During his first fall with the Bison, Wentz was invited by a friend to hunt pheasants on a rare day he had off from classes, practices and games.
The outing changed Wentz’s life.
“It was the most fun thing I’d ever done,” Wentz said. “My friend had a chocolate Lab, and following him, it was just a beautiful scene. I couldn’t hit a thing. I was horrible with a shotgun. But I came home deciding I was going to sell my Toyota Camry and buy a Ford F-150. I was going to get a dog, too, a golden retriever.
“When I decide to do something, I’m all in.”
While a freshman at NDSU, Carson Wentz was invited by a friend to go pheasant hunting. The outing, he says, was life-changing, and prompted him to get his own hunting dog. (Courtesy of Carson Wentz)
Ducks also drew Wentz’s attention while he was at NDSU.
Bison home games typically were played on Saturdays, and instead of staying out late on those nights, Wentz and a few buddies went to bed early so they could drive west of Fargo the next morning, toward Valley City and Jamestown, to chase mallards, teal and other waterfowl.