Rount Two at the Point

Decided to invite a friend who has never hunted before. Went back to The Point. The high tide would be an hour later from yesterday's tide. It was cloudy with very little wind from the south southeast. Had some birds fly by early but wouldn't decoy very well and kept flaring. Never did figure out why. We managed to shoot 4 Pintails and missed some opportunities with taking some Widgeon. I saw no Teal.

Smash and Grab

Friday, Oct 29. Took advantage of a furlough day and went to the Willapa spot on a solo mission. Left the house at 3:30 and got there around 5:30 a.m. Still dark so I tried to nap in the truck while I waited closer to shooting time. Finally got going at around 6:15. 1 hour before shooting time.

Made 2 trips to get all the decoys. Set all 4 dozen duck decoys and got done just about shooting time. First 2 ducks set down a few minutes after shooting time and it was game on. Took down a nice drake Widgeon. Limited out by 8:30. 1 mallard hen, 2 pintails, and the rest were Widgeon. Only saw about a dozen teal and I only wanted to shoot at big ducks. Mission accomplished. Back home at 11:15.

Windy and Wet Duck Hunt

We decided to hunt the usual spot knowing that the weather will play a big role in getting the birds moving. Glad we made the decision. We were right. Lots of birds flying and we got our duck limits. We also took some geese. 3 Cacklers for Clint and 1 Speck for me. It was raining sideways and everything we had including our bodies got soaked. Luckily it wasn't too cold.

2010 Duck Opener

Epic day on the opener. After scouting, Clint and I decided to hunt the Willapa. We also decided we would get there as early as possible. We set the time to leave the beach house by 1 a.m. We basically stayed up till it was time to go and off we went with our Marsh Rats, 4 dozen GHG decoys, Jafet and 2 shotguns each.

Our gamble paid off and we were rewarded with a shootout that we won't soon forget. We limited out by 10 a.m. and still had ducks pouring in while we were packing up. The change of tide was key and we hunted the flood tide.