Duck Season Opening Morning Sept. 22, 2012
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| Bob Johnson of Mukwonago and John Ellis of Muskego wait for the opening morning of the northern zone Wisconsin duck season to officially open. | |
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| Mallard, wood duck and teal decoys are set with one roboduck in a wild rice bordered pothole in Vilas County during opening morning of the Wisconsin northern duck season opener. | |
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| Micah, Dick Ellis’s golden retriever, is ready to start his third duck season as he peeks from the pines and waits for more visitors to drop in from above. | |
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| Duck hunter Bob Johnson and Micah wait in a ground ambush overlooking wild rice laced potholes on the Manitowish Chain in Vilas County. | Micah swims in from the decoys. |
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| The sun peeks through the clouds and pines during an opening weekend bringing both blue skies and rain squalls in northern Wisconsin. | |
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| Dick Ellis rows to recover a hit duck, the only bird of eight hit that did not drop dead. The bird was recovered by Micah. | ||
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| Dick Ellis rows to recover a hit duck, the only bird of eight hit that did not drop dead. The bird was recovered by Micah. | John Ellis rows to gather decoys and equipment after a Sunday morning hunt. | |