Species -- Myself -- group total
Canada Goose -- 13 (4 local bands) -- 16 (5 local bands)
Black Duck -- 1 -- 1
Bufflehead -- 2 -- 3 -- First hen and drake ever
Canvasback -- 0 -- 1
Goldeneye -- 4 -- 9
Bluebills -- 2 -- 10
Mallard -- 3 -- 7
Wood duck -- 1 -- 1
Total ducks -- 13 -- 32 -- Above average for the season, but it comes with a big asterisk.
Additionally took 2 mourning doves with the .410 and a mature doe with a bow.
Duck numbers were so poor, I only hunted ducks at my duck club 12 days. Nine of those days were in the first two weeks
The big asterisk is that 27 of the 32 ducks were taking on 4 days of hunting somewhere besides my duck club.Other note for the season was that I missed a nice buck with my bow. I apparently had knocked my sites off at some point and missed what should have been an easy shot. After resighting the bow, I got a nice mature doe.
We have plans for a snow goose trip to Iowa in March. Hopefully that works out and there is an interesting addendum to add.
