What A Morning

[moodyfour]

As I have stated in the past, living in south-central Missouri is not the most ideal place to live when you love to duck hunt!  Your only chance at limiting on Mallards requires yourself to travel to other parts of the state or go to Arkansas.  But, we still set our blind and do all the work to eek out a few birds every year.  Every once in a great while you get a morning like today!

Lucy enough to share the blind with my father and my 9 year old son we shot two limits of Mallards and 1 Widgeon!  My son just being there to spot the ducks and blow on his call a bit, while dad and I do the shooting. 

First duck in was the Widgeon and he was finished off in one shot.  Next came the Mallards. Didn't even see them till they lit right in the decoys.  We stood up and I knocked down 2 in two shots, won't say what happened in my dad's end?!  Had 6 Mallards, all drakes; circle and land 60 yards up the lake.  Less than 5 mins they swam right into range. We stood up and the shooting was better as we dropped 4 drakes.  A bit later 2 made one circle, cupped their wings and dropped right in with my dad knocking one down and I knocked the other one down.  All ducks retrieved by my lab, man what a beautiful morning!  Now time to get my son his deer!  

[Chief Grey Bear]

It's a perfect time to be out now. 

Finally getting a push from the north!

[Nitro 750]

Thanks for the report, sounds like a really great hunt!!!!