Waterfowl 19'/20'

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makeithappen

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The highlight of the day was my daughter asking to go with me. The truck registered 22 degrees when we parked. Anyone with growing kids knows the pain of keeping them outfitted with camo, especially cold weather gear. I wrapped my heavy coat around her and had hand warmers in her gloves and shoes. With an extra 2' of water in the watershed after the rains, we guessed wrong as to where the birds would be. We moved and the birds all but quit flying. I dropped a pair of mallards then we went and jumped ponds to keep her warm and engaged. Around 1130 I stated we needed to go because I promised my wife we'd be home around lunch. My daughter groaned and asked to stay longer. Win! She asked to go back next weekend already.

We did find a few slabs of honeycomb which still smelled like honey. She thought that was cool.

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Last day, pretty slow and slim on birds, 5-7 birds a morning the last three days. Some long retrieve this morning on a mallard drake that proved to be a swimmer and a diver lol. 15-20 min later bird in hand. He's the black dot lower right of the metal stack on the horizon. Back out for youth Saturday on Feb 1st I hope.

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makeithappen

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Got a buddy to finally come out. He's been after a bufflehead for a long time and I got him on one. First shot was on but he hauled ass out of there and my buddy had an empty gun before he got too far away lol. My other buddy shot a dandy of a pintail. Looks like it'll be his first duck mount. Got to watch a dog work and hang out with friends. Not a bad final hunt.
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Great pics from everyone this year. Way to go guys.
We really limped to the finish line this year at the end. Ducks were so hard to come by late in the season, and the ones that came around were having none of it. Really I should have tried switching the game plan after the split and hit some different spots. I think the food disappeared. Weather didn't help any of course.First week of zone 1 was great.

Season summary: Best early season ever followed by worst late season ever.
 

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