Sunday am Ducks

We hunted ducks this morning at Jerry's. It was (and is going be all week) abnormally warm, with daytime highs in the 60's. That makes it pleasant, but not the best for duck hunting... We totaled 3 ducks - 2 drake BW Teal and a drake Gadwall. After the first 30 min., we realized we hadn't picked the best spot, so we picked up and moved. Although the busiest part of the morning flight was over, the move did yield our bests shooting opportunities. A deeper inspection of our morning would show that Dan missed 2 ducks outright, wounded 2 ducks (lightly hit and kept flying) and did the same with a pheasant that flushed while he was walking around. I missed a drake mallard and finished the day with 3 ducks on 4 shots. I could have shot a couple other ducks but didn't because I wanted to ID them before shooting and there wasn't enough light yet to do that. Maggie did a good job, except for not delivering the gadwall to hand. It was wounded and she did a great job of marking it and chasing it into the cattails and then trailing it before finally catching it. The problem was that she dropped it to shake & it jumped back into the water and promptly dove without resurfacing anywhere Mag or I could see. So, this bird escaped the Everly frying pan, but will likely be an evening meal for some critter in the marsh tonight... All in all, an enjoyable morning. We did a little scouting for other duck spots and noted that there don't appear to be the numbers of ducks here that we would like (probably due to the mild weather), but we have a place picked for tomorrow that looks decent. It's some sloppy joe's for lunch now and maybe a quick nap (we are both still very tired) and then out to chasse some pheasants this afternoon.