2023 Deer River Wild Rice Festival Medallion Hunt

Good luck to all the hunters today, in this our 74th year.
We hope you have a lot of fun and also that your mind is clear.

Are you feeling lucky in today's quest and checking the best spots?
If you are you'll be moving around the town, and improving your chances a lot.

Requirements for a successful hunt are patience, determination, and care.
Use the clues to your advantage, and you find the return is fair.

Determined to find it? Growing in confidence? We certainly hope you are.
If you have ventured to the water tower, we're afraid you've gone too far.

Enduring the heat of the midday's sun, the medallion is getting warmer.
It is hiding in a place away from it all, in fact it is so much calmer

Needing a clue with a little more detail? You'll find it in the next line.
It is hidden amongst the greenest of greens, but not hanging on a vine.

For those of you still hunting, the earlier clues do spell it out.
Sun is needed and so is rain, but certainly not a drought.

The final clue will give it away so we'll let you pick your way.
Do you harvest it now, or do you give up and leave it for another day?