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Date: 11/15/2025 Opening day first split

Direction and Velocity: just a puff from the SE

Temperature: 59 Ground fog on the ridge but crystal clear south of 82 at the blind.

Moon phase: Not sure

Waterfowl Activity: Fair early then died

Waterfowl Responsiveness: not a chance. They all had full afterburners going, and they wanted nothing to do with us.

Hunters: Me and Blake

Malfunctions: None

Dog(s): Remi

Special Equipment:

Curses:

Kudos:

Birds By Species: 1 BW 1 GW

Our water is extremely low. We need rain. I was told by the landowner that the new bigger levee has been completed, and they have no plans to let saltwater into the marsh. We'll see what tomorrow brings.

We did catch 56 crabs and a few redfish. Some of these will be in a Sunday afternoon stew with a side of fried redfish nuggets.

Date: 11/16/2025

Direction and Velocity: none

Temperature: Didn't check but was warmer than yesterday

Moon phase: Not sure

Waterfowl Activity: Early flight died at 8

Waterfowl Responsiveness: N/A

Hunters: Me and Blake

Malfunctions: Remi seems to have a case of swimmer's tail.

Dog(s): Not today. I did some research and decided to leave her at the camp this morning. This is new to me, and I'll keep her as still as possible for the week and monitor her condition. I've read 2 to 14 days for recovery. It appears to be painful. She seems to be doing a little better this evening.

Special Equipment:

Curses: Not having Remi this morning.

Kudos:

Birds By Species: 4 GW

It was pretty sporty for a short time but petered out quickly. Without Remi we passed on a few shots that would have had them falling in an area too shallow for recovery. There were a lot of high flights of teal and others heading for the gulf.

At dusk yesterday afternoon many witnessed thousands of ducks lined up from east to west as far as they could see headed north. They said it continued into nightfall. One person I spoke with when I arrived at this hunting camp shindig who is as creditable as it comes told me the majority were big ducks with pintail making up the majority of what he had seen. He was definitely impressed, and he told me the refuge is not holding the numbers of waterfowl he saw in that mass flight. He said they had to be sitting in the gulf.

It will never cease to amaze me where they go and why.


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Ericdc wrote:It will never cease to amaze me where they go and why.


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The number of waterfowl he estimated while watching the flight until dark blew my mind. If it were anyone else, I'd have my doubts.

No pic of the crab stew?