They Say Records Are Made To Be Broken . . .

. . . so we smashed ours to pieces, lit 'em on fire, and spit on the ashes.

Not satisfied with the mediocrity of simply equaling the previous record on the farm, J-Hawk, Blake, & I eased down to Amy's yesterday afternoon to finish what we started. Lots of birds worked the dry field we were hunting, but the clouds made it impossible to hide. Nonetheless, J-Hawk smoked one off the Creek and we dusted another 3 in the rice field.

4 Ducks
All mallards.

We're officially 51 days into duck season, and as of yesterday afternoon (Monday, 17 Jan), we've smoked 520 birds WITHOUT LEAVING THE FARM A SINGLE TIME. I would assume it safe to say we presently have to set a new goal. The breakdown would be as follows:

Home Field -- 150 birds
Charles -- 355 birds
Amy's -- 9 birds
Big Creek -- 6 birds

AND NOW FOR THE STATISTICAL ANALYSIS!!!!

Total harvest records:
Year: Total Harvest:
2010-2011 520
2007-2008 516
2001-2002 487
2009-2010 478
2008-2009 463
2002-2003 456

Record Mallard Harvests:
Year: Total Harvest
2001-2002 280
2010-2011 267
2003-2004 246
2000-2001 243
2007-2008 238
2002-2003 231
1999-2000 180
2005-2006 166
2006-2007 145
2009-2010 138
2008-2009 131
2004-2005 117

Highest Field Harvests
2009-2010 Home 358
2010-2011 Charles' 355
2002-2003 Baser 248
2008-2009 Charles' 214
2000-2001 Charles' 199
2002-2003 Charles' 181
2001-2002 Beedeville 175
2003-2004 Charles' 168
2007-2008 Home 136
2004-2005 Charles' 136
2006-2007 Charles' 114
2005-2006 Home 107
1999-2000 Home 68