Not fast and furious, but a great shoot. Today I guided Matt, Pat, and Brad on a duck hunt. We got into the blind and the wind started to blow and then the rain came as legal shooting time approached. Right off the bat we had birds working and within the first 30 minutes had six in the tank and let another 6-8 get away. The action continued but was pretty slow given the conditions as we would have a bird work in every 20 minutes or so. This went on until around 10:00, when the rain started pouring and then so did the ducks out of the refuge. Flight after flight left the refuge and came out into the rice resulting in plenty of action! We killed our last bird at 11:00 to round out our limit of 28 birds. We had a nice strap of ducks of which almost half were mallards, a couple sprig, a couple gadwall, a couple teal, 3 spoons and the rest were widgeon. The birds that actually worked came in beautifully and acted like new ducks, while the sprig continued to play hard to get. It was a great hunt and we had alot of fun. Hopefully the Northern birds are headed this way, but I am a little reluctant to think that these warm storms will move the new ducks down. If nothing else the next few days of weather should stir up the birds that are already here and result in some more good hunting.
Casey
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