Getting Ready

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Hello again all my technologically advanced and well connected waterfowl enthusiast friends.

It's the first weekend in August and less than 30 days away from gathering the old bucket, the gun, the dog and some mosquito repellant and it's off to the marijuana for some good old fashioned Dove hunting. Looks as if the duck season is going to begin on the 10th of October and we are going to be ready. We mowed today for the last time and we've started the water already. Figured we could always turn it off when it's ready rather than second guessing ourselves on when to start. We've spent numerous hours at the ditch since the end of the great snow goose chase. We've built a new sit and shoot, gathered up willows and trees, re-routed the water, installed a 1hp ice-eater and even manged to run some electricity. Barring a grass fire, or bad electical wiring, we have it all ready, hope it's right. Snapped a few picutres today of our final decisions and if it's not right now we are up a "brown" creek with no paddle. As you've read, or perhaps haven't, we decided to pull out of the east and move to the west of the lake to a point that jets out facing SW. The 10 acres of grass has been mowed back to just 2 hoping the birds will have no other choice than to land where we want them. When you have 10 acres of water, it's hard to get 'em belly-up, I think we've got it. If not, I ruined my Home Depot John Deere for nothing. The decoy count has been climbing and we just can't seem to stay out of Cabela's. Put all we got on a measly 2 acres of slick water and the birds should come barrelling in. Or... maybe not! The gatekeeper thinks we are crazy for not mowing the whole thing down, but 10 acres is just to much to navigate. We've never claimed to know it all...just over-think a lot. So we shall see what happens. With the breeding populations up and everyone saying the potholes are full, we should have an exciting season. That's all for now, as always, check back for the latest and greatest...and thanks for all the hits. MBO