Last Friday was the only hunt we were able to make over the weekend, but it was a good one!
Date: 12/21/18
Time: 4:00 a.m. - 11:30
Location: Mobile Rive Delta
Cloud Cover: Plenty-O
Wind Direction and Velocity: 15-20 mph West wind, gusting to 30
Temperature: upper 40's- low 50's, pleasant
Moon phase: Full
Special Notes: Doesn't appear that anyone else has found this pod of birds.........yet
Waterfowl Activity: Started slow, but had small wads trickle in over the morning.
Waterfowl Responsiveness: Did not want to finish to my satisfaction, so I put several flock-a-flickers (first time to use, but have had for two years), and that turned the trick, they needed to see some movement.
Hunters: Stepson (Dustin) and myelf
Guns: SBE and Nova
Malfunctions:Noneyun
Dog(s): n/a
Special Equipment: Flock-A-Flicker -after reading the negative reviews in the past, was hesitant to use, but it worked to our advantage today
Curses: Just a slow flight. Scouted surround area after the hunt, and the area was not holding any significant numbers that we could find
Kudos: We shot well, and I could not resist the full plumaged Hollywood when he came sailing in
Birds By Species: 11 Gadwalls, 1 Shoveller
Photo Ops: Below
Lagniappe: Still cannot believe somebody else hasn't found these birds, seeing that they are on public waters.
Pic of Dustin with our day's take: