I sat out the openeing day due to thunderstorms in the area and just let evey one else fight it out. Made it out today and was pleasantly suprised with what we saw. Seeing no need to reinvent the wheel I will simply follow Rick's template as well.
Date: 9/14
Time: Morning
Location: Q Pits
Cloud Cover: Heavy
Wind Direction and Velocity: Light Northeast
Temperature: 65
Barometer: 30.22 rising
Moon phase: Half waning
Special Notes: First hunt of the year
Waterfowl Activity: Flights ended early but many birds working
Waterfowl Responsiveness: Well, call helped work them to the blocks early on with few passes.
Hunters: Brother in law (Aaron) First duck hunt ever
Guns: Silver and 870 both IC choke and HG load with 3 shot
Malfunctions: Suprisingly none for the first hunt
Dog(s): Milo, nearing 4 years old, made short work of marks. One bird fell far in water and wind pushed out to around 50 yards. Took a couple tries for him to take the cast back far enough but once he did made a line straight for it. Much improved from last season when there wern't many birds to leave an impression on him of how to handle being in the field.
Special Equipment: Two dove mojo, 1 1/2 dozen decoys mix species
Kudos: Aaron did well knocking down his share of birds and is now ate up with it.
Curses: Took the first volley to find our shots but fell into place shortly after. As always, should have still been better.
Birds By Species: 5 BWT
Photo Ops: Didn't have the presence of mind to pull the camra out of my pocket with the excitement of having a better hunt than expected. Snapped a couple when all said and done.
Heading in, after today's hunt a full arsenal of waders, bag etc ect will be bought Tuesday. One hunt is all it took...
Thanks again for the log section Olly. Look forward to reading everyone's hunts as well as looking back in the spring.