Opening Day Kills

[cdail28590]

Duck season finally started and I hadn't done much scouting (none). A buddy and me set out in the dark a section of the river that is a hotspot for opening day. So much of a hotspot that people camp out at there spots to make sure they have a good area. We are on the river and find a little patch of reids that the boat will fit behind nicely and hide. Put some netting out to cover the motor and few other items in the boat but no real elaborate blind. Notice no decoys were put out. My buddy forgot to get them out of our other boat. 2 woodies fly by at good range just before legal shooting. Finally, legal shooting time and a single woodie flies by and gets knocked down. 3 more woodies come by and 1 of them finds his way to the boat. A little while later a single flies over and he also gets a boat ride. Left the duck hunt at 7:30 with 3 woodies 2 hens and 1 drake, saw a few birds but they were to high and to far away to shoot. We only missed 2 so thats not to bad. Left the duck hunt to go deer hunting. We are in a deer club that hunts islands on the rivers. Around 11:30 we saw a doe doe swimming and I tell my buddy to get his gun ready because he had never killed a deer before and today was going to be his day. We run over to wear she is at as she hits the bank and is almost in the woods out of site and one shot drops her. We get her in the boat and she is a big doe around 140. So for the first day of duck season not bad 3 woodies and deer all by 12. Sorry no pics but I didn't have my camera.

[WAHOONBOX]

Duck season finally started and I hadn't done much scouting (none). A buddy and me set out in the dark a section of the river that is a hotspot for opening day. So much of a hotspot that people camp out at there spots to make sure they have a good area. We are on the river and find a little patch of reids that the boat will fit behind nicely and hide. Put some netting out to cover the motor and few other items in the boat but no real elaborate blind. Notice no decoys were put out. My buddy forgot to get them out of our other boat. 2 woodies fly by at good range just before legal shooting. Finally, legal shooting time and a single woodie flies by and gets knocked down. 3 more woodies come by and 1 of them finds his way to the boat. A little while later a single flies over and he also gets a boat ride. Left the duck hunt at 7:30 with 3 woodies 2 hens and 1 drake, saw a few birds but they were to high and to far away to shoot. We only missed 2 so thats not to bad. Left the duck hunt to go deer hunting. We are in a deer club that hunts islands on the rivers. Around 11:30 we saw a doe doe swimming and I tell my buddy to get his gun ready because he had never killed a deer before and today was going to be his day. We run over to wear she is at as she hits the bank and is almost in the woods out of site and one shot drops her. We get her in the boat and she is a big doe around 140. So for the first day of duck season not bad 3 woodies and deer all by 12. Sorry no pics but I didn't have my camera.

THE HORROR!

GLAD YOU HAD A GREAT DAY!!! THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN COOL ON VIDEO.....THE MORNING SWIM AND ALL!

[Dave Sikorski]

Nothing wrong with that mixed bag.

-D