My dad and I hunted Thursday through Sunday southwest of Pettiebone. On Thursday we limited out with nine greenheads, one hen mallard(accident), a pintail, and a blue bill. I made the mistake early in the morning and thought the hen was a greenhead, but that was the last one I shot for the rest of the trip. We were done by 9:30 a.m. and while we were picking up decoys the ducks were still landing around us. This was the best duck hunting day that I have seen in my entire life(14 years). From the moment that legal rolled around to the time we left there was never 5 minutes when there were not ducks in the air. Friday, it was a little wet and a lot slower than the day before. We hunted till dark and ended our day at 7 greenheads, one hen mallard(accident), 2 cans, and a widgeon. The hen was behind the drake and when we shot they both fell. We were being very selective in what we shot, but if we had wanted to shoot any ducks that came in the day would have been over a lot faster. there were a lot of bluebills, gadwalls, etc. The reason we shot the widgeon was because it had good color.
The picture is from Thursday but Friday it was to wet out to get out the digital.
October 25, 2004 at 7:58 pm
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