Just got done from a very busy weekend. My younger brother came to town and I took him on his first duck hunt.
Because of local water levels, I had to travel about 100 miles. I didn't get to my spot until late afternoon, but the ducks cooperated. We ended up with a limit in a couple of hours, but had to settle for mostly wigeons.
Here is a shot of my bro with two limits.
The second day we hit the big water and got a limit of ducks and 6 honkers. At one point we had about 8 geese come in to the dekes and I shot my first triple on geese.
We didn't get as many mallard as I was hoping, but my brother got a couple of redheads and we pulled a double on two canvasback drakes.
I had a great weekend and I think I passed the duck hunting bug onto my brother. He is all ready to return next year. Hopefully I will have a grown up pickup by then since things are getting a little tight when hauling the two-man boat.
Because of local water levels, I had to travel about 100 miles. I didn't get to my spot until late afternoon, but the ducks cooperated. We ended up with a limit in a couple of hours, but had to settle for mostly wigeons.
Here is a shot of my bro with two limits.
The second day we hit the big water and got a limit of ducks and 6 honkers. At one point we had about 8 geese come in to the dekes and I shot my first triple on geese.
We didn't get as many mallard as I was hoping, but my brother got a couple of redheads and we pulled a double on two canvasback drakes.
I had a great weekend and I think I passed the duck hunting bug onto my brother. He is all ready to return next year. Hopefully I will have a grown up pickup by then since things are getting a little tight when hauling the two-man boat.
