Nice little morning shoot

by **Redbeard** » Sat Nov 09, 2013 4:35 pm

Set up in this semi hidden marsh that I don't think gets hunted often, cause of the 1/2 mile paddle. 5 minutes to shoot time mallards and teal were swarming us. Several landed in the decoys, but took off just before LST.

Regardless, over the next 3 hours we were able to scratch 18 birds that came in here and there. Had we stayed all day I'm certain we coulda shot quite a few more. But our partners for the day had to be home early for a funeral.

The mallards were wary all morning. We only took 5. They came in in groups of 10-15 and would work for several minutes before boogying. The mallards we did shoot came in as singles or pairs.

The teal saved the day and provided most of the action, with a sprig, gadwall and widgeon mixed in.

Charlie did well today pulling out 5-6 birds that dropped deep into the tules.

I was pleasantly surprised. Pulling in I kept telling myself "be grateful if we shoot 5 or 6."

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by **one2many** » Sat Nov 09, 2013 4:39 pm

you have some beautiful hunting spots
im very jelly

by **capt1972** » Sat Nov 09, 2013 4:43 pm

nice Red!

by **rebelp74** » Sat Nov 09, 2013 4:43 pm

Good stuff red

by **Tiler_J** » Sat Nov 09, 2013 4:44 pm

one2many wrote:you have some beautiful hunting spots
im very jelly

X2. Great hunt and a great looking spot.

by **flight control** » Sat Nov 09, 2013 4:46 pm

Looks good Red. Also looks warmer than my morning hunt

by **Rick** » Sat Nov 09, 2013 4:47 pm

Indeed.

by **JGUN** » Sat Nov 09, 2013 4:47 pm

Nice work Red!

by **Redbeard** » Sat Nov 09, 2013 5:02 pm

one2many wrote:you have some beautiful hunting spots
im very jelly

yea makes slow mornings enjoyable

by **Redbeard** » Sat Nov 09, 2013 5:03 pm

flight control wrote:Looks good Red. Also looks warmer than my morning hunt

40 when we paddled across and warmed up to 55ish by the end

by **3legged_lab** » Sat Nov 09, 2013 5:44 pm

So that's where all of our birds went. Nice shoot.

by **AKPirate** » Sat Nov 09, 2013 5:58 pm

Way to go Red!

by **jarbo03** » Sat Nov 09, 2013 5:59 pm

Nice shoot Aaron, you definitely hunt some cool areas.

by **waterfowlman** » Sat Nov 09, 2013 6:02 pm

What a great looking spot Red. Nice day's shoot too!

by **flight control** » Sat Nov 09, 2013 6:06 pm

Redbeard wrote:
flight control wrote:Looks good Red. Also looks warmer than my morning hunt
40 when we paddled across and warmed up to 55ish by the end

You boys were laughing! It was 30 here with a 25 knot northwest wind

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by **Redbeard** » Sat Nov 09, 2013 6:12 pm

Brrrrrrrr

by **jehler** » Sat Nov 09, 2013 6:13 pm

Cool spot

by **Westie25** » Sat Nov 09, 2013 6:20 pm

Scenery sure is nice there, red. Nice birds too!

by **assateague** » Sat Nov 09, 2013 7:34 pm

Tiler_J wrote:
one2many wrote:you have some beautiful hunting spots
im very jelly

X2. Great hunt and a great looking spot.

x3

by **Redbeard** » Sat Nov 09, 2013 8:07 pm

Was proud of Nighthawk. He made a couple of great shots

by **OGblackcloud** » Sat Nov 09, 2013 8:26 pm

Looks like a great hunt

by **Feelin' Fowl** » Sat Nov 09, 2013 8:34 pm

Very nice, Red!

by **DeadEye_Dan** » Sun Nov 10, 2013 6:26 am

Awesoem

by **Laguna Madre** » Sun Nov 10, 2013 9:53 am

You are blessed to live, work and hunt is such a beautiful area. Its always cool when you're expecting it to be slow and they show up.

by **RonE** » Sun Nov 10, 2013 9:58 am

Looks like a fun day in the marsh.

by **aunt betty** » Sun Nov 10, 2013 12:39 pm

Good hunt, good story. I liked the low expectation part. Its best to aim high, expect low, and celebrate any success. Great job Red.

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by **grizz18** » Sun Nov 10, 2013 12:54 pm

Nice hunt Farva!

That land is awesome, completely opposite of around here.

by **Redbeard** » Sun Nov 10, 2013 1:24 pm

Another pic from yesterday I found. Sam gone psycho

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by **hudson** » Sun Nov 10, 2013 2:50 pm

Damn that is a hell of a view and a damn good strap