Al Hansen
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Yesterday I went to get a hair cut ( yes, I do that once in a blue moon) and was telling the barber about my teal hole drying up. He grabbed his cell phone and dialed a number but with no luck. “I was trying to set you up for Saturday. I know someone who is irrigating their field Friday night and it should be full of ducks by Saturday morning.”
Edward, then continued to cut my hair, stopped, stepped back and said, “Al, I will be irrigating my pasture on Saturday night. I always see ducks there when I do that. In fact last weekend, it was full of teal.” I guess he could see that my eyes must have been showing a lot of excitement.
So, all was not lost when the hole dried up. I now have a hunt planned for the last day of the early teal season which is this coming Sunday. I will call Edward’s neighbor and ask him if I can park my truck at his place and cut across his land to the pasture gate. David was the guy who called me two years ago when he left the irrigation system on too long and flooded his newly planted winter wheat field. He said, “Al, is duck season on?” After I confirmed it, he said, “There has to be at least a thousand ducks on my field.” By the way, he wasn’t exaggerating and, yes, our early teal season was on.
I can hardly wait for Sunday morning to roll around. Habi will be at my side. Not only that, I have never hunted teal in a cow pasture before so this will be something new.
Al
