We hunted a new spot, west of Mercer today. Weather was good: 29 degrees with 15 mph wind from the East (which was directly in our face as we sat all morning), mostly clear- very little cloud cover. We saw this pond 2x on Thurs & 2x yesterday & it held good numbers of ducks every time. So.... no idea why we sat for 3 hours today & didn't see anything. We did shoot 1 CN goose - Dan & I both hit it as a small group flew over us. It dropped on the bank behind us, so it wasn't much of a retrieve for Jax to deal with. It was a fairly enjoyable morning, despite the lack of activity. Overall, there just wasn't anything flying anywhere, ducks or geese. Hoping for better luck tomorrow.
We scouted a bit on the way home & got back to the hotel around 12:45. We're figuring out the plan for this afternoon/evening now. Winnie is walking around the room without much of a visible limp, so I imagine Dan will want to hunt. I'm not sure if we'll take Jax, or give him some time off.
One item of note is that both days, while we're hunting, Jax has sat on his retriever stand totally on alert & not even wanting us to pet him or distract him. This is a level of intensity we've never seen from him. It's really cool, but makes me wonder why it took him 9 years to develop that attitude??? He also hasn't displayed much of his normal 'quirkiness'. He's jumping in/out of the truck without hesitation & only shows a mild dislike for the linoleum kitchen floor. Always something new with him... :)
Love those photos 💕
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