Weather today was 35/40 with 15-25 mph wind. We hunted a private (but not posted) property of Lee Boehm - father of the guy that didn’t give us permission to hunt his land - between Mercer and McClusky.
We had a good number of ducks around us and on our pond, but they mostly stayed out of shooting range, so Dan Moved about 60 yards to my left to try to increase our odds. I did shoot 1 Widgeon, and Jackson retrieved a snow goose that was previously wounded & dropped into our pond to die.
We could have / should have shot at least 5 more ducks after we split up to be able to cover more area: a pair that came right to Dan while he was in the middle of a “bathroom break” - a pair decoyed into me when I wasn’t paying attention (so I shot late & missed) - a single decoyed into me while I was talking to Dad and not paying attention (it couldn’t have been more than 20 yards away); I shot at it too late & missed. Toward the end of the hunt, we had 3 more nearby that we didn’t get shooting opportunities (2 more when Dan was taking another “bathroom break” & 1 that flared just before it got into range. My mistakes in not paying attention have me pretty frustrated with myself.
Jax broke (& reset) on the 1 duck I did shoot, so I had him get back on the retriever stand and made him wait a few seconds, then sent him for the retrieve. He also broke like that once yesterday. Good news is the 2x I shot (& missed!) after that, he stayed steady. Here’s hoping that we have some chances to stay steady & make the retrieves tomorrow…
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