9/19/2015
Clear comfortable early light north wind
Blake, Tim (nephew Zane's father-in-law) and I
Birds- 4 BW
Wasn't expecting much and that's how it was. Very little shooting in our area and very few teal seen.
Ellie did me proud this morning. We had three come in and all three fell. From what we'd seen it looked like all had fallen dead. Ellie marked the last to fall and made the retrieve. I couldn't see the second bird that had fallen from inside the blind so I lined her up to the first one just in front of the blind. (I had noticed that on her way back from the first retrieve she was looking intently in the direction of where the second bird should have been) I got out of the blind, and on her way to the close bird she either winded something or knew the second bird was a runaway and continued on into the wind. I have learned from previous retrieves that if her nose is guiding her, do not disturb. She was out there out of site in the vegetation in our north pond and and the sound of her running in the water was becoming faint. After what seemed like a long time, to me anyway, due to the concern of alligators, I could tell she was heading back our way. When she cleared the vegetation she had the second bird in her lips. I have to say, I had goose bumps. I wanted sooooo much to call her off when she ignored the close bird and headed into the vegetation, and I'm glad now that I remembered and didn't.
Blake and I will be back at in the morning.
Blake with the birds.
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