Nelson Graves
Active member
Wow, what a difference a day makes! Unlike Thursday, yesterday the birds were very scarce. Fortunately, the suggestions I was able to implement from this thread made a marked improvement.
We were even more conscious of our movement, wore less camouflage clothing, and anchored on the side of our spread, on the opposite side from the predominant flight path, instead of directly upwind and in the center.
Many of the birds decoyed very nicely. We even added a bufflehead and a bluebill to our bag, and spent much less time chasing down cripples. We are looking forward to another fresh batch of Scoter Jerky!
I sat there and watched the wind swing around from NW to N and pick up. It was still a beautiful day on the bay, but I was happy to have us all safe, warm, and dry in my whaler. It really made me re-think the layout boat option for the bay.
As it stands, I believe I will pursue the canvas blind/boat cover option. If anyone has a line on a good source for the material, please let me know.
Sincerest thanks to all for the suggestions and insight.
We were even more conscious of our movement, wore less camouflage clothing, and anchored on the side of our spread, on the opposite side from the predominant flight path, instead of directly upwind and in the center.
Many of the birds decoyed very nicely. We even added a bufflehead and a bluebill to our bag, and spent much less time chasing down cripples. We are looking forward to another fresh batch of Scoter Jerky!
I sat there and watched the wind swing around from NW to N and pick up. It was still a beautiful day on the bay, but I was happy to have us all safe, warm, and dry in my whaler. It really made me re-think the layout boat option for the bay.
As it stands, I believe I will pursue the canvas blind/boat cover option. If anyone has a line on a good source for the material, please let me know.
Sincerest thanks to all for the suggestions and insight.