2026-2027 Season Log

[Rick]

Date:

Time:

Location:

Cloud Cover:

Wind Direction and Velocity:

Temperature:

Moon phase:

Special Notes:

Waterfowl Activity:

Waterfowl Responsiveness:

Hunters:

Guns:

Malfunctions:

Dog(s):

Special Equipment:

Curses:

Kudos:

Birds By Species:

Photo Ops:

Lagniappe:

[Rick]

Date: 9/19/26 Sat

Time: morning

Location: #3

Cloud Cover: clear

Wind Direction and Velocity: very light easterly?

Temperature: warm but not as humid as usual

Moon phase: waxing 51%

Special Notes: September teal opener

Waterfowl Activity: Much better than anticipated.

Waterfowl Responsiveness: Pretty much the marsh opener norm: wild early but tamed as the shock of opening day gunfire wore off.

Hunters: 3 grandsons Ethan and Preston and Preston's buddy, Hayden (who'd come on our worst day last year after Preston had talked it up).

Guns: I took the Model 12 and regretted it.

Malfunctions: I couldn't find the gun's, foreign to me, front safety while shouldering it and usually forgot to pump or even eject the fired hull in its chamber. Not that it really mattered.

Dog(s): Call was invaluable for crips and even dead birds falling in the lilies or grass.

Special Equipment: SOS plus a pair of "Power Kickers" I bought as much to lure gators into showing themselves as for bird drawing potential.

Curses: Only that the neat old Model 12 is such a nuisance.

Kudos: Blessed with a great morning for great kids.

Birds By Species: 24 blue-wings

Photo Ops: lacked the presence of mind.

[Rick]

Date: 9/20 Sun

Time: Morning

Location: #3

Cloud Cover: clear w/very light ground fog early

Wind Direction and Velocity: very light easterly again

Temperature: sticky hot

Moon phase: 'bout half

Special Notes:

Waterfowl Activity: Less teal and more mottled and black-belly movement than yesterday, but still eventually plenty for our purposes.

Waterfowl Responsiveness: One of those cursed timing morning, when every time we got something going someone, somewhere would shoot and send it on. Felt awful for the boys who didn't get to fire a shot until well after 7.

Hunters: 2, grand-nephews?, Deacon and Cy, shooting and their mom, my Sweet Chereaux's niece, Allie, observing.

Guns: Deacon had Allie's late father's old 2 3/4" 20ga and 3" shells, which I was able to remedy with my little ones in the blind.

Malfunctions: Not sure Papaw Pat ever cleaned the 1100, but a shot of oil got it, mostly, working.

Dog(s): Call's nose and 4WD was again invaluable in the lilies, floating black dirt and "shore" grasses. But my clothes again paid a price for my not at least wear chaps in our September heat.

Special Equipment: SOS as yesterday

Curses: None meaningful after the ill-timed gunfire of others slowed enough to let us play, too.

Kudos: The boys and their mom had a big time.

Birds By Species: 18 blue-wings (the random 6 I cleaned were 4 drakes and 2 hens)

Photo Ops: Nasty old turd, Allie, Deacon and Cy (No way was Call going to sit still with the boys, now that the restraints of boat and blind manners were behind us.)

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[DComeaux]

Nice hunts!

[Darren]

Very nice ! Temps and humidity were particularly awful yesterday, this morning on my driveway had same feel.

[MARSH BEAR]

Great hunts, it appears you have more teal than we do, Joey and I could have stayed all day and not killed 24 teal.

[Rick]

Date: 9/23 Mon

Time: morning

Location: #3

Cloud Cover: c;ear

Wind Direction and Velocity: calm to light easterly again

Temperature: hot and humid

Moon phase: ?

Special Notes:

Waterfowl Activity: Less movement, as expected without weekenders to push them from the rice, but enough to have some laughs and make a meal.

Waterfowl Responsiveness: Took a while to get the hang of not showing our hands, but when we settled in, the birds did, too.

Hunters: 2, SIL Tim and his grown son Tim2

Guns:

Malfunctions:

Dog(s): Low water slop is changing the wild child's sleep habits.

Special Equipment: SOS

Curses: Just that my guys didn't have more chances.

Kudos: Had a big time

Birds By Species: 9 blue-wings Tried to show them the difference between eclipse drakes and hens, but wasn't a hen in the bunch.

Photo Ops: Our gang

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[DComeaux]

Please make it rain.

[Rick]

Rained hard here late yesterday. Might have saved the lawn, but no show in the marsh.

[Rick]

Date: 9/22/26 Tue

Time: Morning

Location: #3

Cloud Cover: clear

Wind Direction and Velocity: calm to light northerly

Temperature: still hot and humid

Moon phase:

Special Notes:

Waterfowl Activity: Slow again.

Waterfowl Responsiveness: And again we were showing too much of what did come by what we were doing.

Hunters: 3, JJ, Mark and Connor

Guns:

Malfunctions:

Dog(s): Worked Call's buns off in the slop. Would probably be losing half of our birds without his nose and 4wd.

Special Equipment: SOS

Curses: Could have used more ops.

Kudos: Guys with no other place to hunt had a good time.

Birds By Species: 12 blue-wings (9 drakes and 3 hens)

[Rick]

Date: 9/23 Wed

Time: morning

Location: #3

Cloud Cover: mostly clear

Wind Direction and Velocity: calm to light NE again

Temperature: hot but less humid than the norm

Moon phase: full or nearly so

Special Notes:

Waterfowl Activity: Teal remain few and far between, but woodies and mottleds are still putting on pre-season shows to help fill the intermissions .

Waterfowl Responsiveness: Hailing hard at distance and then killing the spinners and momma teal calling has been the ticket.

Hunters: 2, ex-SIL, Chris, and his buddy, Brian

Guns:

Malfunctions:

Dog(s): Still wearing Call out for hidden crips in the lilies and slop.

Special Equipment: SOS, except just on "kicker," as the other is possessed

Curses: Just the lack of opportunity to get the guys dialed in.

Kudos: A fine time was had.

Birds By Species: 9 blue-wings