Each year between the end of May and the beginning of June another waterfowl migration takes place over Minnesota. But this isn't a migration that Minnesota duck and goose hunters take any part in. Long strings of noisy, young Canada geese. Heading north as they search for tender shoots of fresh greens to fuel their growth. Then there are the geese that made it back to the area months before this convoy of juvenile birds. These are the older, adult birds. Adults are the pairs

Sometimes the hardest things earned are the best things once obtained. Sometimes it takes extra effort. This goose hunt started the night before. Late Season goose hunt in Minnesota traditionally would involve snow, but that wasn't the case for this hunt. Warmer than usual weather had some birds using the river. .I started setting up for the hunt first by placing the ice eater in the pond after getting a hole open in the ice. Once that was set I started setting decoys, I spen