turtle Lake, there is a Amoco in town to get fuel and small hardware store if you need the basics. The folks are friendly but see there fair share of OOSERs (primarily Minnesota and Wisconsin) that may have them standoffish. The real boom in waterfowl hunting up there is starting its downward swing. Back in the early 90's the potholes started filling up and through the early 2000's it was consistently phenomenal. The last 5 years, it has steadily decreased as it has become very popular destination for freelance waterfowlers and most importantly, the water is going away. Feel free to shoot me a PM and i can answer any questions you may have. [/QUOTE]
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