Outfitters haveonly place clients so many fields. When the geese come in thick, many farmers want them out fast.

Make sure you ask, and get it in writing to be safe. Last year I ran into an "access" conflict with some locals in ESE SK over who was could shoot ducks nears some potholes in a pea field. A written letter from the farmer helped us out of that jam. It's all good until the hunting gets good...then things might change.

Each year is a little different, but last year the snows didn't show up where I hunted until late Sept,I think it wasn't until early Oct that the big flocks came down.

The guide up there told that it wasa wet spring,and the outlook was good for ducks this fall.