A typical three day hunt:
You should arrive at the Sports Afield Duck Club late afternoon on either the Sunday or Wednesday prior to your hunt. We need time do housekeeping and prepare the lodge for your arrival so 4:00 PM is a suggestion. The Lodge is located on the left off the main road coming into St. Ambroise.
Dinner is at 7:00 so you will have time to get settled in your rooms, meet the staff, and get your hunting licenses filled out. Social hour (or two) runs concurrent with these activities. There is a general store in town with a limited selection of groceries and beverages (beer, liquor, soda) available. You are allowed 1 litre of liquor or 1 case of beer coming into Canada. We have a sporting clays/trap range if you need to fine tune your shooting. 12 gauge trap loads are available at the lodge. Let us know if you need 20’s and we will have some.
Wake-up is around 4:30 AM followed by coffee and light breakfast. Your guide will have a thermos with your choice of coffee or hot soup along with a lunch to take to the marsh.
Guides will arrive around 6:00 depending on travel time to your hunting area. Normally you will leave the lodge by truck to the edge of the marsh where you will ride ATV, or a have a short walk to the blind or boats. The guides each hunt multiple areas where they locate their boats. Each day’s hunt is dependent on the forecast of wind speed and direction. Some days you may drive to your blind (called hide in Canadian), other days you may take a boat ride. Always in the dark so it’s good to carry a small flash light.
When you arrive at your site for the hunt your guide will set decoys. Guides do appreciate assistance putting out decoys and you’re welcome to help (not mandatory, but some hunters enjoy it). From there it’s waiting for shooting time. Guides are all experienced callers and can usually identify species in flight to avoid violations. Limits are eight ducks per hunter (only two can be canvasbacks/redheads) and five Canada geese. We do shoot geese in the marsh so be prepared. Guides don’t shoot, but they may need help in retrieving wounded birds. Some have dogs. Some retrieve with boats and wounded bird chases by boat do happen. Morning hunts vary in length till you are limited or obvious it’s not going to happen. Guides will advise. Normally everyone is back at the lodge for a lunch which is served till 2:00. Late arrivals go hungry.
Afternoons are on your own. We can arrange field hunts for sharp-tail, trips to town, or DU Canada Station.
Dinner is at 7:00. Menu is normally, roast chicken, walleye, and roast duck in rotation.
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