I just finished up with my first trip up to Saskatchewan. We had a great shoot the first couple of days with the snows, then it slowed up. We hunted ducks in the fields for a few daysall the while seeing new snows showing up. Friday night wehad done our scouting andgotten permission when we heard the news.

There was a poultry opperation in Sk that had the bird virus. TheU.S. govt closed the boarder to all birds including waterfowl. We had to leave our harvest behind.The lodge owner said that he would be able to give them away but,I am sure they are allcoyote food. The worst part is by the time we made it intothe boarder crossing in Manitoba on Sunday morninig, they had lifted the waterfowl ban. We could have brought our birds with us.