North Dakota Waterfowl Hunt Combo and North Dakota Swan Hunt with Dirty Bird Outfitters is the authentic guided North Dakota waterfowl hunting adventure you’ve forever dreamed. North Dakota is in the heart of the prairie pothole waterfowl production factory and is a major stop-over for migrators heading south from Canada. Ducks, geese and swans galore. “I’ve personally known and have hunted with Dirty Bird Outfitters for years,” says Ramsey Russell, “With decades proven, nearly year-round professional waterfowl guiding experience, this go-getter outfitter delivers guided North Dakota duck hunts, goose hunts and swan hunts done right.”
Dirty Bird Outfitters’ small staff has decades worth of professional waterfowl guiding experience. Hard-working, savvy and committed to superior client hunting experiences, guests need only show up with the right attitude and enjoy their North Dakota duck hunting vacation. They scout a tremendous geographic area, working among a private landowner network with whom they’ve developed long-term relationships.
Prevalent waterfowl species are mallards, wigeons, pintails, cackler geese, Canada geese, white-fronted geese, light geese, and tundra swans. Hunting takes place primarily among dry-field agriculture such as wheat, barley, corn, peas. Typical hunting set-ups include brushed panel blinds strategically nestled along field edges, standing crops or cattails near hot feeding areas. More-than-enough-sized spreads of full-bodied and silhouette decoys are right out front. Depending on scouting reports and waterfowl feeding patterns, hunts will be for ducks, geese or usually a combination of both.
North Dakota tundra swan hunts with Dirty Bird Outfitters is extremely high-success. If successfully drawn for a North Dakota tundra swan hunting tag, it’s an excellent opportunity to scratch this magnificent North American waterfowl species off of your life-list. Tundra swans are hunted over water loafing areas. These North Dakota swan hunts are all-day hunts. They’re coming, but it’s a waiting game. Mix in tundra swans with your North Dakota duck and goose hunt. As soon as you’ve collected your priced North Dakota swan, it’s on to ducks and geese.
North Dakota Canada goose hunting is a specialty. Early-season North Dakota Canada goose hunts begin in mid-August, with extremely generous bag limits possible. Late-Season North Dakota Canada Goose hunts are from about mid-November through late-December, Dirty Bird Outfitters moves further west, targeting big honkers specifically. Most ducks have moved south during this time, but the Canada goose hunting can be nothing short of spectacular.
New for 2021, Dirty Bird Outfitters’ North Dakota waterfowl hunting combo packages include meals and lodging! Lodge amenities include ensuite bedrooms, washer/dryer, satellite TVs, fire pit, bird cleaning station (tags are provided). There are nearby local restaurants and stores, too, if you want to run into town for anything.
Following hot coffee and sweet rolls, guests follow their guides to hunting areas 30 or so minutes away. Returning to camp afterwards, enjoy recounting stories about morning and afternoon hunting highlights around the table, plates stacked high with hearty, meat-and-potato-style regional meal favorites.
Guests may fly into either Fargo or Bismarck, where they can then rent car and drive to lodge. But this excellent North Dakota waterfowl hunting combo is within a day’s drive for most hunters living in the continental US.
Dirty Bird Outfitters delivers the best guided North Dakota waterfowl hunting experiences. North Dakota duck hunts, North Dakota goose hunts and North Dakota swan hunts are their specialties. To book this excellent North Dakota waterfowl hunt, contact Matt Piehl, 701-290-6582, email matt@dirtybirdoutfitters.com
North Dakota waterfowl hunting season (duck hunting, goose hunting) for non-residents usually opens very late-September to early-October and runs into mid-December. North Dakota early Canada goose hunting season runs August 15 through September 15. North Dakota Tundra Swan hunting season opens late-September to early-October. Contact Dirty Bird Outfitters to determine best-available dates to satisfy your North Dakota waterfowl hunting goals.
