Duckless Monday

With weather conditions of 60°, sunny, & no wind, it's not a surprise that we were skunked this morning. We hunted the same spot as Saturday morning but saw many fewer birds and had nothing come in range. With the writing clearly on the wall, we quit after one hour. Jackson was a very good boy, sitting quietly on his stand for that hour, but that's all I can really say because that is all that was asked of him. With the lack of bird action, I did have time to snap a couple decent pictures.

We were back at home base by 9 and spent the next two hours cleaning the mud off our gear and prepping for tomorrow's duck hunting. We also talked to Larry and learned that his customer leases the hunting rights for pheasants to others, so we will not be able to go there – except that we may be able to hunt ducks on that property. We are waiting to get word on that. 

We spent a fair amount of time looking at satellite imagery of some additional pheasant hunting spots and cross-referencing them with the hunting atlas that shows private land hunting availability; then made a plan for "scunting"all afternoon. This is a new word that Jennifer coined that is a combination of scouting and hunting.
When scunting, we find places that look promising then get out of the truck and hunt them for a short period of time to make a final determination. If they are good, we will come back and hunt it another day.