Well out again to try my luck at duck hunting and try out my new waders and jacket I just picked up for hunting.
Started the afternoon off by meeting up with HuntNHookSports and Sikanni Stalker who was over in Duncan for Christmas. We set up our spread but nothing came withing shooting range all morning except for a bufflehead that landed just outside of the decoys. We decided to leave this little guy alone hoping for something bigger. Then as I got all excited at a pair of mallards flying by I accidentally put my barrel in the mud. Hmm, did I do what I think I just did? I empty out the shotgun and look down the barrel. Crap! The barrel is plugged with mud, I find a stick and try and break it up then give it a washing with salt water to remove what's left in the barrel. We stayed set up in the same spot adjusting the decoys as the tide went out but after sitting there for a couple of hours and no shots we decided to move to a more productive spot.
No sooner do we get the decoys set up to mallards come into the spread. After two volleys of 3 shells from Sikanni Stalker and I not a duck hits the ground.
Some ducks fly around us but no takers. I hear some wigeon so I take out my wigeon whistle and start watching these two ducks from behind me. Then I hear Shhh,Shhh, Shhh from Sikanni Stalker. I turn around to see that there was another wigeon who was hovering for a landing not 2 feet off the ground. I plug him with one shot of #2 and the duck falls stone dead where it laid. Man di he ever pile up.Figured this was a good make up for the two we missed about an hour before.
about a half hour later a mallard hen is skirting the cover we're in and I figured it was now or never. I shoot the first round complete miss, the second, I think I saw some feathers fall and the third shot finally broke a wing as she plummets to the ground. Now with two ducks on the ground I feel a little bad because I kind of hogged the first to singles in the decoys. Here is a picture taken at home with Marshall claiming his prize.
Another Hen mallard comes to the decoy and I let Sikanni Stalker take the first shot which knocks a few feathers but the bird is still airborne. I give him a peppering with my pattern master and another bird crumples up at 30 yards. HuntNHookSports all the time is letting us try and knock some birds down, I'm sure he was laughing in the back ground at us missing so many chances.
Just before dark a flock comes out of the heavens twisting and turning as it's losing altitude. I thought ok here are some more wigeon. Just before the first on touches down the first volley of rounds goes off. Crap my shotgun jammed after the first shot. The other two guys unleash a furry of rounds and only one duck hits the ground that HuntNHookSports manages to connect with.
That was pretty much it for the afternoon, 1 wigeon and 3 hen mallards. I still haven't connected with a greenhead and I'm sure of the ducks I missed where drakes.
Thanks again to Sikanni Stalker & HuntNHookSports for some great time spent in the duck blind. I think it's awesome to be able to share a duck blind with other members who share the same passion for duck hunting as I do. I found out on the way back to the truck that this was Sikanni Stalker first time hunting ducks so he got to see first hand what it was all about. I think we've converted another...
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. dont worry about the shooting im sure im worse,last two times out ive limited out but its costed me about 80 rounds and quite the headache for those 16 ducks.
