http://www.hutchinsonleader.com/news/outdoors/waterfowl-season-opens-today-10196 Comments for "Waterfowl season opens today" xx http://www.hutchinsonleader.com/news/outdoors/waterfowl-season-opens-today-10196 <p>From the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources</p> <p>Minnesota’s waterfowl hunting season opens at 9 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 4. The state is home to 23 species of ducks and geese, and is flyover country for the Eastern Prairie population of migrant geese that nest on the Hudson Bay in Canada. These migrating geese fly each fall from Hudson Bay over Minnesota to Missouri. Migrating geese are six to eight pounds, while resident geese can weigh up to 16 pounds.</p> <br class="clear" /><p><a href="http://www.hutchinsonleader.com/news/outdoors/waterfowl-season-opens-today-10196">read more</a></p> http://www.hutchinsonleader.com/news/outdoors/waterfowl-season-opens-today-10196#comments Outdoors Sat, 04 Oct 2008 09:28:04 -0500 Matt McMillan 10196 at http://www.hutchinsonleader.com