Limits already

Well, to say that today was a good day of duck hunting would be an understatement. It didn't seem like optimal conditions, due to the 40+ mph winds, however, that didn't reduce our success. We had ducks landing in our spread before legal shooting time at 7:36... and it continued like that for the next hour until we both had our limits of Ducks (before 8:30). In today's bag are: 1 Blue Winged Teal, 1 Green Winged Teal, 2 Drake Mallards, 1 Drake Shoveler, 5 Drake Gadwall, and 2 Hen Gadwall. We hunted a small slough on private property that we scouted and got permission to hunt yesterday. Apparently our scouting time yesterday paid off, because we were exactly where the ducks wanted to be. Gunner was AWESOME and found everything that we sent him on, to include a beautiful 80 yard blind. At the end of the blind, Bill gave him the command to "Hunt it up". Gunner searched that area for about 30 seconds and returned with the wounded Drake. A picture of his return with that bird is attached.

We have switched out our gear to prep for pheasant hunting, just finished eating lunch, and are loading up "The Girls" (Winnie and Mag) to go try to find a few pheasants.

Other pics are: Gun sitting (with the obviously alive) duck in his mouth while looking over his shoulder as more ducks were incomming; The definitive image for the saying: "a pile of ducks"; and Gunner already enjoying some well-earned rest on the couch.