Dirty Bird Outfitters North Dakota Waterfowl Hunting Rates:
$650 per day North Dakota Waterfowl Hunt Combo (duck hunting, goose hunting)
$1,800 3-day North Dakota Waterfowl Hunt Combo Package (duck hunting, goose hunting)
$2,200 3-day North Dakota Swan Hunt Combo (tundra swan hunting, duck hunting, goose hunting)
$400 per day Late-season North Dakota Canada Goose Hunt
$1,150 3-day Late-season North Dakota Canada Goose Hunting Package
Terms: A 50% non-refundable deposit is required to reserved dates. Balance is due on arrival. All Deposits are non-refundable but substitutions are allowable. If Dirty Bird Outfitters cancels your North Dakota waterfowl hunt due to weather or bird activity, it is truly in your best interest that they did so. Deposits will be applied towards a hunt either later in the season or the following year. Minimum 6-man team to reserve field to selves. Smaller groups are usually combined.
Dirty Bird Outfitters North Dakota waterfowl hunting packages include professional guide services, scouting, quality decoys and blinds, waterfowl tags, lodging, meals.
Dirty Bird Outfitters North Dakota waterfowl hunting packages do not include ammo, transfers, licenses, permits and stamps, bird processing. Gratuities for guide and staff should be paid on departure.
Getting There – North Dakota Waterfowl Hunting with Dirty Bird Outfitters
Dirty Bird Outfitters is located in southern North Dakota. Nearest commercial flight services are located in Fargo and Bismarck, North Dakota.
Guests arrive at about 4 PM the afternoon preceding their scheduled hunt. Check-out is at noon following the last morning hunt.
What To Bring – Guided North Dakota Waterfowl Hunting with Dirty Bird Outfitters
Warm waders and waterproof parka, face mask or paint, base layers, gloves, headlight, shotgun, non-toxic ammo, blind bag. Warm boots and bibs are perfect for most hunts. Ask your outfitter before packing waders. Ice chest for beverages, game transportation. BYOB.
Waterfowl Hunting Licensing Requirements – Guided North Dakota Waterfowl Hunting with Dirty Bird Outfitters
Retriever Policy – Guided North Dakota Waterfowl Hunting with Dirty Bird Outfitters
Obedient retrievers are welcome. Bring your retriever or hunt over your guide’s experienced lab. Discuss with outfitter before bringing.
Connect with Dirty Bird Outfitters – North Dakota Duck Hunt, North Dakota Swan Hunt, North Dakota Goose Hunt, North Dakota Waterfowl Guide
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Who is Dirty Bird Outfitters, North Dakota Waterfowl Guides?
Duck Season Somewhere Podcast Episode, Dirty Bird Outfitters (July 2020): Matthew Piehl of Dirty Bird Outfitters was born and raised in North Dakota. He tells Ramsey about growing up hunting in the region and why waterfowl hunting affected him differently than hunting upland gamebirds. They remember Mexico duck hunting together, discuss Matt’s lucky horseshoe, and then jump into ducks, honkers, snows, tundra swans. How did Matt get into the outfitting business? And why does DBO’s staff believe Ramsey’s yellow lab, Coop, possesses magical powers? These answers and more in today’s episode of Duck Season Somewhere. Listen to Episode
Of Dirty Bird Outfitters and Hamburger Hills (November 2020). It’s unseasonably single-digit windchills and bone-chilling cold when Ramsey jumps into the duck blind with Dirty Bird Outfitters’ Nick Marcyes for their 3rd- or 4th Annual “Where’s-Matt-At Hunt” together in North Dakota, Way different than preceding visits. Undeterred, Nick rolls with the punches and develops a winning game plan for DBO guests. What did Canadian border closures do to license sales in North Dakota and could Nick tell a difference? How do the ducks and geese respond to these unseasonable cold snaps and what’s a good game plan for dealing with? What duck species besides mallards did they shoot this time? Why does Nick think they didn’t kill a leg band during this year’s visit? Listen to Episode
Ramsey Russell, 601.214.9737, ramsey@getducks.com
Jim Rowe, 715.571.9364, burmabum@icloud.com
Kenny Shelton, 616.836.3798, krshelton61684@gmail.com
For more information or to schedule your North Dakota duck hunt, North Dakota goose hunt, or North Dakota swan hunt with Dirty Bird Outfitters, please contact Matthew Piehl directly:
Matthew Piehl 701.290.6582, email matt@dirtybirdoutfitters
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