Thurs. 12/28/2017
Delacroix - Kidney Blind
Johnny, Uncle Bob B., & I with Harry
Wind N/NE 10-15+, heavy clouds, off and on light rain, 40's to start
Enjoyed my aunt's famous crab and corn soup before a main course of squirrel sauce piquant at the camp last night and listened to the wind blow outside. No one had been here this week so figured we'd give it a shot and not be picky. Turned out nice, with northern hunter's dream flight of dosgris/scaup dark and early. Saw very few grays or much of anything else, just picked away enjoying the time in the blind. Was just telling Uncle Bob about our occasional snow goose sightings and sure enough a trio gave us a pass, with an eaglehead crashing down. Great mixed bag morning, we sat a while, had snacks, enjoyed the company, and picked off a few here and there in the process. Didn't feel like we saw all that much during the hunt but jumped quite a few in our immediate vicinity on the way out. There was just no pressure on them today to move them around, no fisherman or hunters in the area.
(15) EIGHT dosgris, 1 gray, 4 GW teal, 2 buffleheads, 1 blue goose
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He's who put a shotgun in my hands and taught me the way around it, forever grateful. Too rare that we share the blind these days but glad to finally get him down here and have birds cooperate
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Checking weather to see what options we might have for the next few days. Not much wind on tap for Saturday, may try again down here. New Year's Day looking like a wild one, may be a field day.