Decided to switch gears this morning and try out our skills pothole hunting. We got the line on some ducks that have been pond jumping. Took off bright and early not sure what we were getting ourselves into. Had decoys, laydowns and robo's and walked in. MUDDY, MUDDY, MUDDY. Haulin' in all the gear in what was "soup" wasn't real easy.
If shootin' time would've been 10 minutes earlier than it was, all 4 guns could have limited out in less than 5 minutes. As it was, the ducks sitting before shooting time either swam away or flew away when it was time to say "go". Luckily for us it didn't take long for the birds to start doing their thing. The first shot of the day we found a cinnamon teal in the bag. One shot, one duck. Not a bad start. Yes it is November 6th and we shot a cinnamon teal. We hung in there until about 9AM before we called it good. We rolled out of the mud with 9 ducks, our best day yet. There was very little movement of migrating birds.
Saturday we had 3 guys in the ditch and they had 3 rounds on decoying birds with the big South winds, looks like our "thinking" was right on. There was zero aiming oil in the ditch so a bit of rust on the feather dusters interfered with a big bag, but decoying and working birds nonetheless.
There are definitely huntable numbers of birds in the area. An eager scout this evening found a field with well over 1000 specks feeding in it. Still not a lot of Can's but huntable numbers of ducks.
The weather is set to turn again Monday night into Wednesday morning, should bring another push of birds into our area. That's all for now, check back for the latest and greatest.
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