This morning, we hunted ducks on a small pond on the Lake Brekken property (pic below). We originally planned to hunt the bottom/right corner, but realized after we were in there that the water was shallow enough to walk to the (right) edge/point of the island. We adjusted our plan to sit there, but that cost us about 30 min of time & we weren't set up to hunt until well after legal shooting time. Of course there were ducks buzzing us the entire time we were setting up...
We finished the day with 3 ducks, but had we been ready on time, would have been 6-12 (limit). We also failed to shoot at a couple birds later in the morning because they surprised us & were out of range before we could shoot. Moose again did great, though I didn't have the ability (based on the terrain/cover) to sit him in a spot he could see the action very well. With him being only a year old (not yet handling), he needs to see the bird fall to know where to go get it. The solution was for me to have a pocket full of rocks & after the bird was down & he could move to a spot with line of sight, I'd throw the rock near the bird & he'd see the splash & go to it.
The first bird (shot by both of us at the same time) did splash down where he could see enough to mark it himself & made quick work of a short retrieve. The other 2 required rock chucking & the farthest one may result in a trip for me to get Tommy John surgery. The good news is that with this workaround in place, he was able to get all the birds. Both Dan & I shot well today, essentially connecting with every shot we took - we just needed more birds to visit us! Our economics were good: in total, Dan expended 3 shells & I only used 2.
Weather for the next 2 days is going to be crazy warm (highs of 70!), so not sure what that will mean for our hunting. We'll have to wait & see...
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