Based on the lack of huntable birds / our success rates, we decided to head for home after this morning’s hunt.
Today was very cold (16 degrees at sunrise & 15mph wind). With that wind, the lake was open when we arrived, but began to ice over around sunrise & didn’t begin to recede by 0930 when we called it a day. It took several visits into the decoys through the early am to keep the ice from becoming a problem. It was really cool seeing the moon over the decoys early in the am.
We had a couple shooting opportunities & killed 2 hens - a mallard & redhead. We also missed an easy pair. The hen mallard was part of a group of 10-12 & I called the shot prematurely (2 were landing while the rest were circling - I should have let them land & wait to call it when the bigger group was committed). This limited our shooting only to those 2 birds…
Moose was good through the am and didn’t seem to mind that the water froze on his coat within a minute of exiting the water.
Great picture of the moon. Always good to follow the adventures of the Everlys. Safe travels
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