Rick wrote:Date: 9/19
Time: morning
Location: Mudhole
Cloud Cover: clear
Wind Direction and Velocity: highly variable light
Temperature: cool enough while we were out
Barometer: 29.9 rising
Moon phase: waxing 33%
Special Notes:
Waterfowl Activity: best since last weekend, presumably because more hunters were out to stir them
Waterfowl Responsiveness: Had to scream for the far ones following more open water, but most couldn't of come any sweeter.
Hunters: 2, Steve and Kenny
Guns:
Malfunctions:
Dog(s): Peake continues to do remarkably well for a deaf dog that's tough to direct.
Special Equipment: SOS
Curses: none, zip, nada
Kudos: The guys were great: froze when birds surprised us and let me bring them back around to the guns, instead of cutting flips and running them off, and waited for my cue to kill, instead of jumping early and screwing the pooch. Were done in time to send another crew having a tougher go to my blind for the last couple hours before curfew. Was exactly the morning I needed to remind me why I guide.
Birds By Species: 18 bw teal (13 drakes, 5 hens)
Photo Ops: Kenny and Steve:
Lagniappe:
Rick wrote:Docs Charles and Kenton again in the morning...
Ericdc wrote:Rick wrote:Docs Charles and Kenton again in the morning...
Is their only waterfowling accomplished via Doug's hunting lodge?
Rick wrote:Ericdc wrote:Rick wrote:Docs Charles and Kenton again in the morning...
Is their only waterfowling accomplished via Doug's hunting lodge?
No, Charles' son sometimes takes Kenton to Venice. So I get to hear how many more birds there are at the mouth of the river.
Rick wrote:Ericdc wrote:Rick wrote:Docs Charles and Kenton again in the morning...
Is their only waterfowling accomplished via Doug's hunting lodge?
No, Charles' son sometimes takes Kenton to Venice. So I get to hear how many more birds there are at the mouth of the river.
Darren wrote:They want to hunt with you because they know you'll put 'em on birds...
Bud wrote:Takes a man with a lot of character to take some of those pictures.
Rick wrote:Bud wrote:Takes a man with a lot of character to take some of those pictures.
Thought I was being a character when I snapped that last shot.
(And got out unscathed as it meant shooting across the blind -which no one else was in today. So I felt a little silly after thinking on it.)
Rick wrote:It's been changing daily, Darren. Yesterday morning was slow and I shot well just to get mine. This morning I wished I had three guys with me, but the other blinds were slow. Back blind, which sure appeared to have the lion's share of this morning's flight, only stopped three. Did hear that the Lake Arthur Reclamation marsh on the other side of Oak Island/Mallard Bay Co.'s has been doing well, so maybe your friends/relatives have, too.
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