December 3, 2011
Slow day duck hunting turned into a fun day, it was well worth the wait! We only killed 6 ducks but had a blast while doing it. We got up to snow Saturday morning and went to Kelly's house to get him, the boat and headed out to the Res. As we were setting up there were ducks flyin everywhere and as usual we were late because I couldn't get my butt out of bed! When we finally got set up there wasn't much flyin. We had the occasional flock that would fly over but of course they were to high. Nine o'clock rolled around and we had only killed one duck it was a hen widgeon that was coming in the decoys just perfect and Kelly folded her. I was getting very impatient, as I usually do, because i was cold. Behind us we could here geese but couldn't pin point where they were at. They ended up coming in just north of us so we weren't able to get any shots off. Shortly after the geese came in we seen something flying in from the south but we couldn't figure out what it was, it ended up being a swan! A swan on the Res. I know right that's crazy! It was really cool to see him lock down on the pond and glide across it as he went and landed on the north side where he went out of sight. An hour or so went by and I was still cold and ready to go, the whether cleared up so that helped but still, when you're cold, you're cold. I had told my dad that I wanted to leave and he told me to wait ten more minutes. About five minutes later we had three ducks coming in from the decoys just right! It was awesome! As soon as they rapped around the tree they were done for! Two Drake and a Hen Wood Duck! Those are rare enough but on the Res.! It was awesome made the day worth it!
