Bitter cold rolled in fast and had most of the birds heading south despite the pandemics border closures. With Albertas Minister of Environment Jason Nixon scheduled to hunt with us along with Outdoor Quest TVs TJ Shwanky and Vanessa Harrop to film a show about a show, the pressure was on for Jason and I to put two great days together under some harsh conditions. It was bitter sweet! The mallards ate us up but it was COLD!
Wow, the mallards gave it up on this smoker of an afternoon pothole hunt! It was a gnarly, nasty, flooded tangle, that was full of mallards using it to puddle, before feeding in the barley field the pond had been a part of since the ice age. 6 of us clamored our way through the tangled willows wi...
This hunt ended up far more complicated than it needed to be. On a normal day in the parkland the geese should have gone back to roost but on our spotting day they didnt. A big field with too many hills, potholes and bluffs kept the birds in it all day feeding heavily and moving off of the prime ...
On a hot day with a bad moon rising and the wind laying down I had the pleasure of hunting with ace shooter and President of the Alberta Hunter Education Instructors Association Bob Gruzecki, and Daryl on our buddy Jonathon's 1/2 section. It was great to have Bobs hunting wisdom with us blended w...
