Jeffrey Nelson
Active member
The hunting has been a little slow until yesterday. My brother in law and I headed out to the lake. The temperature dropped yesterday, it was 41 degrees at the ramp when I got out of the truck. We got to the spot and got set up. There were a lot more birds with the cold weather. We got our mottled ducks right away. Several times caught sleeping at the wheel. We ended up with a mixed bag of teal, mottled, and a hen ringer.
Today, I took out my little hunting buddies. Someone was in our honey hole, so we were forced to move down the line. The hunting started off slow. Finally a flight of teal made their way to the decoys. I knocked one down. Some time passes, just hanging out and laughing with the kids. Out of nowhere a large group of teal were working towards the decoys. As soon as the first one got a foot in the water I shot. 3 shots, 4 birds. I went from zero to hero with my kids in just a couple of seconds. We waited a little longer and decided to pack it up. I pulled the boat out of the brush. Now in the wide open, picking up the decoys, 2 birds come dive bombing into Jersey Boy, which is about 25 yards away. I get my gun back out and loaded it . I flushed the birds and made a clean shot and a limit. Great day! I'm going to get out one more time before I have to send him off. Jeff
Today, I took out my little hunting buddies. Someone was in our honey hole, so we were forced to move down the line. The hunting started off slow. Finally a flight of teal made their way to the decoys. I knocked one down. Some time passes, just hanging out and laughing with the kids. Out of nowhere a large group of teal were working towards the decoys. As soon as the first one got a foot in the water I shot. 3 shots, 4 birds. I went from zero to hero with my kids in just a couple of seconds. We waited a little longer and decided to pack it up. I pulled the boat out of the brush. Now in the wide open, picking up the decoys, 2 birds come dive bombing into Jersey Boy, which is about 25 yards away. I get my gun back out and loaded it . I flushed the birds and made a clean shot and a limit. Great day! I'm going to get out one more time before I have to send him off. Jeff
