Date: dec 28
Time: left at noon
Location: pit blind
Cloud Cover: mostly clear with big cloud bank to west and north that eventually moved over us around 9:30
Wind Direction and Velocity: NNE 10 mph
Temperature: 27-31
Barometer:
Moon phase:
Special Notes: no ice in our big wide open field due to strong wind last night but started to ice up in places this morning
Waterfowl Activity: not as many working ducks as we’d hope for. Geese are all but gone from our area. Still lots of big waves of migratory headed south
Waterfowl Responsiveness: ducks we shot came pretty, like new birds.
Hunters: me ridge and his sister Cheryl
Guns:
Malfunctions: lost the 3rd bird of ridges triple that was just barely tipped and ace couldn’t mark
Dog(s): ace
Special Equipment: 2 mojos on remote, mostly off once ducks broke
Kudos: we shot very well, first pintails of the year
curses: pintails took our only group of mallards, had a group of gads bump last minute...I assume on ice or something cuz mojos were off and sun was out
Birds By Species:
2 pintails
3 gadwall
2 green winged teal
1 canvasback
Photo Ops: forgot to take pic of big pretty pintail drake.
Ice rings on decoys
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