We moved pretty well early this morning and we’re ready to shoot five minutes after legal shooting time, not too bad considering everything we had to deal with on the drive here. We hunted at Goven‘s property in Turtle Lake, Without any scouting so it was a bit of a crapshoot.
We managed to bag five ducks (GW Teal, Bluebill, Bufflehead, & 2 Redheads) with Dan getting 4 of them because I wasn’t shooting and only handling Moose for the first few retrieves since it was his first time ever. It was odd at this spot to shoot so many divers- we usually shoot mostly puddle ducks here… Moose did a great job, was steady on all the birds, and he retrieved everything we sent him for. His day started with an easy 15 yard bluebill in the decoys, evolved to a couple 50+ yard splash downs, and ended with a trail through the cattails! He also got to deal with several ‘no-bird’ situations, as we did (astonishingly, I know!) miss a couple times.
We wrapped up around 10 AM and spent the remainder of the day scouting spots for the rest of the week. Water levels are lower than we expected, but we’re seeing a decent number of ducks and more pheasants than I remember ever seeing in the past. We are looking forward to getting out and chasing some ringnecks tomorrow afternoon after our morning duck hunt.
We just got the truck unpacked and are now heading out for some dinner. Hopefully tomorrow the normal trip cadence can begin and we should be able to post twice daily on most days.
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