Novice goose hunters get a lesson in patience

Novice goose hunters get a lesson in patience.
Or perhaps they were condos. Such are the types of questions that await metro Minneapolis goose hunters. Are the birds flying over apartments or condos? Also: Will we awaken nearby residents when we shoot? And: With so many restaurants nearby, where will we eat breakfast after the hunt? Minnesota"s early goose season opened Saturday a half-hour before sunrise, and six of us pondered these and other important matters. Don (Duckman) Helmeke and Wendell Diller were our leaders, with Christy Hurley, 31, and Nicholas Flesland, 12, the newcomers. My son Cole, 11, and I tagged along. Had we been sufficiently prepared, the geese that overflew us at dawn would have taken some losses. Close enough that their necks could be seen craning side to side, the birds would have been easy pickings.