my season starts

[don novicki]

Went out yesterday for my own personal opener, as I passed going on Sat. since it was 70 and sunny. I headed to my little swamp and was really surprised at how low the water was. I know this place like the back of my hand so I know where all the submerged hazards are but was shocked to see every hazard now exposed by the low water. I kicked off 150 honkers and since that season doesn't open until 10-25, they got a free pass. Most of the morning I was covered in honks, but ducks were another story. I probably saw 60 Woodies but they all flew over my spot just out of range and were headed on a bee line to someplace else. As the morning wore on I had a 3 pack of BWT come in fast from behind me, dip towards my spread and then skedaddled off East to points unknown. All of this happened within the first 1/2 hour right after LST and then it died from there. I did not see another bird until I called it at about 10:00. Despite the fact that the weather called for a 10-15 mph N wind, it was dead calm all morning. ot sure when I will get out again as the weather is going to be just too darn nice for duck hunting. Hope you all are doing better than me.

[Rick]

"Better"? Most of us are probably still waiting, so your season has beaten ours by a mile and a half.

[Duck Engr]

Nice report, Don. 10/25 sounds promising with all the goose activity. Hope they hang around!

[don novicki]

They will be there for sure. There is some type of aquatic plant that has a bulb on the end of it, and when you break open the bulb, there are dozens of seeds in it. The seeds are pretty large, maybe pencil eraser size and they love em. Hoping for cold weather soon. Good luck to all.