10/25/09 Report (Dist. 18)

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District 18 - Rochester area
10/25

CO Dan McBroom (Rochester) spent the week on fishing, small game, turkey hunting, archery deer, and migratory waterfowl. Fields in the Rochester area are starting to come out and more fields are opening up for goose hunting. The wet weather at the end of the week slowed the harvest. Training was attended for new radios.

CO Joel Heyn (Plainview) worked anglers and hunters during the week. Canvasbacks were seen in almost every duck hunter’s bag. Heyn also assisted neighboring officers on a deer investigation and helped teach radio training.

CO Kevin Prodzinski (Zumbrota) reports working a verity of enforcement activities over the weekend. Ducks and pheasants were a little slow but some bow hunters were seeing and taking a few more deer. Enforcement action involved toxic shot, PFDs and drugs.

CO Tom Hemker (Winona) continues to work on night hunting complaints. In one night he had two different car loads of people out smoking marijuana. Ducks continue to be hit and miss with one group of five hunters getting 30 ducks. Saugers are biting but are very small. Deer law questions on the 3A season are everywhere.

CO Scott Fritz (LaCrescent) reports one really good day for the duck hunters. Saw many hunters with 3-4 birds per hunter. The rest of the week was poor with most hunters asking, “Where are all of the ducks?” The refuges have large number of ducks and the swans are beginning to show up. Enforcement for the week included an over limit of sauger, artificial lights after legal hours, and possession of drug paraphernalia.

CO Mitch Boyum (Rushford) reports checking archery deer hunters and turkey hunters. Many hunters were out with the new snow fall. Reports from hunters are that the deer are starting to become more active and the hunting is getting better. A few trappers were also out this weekend as well as some raccoon hunters.

CO Tyler Quandt (Red Wing) reports working waterfowl hunting, small game hunting, fishing and shining activity this past week and weekend. The fall fishing bite is going strong. Some anglers reported catching over 100 fish a day with over 200 boats at times on the river. Some fishing and hunting violations were detected.

CO Scott Moran (Wabasha) reports the cool wet weather has discouraged some people from spending a lot of time outside. Some anglers are doing well but it is still spotty. A TIP of a swan being shot was investigated but the shooter was gone before the information was called in and the swan was nowhere to be found. Turkey hunters have been finding things a little slow.

Rochester #1 - vacant.

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