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  • October 20, 2010

    Delta Marsh duck hunt

    Free Press photographer Boris Minkevich and writer Wendy Burke were guests of Delta Waterfowl, a cross-border not-for-profit conservation group using science-based methods to study, maintain and increase waterfowl numbers, health and habitat. In addition to providing educational and learn-to-hunt programs, they are passionate about strengthening and passing on the values, esthetics and traditions of the “hunt for food” waterfowling culture. It is another, albeit old, old piece of the “eat local” puzzle. DW President Rob Olson, along with his colleagues Jim Fisher and Nigel Simms, took the Free Press into the marsh for a duck hunt and a breakfast made fresh on location.

  • Food writer Wendy Burke sits in front as Delta Waterfowl President Rob Olson paddles through Delta Marsh in the early morning.

    Food writer Wendy Burke sits in front as Delta Waterfowl President Rob Olson paddles through Delta Marsh in the early morning.   (BORIS MINKEVICH / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS )

  • Rob Olson settles in position during a duck hunt at Delta Marsh.

    Rob Olson settles in position during a duck hunt at Delta Marsh.   (BORIS MINKEVICH / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS )

  • Rob Olson holds up a duck he shot.

    Rob Olson holds up a duck he shot.   (BORIS MINKEVICH / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS )

  • Rob Olson's Springer Spaniel retrieves a duck at Delta Marsh.

    Rob Olson's Springer Spaniel retrieves a duck at Delta Marsh.   (BORIS MINKEVICH / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS )

  • Rob Olson loads up his Springer Spaniel in the canoe after she retrieves a downed duck he shot.

    Rob Olson loads up his Springer Spaniel in the canoe after she retrieves a downed duck he shot.   (BORIS MINKEVICH / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS )

  • Delta Waterfowl President Rob Olson and Director of Conservation Policy Jim Fisher pose for a photo with some ducks they shot during the morning hunt.

    Delta Waterfowl President Rob Olson and Director of Conservation Policy Jim Fisher pose for a photo with some ducks they shot during the morning hunt.   (BORIS MINKEVICH / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS )

  • Olson thanks his dog for a job well done.

    Olson thanks his dog for a job well done.   (BORIS MINKEVICH / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS )

  • Delta Waterfowl Director of Conservation Policy Jim Fisher plucks and shows the breast meat of one of the ducks he shot.

    Delta Waterfowl Director of Conservation Policy Jim Fisher plucks and shows the breast meat of one of the ducks he shot.   (BORIS MINKEVICH / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS )

  • Jim Fisher plucks the duck he shot.

    Jim Fisher plucks the duck he shot.   (BORIS MINKEVICH / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS )

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  • Rob Olson serves up an egg and cheese duckwich.

    Rob Olson serves up an egg and cheese duckwich.   (BORIS MINKEVICH / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS )

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