Date: Sunday 1/12/19
Time: Up @ 2:15, launched @ 3:45, and blinded out by 5:15
Location: Mobile River Delta
Cloud Cover: Plenty-O, as a front was moving thru around daylight, with a long black line of clouds rolling thru
Wind Direction and Velocity: NW 15+
Temperature: Upper 40's early, and getting chillier with the wind all morning.
Moon phase: ? but with could cover, a very dark run upriver
Special Notes: Had scouted Saturday and found the wad of birds (all Gadwalls), we have been hunting, feeding quietly, as they have been the past 4 weeks. Glassed and left without spooking, and cut a bundle of cane on the way home for the morrow.
Waterfowl Activity: Sunday morning..........saw 3 birds.......in total
Waterfowl Responsiveness: 2 of them came to die
Hunters: Stepson (Dustin) and myself
Guns: SBE II and M2
Malfunctions: None
Dog(s): N/A
Special Equipment: Had my FAF's, but no need to use
Curses: Couple of asshats with a bright light bar pulled up not long after we had arrived, and started setting up not 50 yds away.....oh hell no! Had an educational conversation with 3 young guns, determined to hunt there. Tried to be nice to no avail. I had to ease over there and assure them that if they didn't move, they would be toting an ass-whipping home with them, that we had gotten there first, and it was a matter of respect. The little bastards moved another 50 yds and set up on the bank, directly behind us....wtf? I loudly allowed that if a single pellet came anywhere near us, that I would be on them like stink on shit. Throughout the morning, they never fired their gun, and we disassemble our blind, picked up decoys, and left at 10:00. Their hunting the afternoon before totally screwed the morning hunt. The aggravating part is our hunting curfew ends at 1:00, and they had mentioned hunting there until dark Sat. afternoon. Wish we had enough enforcement in our area, but the too few GW's are busy chasing deer hunters. Also wish we would've gone ahead and hunted Saturday.......oh well, hindsight.........always 20/20
Kudos:
Birds By Species: 2 Gadwalls
Photo Ops: none
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