Tommy Dion (from left) of Jamestown, N.D., Hayden Helgeson of Grand Forks and Alivia Helgeson of Grand Forks arranged their 20 geese to form the number 20 during a late October hunting trip to ...

Saskatchewan is the waterfowling mecca of the central flyway. With plans hatched the previous year, I joined friend John Kratochvil for a week of chasing birds in Saskatchewan in the prime of October.

We watched intently as our guide, Nate, worked his black lab retriever, scooping geese that had fallen far from the decoys. A short, high-pitched blast on a whistle and an exaggerated arm motion to ...