Date: 11/9
Time: morning
Location: mudhole
Cloud Cover: clear
Wind Direction and Velocity: light to moderate northeasterly
Temperature: chilly when the sun and breeze came up
Moon phase:Special Notes: first split opener
Waterfowl Activity: Apparently a whole lot more going on to our east with lots of LST shooting there while we thanked a mottled pair for not scratching. Did enjoy a few teal flights and some big ducks including four grays and a BIG bunch of pintails. Only known to be mallard seen was a hen flying with mottleds I was afraid to let them shoot into, as we were done with our mottleds. Also worked the only pair of specks seen, but forgot to kill spinners, which put them off. Several high flights of blues passed on their way to the Gulf, so at least they're migrating.
Waterfowl Responsiveness: As it should be on an opener.
Hunters: 2, Moe and Darrel
Guns:Malfunctions: Just my mind when I tried to work specks without thinking about killing the spinners until they pushed off.
Dog(s): Marsh had a good morning.
Special Equipment: two big spinners and modified mallard machine ("SOS" hereafter)
Curses: Just not enough game for one of my guys to work his kinks out.
Kudos: Nice guys and a nice morning - and it's finally duck season.
Birds By Species: 4 bw teal, 3 gadwall, 4 gw teal, 3 mottleds and 2 pintails.
Photo Ops: Multi-tasking with three of the four mixed teal we clipped from the first bunch in:
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