Date: 11/29 Wed
Time: morning
Location: Mudhole
Cloud Cover: cloudy to partly and back
Wind Direction and Velocity: easterly light
Temperature: comfortable
Moon phase: waxing 73%
Special Notes:Waterfowl Activity: No meaningful change, though we did get to muff one gw teal chance and a pair of bw came and went without a shot fired.
Waterfowl Responsiveness: Mallards came a lot prettier than we shot, and even the lone suicidal spoon nearly beat us. Ringnecks only flew by close enough when the boat from the back blind put them up.
Hunters: 2, older father, Parker, and son, Andrew
Guns:Malfunctions: my gun stove-piped the second round when the greenwings came - not that they wouldn't have been pretty far out by the time I'd shot twice. Time to flush the recoil spring tube.
Dog(s): Marsh broke on a chipped mallard.
Special Equipment: sos
Curses: Andrew was showing deference for his father, Parker, who was showing deference to Father Time, and the ducks were showing deference to no one.
Kudos: Nice folks who didn't scratch, after long seeming like we might. And one of the more easterly blinds limited on mostly jacks and teal, plus a woodie pair.
Birds By Species: 3 mallards, 2 ringnecks and 1 shoveller
Photo Ops: A mallard that didn't beat the guns:
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