Ducaholic wrote:Yep it was a memorable year!
I know that's one you've long talked about as being good for you, and I always found it bizarre as to how terrible it was for me.
Made me revisit that year on the log to see what the deal was. Below is log of weather for every hunt I made. Pretty mild first split and December
Sat. 11/9/13 50's/mostly clear
Sun. 11/10/13 50's/mostly cloudy
Thurs. 11/14/13 30's/clear
Fri. 11/15/13 60's/cloudy/rain
Sat. 11/16/13 60's/cloudy/fog
Fri. 11/22/13 60's/clear
Sat. 11/23/13 60's/cloudy
Sun. 11/24/13 40's/mostly clear
Wed. 11/27/13 30's/mostly clear
Fri. 11/29/13 30's/mostly clear
Wed. 12/4/13 60's/cloudy/heavy fog
Thurs. 12/5/13 70's/cloudy/fogSat. 12/7/13 40's/cloudy
Sun. 12/8/13 40's/cloudy/mist
Sat. 12/14/13 60's/cloudy/front
Thurs. 12/19/13 60's/cloudy
Thurs. 12/19/13 (PM) 60's/cloudy
Fri. 12/20/13 60's/cloudy
Sat. 12/21/13 60's/cloudy/fog
Sun. 12/22/13 60's/cloudy/rainWed. 1/1/14 40's/cloudy/lt rain
Thurs. 1/2/14 40's/cloudy/lt rain
Sat. 1/4/14 40's/cloudy
Sun. 1/5/14 50's/cloudy
Sat. 1/11/14 60's/cloudy/fog
Sun. 1/12/14 50's/clearSat. 1/18/14 30's/clear/big moon
Sun. 1/19/14 30's/pt cloudy/big moon
Sat. 1/25/14 30's/fog to clearing
Sun. 1/26/14 30's/pt cloudy
Do distinctly recall at least one ice event in S La, complete with interstate closures, think mid-Jan. Season included a record FOUR DNS hunts, and a whole lot of 2 or less duck hunts. Just bad all the way around. Notes say that "overall was a very poor season with the aerial surveys supporting as much". November and December surveys were both below average, January was up. Think they just never made it down to me on the coast. Interestingly enough, killed ten mallards that year, far more than usual. Recall some hunts we saw far more mallards than grays.
Also, did not kill a bird in teal season in 4 hunts.