Buckling Down for the Grind.

23 down, 37 to go. This is it -- the last break we'll get until the end of the big dance. Thus far, I've hunted 22 of those 23, and I don't intend to stop until the ducks do.

Once again, low clouds, overcast skies, and ducks in the Home Field. Today, we were soggy, but we saw lots of weary mallards on South winds and 50 degree temps. They didn't exactly work to our liking, but they did fly close enough to the blind for us to carve out 25 birds. Looks like some fairly nasty weather is setting in in the Dakotas and the Mid-West, so we'll be looking for those stupid birds any day now.

J-Hawk, Special Fred, Casey, the Don, Matthew, Gipper, and Cannon Ball (singular). 25 Birds, including 10 Mallards, 3 GWT, 1 Wigeon, 1 Gadwall, 10 Shovelers.







Total for Regular Season: 413
Combined Teal & Regular for 2009: 473
Birds Per Hunt: 18.7
Birds Per Day of Season: 17.96
245 Shovelers (Arrrrrrrrgh!)
96 Mallards
24 Specks
20 Green Wing
14 Pintails
6 Gadwall
2 Blue Wing
4 Wigeon
1 Red Head
1 Snow

Home Field: 321 (on 18 hunts = 17.83/day)
GW's: 56 (on 2 Hunts = 28/day)
Butterworth: 23 (on 1 Hunt)
Charles (East): 13 (on 1 Hunt)