Hooded Merganser are cool looking birds
Low duck numbers don't sound encouraging but I'm still going this coming Thursday morning.
Disclaimer: The report post is from Salt Plains, so actual numbers may vary depending on your location.
I was waist deep in wood ducks in early-mid November. Then had a bunch of mallards come in, but that only lasted a week or so. My numbers here on the ranch in SE OK are far lower than last year.
Had three mallards in one pond this morning and a lone drake in another...and that was it.
Had three mallards in one pond this morning and a lone drake in another...and that was it.
Man that might as well be zeros........
When sitting in a blind or tree stand for good "trigger feel" I've always worn a pair of those thin knit non insulated camo gloves.......the type with the rubber dots all over the palm for good grip and then slid my hands in a hand warmer in my lap till I actually have to shoot and that system has always worked well for me.
I've looked and looked and I can't find my old hand warmer anywhere and I've wished the past few hunts that I'd had one in the early mornings while in the blind so yesterday I finally broke down and purchased a new one at Academy that I'll put in my blind bag and take with me from here on out beginning tomorrow morning and use it as needed.
Made by Magellan it has thick insulation and seems to be well made........$24.99 + tax.
https://www.academy.com/shop/pdp/magellan-outdoors-hand-warmer-shell-holder
I've looked and looked and I can't find my old hand warmer anywhere and I've wished the past few hunts that I'd had one in the early mornings while in the blind so yesterday I finally broke down and purchased a new one at Academy that I'll put in my blind bag and take with me from here on out beginning tomorrow morning and use it as needed.
Made by Magellan it has thick insulation and seems to be well made........$24.99 + tax.
https://www.academy.com/shop/pdp/magellan-outdoors-hand-warmer-shell-holder
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Before heading to the blind we both agreed to only shoot larger ducks this morning and we ended up giving several groups of teal a pass and just let them land in the decoys and or fly over well within shooting range.
We had eight ducks by 60 minutes or less after legal light and we both agreed, even though ducks were still flying within range, that eight was enough so we just sat in the blind, drank coffee and shot the bull for over an hour.
It was a good hunt and I had a great time.
Five Gadwall Drakes and three Gadwall hens.
We had eight ducks by 60 minutes or less after legal light and we both agreed, even though ducks were still flying within range, that eight was enough so we just sat in the blind, drank coffee and shot the bull for over an hour.
It was a good hunt and I had a great time.
Five Gadwall Drakes and three Gadwall hens.
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Busted a gadwall myself this morning after I put hay out. Saw him in a pond, got my stuff together, and snuck my way over there.
Very nice, and that is a pretty bird! I like the gun too!
I think a nicely colored gadwall drake is a handsome bird. I would love a really really nice one for the wall.
First game animal I ever shot.
First game animal I ever shot.
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