Gees, We Sure Need Some New Birds

Prolly not gonna get any of 'em any time soon, either. Yesterday we tried to repeat the mid-afternoon feeding frenzy ambush on the birds. Unfortunately, they figured us out.

It should be noted that Amy's & GW's have been locked out by douche-bags hunting 30 yards from the borders on ground owned by adjacent landowners. Ray's is a nullity until we get fresh birds, and the 20 & Jones have been played out by snow geese. That leaves the Memphis Blind & Chuck's East & West. The unfortunate reality is that we're now forced to put waaaaay more pressure on those two locales than we're comfortable with, especially when we're hunting well-edumacated birds that have been here since October.

Fred, Tom, Grant & I eased into Charles about 1:30 yesterday afternoon. One flock of grey ducks showed, and we carved 2 out of it. Thereafter, it was quiet. At 4:00 we decided to try a 3-cornered 10 acre field next to a reservoir, and we killed another 5. Not terrible, but not exactly swarms like we want to see, either.

7 Birds
1 Mallard
2 Gadwall
5 Shovelers.