EARLY BIRDS
Earliest duck hunting in Minnesota
Sept. 7: 1915, 1916, 1918 (regular season)
Sept. 10: 2011 (youth waterfowl)
Sept. 11: 1965 (special teal season)
Sept. 14: 2002 (youth waterfowl)
Sept. 15: 2001, 2007
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