waterfowler

“Hunting and fishing are slowly dying off,” said Heidler, who described himself as “a fourth-generation waterfowler.”

Longtime St. Cloud waterfowler Tom Kowal, 66, semi-retired from the mechanical service industry, started hunting out of a Puddler in the mid-1980s.

Potholes Reservoir is the NW waterfowler mecca and the Northern Canadian Provinces waterfowl nesting counts for the Pacific Flyway this year is 27% above the 56 year average.