Date: 1/8/15
Time: morning
Location: mudhole
Cloud Cover: clear
Wind Direction and Velocity: strong NE
Temperature: cold (20s)
Barometer: 30.2 dropping
Moon phase: 3/4?
Special Notes:Waterfowl Activity: didn't see nearly as many ducks high or low as one might expect with this hard front, but guys on the east end said they saw lots of high ones
Waterfowl Responsiveness: Most of what we did see worked beautifully.
Hunters: 2 Robert and Chris' last morning.
Guns:Malfunctions:Dog(s): Peake didn't seem to mind the ice, though it hurt me to watch him have to break so much of it for birds downed out over the marsh.
Special Equipment: sos
Kudos: Neat morning to be alive and in the marsh, plus we got to send the guys back to FL on a good one.
Curses: Put the coyote through a lot more ice than hoped. That, and he lost what would have been our last greenhead after a long, and had to be miserable, track.
Birds By Species: 1 gw teal, 11 mallards and 2 pintails
Photo Ops: Chris and Robert with a heavy strap:
A speck that led quite a chase across the open water in the background:
Not a good day to be a hanging low in the ice:
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But he got some sympathy from an old friend on the ride out: