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Well we a had a good time, killed a few and learned a whole lot. Puddle ducks had pushed thru by the time we got there,they were about non excistant to be honest so we had to change gears. There were a LOT of Canvasbacks there and other Divers. We had to switch gears and chase them. Took a few days to figure out the right flight pattern for each days wind conditions. It changed every day,,,every day, they would fly / raft up different. After a few days of starting to put the flight pattern with the wind direction and changing set ups... we started knocking them down!
We could have limited daily except one day on Buffies and Ruddys, but we decided to wait for the bigger ducks. Saw a bunch of Golden Eyes, But just couldnt seal the deal on them. Jerald did manage to knock down one. I saw a pair of OLD Squaw for the first time as well,Drifting in a raft of Ruddys about 75 yds out... just too far...or to be honest I would have tried a swat at them!!!
Day one...15 hour ride, got blind on toms boat and started scouting....
We found some promising looking spots and lots of Divers. decided to try Mr. Bobs blind next morning due to lots of rain comming in.. This pretty much sums up day one...LOL[img]
We tried Bobs Blind again on day two with not much luck except a great breakfast...
Ol' Bob puts out a good blind breakfast!!
That afternoon Tom and I set the long lines for a try at the divers..this is when we learned it changed every day...
Not much action I think we rolled a Buffie and watched a bunch of ducks flying another pattern as the wind shifted...
so we switched gears again and so did the weather....
We saw a bunch and had a few missed oppertunities.. but we had Buffies in the Deks all day long..waiting on big ducks..
heres a good group as they buzzed the deks
a bit of vid on how it went...
learning - YouTube
buffies in deks.AVI - YouTube
Then it happened!!!!!
we had 3 buzz the deks and I rolled up my first can drake!
We could have limited daily except one day on Buffies and Ruddys, but we decided to wait for the bigger ducks. Saw a bunch of Golden Eyes, But just couldnt seal the deal on them. Jerald did manage to knock down one. I saw a pair of OLD Squaw for the first time as well,Drifting in a raft of Ruddys about 75 yds out... just too far...or to be honest I would have tried a swat at them!!!
Day one...15 hour ride, got blind on toms boat and started scouting....
We found some promising looking spots and lots of Divers. decided to try Mr. Bobs blind next morning due to lots of rain comming in.. This pretty much sums up day one...LOL[img]
We tried Bobs Blind again on day two with not much luck except a great breakfast...
Ol' Bob puts out a good blind breakfast!!
That afternoon Tom and I set the long lines for a try at the divers..this is when we learned it changed every day...
Not much action I think we rolled a Buffie and watched a bunch of ducks flying another pattern as the wind shifted...
so we switched gears again and so did the weather....
We saw a bunch and had a few missed oppertunities.. but we had Buffies in the Deks all day long..waiting on big ducks..
heres a good group as they buzzed the deks
a bit of vid on how it went...
learning - YouTube
buffies in deks.AVI - YouTube
Then it happened!!!!!
we had 3 buzz the deks and I rolled up my first can drake!
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