Hello again all my technologically advanced and well connected waterfowl enthusiast friends. Wednesday was a bit disappointing as we had huge N NW winds most of the day Tuesday and all night. When the sun came up the wind wasn't blowing at all. There are still fair numbers of small ducks around and even starting to see a few Pintail. Took home a couple tasty little teal this morning and unloaded on some pinney's with no luck. They were just a bit tall, thought they'd come down but they didn't. Is it time to re-think the Patternmaster? Workable birds were just 4 can's before shootin' time and only 2 small groups of teal. Hammered two out of one group and watched the other group get blasted by the G'Ditch. They came our way, landed outside the deeks, got up, flew toward them, and with cannon's-a-blazin' they dropped 4, kept calling and called the other 3 or so back and dropped them all too. Decided it was time to go after that! Didn't get skunked and we're gettin' close to last years total already, which ain't sayin' much, but it sure is good to know we may be on our way back to normalcy.
Won't be in the Ditch again until Sunday, but things are starting to look up. The weather is starting to get a bit colder and the Southern Portion of Canada has large numbers of white geese. The Cormorants are flying at a relatively steady pace so the real birds have to be just a bit behind. The SSPI (Sure Shot Predictive Index) says; Within the next 10 days we should start seeing the brown ducks. Wow, really goin' out a limb there! That will put us toward the end of October and really about right on schedule as in years past, excluding last season of course. As we continue to see the water on the river stay at a high level there are new ponds, sloughs and run-offs everywhere. All the water should get the birds shifting back on the eastern path and hopefully a more "normal" migration. Only time will tell. Keep and eye in the sky and check back for the latest and greatest.
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