As we left for the ditch, the rain was coming down, again, at a fairly steady pace. We made it to the blind after pushing through about 3 ft of water on the four-wheeler. We settled in about 10 mins before shooting time and right as the rain ended. The wind was blowing about 12 mph out of the NorthEast. I really don't know that exactly, but it was more than 10 mph and less than 15 mph, sure sounded good though. 15 mins after shooting time we had teal, belly up, 'bout 7 of them came screaming right it. Now belly up is something we haven't experienced a whole lot, so that alone was a positive note. Two guys, one measely teal. And yes, we emptied our guns. We thought we dropped two but no luck. Not real sure why only one, they were right there! Well, that about does it for the day. We saw a decent amount of birds and heard quite a bit of shooting. (Updated 10/24) The guys about a mile1/2 West and 1/4 mile North scratched 32 of the ducks we saw moving around, and they left at 1PM. The ducks have been here since Sunday afternoon and they pretty much got us figured out. It was tough leaving but we headed out about 11AM after not having pulled the trigger since sun-up. Conditions were about as "ducky" as they could get, low ceiling, overcast, damp air, and good wind. Sunday or Monday looks to be the next chance for new birds. We will have a full crew in the AM Sunday if we can all get up from the Halloween/Costume Party Saturday night. Considering costume-ing up in my waders, coat and hat, just so I can save some time in the morning, don't figure on getting much sleep. That's it for now, might have some attendance on Saturday AM, if we do I'll put in an update.
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