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Hello again all my technologically advanced and well connected waterfowl enthusiast friends.  It appears that the water-fowling community actually reads this blog and some of you have been wondering if I had retired from being a "word-smith."  Well I haven't and I'm glad to report we have had a bit of action the last 10 days or so.  I start 10 days ago on a Wednesday.  A south windy day and there were birds around.  A wrecking crew of 3 manged to hammer down on 6 ducks, should've been more, but one of them happened to be outside the blind with the dog when about 12 came in "hot."  The Wednesday morning was soooooo good that after the morning hunt, lunch and a nap, one guy decided to roll back out late afternoon.  No disappointment, brought home 2 gaddys on the afternoon shoot.  The only real mishap was on a single can, "one more pass" got em and no steel flew. 
The next day, Thursday had a zero in the bag and very little going on.
Fast-Forward to Sunday, I would like to title this day "Two Too Many."  A one man show began with trying to calculate "leave" time Saturday night after a few too many hops and barley.  Mistake number one, showed up late, after shooting time and kicked off birds.  Next comes some screaming teal, again a bit foggy from the night before, didn't even pull up the gun.  Later, it was time for a muffin, after opening it up and taking a bite, oops, dropped on the floor, reached for it and stepped on it, hit head on shelf, immediately looked up and had 7 dropping in hard.  3 shots and not a bird.  I've been told that LUCK is when preparation meets opportunity.  This day definitely had nothing to do with that.  After a bit of frustration, it was time to leave. 
Now on to yesterday, no morning hunt and afternoon hunt and no birds.  Will be in the ditch in the AM with some opportunity.  I haven't had any fine pilsner this evening so we should be ready to go.  This wind has been howling out of the NNW for about 24 hours now and there has to be some new birds heading in.  Please check back for the latest and greatest and thanks for all the hits.