Roger Strand

Roger Strand slipped out of his sleeping bag in the darkness Saturday, dressed and loaded the woodstove with logs, kindling another duck hunting season.
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For more than 50 years, Strand, 72, and his family have launched their waterfowl hunting seasons from the picturesque cabin in the woods overlooking 30-acre Stoney Lake.
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Strand was joined by two nephews, three of their offspring and a friend-seven hunters-plus two kids too young to hunt who already are learning about the Stoney Cabin mystic.Log bunk beds sleep 10, and there's room for more.

Sometimes the place is filled.

"It's such an important thing for our family," Roger Strand said.

"My father grew up in New London, and he loved to hunt ducks," said Strand, a retired doctor, longtime conservationist and member of the Wood Duck Society.He is well-known in waterfowl circles.He has 100 wood duck boxes scattered on his property and nearby.And for 26 years the local chapter of the Minnesota Waterfowl Association has held Prairie Pothole Day on his farm, which attracts up to 5,000 people.

His father, Orrin, instilled a love of waterfowling for Roger and his brother Dick.
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Brothers Mike and Tom Strand set up in a back bay while Roger manned a small point near the cabin.
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"Everybody makes mistakes, and we don't harp about it," Roger Strand said.

By noon, the three had five mergansers and a blue-winged teal in the bag.Mike and Tom had three teal and a merganser, and Roger had a lone merganser.

For more than 50 years, generations of the Strand family have been coming to Stoney Lake Cabin to hunt 'deer, turkeys and ducks.' On Saturday, it definitely was ducks. 'Their openers are special,' said patriarch Roger Strand, 72.
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NEW LONDON, MINN. — Roger Strand slipped out of his sleeping bag in the darkness Saturday, dressed and loaded the woodstove with logs, kindling another duck hunting season.
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For more than 50 years, Strand, 72, and his family have launched their waterfowl hunting seasons from the picturesque cabin in the woods overlooking 30-acre Stoney Lake.
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Strand was joined by two nephews, three of their offspring and a friend -- seven hunters -- plus two kids too young to hunt who already are learning about the Stoney Cabin mystic.Log bunk beds sleep 10, and there's room for more.

Sometimes the place is filled.

"It's such an important thing for our family," Roger Strand said.

"My father grew up in New London, and he loved to hunt ducks," said Strand, a retired doctor, longtime conservationist and member of the Wood Duck Society.He is well-known in waterfowl circles.He has 100 wood duck boxes scattered on his property and nearby.And for 26 years the local chapter of the Minnesota Waterfowl Association has held Prairie Pothole Day on his farm, which attracts up to 5,000 people.

His father, Orrin, instilled a love of waterfowling for Roger and his brother Dick.
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Brothers Mike and Tom Strand set up in a back bay while Roger manned a small point near the cabin.
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"Everybody makes mistakes, and we don't harp about it," Roger Strand said.

By noon, the three had five mergansers and a blue-winged teal in the bag.Mike and Tom had three teal and a merganser, and Roger had a lone merganser.

The population is stable, said Roger Strand of New London, Minn., who is active in the Wood Duck Society.But not increasing.

Photo by Roger Strand

By Roger Strand
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Editor's note: Roger Strand is secretary of the Wood Duck Society (WDS), an all-volunteer group with members in all four flyways.The WDS hosts wood duck management forums at its annual meeting.

Doctor Roger Strand presented a wood duck video that placed a camera inside the duck house.

A keynote panel discussion will occur at 9:30 a.m. and include Bruce Bacon of the Wisconsin DNR, Mike Zicus of the Minnesota DNR, and Roger Strand of the Wood Duck Society.

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Now, for yard placement, Dr. Roger Strand, of the Wood Duck Society, has written a fine article on wood duck nest box installation and placement.
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Roger Strand, Past-President and current Secretary of the Wood Duck Society, wrote an article published in BAN's Winter 2003-04 Newsletter, that included the following information:

Before placing a nest box for wood ducks, think first of the primary needs of the hen and her brood:

TREES: Wood ducks have evolved to nest in tree cavities; the hen will be keying on trees during her spring nest search.

by Roger Strand
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[Roger Strand is Past-President and current Secretary of the Wood Duck Society and was instrumental in Bluebirds Across Nebraska receiving the NETF grant]

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