Two Fer One

What an exciting weekend for us.  It all started Friday and ended early this afternoon.  The Two Fer One part is the fact that I can wrap up Saturday and Sunday hunts all in ONE report.  Not a good thing!  As you may have seen a couple reports from Sat AM on the blog, those were from the crackberry.  Both posts were full of anticipation.  One at 434AM excited about the high NW wind and the rain going away and the other at 634AM saying how we were covered in Ducks at that time.  And...if I recall correctly, I may have said something about limiting out by 9AM.  Well, not really the day we were hoping for.  The birds on the pond all but disappeared into thin air at shootin' time.  There were ducks movin' tall all day and only one bunch decoyed until about 930AM.  At that time, it was decided that playing hooky was no longer an option and the time from worked needed to be saved for another day.  We left Saturday with just one Duck in the bag.  Couldn't commit to the whole day anyway so it was over early. 

On to this AM.  Having 150 ducks on the water Saturday AM was enough to get 4 eager guns in the Ditch.  Sunrise came and went with just one duck in sight.  Took a couple shots to bring him down but he found his final resting place just a few feet from our blind.  Managed to handle a single later in the AM as well, but not the day we were looking for.  We saw, I believe, about 6 or so groups of migrators.  The rest we saw were all ducks that have been here since Friday and they're not playin'.  There were always birds to call at but not much in the way of N to S movement. 
Have harvested just one Mallard so far and that was Friday.  There are some around, and I use "some" lightly cause I just don't think they've come yet.  We have seen ZERO Canada geese worth talking about, and the snows/blues don't seem to be pushing like they were 10 days ago. 

Another system coming our way late Tuesday into Wednesday and it will likely move some more birds.  There was a big push of birds Friday for everyone, but I would say the vast majority of waterfowl are still North.  Plenty of season left and it's mid November.  It's the time of year we all wish for in October, and the temps are settling into "normalcy".  It's definitely time to keep and eye in the sky and your ear to the phone.  That's all for now, check back for the latest and greatest and thanks for 30,000 HITS!!!!