Date: 12/14/19
Time: morning
Location: river
Cloud Cover: clear
Wind Direction and Velocity: supposed to be 5-10 from NW. Ended up being SE 0-5. Led to some issues with shot calling and connecting.
Temperature: 35 degrees
Moon phase: briiiiiiiiiight full
Special Notes: heard waves and waves of mallards flying over an hour and a half before shooting light. Could actually see the ducks in the moonlight
Waterfowl Activity: good before shooting light. Not as good after.
Waterfowl Responsiveness:didnt have many ducks low and looking until 830 or 9, and that didn’t last long. The few that were low did as bid.
Hunters: 2
Guns: Malfunctions: buddy forgot his dog stand, so Legh and Branch had to snuggle, much to Legh’s chagrin
Dog(s): Legh and Branch
Special Equipment: 2.5 dozen decoys. I recently bought some of the EVA plastic decoys with 3 oz Texas rigs and boy are they nice and light. We had about a 250 yard walk and I had a dozen of the EVAs over my shoulder with no problem on the way in to the hole. Went back to the boat to get my buddy’s old Dakotas and lord have mercy were they heavy.
Curses: full moon
Kudos: the few we killed bought in hook line and sinker
Birds By Species: 3 drake mallards. All came as singles. 1 wood duck that i pass shot from a group of 8.
Photo Ops: Lagniappe: I had wanted to leave 12/11 evening and hunt 12/12 12/13 and 12/14 due to the weather forecast. However, Heather ended up with a work trip through 12/12, so we left early 12/13 and scouted that afternoon when we arrived. Our buddies had done well Wednesday and Thursday but their luck ran out on Friday morning, so we were starting from square one. We all split up Friday afternoon. One group was sure “it’s gonna happen here in the morning boys”. The scout cant make em fly when we need them to I suppose.