Try Ball Club Lake For Your Next Waterfowl Hunt!

Gus' Place Resort provides plenty of opportunities to sharpen your hunting skills. Whether it is big game, small game, or waterfowl you are after, there is a wide variety here for the avid hunter.

Ball Club Lake is a perfect haven for many migratory birds that come each year to nest and stay for the summer and fall. Canadian Geese and ducks are popular birds hunted on our lakes. Waterfowl season begins the end of September. See exact season dates on the Hunting Calendar below. We encourage you to take advantage of this wonderful experience and book your next hunting vacation with us.

This area has an abundance of whitetail deer and open season starts in mid-September for archery and early November for firearms. Ruffed grouse season begins in mid-September and continues thru the end of the year. For the "really big game" hunter, Minnesota's Black Bear season opens at the end of August.

2006 Minnesota Hunting Calendar
This calendar will be updated as information becomes available from the MN/DNR.

Small Game

Cottontail Rabbit, Jack-rabbit and Snowshoe Hare, Gray & Fox Squirrel
Pheasant
Ruffed & Spruce Grouse
Sharp-tailed Grouse
Hungarian Partridge
Spring Wild Turkey (first season)
Fall Wild Turkey Application Deadline
Fall Wild Turkey (first season)
Fall Wild Turkey (second season)
2007 Spring Wild Turkey Application Deadline

Sept.16, 2006
Oct. 14 - Dec. 31, 2006
Sept. 16 - Jan.1, 2007
Sept. 16 - Nov. 30, 2006
Sept. 17 - Jan. 1, 2006
April 12, 2006
July 28, 2006
Oct. 18 - 22, 2006
Oct. 25 - 29, 2006
Dec. 1, 2006

Big Game
Bear hunting license applications deadline
Bear
Special Youth Deer Hunt Application Deadline
Deer Hunt Either Sex Application Deadline
Deer Hunt Antlerless Application Deadline
Deer Hunting License on Sale
Deer - Archery
Deer - Firearms
Deer - Muzzleloader
Elk (Bull)
Elk - Antlerless - residents only
Moose hunting license applications deadline
Moose - northeast zone

May 5, 2006
Sept. 1, 2006
Aug. 19, 2006
Sept. 7, 2006
Sept. 7, 2006
Aug. 1 - Nov. 3, 2006
Sept. 16, 2006
Nov. 4, 2006
Nov. 25, 2006
Sept. 17 - Sept. 25, 2005
Dec. 3 - Dec. 11, 2005
June 16, 2006
Sept. 30 - Oct. 15, 2006

Furbearers - Trapping/Hunting

Raccoon
Red Fox
Gray Fox, Badger & Opossum
Bobcat
Pine Marten & Fisher
Mink & Muskrat,
Beaver (north zone) > Opener
Otter

Nov. 25, 2006
Open continuously thru Mar. 15, 2006
Sept. 17 - March 15, 2006
Nov. 25, 2006
Nov. 25, 2006
Oct. 28, 2006
Oct. 28, 2006
Oct. 28, 2006

Migratory Birds
Spring Light Goose
Early Canada goose (northwest zone) - Tentative
Early Canada goose (statewide)
Youth Waterfowl Day
General duck and goose
Rails, snipe - opener
Woodcock - Tentative
Crow 2006 - First and Second Season
Late Canada Goose

Mar. 1 - April 30, 2005
Sept. 2, 2006

Sept. 17, 2005
Sept. 30, 2006
Sept. 1, 2006
Sept. 23 - Nov. 6, 2006
Mar.1-31, 2006 -- July 15-Oct 15, 2006
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Hunting Resources

Completion of a Hunter Education/Firearms Safety course is a must to purchase a hunting license for anyone born on or after Dec. 31, 1979. Click here for the full story.

Licensing & Regulations:

Minnesota DNR Region II
Northeast Regional Wildlife Headquarters
1201 East Highway 2
Grand Rapids, MN 55744
Phone: 218-327-4413

2005 Deer Zone & Permit Area Map

2005 Waterfowl Supplement

EMAIL: gonefishing@gusplaceresort.com PHONE: 1-888-246-8520 or 218-246-8520